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What to expect at a Home Repair Mission Trip
We create short-term, domestic and international mission trips for youth and adults. Experience the transformation that happens on our short-term mission trips when you serve communities across the world and put your faith in action!
What’s Included
- Lodging
- All meals, except dinner on your free night
- On-site staff
- All project materials for your worksite
- Comprehensive safety training
- Community service certificate
- Professional work-site advisors
- Project site coordination
- Morning & evening programs with Scripture-based teaching & youth group devotions
- Lunch-time devotions with crews
- Participant t-shirt
- Participant devotional for the week at camp
- Unlimited customer support from your personal Mission Trip Advisor
Typical Day
Prepare for a high-energy, fun-filled week where you'll join hundreds of other participants ready to serve! Everyone will arrive at the lodging facility (usually a school) on Sunday, where you'll eat, sleep, and participate in spirit-filled, high-energy morning and evening programs and end each night with powerful devotion times with your youth group. You'll work all week with your crew doing different home repair projects ranging from painting to building decks and wheelchair ramps or other general home repairs. Wednesday is a half day, where your group can head out and enjoy the local amenities, have dinner together, and then head back to the lodging facility for the opportunity to show off your skills in an epic variety (talent) show. On Saturday, prepare yourself for hugs and goodbyes with your new lifelong friends as your group departs and begins the legendary journey home.
Rise and Shine!
We like to call this "Wakey-Wakey" where you'll be greeted each morning with the tackiest, campiest music you could wish for to get your day started.
Hot Breakfast
Head down to the cafeteria and meet everyone to enjoy a hearty breakfast with choices like scrambled eggs, french toast, taters, sausage, pancakes, breakfast burritos, English muffins, cereal, yogurt, wheat bread, juice, coffee, tea, a variety of fruit, and gluten-free options.
Morning Program
After breakfast, everyone will gather in the program area (usually a gym or auditorium) to worship, reflect, look into the day's theme, and receive important announcements.
Depart for projects
Let's go! Your crew's quartermaster (usually an adult) will gather your tools from the tool room, and everyone will load up and head out to your work site.
On-site lunch & devotions
Picnic-style lunches are prepared at the work site with your crew. There will be a variety of lunchmeat sandwiches, chips, fruit or vegetables, and a treat like a granola bar or cookie. Peanut butter and jelly will also be available each day. Each person will have a personal handbook packed with helpful information, areas to write and interact with each day's program, and devotions to follow with your crew at lunch and each evening with your youth group.
Return to lodging
After a meaningful day's work, you'll load up and return to the lodging facility for a hard-earned shower and some free time.
Dinner
Meet everyone again in the cafeteria for a satisfying, cafeteria-style dinner with daily varieties like hamburgers, hotdogs, chicken breast, taco bar, chicken tenders, baked ziti, salad bar (each day), lemonade, iced tea, and desserts like ice cream, brownies, and cookies. It's not 5-star, but it's camp-worthy, and of course, we're here for our gluten-free friends as well!
Evening program
Quite possibly the pinnacle of each day, the evening program is a high-energy event packed with games, live worship, and a scriptural program following each day's theme.
Youth group devotions
Find your favorite spot and gather with your youth group to reflect and dive into the prepared devotions in your handbook, allowing you to dig deeper into the scriptures and theme of the day.
Free time
Relax, hang out, or join in some of the many activities usually being played around camp, like 9-square, corn hole, frisbee, spikeball, and much more!
Lights out
Nighty-night! Your group will end the day back in your assigned room (usually a classroom), where you'll settle down onto your air mattress/cot/pad that you brought and get some much-needed rest.
Our Top Priority
- We require groups to bring 1 adult (21 or older) for every 5 participants that are under 21 years of age.
- We require participants that are 18 and older be screened and nationally background-checked by their church every 2 years. Their pastor signs off that they meet our requirements and are approved to attend.
- Every staff member has been screened, background-checked, and reference checked by Group Mission Trips.
- For overall protection, we have separate shower times designated for participants that are 17 and younger from those that are 18 and older.
- We review safety procedures at camp—appropriate close-toe shoes/boots, gloves and goggles are recommended.
- Participants are not required to do any work that they consider unsafe. Participants may be using a drill for screws, but no one under the age of 16 can use a power tool or drill for drilling holes. No one under the age of 18 can use a power saw.
- Our staff visits each work site at least twice by the time of camp and the first thing a crew will do when they arrive to their work site is check for potential safety issues.
- Although we do serve in needy areas, we require work crews to stay together at all times. No one should ever be left alone and all participants are back at the lodging facility by their designated check in time.
- Site Coaches and other Group Mission Trip staff visit work sites daily so they are aware of where a crew is working and any issues in the area.
- Every work crew has the direct phone number to the Group Mission Trip's office and directions to the closest hospital. If an injury occurs on the work site, and is not serious, Group Mission Trip staff will contact the youth leader and coordinate any transportation needed. If the injury is serious, the adult on site will call 911 and GMT staff will offer support and ensure needed medical forms are delivered to hospital.
- Each work crew will have a small first aid kit and a bigger one in each vehicle.
