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Trips Accepting Applicants
Trips are listed in order of departure date.
- Toronto, Canada: (ACCESS) July 11-15, 2012
Toronto is recognized as one of the world’s most culturally diverse cities filled with a great array of stories of people in all stages and circumstances of life. Join with other individuals to experience faith and life formation through a variety of formal and informal city moments. The group’s days and nights will be filled with purposeful interaction with the city and its people. This will be done by strolling the streets, listening to new and old sounds, dialoguing with friends, sharing moments of grace and worship, seeing the face of Jesus in a little child or a homeless man -- and seeking to be the face of Jesus to each person encountered.
This trip is sponsored by ACCESS and intended for college students and young adults only.
Cost: $450
*Application deadline: June 17, 2012
Contact: Eness Jarvis, 317.848.2722 ext. 330,
- Penelakut Island, British Columbia : (ACCESS) July 27 - August 4, 2012
This trip is sponsored by ACCESS and intended for college students and young adults only.
Missionaries Tim & Julie Christensen and Native believers are working to reconcile First Nations people to Christ and His followers after years of injustice and intentional marginalization often by what seemed to be the Church. This trip offers the opportunity to build relationships with First Nations people to reinforce the goodwill and love that local missionaries extend to them the rest of the year which is a crucial part of the reconciliation process. Among other opportunities, the team will be assisting First Nations leaders in hosting a summer day camp for native school children and teens.
Cost: $1,565
Application deadline: February 15, 2012
Contact (ACCESS): David Bell, 317.848.2722 ext. 274,
Trips Preparing for Travel (No Longer Accepting Applications)
Trip are listed in order of departure date.
- San Salvador, El Salvador: June 9-16, 2012 (TRIP FULL-NO LONGER ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS)
Spend time at Exodo, a Christian orphanage where the focus is on restoring children by providing them a safe environment where they can go to school, receive psychological counseling (if needed), learn about God, and be loved by house parents. One portion of the team will be doing maintenance projects for the orphanage such as painting, landscaping, and remodeling while the other portion will be hosting a Vacation Bible School that includes facilitating crafts, Bible teaching, games, and worship. This trip is done in partnership with Hands of Hope Adoption and Orphan Care Ministry.
This trip is family friendly for children 10+.
Cost: $1,750.
Deposit: $150 application deposit applies. Make checks payable to:Hands of Hope Adoption and Orphan Care Ministry
Application deadline: March 1, 2012
Contact: Danni Malcomb, 317.709.9644, or Gerald Stanley, 317.407.0402,
- New York City: June 12-17, 2012 (TRIP FULL-NO LONGER ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS)
Spend four days working with New York City Relief’s food delivery bus ministry serving in the poorest neighborhoods in metro New York City. NYC Relief brings emergency food to the hungry and homeless on the streets, while also connecting them to job training, drug rehab, housing and other services.Cost of the trip is $650.
Application deadline: April 12, 2012
New York City Relief is a Frontline Ministry at Grace.
Trip Contact:
Kirsten Johnson, 317.519.6896, or Rick Meyer, 317.774.0270,
- Haiti: June 16-23, 2012 (TRIP FULL-NO LONGER ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS)
Partner with Nehemiah Vision Ministries (NVM) to
provide compassion to the people of Haiti devastated by the 2010 earthquake. Potential projects include:- Providing medical care through NVM's medical clinic and IDP camps (medical professionals needed).
- Doing construction work in the community and NVM’s campus.
Please note that final projects will be confirmed closer to travel and depend on the make-up of each team.
Individuals must be entering high school or older to participate.
Cost: $1,800
Application deadline: March 1, 2012
Contact: Krista Davis, 519.4615 or
- Ukraine: July 6-18, 2012 (TRIP FULL-NO LONGER ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS)
Partner with the staff of Mission to Ukraine (MTU) to provide a camp experience for children with disabilities and their families. The camp includes creative worship and Bible teaching, small group interaction, crafts, and games. Disabled children have been unwanted and isolated in Ukrainian society for many years. MTU is attempting to reverse this trend by operating a comprehensive program for the disabled that includes physical play as well as occupational therapy in addition to medical assistance, spiritual and academic mentoring, and the summer camp program.This trip is family friendly for children 12+.
Cost: $2,400
Application deadline: March 15, 2012
Contact: Keith Carlson, 317.848.2722 ext. 290,
- Cartagena, Colombia : July 14-21, 2012 (TRIP FULL-NO LONGER ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS)
In partnership with Bridges of Hope International, serve the impoverished refugee population through partnerships with local churches and organizations. Trip participants will engage in a holistic approach to alleviating poverty by serving at several projects each day including an eye glass clinic in one of the poorest areas of Colombia, building a house for a local family, visiting a children’s hospital, conducting food distributions, and helping with outreach events for the elderly, gang members, and prisoners.Cost: $1895
Deposit: $150 application deposit applies. Make checks payable to:Bridges of Hope International
Application deadline: March 10, 2012
Contact: Steve Heiniger, 317.845.4018 or
- Penelakut Island, British Columbia: July 20-28, 2012 (TRIP FULL-NO LONGER ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS)
Missionaries Tim & Julie Christensen and Native believers are working to reconcile First Nations people to Christ and His followers after years of injustice and intentional marginalization often by what seemed to be the Church. This trip offers the opportunity to build relationships with First Nations people to reinforce the goodwill and love that local missionaries extend to them the rest of the year which is a crucial part of the reconciliation process. Among other opportunities, the team will be assisting First Nations leaders in hosting a summer day camp for native school children and teens.
This trip is family friendly for children 11+.
Cost: $1,550
Application deadline: March 1, 2012
Contact: Lisa Miller, 317.848.9573, or Kelly Goossen, 317.848.4573,
- Japan: July 28 - August 6, 2012 (TRIP FULL-NO LONGER ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS)
Partner with Kurume Christ Church to reach out to the village of Higashi Kurume by putting on an English day camp for Japanese children in grades 1-5 using stories from the Bible. This camp serves as a way to connect families to the church and introduce them to Jesus for the first time. Helping with camp involves building sets, writing and performing skits, leading musical worship, and developing and teaching curriculum. Evenings are spent visiting house churches, Bible studies, and families in the church for times of focused prayer.
Cost: $2,460
Application deadline: February 28, 2012
Apply on-line.
Contact: Jason Myers, 317.374.4692 or
- La Entrada, Honduras: August 4-9, 2012 (TRIP FULL - NO LONGER ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS)
Partner with Tree of Life as they prepare to open a new orphanage for Kindergarten through 6th graders in order to educate, disciple, and teach them practical life skills which are essential to children when they age out of the orphanage system. The team will assist with work projects such as painting, construction, and computer set-up at Tree of Life’s 7-12th grade school called Plan Escalon and assist students at the school in passing out food and supplies in one of the remote villages of Honduras. This trip is done in partnership with Hands of Hope Adoption and Orphan Care Ministry.
This trip is family friendly for children 14+.
Cost: $1,450
Deposit: $150 application deposit applies. Make checks payable to:Hands of Hope Adoption and Orphan Care Ministry
Application Deadline: April 15, 2012
Contact: Suzy Roth, 317.841.8184 or
