“Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me” (Matt. 25:40). Today’s disciples need to find those who are vulnerable, voiceless, poor, and despised and immerse themselves in service. Explore service and mission organizations that are friendly to young people who are related to the United Methodist Connection.
“Coordinating service opportunities at YOUTH 2019 was amazing. Youth brought the energy, we just had to show them a need and how they could be helpful.” – Shawna Darnall & Poese Vatikani
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We are smack dab in the middle of rebuilding and restoring a once vibrant church in East Knoxville. We need mission teams to come help reach out to children, students, and families through: backyard Bible clubs, block parties, day camps, youth services, prayer walking, and canvassing. We could also use…
Evening Programs, Camp, Urban, VBS Day Camp, Spring Breaks, After School Program, Summer, Year Round, Home Repair / Construction
A ministry of the Methodist Church of Mexico that serves the Rio Bravo and surrounding communities with construction projects (Schools, community spaces, family's homes, parsonages, churches), medical campaigns (Famlily medicine, surgeries, dentistry); orphanages, educational projects, community development centers, mission bible schools, disaster response, and humanitarian aid. We receive more than…
Full Service, Community Agencies, VBS Day Camp, UMVIM, Spring Breaks, Medical Health, Summer, Year Round, Home Repair / Construction, Health Care, Education
Camp Highroad is a year round retreat facility offering lodges, cabins and camping sites to many churches, Girls and Boys scouts and schools. In the summer we run our own summer camp and also offer our facility for other day camps in the area. When you choose to do a…
Food Provided, Full Service, United States, Camp, Camp Facilities, Spring Breaks, Summer, Year Round, Trail Work, Home Repair / Construction
The goal of Harvest of Hope is to educate participants concerning the domestic and global hunger problem; encouraging them to make lifelong commitments to being part of the solution. Phone: 800-333-4597 | WEBSITE
Evening Programs, Food Provided, Rural, United States, Camp Facilities, Community Agencies, UMVIM, Spring Breaks, Feeding, Summer, Year Round, Program, Homeless, Education
Mountain T.O.P. (Tennessee Outreach Project) is an interdenominational, non-profit Christian partnership ministry, dedicated to rural life ministry in the Cumberland Mountains of Tennessee. We are affiliated with the Tennessee Conference of the United Methodist Church Through building relationships, we strive to help meet the physical, spiritual, social, and emotional needs…
Rural, United States, UMVIM, Home Repair / Construction
Partner with Apache, Navajo, and Hopi communities of Arizona on sustainable agriculture projects like community gardens, cooking classes, and food security programming, all the while learning about the history of our First Nations communities in the US! Trips are typically 8-days long, with flexible travel dates, and we can accommodate…
Methodist Children's Home - Methodist Church of Costa Rica
Our main area of cooperation with people and churches from the US is with the construction teams we host each year, primarily at the Children’s Home but also in local churches, but there can also be opportunities for longer-term service in different church areas, based on a person or group's…
Sacramento volunteers work with on-site staff members to work on anything from camp renovation and maintenance projects, to helping out in the office - depending on skills of team members. For any project, materials will be provided, but personal hand tools (well-marked with name) are welcome additions. The optimal "work…
A community outreach ministry that offers long and short term volunteering for individuals, couples, youth groups and adult groups. We have a variety of ministries to be involved in and support. We provide housing for volunteers as well as meals during work camp season. We are a year round ministry.…
The mission of Ozark Mission Project is to transform lives through worship, fellowship, and hands-on mission. OMP sends church youth groups to campsites and churches around Arkansas where they, in turn, engage in the surrounding communities by serving our neighbors, individuals and families, who are in need of minor construction…
Evening Programs, Food Provided, Full Service, Rural, Camp, Community Agencies, Urban, UMVIM, Spring Breaks, Summer, Year Round, Program, Home Repair / Construction
WARM makes homes safer for elderly, disabled and other low-income homeowners by making urgent repairs and building accessibility upgrades (such as wheelchair ramps). We have worship nights and fun activities for youth groups during the summer. Come "Make Waves" with us. Phone: 910-399-7563 | WEBSITE
McCurdy Ministries is 103 year old United Methodist National Mission Institution in Espanola, NM. For 100 years McCurdy was a mission school but in 2012 McCurdy Charter School opened on the McCurdy campus which is a public K-12 school and McCurdy Ministries became a community center whose purpose is to…
Food Provided, Rural, United States, Camp, VBS Day Camp, UMVIM, Spring Breaks, Feeding, Teaching Skills, After School Program, Summer, Year Round, Native American Ministries, Program, DIY, Home Repair / Construction, Education
Dalton Area Project began in 2013 as a student led, adult supported mission effort based out of Dalton First United Methodist Church. The vision is to help those in need in our own community and surrounding areas; as we are called to love our neighbor. "Where there was darkness there…
