Student Journeys

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Student Missions

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.

Save the Date for VBS

Faithbridge's Vacation Bible School 2026 will be June 8–11!

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Hunger

Hunger is a five-day journey from Monday through Friday for 5th grade students. This journey consists of day trips that run from 8am to 5pm. Hunger teams serve local ministries that are fighting food insecurity in the city of Houston. Teams engage in various activities that offer them an introduction to serving Jesus and deepening their hunger for Him.


Grades

5th Grade

Dates

Hunger 1: June 1–5
Hunger 2: June 8–12
Hunger 3: June 15–19
Hunger 4: June 22–26
Hunger 5: July 6–10
Hunger 6: July 13–17

Cost

$250

Training Dates

April 12 | 12:30-2:30pm
May 3 | 12:30-2:30pm

Partners

Bundles of Hope, Kids Meals, Bread of Life, Meals on Wheels, Bridging for Tomorrow

Accommodations

Students will be dropped off (8:00am) and picked up (5:00pm) at the Student Building at Faithbridge!

Houston

Houston is a five-day journey from Monday through Friday for 6th grade students. This journey consists of day trips that run from 8am to 5pm. 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 local ministry partners.


Grades

6th Grade

Dates

Houston 1: June 1–5
Houston 2: June 8–12
Houston 3: June 15–19
Houston 4: June 22–26
Houston 5: July 6–10
Houston 6: July 13–17
Houston 7: July 20–24

Cost

$250

Training Dates

April 12 | 12:30-2:30pm
May 3 | 12:30-2:30pm

Partners

Cornerstone Family Ministries, Mission of Yahweh, Spring Spirit

Accommodations

Students will be dropped off (8:00am) and picked up (5:00pm) at the Student Building at Faithbridge!

Galveston

Our "GUM" journeys, as we like to call them, are one-week journeys for 7th graders where our teams will learn more about what poverty is and means through meaningful sessions with the GUM staff, while also serving alongside them. Teams will have the responsibility of running a VBS for the kids in the community, while working to restore homes around the community through work projects.


Grades

7th Grade

Dates

GUM 1: May 31–June 6
GUM 2: June 7–13
GUM 3: June 14–20
GUM 4: June 21–27
GUM 5: July 5–11
GUM 6: July 12–18

Cost

$700 (Fundraising Available)

Training Dates

March 1 | 12:30-3:30pm
April 12 | 12:30-3:30pm
May 3 | 12:30-3:30pm

Partners

GUM - Galveston Urban Ministries

Accommodations

GUM housing in Galveston, Texas.

Lubbock

Lubbock is a one-week journey for 8th grade students where teams partner with the Lubbock Dream Center. At the Dream Center, teams work on organizing clothing closets and food pantries as well as various other service projects in the community. Teams also 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 renovations for their buildings.


Grades

8th Grade

Dates

LBK1: May 31–June 6
LBK 2: June 7–13
LBK 3: June 14–20
LBK 4: July 5–11
LBK 5: July 12–18
LBK 6: July 19–25

Cost

$900 (Fundraising Available)

Training Dates

March 1 | 12:30-3:30pm
April 12 | 12:30-3:30pm
May 3 | 12:30-3:30pm

Partners

Lubbock Impact, Lubbock Dream Center

Accommodations

Our student teams will be staying at First Christian Church of Lubbock.

Colorado

Colorado is a one-week journey where high school students will spend time in Denver, putting on a Sports Camp and cleaning up the neighborhood. We partner with Legacy Christian Fellowship Church to plan and run a three-day sports camp for local youth. Our team will also engage in work projects around the church and in the community.


Grades

9th–12th Grade

Dates

June 21–27

Cost

$1850 (Fundraising Available)

Training Dates

Feb 27–March 1 | Work Crew Weekend 3
March 8 | 12:30-3:30pm
March 29 | 12:30-3:30pm
April 19 | 12:30-3:30pm

Partners

Legacy Christian Fellowship is a body of believers committed to sharing the hope of Jesus with their community. Students will get to interact with local children through a sports camp, and members of the community through community events like barbeques to have fellowship and be encouraged by the hope we have in Jesus.

