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The Road is our student missions program at Faithbridge, and is among the most substantive opportunities of growth, impact, and development we offer current 5th–12th graders.
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Connect is a 3 day journey Tuesday through Thursday and consists of day trips that run from 9 am to 1 pm. Connect is not only a part of The Road, but also an extension of Faithbridge Inclusion Ministries. Students will have personalized supports and opportunities to grow relationships with fellow Faithbridge members.
July 22–24
April 13 | 12:30pm-2:30pm May 4 | 12:30pm-2:30pm
Meals on Wheels & Bridging for Tomorrow
Hunger is a 5-day journey from Monday through Friday and consists of day trips that run from 8am to 5pm. Hunger teams will serve local ministries that are fighting food insecurity in the city of Houston. Teams will engage in various activities that offer them an introduction to serving Jesus and deepen their hunger for Him.
Hunger 1: June 2-6Hunger 2: June 9-13Hunger 3: June 16-20Hunger 4: June 23-27Hunger 5: July 7-11Hunger 6: July 14-18Hunger 7: July 21-25
Bundles of Hope, Kids Meals, Bread of Life, Meals on Wheels, Bridging for Tomorrow
Houston is a 5-day journey from Monday through Friday and consists of day trips that run from 8 am to 5 pm. Houston teams will serve various local ministries in the city of Houston. Teams will complete worksite projects and run Vacation Bible School to advance the mission of our ministry partners.
Houston 1: June 2-6Houston 2: June 9-13Houston 3: June 16-20Houston 4: June 23-27Houston 5: July 7-11Houston 6: July 14-18Houston 7: July 21-25
Cornerstone Family Ministries, Mission of Yahweh, Spring Spirit
Our GUM journeys as we like to call them are 1-week journeys where our teams get to learn about poverty. Teams will learn more about what poverty is and means through meaningful sessions with the GUM staff. Teams will also have the responsibility of running a VBS for the kids in the community, while also working to restore homes around the community through work projects.
GUM 1:June 1-7GUM 2: June 8-14GUM 3: June 15-21GUM 4: June 22-28GUM 5: July 6-12GUM 6: July 13-19GUM 7: July 20-26
March 2 | 12:30pm-3:30pm April 13 | 12:30pm-3:30pm May 4 | 12:30pm-3:30pm
GUM - Galveston Urban Ministries
Lubbock is a 1-week Journey where teams get to partner with the Lubbock Dream Center. At the Dream Center, teams will work on organizing clothing closets and food pantries as well as various other service projects in the community. Teams will also have the opportunity to partner with Lubbock Impact. While there, they will have the responsibility to run a 2-day VBS with their kids as well as work on some renovations for their buildings.
LBK1: June 1-7LBK 2: June 8-14LBK 3: June 15-21LBK 4: June 22-28LBK 5: July 6-12LBK 6: July 13-19LBK 7: July 20-26
Lubbock Impact, Lubbock Dream Center
Colorado is a 10-day journey where high school students will spend time in Denver putting on a Vacation Bible School and cleaning up the neighborhood. We partner with Mile High Ministries and their Joshua Station project, where they help impoverished people get back on their feet with Gospel focused training and schooling.
July 20-July 30
Feb 21–23 | Work Crew Weekend 2March 9 | 12:30pm-3:30pmApril 6 | 12:30pm-3:30pmApril 27 | 12:30pm-3:30pm
Mile High Ministries project, Joshua Station, is where students will be putting on VBS events for the community and children in their programming. Students will get to interact with members of the community and encourage them with the hope we have in Jesus.
On "Student-Led" journeys, a pair of students are given a high level of ownership and responsibility while being coached and developed by their adult leaders.
Students have the opportunity to enroll in the student leadership program every fall ahead of the following missions season.
This is a one-week journey for high school students. In New Orleans, the team will partner with Trinity Community Center. The team will work with the summer camp program to facilitate a Sports Camp experience for local kids. Students will be partnering with TCC for worksite as well, doing projects in the community.
NOLA 1: June 1-7NOLA 2: June 8-14
Feb 14–16 | Work Crew Weekend 1 (NOLA 1)Feb 28–Mar 2 | Work Crew Weekend 3 (NOLA 2) March 9 | 12:30pm-3:30pm April 6 | 12:30pm-3:30pm April 27 | 12:30pm-3:30pm
Trinity Community Center walks alongside the youth in their community from kindergarten through college, offering educational support, mentorship and spiritual guidance. TCC offers an after-school program, summer camp, and summer internships. Their after-school program provides homework help, and one-on-one tutoring.
This is a two-week journey for high school students. In Memphis the team will partner with Kingdom Community Builders to assist in developing and maintaining relationships with other local nonprofits, local organizations and local government leaders. The team will put on a Vacation Bible School for local youth and perform worksite projects like painting homes, yard work, and cleaning up the neighborhoods. The team will also go on a food delivery bike ride on Saturday.
