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2013 Summer Mission Teams

Arizona (Navajo)
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This new team will travel to Kayenta, Arizona and partner with the Kayenta Church of Christ to share Jesus, build relationships, and meet the needs of people in the Navajo Nation through outreach, bible studies, gardening/irrigation, etc.....(more)

 

Brisbane, Australia
 

Since 1999, Lipscomb University has taken a group of students every summer to work with the churches in Brisbane on the east coast of Australia. The Lipscomb team is comprised of students who have a passion for people and building sustainable relationships over a long period of time. The team focuses its efforts on being a light to people of all ages.....(more)

 

City of Children (Summer)
 
A few hours south of the California/Mexico border you will find in Ensenada, Mexico a place known as the City of Children. It is an orphanage, but not just any orphanage. The City of Children, the parent organization of Baja Missions, was created to save the troubled children of Mexico from poverty and abuse and raise them in a loving Christian environment so that they can come to know our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.....(more)

 

Dominican Republic (Eng)
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 		   Open to all, this second-year team will travel to Cabirmal, Dominican Republic to support Canaan Christian Camp. The group will design, fabricate, and install various projects for the camp as well as some other ministry opportunities......(more)
 

 

 

East TN (Special Needs Camp)
 
East TN SNC 2   This new team will serve with a Christian summer camp for families who have a child(ren) with a special need or disability. During the day you will provide assistance and friendship to your "buddy" with a disability while their parents attend seminars and spend time being rejuvenated with one another. Your job is simply to be a friend, giving the gift of your time and Christ's love.....(more)

 

Flint, MI
flint 4   This new team will serve alongside the Valley Church of Christ in a work project called Mission: Possible, working with a community as they grow closer to one another and closer to God through love and service......(more)

 

Ghana
  The Village of Hope in Ghana, West Africa is home to approximately 250 children. The children are brought to the orphanage from off the streets, abusive/dangerous living conditions, and even rescued from child slavery. One of our most important purposes is to love and build long-term relationships with the children, house parents, and staff members of the Village of Hope......(more)

 

Great Britain/Greece
Great Britain   The purpose of this long running Lipscomb mission effort is to help the youth programs and encourage the Christians in the UK. We stay in the members' homes and fall in love with the families and the children. The objectives and activities will include Vacation Bible Schools, church camps and general aid to the UK congregation.....(more)

 

Guatemala (Engineering)
  This engineering team is part of an ongoing, year-round community development effort in remote villages of northern Guatemala called Project Ulpan.....(more)

 

Haiti
  During this trip the group will work with local churches to reach the hearts of people in the community through small group Bible studies for men and women. The team will also get to work with children at the local orphanage.....(more)

 

India
  This team will spend time serving at two different orphanages in India: Grace Home and Asha Mission. Many of the children living at Grace Home are orphans from the 2004 tsunami that killed over 230,000 people in 10 countries. Asha Mission Children's Home currently serves as home for 22 children in Delhi, India......(more)

 

India (Ethos)
  This second-year trip will consist of a small group of men and women visiting two church plants recently initiated by Ethos Church, one in Basirhat and one in Gabadora, as well as a school in Basirhat. Our goal and desire is to love these two communities, partner with the churches and ministries in sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ, to be a blessing to the churches, and to aid them in serving their communities.....(more)

 

Kenya
  This second year mission team will walk alongside the ministry of Made in the Streets, based in Nairobi, Kenya. The work of Made in the Streets begins by seeking out and finding kids just as they are, and offering them a new life free from glue, drugs, stealing and hunger......(more)

 

Moldova
  In May, this all female team will travel to Moldova to come alongside and support Grace House, a transitional home for 16 year old girls who have graduated from state-run boarding schools. The ministry, overseen by Justice & Mercy International (JMI), works to combat against human trafficking. Moldova is considered to be one of the most heavily trafficked countries in all of Europe....(more)

 

Nashville (Urban Plunge)
Perth   This all male summer mission effort provides an experience unlike any other: for one week you will be homeless, living on the streets alongside the thousands of others that make up Nashville's homeless community.....(more)

 

Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland   In late May, Lipscomb students will travel to Dundrum, a small village on the coast of Northern Ireland, to work with children and teenagers through Project Evangelism.....(more)

 

 

NYC (Summer)
NYC   Serving as a follow-up to our Spring Break ministry in the South Bronx, this brand new team will again work with Camp Shiloh. However, this time it will look a little different, spending half the week serving at the camp itself and the other half in the schools.....(more)

 

Peru
Peru 3   This May 2013 mission trip will provide free medical care to people in the underprivileged areas in and around Lima, Peru.....(more)

   

Uganda
  This team will primarily focus on utilizing gifts of team members in creative arts to develop a unique music program for children in poverty....(more)
     

 

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