Mission Trip

The YG mission trip takes place during the New Canaan public school’s spring vacation.  This year the mission trip dates are April 3rd - 11th.

Going on a mission trip is a life-changing experience.  When the youth have the opportunity to work on meaningful projects that greatly improve the living conditions in communities it shows them how much they can accomplish and impact other people’s lives.  Youth need to know that although they are not yet full adults they are fully capable of doing significant work for people who really do need their help.  Mission trips are also a way for youth to learn about and live out the Christian call to service and loving our neighbors.  We do not go on mission trips simply because we can.  We go because we recognize and embrace God’s love for us and God’s desire for us to share God’s love with others and be in community.  Living out our call to love, putting faith into action is transformative.  The experiences that youth have on these trips impact them for the rest of their lives. 

The YG mission trip is 9 days with a balance of hard fun and hard work designed to bring a ministry of love and hope to those in need.   Participants leave our trip with a changed perspective on their world and a better understanding of the difficulties faced by those who suffer the burden of poverty, disability and neglect. 

The program on the mission trip includes group work projects, meaningful interactions with community members, prayers, vespers and worship.  During the trip the youth will help repair existing structures and build new ones.  They will work in teams that are supervised by a YG advisor and a skilled builder.  Safety is a serious issue and we take many precautions to make sure that no one is harmed or harms another person.

On Thursday night before we leave for the trip we have a Mission Trip Send Off Dinner at the church.  All youth and advisors that are going o the trip will come for the dinner and spend the night at the church before we leave early the next morning to take a flight to our trip destination.

Our trip destinations are typically in sites that are not convenient to reach using ground transportation from New Canaan.  We use buses to get to the airport and then we fly to our destination.  Once we arrive at our destination we use buses or vans for transportation.

We want to take care of the youth as best we can so there are many chaperones that come on the mission trip.  The 2 youth ministers lead the trip along with 5 other team leaders.  A team of skilled builders come to lead the work projects.  The senior minister also joins us for this adventure along with YG alums and other adults who all work together to meet the needs of all the trip participants.