Just Eating? Practicing Our Faith at the Table helps young people better understand the relationship between our faith and our food. The curriculum includes fun activities, Bible stories and illustrations in story, song and screen that will challenge teenagers to think about food and our faith in new ways. Just Eating? is also available as a curriculum for adults and high school groups. (Free, downloadable curriculum from the PC(USA).

Intergenerational Church Toolkit: Includes 25 Ideas for Intergenerational Service from the Christian Reformed Church in North America

More Resources from Youth Mission Co.

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance

Sites all over the country assist communities recovering from disasters.  

Dallas Youth Mission

Located downtown, Dallas Youth Mission gives young people an opportunity to understand the situations of those who are living on the margins in a large urban center.  Groups will discuss themes of food insecurity, poverty, homelessness, and the changing dynamics of gentrification in this major city in the heart of Texas.

Community First! Village and Mobile Loaves & Fishes

Mobile Loaves & Fishes is an Austin-based mobile food ministry that has recently opened at 51-acre permanently housing community for disabled and chronically homeless people. This innovative program provides opportunities for volunteering and on-site housing for volunteer groups.

Urban Gaps at FPC Fort Worth

Serve around Fort Worth in an immersive and reflective mission experience. Contact Rev. Robyn Michalove. 

Cathedral Urban Service Experience (CUSE)

CUSE is located at Christ Church Cathedral in Houston, and provides service learning experiences in an urban setting.

Reach Beyond Mission

Mission and justice education trips in Austin, Washington D.C., and Albuquerque

The Stewpot

A ministry out of FPC Dallas

Walk, Love, Serve: A Service Learning Trip for Youth from Building Faith (November 1, 2021)

The Mission of Our Mission from Hope4CE (May 6, 2021)

Rethinking Summer Mission Activities from APCE’s Advocate (August 30, 2020)

Mission Trips Revisited from APCE’s Advocate (January 27, 2020)

The Importance of Follow-up from APCE’s Advocate (July 30, 2017)

The Transformative Power of Youth Mission Trips from APCE’s Advocate (February 26, 2017)

Mission Trips and College Applications from Christine V. Hides (August 15, 2016)

Door Network

Discovering Opportunities for Outreach and Reflection (DOOR)

More than Missions Trips: Justice-Focused Service Learning Volunteer Experiences. DOOR offers week-long inner city mission programs in Atlanta, Chicago, and Los Angeles.

Youth Mission Co.

Locations in Asheville, Raleigh, Memphis, and Charleston. Immersive mission experiences that focus on relational as well as physical work. “At Youth Mission Co, we are about loving our neighbors and empowering young people to use their God-given gifts in the world. We are about creativity and the arts. We are about community, conversation, and connection.“ 

Camp Restore

Everyone has personal gifts to share and discoveries to make. With this in mind, we connect mission trip and alternative break volunteer groups with our community leaders and the important work they’re doing.

Camp Restore offers mission trips in New Orleans or Detroit to repair disaster-stricken areas.

Mission Teams at Ferncliff

Ferncliff’s Mission Team program gives groups a variety of outreach experiences while based at a camp and conference center known for its commitment to mission, sustainability, and creativity.  Ferncliff (Little Rock, AR) is an ideal place to host mission groups having all the recreation opportunities available at a camp, being home to the 10,000 sq. ft. Disaster Assistance Center (DAC), and being close to many local attractions where groups can get a variety of outdoor and cultural experiences.

We are open to working with groups of all ages throughout the year, but our busiest season for youth mission teams is during the summer and spring break weeks.  We welcome teams to stay for a week or a weekend.  In non-summer months, we can usually accommodate teams for any length of stay with flexible arrival and departure days.