Hinton Rural Life Center - Missions Outreach Program
Serve Through Hinton Center’s Missions Outreach Program, teams serve for one week working on a variety of home repairs in the local Appalachian community. Projects may include building wheelchair ramps, porches, steps, underpinning mobile homes, painting, repairing floors, and helping with yard work. At Hinton Center, we want to encourage…
The Dominican Republic Missions Project is a support system for the Dominican Evangelical Church. We are here to help the mission teams that come experience God in a new way and to share and receive His love with people from a different culture. Our projects are given to us directly…
UMVIM, Training and Group Leadership Support, Year Round, Home Repair / Construction
JAT are mission events for young people (14-25) which are run in Southern Germany. JAT is always a cooperation between the Children and Youth Department and a local church. PHONE: +49 711 8600686 | WEBSITE
URBAN MISSION MINISTRIES & the J.O.S.H.U.A. Work Mission Program
For more than fifty years, the Urban Mission has dedicated itself to improving the lives of families living in the Ohio Valley through hunger alleviation, homeless prevention, community development and neighborhood reinvestment. It is our mission to provide integrated services that nurture, restore dignity and serve as a witness of…
United States, Urban, UMVIM, Mission Training, Feeding, Sorting Packing, Warehouse, Year Round, Homeless, Home Repair / Construction
YU?MC is a Student Led Middle School Mission Experience. Students spend three days experiencing various mission opportunities. Site range from construction to food banks to serving homeless ministries. Groups eat, sleep, worship and play at Yardley UMC. WEBSITE | Phone: 215-493-3345 x202
For $299 per Person Live at historic Metropolitan UMC Participate in great evening activities, like worship, small group conversations, a Detroit Tigers baseball game or other cultural event, live concerts by local musicians, and great speakers from around Detroit. Work at project sites from 9am-4pm daily. One Half day for exploring…
Evening Programs, Food Provided, Full Service, Community Agencies, Urban, UMVIM, Feeding, Summer, Year Round, Program, Homeless, DIY, Home Repair / Construction
The Blackfeet United Methodist Parish (BUMP) serves the people who live on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation located just East of Glacier National Park in the State of Montana. The majority of the present day residents living on the Blackfeet Reservation are bloodline descendants of the original indigenous inhabitants of this…
Camp Chippewa is a United Methodist camp and retreat center in northeast Kansas whose mission is to provide an atmosphere in a simple outdoor setting where individuals can: Experience the presence of God in nature; Form a relationship with Jesus Christ and others; Nurture one's journey as a disciple of…
The Mission Service Project (MSP) of Mission, Texas is a home repair project that was started in 1981 by the First United Methodist Church of Mission. It is an ecumenical partnership of churches in both Mission and McAllen. With the help of volunteers, MSP is able to make substantial repairs…
Food Provided, United States, Camp, Community Agencies, Urban, VBS Day Camp
This is not the typical youth mission week! Our Summer Learn & Serve Experience will radically challenge your youth to make a practical difference in the world. The Learn & Serve (L&S) summer training experience gives North American youth a holistic view of the world and encourages them to explore…
Food Provided, Full Service, Rural, United States, UMVIM, Spring Breaks, Mission Training
The Waller Center works in partnership with the Glide Foundation and other Bay Area social service organizations by providing overnight accommodations to teams performing mission and volunteer work in San Francisco. Groups may also sign up for our custom-designed seminars on various social justice topics relating to San Francisco. Contact…
Evening Programs, Food Provided, Full Service, Camp, Urban, Feeding
Jackson Area Ministries (JAM) is a United Methodist church mission project serving the Appalachian counties in southeast Ohio. For over 40 years JAM has welcomed youth and adults to our region for the work camp experience. We invite your congregation to explore such an opportunity. A typical week begins Saturday…
Back to School Health Fair There are many ways to assist with this fair held on a Wednesday in mid-July; planning, organizing donations, volunteering the day of the fair. A $20 donation will purchase basic student and classroom supplies for one child at the school. Contact Atalie Ferring at Atalie@cfum.org…
Food Provided, Urban, After School Program, Medical Health
Midwest Mission Distribution Center is a disaster relief facility located on an 8 acre campus, 4 miles south of Springfield, Illinois. Construction began in October of 1999 and opened for ministry in the year 2000. MMDC is a caring ministry related to the Illinois Great Rivers Conference and the North…
Rural, United States, UMVIM, Making Kits, Sorting Packing, Warehouse
The Epworth Center desires to invest in the future (and eternity) of our community and beyond by providing a place of belonging, as a getaway that isn't that far away. Our Ready-Made Retreats focus on spiritual formation and service through our choice food pantry, work missions and more. Organize your…
Rural, United States, VBS Day Camp, UMVIM, Spring Breaks, Mission Training, Feeding, Year Round, Home Repair / Construction
