TRIP DETAILS
At a Glance
- Dates: July 6-13, 2019
- Location: Miami, Florida
- Cost: $950/participant
- Team Size: 30 students and leaders
- Open to students who have been on an HSM Mission Trip in the past (Chicago, Kansas City, McAllen)
- Application Deadline: January 30
Lodging & Meals
Our lodging will be at a local seminary, dorm-style, with beds, bath/showers facilities and a conference space for our team to do late-night worship. We will be eating most meals at True Vine Christian Church.
Transportation
We will travel by air to Miami. While in Miami, we will use 15 passenger vans to travel from the seminary to the church, as well as other ministry areas.
Ministry Initiatives
- Day Camp: We will partner with Kidz XL to put on a day camp
- Evangelism: We will partner alongside True Vine's youth ministry to engage in evangelisic diagloge with the community
- Service: We will help with any service projects the church needs.
MINISTRY PARTNERSHIPS
Apex Missions
We will partner with Apex Missions to go to Miami. Apex is the student missions organization of the Evangelical Free Church. They will act as a bridge between our church and our host church while in Miami by providing staff that will coordinate our ministry initiatives, lodging/food, as well as provide outreach training while each day of the trip. Note: this is the same organization we use for the Kansas City trip.
Watch the Apex Promo
A Note on Outreach Training
Apex Missions offers ministry training throughout the trip that will be useful both during our time in Miami, but also when we come home. The training is designed to develop students into Gospel influencers in their current sphere of influence.
True Vine Christian Church
As an EFCA church in the Westchester/Olympia Heights communities of Miami, True Vine Christian Church seeks to produce disciplemakers, partner to serve and preach the Gospel. True Vine CC is a predominantly spansish-speaking congregation. They coordinate a year-long afterschool and summer camp program that reaches out to over 100 children.
Location: 3801 SW 97th Ave, Miami Florida 33165
TRIP SCHEDULE
Please note: This schedule is tentative, as it will depend on our flight schedule.
Saturday, July 6
- Travel to Miami
Sunday, July 7
- Attend True Vine Christian Church service
- Apex Orientation and Settle into our lodging
Monday, July 8 - Friday, July 12
- Morning: Ministry Training
- Afternoon: Day Camp & Other Service Initiatives
- Evening: Various Recreational and/or Outreach Focused Activities
- Late Night: Late night worship & faith stories
Saturday, July 13
- Pack up and Clean Up
- Travel Home
COMMITMENTS
In order for you to have a successful trip, we ask that each participant meet the following commitments...
Attend All Team Meetings & Services
- Team Training Meetings - Sundays, February 3, March 24 & May 19 from 12:30-2:30pm
- Training Intensive - Friday, June 7 and Saturday, June 8
- Commissioning Service - Sunday, June 9 during all services
Cover the Cost for the Entire Trip
You are responsible for paying for the entirety of your trip cost via personal payment or fundraising efforts (primarily support letters). Due to the price and need to secure airefare, students must adhere to these due dates in order to participate in the trip:
- $100 Deposit is due upon registration
- $450 is due by the March 25 training meeting (in order to secure plane tickets)
- The balance of the trip is due at the June 7 Training Intensive.
Lead Sunday Morning Kid's Ministry Programming
In preparation for and celebration of the trip, we ask that each trip participant serve with children's ministry at least 3 times in the summer, both before and after the trip.