Accommodations

Students will be staying at Legacy Christian Fellowship Church where our students will be serving. We have a great and trusted relationship with Pastor John who leads the church.

New Orleans

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.


Grades

9th–12th Grade

Dates

NOLA 1: May 31–June 6
NOLA 2: June 7–13

Cost

$1500 (Fundraising Available)

Training Dates

Feb 6–8 | Work Crew Weekend 1 (NOLA 1)
Feb 6–8 | Work Crew Weekend 1 (NOLA 2)
March 8 | 12:30pm-3:30pm
March 29 | 12:30pm-3:30pm
April 19 | 12:30pm-3:30pm


Partners

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. 

Accommodations

Aurora United Methodist Church will provide housing for our students in bunk-style accommodations.

H-Town

This is a ten-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, go on tours of local temples, and plan a day camp to engage with refugee families in the community.


Grades

9th–12th Grade

Dates

July 5–14

Cost

$1,000 (Fundraising Available)

Training Dates

Feb 27–March 1 | Work Crew Weekend 3
March 8 | 12:30-3:30pm
March 29 | 12:30-3:30pm
April 19 | 12:30-3:30pm


Partners

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. 

Accommodations

We will stay in two apartments owned by East West, one for guys and one for girls. Each apartment has a full kitchen, living room, two bathrooms, and two bedrooms with bunk style accommodations.

Student-Led

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.

London

This is a two-week journey for High School students. The team partners with K180, a ministry based in the suburbs of London. While in training for the trip and during the trip, the students will be trained by the K180 staff on how to have conversations with non-believers, share their testimonies, articulate the Gospel, and evangelize on the streets of London at well-known landmarks.


Grades

9th–12th Grade

Dates

July 15–July 29

Cost

$3300 (Fundraising Available)

Training Dates

Feb 27–March 1 | Work Crew Weekend 3
March 8 | 12:30pm-3:30pm
March 29 | 12:30pm-3:30pm
April 19 | 12:30pm-3:30pm

Partners

Kerygma 180 or “K180” has the vision to “set Europe ablaze” with the Gospel. Their core focus is to partner 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.

Accommodations

Sleeping arrangements are outside of the city center in West London, in the borough of Ealing. The students will sleep, cook, and spend team time together at South Hanwell Baptist Church. This is located in a small neighborhood near the pastors and elders of the church.

Student-Led

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.

El Salvador

This is a two-week journey for high school students. In El Salvador, the team partners 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 about and further La Casa’s ministry through a community food delivery and by running a three-day VBS for local children.


Grades

9th–12th Grade

Dates

May 31–June 13

Cost

$3,100 (Fundraising Available)

Training Dates

Feb 6–8 | Work Crew Weekend 1
March 8 | 12:30-3:30pm
March 29 | 12:30-3:30pm
April 19 | 12:30-3:30pm


Partners

La Casa de mi Padre is a ministry that’s transforming lives, serving 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.

Accommodations

Our students will stay with Mission to El Salvador (MTES). This is a house in a gated community with 24-hr surveillance. Students will be driven around in a 15-passenger bus.

Student-Led

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.

Botswana

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.


Grades

9th–12th Grade

Dates

June 14–27

Cost

$3950 (Fundraising Available)

Training Dates

Feb 27–March 1 | Work Crew Weekend 3
March 8 | 12:30-3:30pm
March 29 | 12:30-3:30pm
April 19 | 12:30-3:30pm


Partners

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. 

Accommodations

Students will stay in the team house on the Shores property.

Student-Led

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.

Dominican Republic

This is a two-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 hosting an English camp, as well as going to camp with high school students learning English. They will do work projects around the Levanta house and in the community.


