Fulfill the Great Commission

TPCC is currently working with nearly 50 strategic partners in more than 20 nations. Whether you are training teachers in Africa, feeding the hungry in Haiti, building homes in Mexico, or participating in creative outreaches in Nicaragua, we believe that you have an important part to play in changing the world!

General information that applies to all trips: $300 deposit is due 90 days prior to departure. Balance in full is due 30 days prior to departure. Cost of passport is not included in trip price. Final prices will be announced once the group is ticketed.

Upcoming 2012 Short-Term Mission Trips

Click here to download the 2012 Short-Term Mission Trips brochure as a PDF.

Austria

Approximate Cost: $1,400

April 12 to 28 | Team Leaders: Greg and Karlene Kashman,

Help to strategically invest in and launch leaders from Europe and Central Asia at Haus Edelweiss in Austria. Through our dynamic partnership with TCM (Training Christians for Ministry, the largest seminary in Europe) you will be able to serve in the following areas: administration, food preparation, guest services (housekeeping), grounds and gardens, and maintenance. You will also be able to attend the graduation ceremony and listen to the country director’s annual report. Sign up and be a part of a work that is reshaping Europe.

Haiti

Approximate Cost: $1,500

January 3 to 11 | Team Leader: Vince Parker,
February 17 to 24 | Team Leaders: Rick and Mary Berger,
July 6 to 14 | Team Leaders: Rick and Mary Berger,

Partner with us as we help to change Haiti one person at a time. Trips will include service projects, new church planting efforts, community outreach, leadership development, children’s ministry, Community Health Evangelism (CHE) support, prayer walking, and VBS. 

Hungary

Approximate Cost: $2,600

May 16 to 26 | Team Leader: David Helm,

Strategically serve at the European Leadership Forum, an event that equips over 700 national Christian leaders from over 42 nations. Opportunities to serve include: conference administration, transportation, interviewing leaders, typing and data input, working in the bookstore, serving meals, and registering leaders.

Jamaica

Approximate Cost: $1,700

June 16 to 23 | Team Leaders: Sean and Kaleena White,

Serve in partnership with CSI Jamaica and RAISE Jamaica to make a huge difference next summer. The trip will focus on small home construction and other repairs or construction projects, VBS, sports ministries, praise and worship, evangelism, and children’s ministry. Be a part of something that is revolutionizing one of the poorest areas of Jamaica.

Joplin

Approximate Cost: $200

April 8 to 14* | Team Leader: TBD
September 23 to 29* | Team Leader: TBD

*Team size: 12 to 15 people per week

Join with us as we partner with IDES (International Disaster Emergency Service) to offer hope and help to the hurting people of Joplin, Missouri. The greatest need in Joplin is to build homes as thousands are still living in FEMA trailers. Skilled laborers are needed for this trip, but not required.

Kenya

Approximate Cost: $2,600 + $520 for safari

Microfinance Trip:
February 17 to 27 | Team Leader: Jon Huskins,  

Continue to help our TPCC strategic partners, Christian Missionary Fellowship (CMF) and Missions of Hope International (MOHI), to transform the urban poor in the Mathare Valley of Nairobi, Kenya. This trip will focus on encouraging and equipping people who are starting their own business. Other activities may include home visits, working with people living with HIV/AIDS, and medical/dental clinics.

Community Outreach Trips:
July 2 to 14 | Team Leader: Vince Brooks,
September 8 to 19 | Team Leader: Jim Baker,

*Information meetings for the September trip are March 13 or March 20 at 6:30 p.m. at TPCC.  You only need to attend one of the meetings.

Children’s outreach and ministry, sports clinics, medical outreach, Community Health Evangelism (CHE), home visits, teacher training, leadership development, and visiting with TPCC supported schools and children. Serve with us as we see the Valley of Darkness transformed into the Mountain of God.

Mexico

Approximate Cost: $1,200

July 14 to 21 | Team Leader: Greg Smith,

Impact families by building homes. You will have the chance to understand the conditions of poverty through immersion. You will get dirty. You will experience community. You will discover the profound simplicity of how to "love your neighbor". This is a family-friendly trip.