L.A.S.T. is a service-learning project that links small groups of youth and adults with service opportunities. We don't stop at service; youth and adults are encouraged to think through what they are doing from a biblical perspective. We also study together the root causes of poverty and examine ways in…
WHAT: We offer week-long work camp experiences helping to improve the lives of those living in poverty through home repair, serving at food pantries, and more. LOCATION: Rockford, IL - Population 150,100. WHEN: Work camps run throughout year with most groups coming in June, July, and August. WHO: Teens through…
Our Mission Service Over Self exists to glorify God by proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ in word and deed through urban home repair camps. Our Vision Empowered persons. Transformed neighborhoods. As an expression of Christ’s love, SOS seeks to empower persons and transform neighborhoods by utilizing volunteers to renovate…
The goal at Rice and Beans is to go into all the world and make disciples of Christ. Because we study that Christ was always meeting people exactly where they were then calling them out into a faith that grew them and transformed their lives, we strive with each action that…
Rural, VBS Day Camp, UMVIM, Feeding, Home Repair / Construction
The Spirit Lake Ministry Center hosts volunteer teams from all over the country. These Volunteer in Mission (VIM) Teams will be asked to perform light construction and maintenance on homes, Tribal buildings and grounds on the reservation and to provide team members for children's activities. All activities are very hands…
We need people who are interested in serving their community in many ways, such as planning resident activities, washing laundry, putting linens away, preparing snacks or meals, cleaning, setting up rooms for our families, and office work. You may be interested in volunteering for a specific holiday, an activity, or…
Sierra Service Project (SSP) mission is,"Building faith and strengthening communities through service to others." SSP is a Christian non-profit organization providing life-changing experiences through acts of service repairing homes in rural and urban communities and serving in Central America. We invite junior high and high school age youth and young…
United States, Urban, UMVIM, Native American Ministries
M25 is a mission program designed to bring students together to serve God by serving others. Sometimes going out into all the world means helping those in our own backyard, and with M25, your group will have the incredible opportunity to help some of 20,000 homeless people in Atlanta. Not…
Little Acts of Love is a community outreach ministry which provides simple home repairs to elderly and disabled homeowners in the Greater Reading,PA community at no charge. This year we are again will be working with Penn State Berks who is providing the housing and meals while your youth…
WHO WE ARE. Project SPY aka Service Project Youth is a week-long mission adventure for middle and high school students & adults. Physically, we are a home repair ministry, making homes safer, warmer and drier, for families in the New River Valley. Spiritually, we seek to be God's hands and…
Evening Programs, Food Provided, Full Service, Rural, United States, Camp, Spring Breaks
The Flint Mission Project consists of volunteers that perform short term mission work in Flint, Michigan. Overseen by members of Calvary United Methodist Church, Flint, Michigan, bringing volunteers together to participate in short term mission work in the Flint area. Past projects include stripping and re-shingling roofs, painting houses, rebuilding…
The Epworth Project has a long and successful history of serving the least, last and lost in our region. We believe that volunteers like you are the life-blood of our organization as well as the cornerstone of any disaster recovery process. The Epworth Project provides an all inclusive mission opportunity.…
United States, Urban, UMVIM, Home Repair / Construction
The mission of Denver Urban Matters is to "inspire hope as an advocate and trusted provider of needed services." DenUM meets people in crisis inOutreach Services, develops self-sufficiency throughJob Services, strengthens the community throughAdvocacy, and fosters awareness and growth throughUrban Education. DenUM has a well developedservice programthat can accommodate both…
United States, Urban, UMVIM, Feeding, Warehouse, Program
With a community farm and garden on-site, service groups can engage with hands-on creation care and feeding ministries at Chestnut Ridge Camp. Accommodations for DIY groups working with other service agencies in the area are also available. Phone: 919.304.2178 | WEBSITE
CTCYM brings more than 2,500 youth and adults together to put Christian faith into action by repairing and rebuilding homes and small facilities weathered by age, poverty or natural disaster. The CTCYM experience is brought together by the spirit of God and a volunteer task force of youth and adults…
The Nehemiah Mission of Cleveland rebuilds the lives and homes of the physically and fiscally challenged of Cleveland through volunteer mission groups that improve living environments in order to sow seeds of hope for individuals and neighborhoods. Phone:216-961-6968 |Website
Carolina Cross Connection offers several weeklong summer mission opportunities for youth, college students, and adults. Learn more by clicking below or on the "woodchips" at the top of the page. We also encourage you to visit our websiteto find how you can get involved this summer. Summer Service Weeks…