Grades

9th–12th Grade

Dates

July 12–25

Cost

$3,200 (Fundraising Available)

Training Dates

Feb 20–22 | Work Crew Weekend 2
March 8 | 12:30-3:30pm
March 29 | 12:30-3:30pm
April 19 | 12:30-3:30pm


Partners

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.

Accommodations

The team will be staying at a villa in Puerto Plata, a house with a gated entrance.

Student-Led

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.

Vermont

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.


Grades

9th–12th Grade

Dates

July 19–26

Cost

$1800 (Fundraising Available)

Training Dates

Feb 6–8 | Work Crew Weekend 1
March 8 | 12:30-3:30pm
March 29 | 12:30-3:30pm
April 19 | 12:30-3:30pm

Partners

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. 

Accommodations

We will stay at the Enough Ministries team house, equipped with a full kitchen, team room, guys and girls' bathrooms, and bunk-style accommodations.

Boston

This is a one-week trip for high school students. Teams 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.


Grades

9th–12th Grade

Dates

Boston 1: July 5–11
Boston 2: July 12–18

Cost

$1900 (Fundraising Available)

Training Dates

Feb 20–22 | Work Crew Weekend 2 (Boston 1)
Feb 20–22 | Work Crew Weekend 2 (Boston 2)
March 8 | 12:30pm-3:30pm
March 29 | 12:30pm-3:30pm
April 19 | 12:30pm-3:30pm


Partners

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. 

Accommodations

We will stay at the Luther Rice Lodge, a team house with a large kitchen, team room, and multiple bedrooms with bunk-style accommodations.

Arkansas

This is a ten-day journey for high school students. In Arkansas the team will partner with Amity Methodist Church to run a three-day camp for local youth. The team will also perform worksite projects like painting, yard work, and cleaning up the local church and neighborhood.


Grades

9th–12th Grade

Dates

June 14–June 23

Cost

$2,300 (Fundraising Available)

Training Dates

Feb 20–22 | Work Crew Weekend 2
March 8 | 12:30-3:30pm
March 29 | 12:30-3:30pm
April 19 | 12:30-3:30pm


Partners

Amity Methodist Church is committed to developing the community with a Gospel-centered mindset to help the community thrive with its currents strengths the Lord has provided. While their congregation is less than 200 members, they welcome nearly 150 students every Wednesday night for dinner and Bible study, pouring into the next generation and providing hope. 

Accommodations

Students will stay at the Caddo River Bend Lodge, a large team house with bunk-style accommodations.

Student-Led

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.

The Road Events

1
Mar

7th & 8th Grade Missions Training

March 112:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Required training meeting for all 7th and 8th grade Road participants. Get ready for fun, learning, games, and team discovery as you prepare for your mission ahead! Lunch provided for students!

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1
Mar

7th & 8th Grade Missions Training

March 112:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Required training meeting for all 7th and 8th grade Road participants. Get ready for fun, learning, games, and team discovery as you prepare for your mission ahead! Lunch provided for students!

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8
Mar

High School Missions Training

March 812:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Required training meeting for all High School Road participants. Get ready for fun, learning, games, and team discovery as you prepare for your mission ahead! Lunch provided for students!

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Mar

High School Missions Training

March 2912:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Required training meeting for all High School Road participants. Get ready for fun, learning, games, and team discovery as you prepare for your mission ahead! Lunch provided for students!

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Apr

5th & 6th Mission Training

April 1212:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Required training meeting for all 5th and 6th grade Road participants. Get ready for fun, learning, games, and team discovery as you prepare for your mission ahead! Lunch provided for students!

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May

5th & 6th Mission Training

May 312:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Required training meeting for all 5th and 6th grade Road participants. Get ready for fun, learning, games, and team discovery as you prepare for your mission ahead! Lunch provided for students!

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Missy Kern

Lead Student Ministry Director

Catherine Walley

Student Missions Director

Connor Hernandez

Junior High Missions Coordinator

Michele Barnhill

Student Missions Admin