New York

Approximate Cost: $1,000

May 17 to 22 | Team Leader: TBD
August 29 to September 3 | Team Leader: TBD

TPCC has been partnering with Everyday Christian Church in Upper Manhattan for the past 9 months as they launch their new church. This will be our first trip to NYC in support of their efforts to reach out to New Yorkers with the love of God. The May trip will focus on sports clinics and events to engage the community-specifically men. The August trip will focus on serving schools and families.

Nicaragua

Approximate Cost: $1,500

Special Needs Trip:
February 18 to 26 | All Trips Team Leader: Jill Sima,
June 16 to 24
November (dates TBD)*

*For Special Needs children and their families only

Join with us as we continue to partner with the Nicaragua Resource Network (NRN) to transform Nicaragua for the glory of God. The special needs trips will focus on working with special needs children, parent support meetings, and delivering food and praying with families in their homes.  Special education and health care professionals can support the Agape classrooms and teachers by helping with student consultations, teacher training, and other classroom and student support.

Leadership Development Trips:
March 17 to 24 | Team Leader: Rod Duncan,
August 18 to 25 | Team Leader: Andy Hensel,
November 10 to 17 | Team Leader: Rod Duncan,

Partnering with local churches to encourage and develop local leaders by coaching in areas of discipleship, marriage enrichment, parenting, spiritual disciplines, English as a second language, and working alongside the educational staff of Rey Solomon.

Ignite Trip:
May 15 to 22* | All Trips Team Leaders: Rhett Morehouse,
May 23 to 30*                                       Lynette Harker,

*Team size: 16 people per week

If you are between the ages of 18 and 20-something, join the Ignite group on one of its trips to help with building projects, interact with young adults and college students, deliver food to homes, and visit TPCC/NRN supported schools and children.

Sports Trip:
July 6 to 13 | Team Leaders: David Cupp,
                                            Darrel Schierling,

Running various sports clinics, leading young people in daily devotionals/Bible lessons, and connecting with the people through sport specific topics such as: perseverance, character, preparation, focus, and endurance. 

Panama

Approximate Cost: $1,400

February 17 to 25 | Team Leader: Ken Julian,

Work with Panama Christian Evangelism in a variety of outreaches and training to the Guaymi Indians near Boquete, where 98% of the people live below the poverty level. Activities may include construction, children’s ministry/outreach, medical and dental clinics, drama presentations, sports clinics, and leadership development.

Sweden

Approximate Cost: $2,000

July 14 to 21 | Team Leader: Paul Kobylarz,

Sweden is an untapped mission field with less than 2% of the population being professed followers of Christ. While it is the second most desirable country in the world to live in, it is starving spiritually. This trip will focus on community outreach, youth outreach, sports camps, leadership development, and ministry in and through Swedish churches. We will strategically serve alongside Sport for Life and other missions organizations to make an impact in this nation.

Ukraine

Approximate Cost: $1,500

July 12 to 24 | Team Leader: Luke Edgerton,

In 2012, TPCC wants to send a group of 20-30 high school students to the Eastern European nation of Ukraine to help engage young people with the Gospel. It is our hope to plant a Catalyst ministry through a local church in the seaside city of Berdyansk. If you are a high school student and want to make a difference next summer in Eastern Europe, please prayerfully consider going on this trip.

Zambia

Approximate Cost: $2,900

March 9 to 19 | Team Leader: Jay Schaumberg, 317.431.2364 or

June 15 to 25 | Team Leader: TBD

Last year TPCC was able to come alongside Zambian Pastor Patson Sakala to finish his school/church/orphanage as he is strategically building the kingdom of God in Lusaka, Zambia. This year we will continue to strategically assist Patson through further construction, teacher training, leadership development, women’s Bible study, children’s ministry, and encouraging and working with the local community.

 

Short-Term Mission Forms

Short Term Missions Trip Application

Short Term Missions Parental Consent Form

TPCC sample STM funding letter