Rural, United States, UMVIM, Homeless, Home Repair / Construction
Participate as an individual or a group in scheduled work parties at our sites. Worship, play, and help get the camp ready for the summer season! All skill level of workers are welcomed. Morning childcare provided for those out of diapers but too young to work. Registration begins Friday evening…
Rural, United States, Camp Facilities, UMVIM, Trail Work
Every summer Mechuwana plays host to an amazing group of people. Scores of volunteer mission workersdescend on the camp to repair old camp buildings, build new ones, and improve the ones we have. They also head out into the community to help out with various local ministries. For more information…
Rural, United States, Camp, Camp Facilities, UMVIM
Our Mission As a ministry of the OR-ID Conference of the United Methodist Church, we are people dedicated to creating quality environments of Christian hospitality and learning. We nurture persons so they may: Grow in wisdom and in healthy self-esteem. Develop lifestyles of loving interdependence with each other and all…
Food Provided, Rural, United States, Camp, UMVIM, Trail Work
Cass Community Social Services relies on volunteers to help accomplish its mission. People (adults, youth and children) assist us in a variety of ways. Some come for an hour. Others help for a day. A number of people are regulars working with us once a week or once a month.…
United States, Urban, UMVIM, Feeding, Home Repair / Construction
Mission Statement - To provide opportunities for people to bring Christ to homeowners in need in Richland County through home improvement projects. Purpose - Our purpose is to use community and church groups to do housing repair for people in need. Spiritual Focus - Christ has no body now on…
A mission agency of the United Methodist Church, Hinton creates opportunities for workteams from all over the country to experience our rich mountain culture, to serve with others in repairing or building homes with local families, and to grow in their understanding of faith in action. Building relationships with our…
Evening Programs, Food Provided, Full Service, Rural, United States, Camp, UMVIM, Spring Breaks, Trail Work
Idaho Mission Project, in partnership with Twinlow Camp, is designed for youth groups to come to camp and have a servant mission experience right here in North Idaho. It comes as a surprise to many how much poverty exists in both the rural and urban areas of Spokane and Coeur…
Food Provided, Full Service, Rural, United States, Camp, Urban, VBS Day Camp, Feeding
U.M. ARMY Philosophy Preparation, Safety, Teamwork, Leadership development in teens, Servant - nothing in return, free for client, we pay to offer others what they may not have without us. When we leave - quality of life has been improved. Our work is the vehicle for God's love to be…
UMCOR WEST Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, UMCOR West depot serves as a material resources warehouse to store UMCOR supply kits. UMCOR West helps reduce shipping costs and enhances efficiency when responding to emergencies in the western part of the US. The depot provides opportunities for kit ministry at…
Bahamas Methodist Habitat offers one of the most rewarding service opportunities for mission seekers. Volunteers dedicate to help provide home repairs and new home construction for those in need throughout the Carribean. Phone: 931-230-7771 | WEBSITE | EMAIL
BIG HOUSE is an acronym which stands for Believing in God, Helping Others Understand through Service Everywhere. Our mission is "To prepare youth and adults to be the hands and feet of Jesus Christ, by providing opportunity to be in mission to churches in need everywhere." We want to give…
Evening Programs, Food Provided, United States, UMVIM, Feeding
Alta Mons is a summer camp and retreat center owned by the Roanoke District of the United Methodist Church. We are open year round, providing space for others to experience God through our outdoor ministry. We have summer camp and other programs throughout the year for children of all ages,…
For nearly 50 years Aldersgate Camp & Retreat Center has been a place set apart where people of all ages & a variety of organizations have come to get away from the normal routine of life, experience God, build community with each other and enjoy the beauty of creation. Only…
Evening Programs, Food Provided, Rural, United States, Camp, UMVIM, Spring Breaks, Trail Work
ARM is about mission camps and plugging youth and anyone else who desires into a meaningful way to serve. We host youth mission camps during the summer at two locations in Alabama: Livingston and Tuskegee. Our site in Tuskegee runs year round allowing for Spring Breaks, Christmas Breaks, Fall breaks,…
The Start with One Mission Vision ... that Kenyans use their own hands and their own minds so that they learn that they have a stake in their own future! BUILDING foundational infrastructure PROMOTING independence and sustainability NURTURING human dignity and SHOWING the love of Christ in holistic ways WEBSITE…
VBS Day Camp, UMVIM, Program, Clean Water, Health Care, Entrepreneurship, Education
Ever wondered what happens in Northern Michigan when it isn't ski season? Ever thought about what the community is like outside the lake houses and condos? Well the Boyne Country Service Project is a new mission camp launching in 2013 for youth interested in serving the underserved in this area…
Evening Programs, Food Provided, Full Service, Rural, United States, Camp, Home Repair / Construction