June 15-June 28
Feb 28–Mar 2 | Work Crew Weekend 3March 9 | 12:30pm-3:30pmApril 6 | 12:30pm-3:30pmApril 27 | 12:30pm-3:30pm
Kingdom Community Builders (KCB) is all about developing Orange Mound with a Gospel centered mindset to help the community thrive with its currents strengths the Lord has provided.
Urban Bicycle Food Ministry (UBFM) – UBFM seeks those who are not looked for, students get to go out and show love, respect, and kindness to friends on the street by delivering a warm meal.
This is a 10-day journey for high school students. The team will partner with East West Ministries to be trained and sent to reach out to people in Houston from different faith backgrounds. This team will be trained in having spiritual conversations, have the opportunity to tour temples, and plan an English camp to engage with refugee families in the community.
July 6-15
East West has been living out the vision of glorifying God by multiplying followers of Jesus in spiritually dark places for the past 30 years. They mobilize and equip the Body of Christ to reach out to the lost and equip local believers to multiply disciples and churches among the unreached. They are actively invested in the community, constantly discovering people of peace, having follow-up meetings, and sharing their faith with the unreached.
This is a two-week journey for High School students. The team partners with K180. While in training for the trip and during the trip the students will be trained by the staff on how to have conversations with non-believers, share testimonies, articulate The Gospel, evangelize on the streets of London at well-known landmarks.
July 16-July 30
Feb 14–16 | Work Crew Weekend 1March 9 | 12:30pm-3:30pmApril 6 | 12:30pm-3:30pmApril 27 | 12:30pm-3:30pm
Kerygma 180 or “K180” has the vision to “set Europe ablaze” with the Gospel. Their core focus is to partner up alongside churches in proclaiming the Gospel and equipping the next generation. Kerygma means to proclaim the Gospel of Christ, and 180 is the hope of people making a complete 180 degree turn and following Christ.
This is a two-week journey for high school students. In El Salvador, the team will partner with La Casa de Mi Padre’s mission to heal hearts, restore families and bring hope of a better future to children in crisis through service and relationships. The team will spend time with the children and house families as well as in construction/labor continuing to develop the farm. Teams will learn and further La Casa’s ministry through a community food delivery and by running a 3-day VBS for local children.
June 1-14
Feb 21–23 | Work Crew Weekend 2 March 9 | 12:30pm-3:30pm April 6 | 12:30pm-3:30pm April 27 | 12:30pm-3:30pm
La Casa de mi Padre is a ministry that’s transforming lives. They serve as a children’s home with over 40 current children, La Casa is about holistic care, focusing on Christ-centered family. They are a long-standing partner of Faithbridge, with both adult and student teams venturing to El Salvador each year.
This is a two-week journey for high school students where students will partner with Urban Rhythm, run by Lindsay and Shannon Shores. Students further Urban Rhythm’s ministry by leading worship, facilitating small group discussion, organizing a VBS, and spending time with the people of Botswana.
July 13-July 26
Urban Rhythm’s purpose is to empower youth mentally, physically, emotionally, spiritually, and socially. They run many programs and camps throughout the year to accomplish these goals.
This is a one-week journey for high school students. In the D.R., the team will partner with Levanta’s mission to encourage, equip, and empower students and families to rise above through community, education, and spiritual programming. The team will spend time with young kids in the community to do an English camp, as well as talk with high school students learning English. They will do work projects around the Levanta house and in the community.
June 22–28
Levanta is a ministry that sees needs in the community and meets them. In the town of Los Ciruelos, they provide English classes, Bible studies, tutoring and discipleship. They have a sports ministry on the local basketball court and meet tangible needs in the community through food deliveries and home repair help.
This is a one-week trip for high school students. The team will partner with Enough Ministries to engage the community through serving at a soup kitchen, putting on a VBS for local children, and completing work projects at the team house.
June 15–21
Enough Ministries exists to accomplish God’s work with their hands by creating a radically inclusive, just, and loving church, mobilized to transform Vermont for Jesus. They are bringing hope in a spiritually dark place by meeting physical and spiritual needs in the community.
This is a one-week trip for high school students. The team will partner with Place of Promise to run a VBS for their Kids of Promise program for elementary aged children in the community. The team will also do work projects around the property.
July 6–12
Place of Promise provides Christ-centered programming for men, women, and children to experience physical, emotional, relational, and spiritual healing. Through their adult residential program, and kids of promise, they offer new life in Christ to those who have experienced hurt and brokenness.
Lead Student Ministry Director
Student Missions Director
Junior High Missions Coordinator
Student Missions Admin