What to expect at a Community Service Mission Trip
Week of Hope are community service mission trips for youth. Students come alongside seasoned local ministries and nonprofits to make a lasting difference through meaningful community service. They'll learn Christ-like empathy and compassion for others as they meet the spiritual, physical, and emotional needs of disadvantaged children, youth, and adults.
What’s Included
- Lodging
- All meals, except dinner on your free night
- On-site staff
- Community service certificate
- Project site coordination
- Morning & evening programs with Scripture-based teaching & youth group devotions
- Lunch-time devotions with crews
- Participant t-shirt
- Participant devotional for the week at camp
- Unlimited customer support from your personal Mission Trip Advisor
Typical Day
Get ready for a high-energy, fun-filled week where you'll serve with up to 100 other participants and come alongside seasoned local ministries and nonprofits to make a lasting difference through meaningful community service. Everyone will arrive at the lodging facility (usually a church) on Sunday, where you'll eat, sleep, and participate in spirit-filled, high-energy morning and evening programs and end each night with powerful devotion times with your youth group. You'll work all week with your crew doing projects that might include providing meals to the homeless, tutoring struggling children, helping to lead a day camp for kids, working with disabled children, or spending quality time with someone in an assisted living facility. Tuesday is a half day, where your group can head out and enjoy the local amenities and have dinner together. Thursday tops it off with an epic lip sync battle where you can show off your skills. On Friday, prepare yourself for hugs and goodbyes with your new lifelong friends as your group departs and begins the legendary journey home.
Rise and Shine!
We like to call this "Wakey-Wakey" where you'll be greeted each morning with the tackiest, campiest music you could wish for to get your day started.
Hot Breakfast
Head down to the cafeteria and meet everyone to enjoy a hearty breakfast with choices like scrambled eggs, french toast, taters, sausage, pancakes, breakfast burritos, English muffins, cereal, yogurt, wheat bread, juice, coffee, tea, a variety of fruit, and gluten-free options.
Morning Program
After breakfast, everyone will gather in the program area (usually an auditorium or sanctuary) to worship, reflect, look into the day's theme, and receive important announcements.
Depart for projects
Let's go! Your crew will load up and head out to your project site.
On-site lunch & devotions
Picnic-style lunches are prepared at the work site with your crew. There will be a variety of lunchmeat sandwiches, chips, fruit or vegetables, and a treat like a granola bar or cookie. Peanut butter and jelly will also be available each day. Each person will have a personal handbook packed with helpful information, areas to write and interact with each day's program, and devotions to follow with your crew at lunch and each evening with your youth group.
Return to lodging
After a meaningful day's work, you'll load up and return to the lodging facility for a hard-earned shower and some free time.
Dinner
Meet everyone again in the cafeteria, or eating area for a satisfying, cafeteria-style dinner with daily varieties like pizza, pulled pork, taco bar, and pasta bar, salad bar (each day), lemonade, iced tea, and desserts like ice cream, brownies, and cookies. It's not 5-star, but it's camp-worthy, and of course, we're here for our gluten-free friends as well!
Evening program
Quite possibly the pinnacle of each day, the evening program is a high-energy event packed with games, live worship, and a scriptural program following each day's theme.
Youth group devotions
Find your favorite spot and gather with your youth group to reflect and dive into the prepared devotions in your handbook, allowing you to dig deeper into the scriptures and theme of the day.
Free time
Relax, hang out, or join in some of the many activities usually being played around camp, like 9-square, corn hole, frisbee, spikeball, and much more!
Lights out
Nighty-night! Your group will end the day back in your assigned room (usually a classroom), where you'll settle down onto your air mattress/cot/pad that you brought and get some much-needed rest.
Our Top Priority
- We require groups to bring 1 adult (21 or older) for every 5 participants that are under 21 years of age.
- We require participants that are 18 and older be screened and nationally background-checked by their church every 2 years. Their pastor signs off that they meet our requirements and are approved to attend.
- Every staff member has been screened, background-checked, and reference checked by Group Mission Trips.
- For overall protection, we have separate shower times designated for participants that are 17 and younger from those that are 18 and older.
- Participants are not required to do any work that they consider unsafe. Participants may be using a drill for screws, but no one under the age of 16 can use a power tool or drill for drilling holes. No one under the age of 18 can use a power saw.
- Our staff visits each work site at least twice by the time of camp and the first thing a crew will do when they arrive to their work site is check for potential safety issues.
- Although we do serve in needy areas, we require work crews to stay together at all times. No one should ever be left alone and all participants are back at the lodging facility by their designated check in time.
- GMT staff will visit work sites throughout the week so they are aware of where a crew is working and any issues with the project site.
- Every work crew has the direct phone number to the Group Mission Trip's office and directions to the closest hospital. If an injury occurs on the work site, and is not serious, Group Mission Trip staff will contact the youth leader and coordinate any transportation needed. If the injury is serious, the adult on site will call 911 and GMT staff will offer support and ensure needed medical forms are delivered to hospital.
- Each work crew will have a small first aid kit and a bigger one in each vehicle.
Have Questions?
Bri, our Customer Care Advisor, can answer any questions you have about serving on a Mission Trip.
