What is unique about this mission trip?
It is an "immersive experience." This trip gets students out of the classroom and into the mission field.
For almost two decades, Brett Kunkle (the founder of MAVEN) has taken students on incredible worldview missions experiences to Berkeley, Boulder, Los Angeles, and Salt Lake City. He says, "In more than 25 years of youth work, there’s not a single program we’ve seen that has the breadth and depth of impact on students’ lives like these immersive worldview experiences."
We will train our students to know why they believe what they believe for six weeks leading up to the trip, and then we will go into the "field" to do evangelism. Because they will be discussing their faith with people that disagree with them, conversations will happen that naturally lead students to realize that they need to go deeper for themselves. This internal motivation to grow is a powerful result of this trip. It results in a deeper ownership of their faith.
Meet Our Field Guide
Tim Stratton has decades of youth ministry experience and now works for a ministry called freethinking ministries that aims to equip the church to engage the culture. He is one of MAVEN's "field guides." He will help with the training leading up to the trip, and will guide the kids in equipping and debriefing while on the trip.
"I've led so many groups and I've never had a student say this wasn't a life-changing trip. Time and time again I've seen students grow in their faith." - Tim Stratton
"I've led so many groups and I've never had a student say this wasn't a life-changing trip. Time and time again I've seen students grow in their faith." - Tim Stratton