Find the Right Trip Assessment

Choosing mission trips for teens can be a daunting task. A mission trip is really a short-term Kingdom experience introducing and preparing students for long-term Kingdom living. Everything on a short-term mission trip—the purpose, serving others, being uncomfortable, taking risks, building community with the unlikely, and rubbing shoulders with the least—has the potential to transform students. But we don’t always make the most of these trips. We don’t always utilize them to grow and transform our students’ lives.

We have an opportunity to craft a short-term mission trip experience to be a greenhouse for student development, but we need to be intentional in the process. This tool helps you define the purpose for your trip and how it fits in your church’s strategy for youth ministry, so you can Find the Right Trip for your group.

Here’s a look at what you’ll find inside this tool:

1. TRIP ENVIRONMENT: What’s the best setting for your trip?
2. PURPOSE: What is the main goal of your trip?
3. STUDENT INVENTORY: In what areas does your team need to grow?
4. LEVEL OF CHALLENGE: What sort of experience will put students in their growth zone?