We are committed to helping students grow closer to Christ through a life-changing, one-week mission trip.
Students work on challenging construction projects in communities that desperately need help. These projects are part of a larger Next Step Cause that focuses on producing real, long-term change in these communities. We work on these projects week after week, year after year, so students know they’re part of a real change.
Students are immersed into the culture and life of a community, meeting people who help them see God from a totally new perspective. Their faith will be confronted, and their eyes will be opened as they watch God move in these new and unfamiliar
environments.
Powerful messages and electric worship encourage students to dig deeper and take the next step in their faith. In the process, they create unforgettable memories and friendships while worshiping and growing together in God’s name.
Students return home with the tools and desire to implement the same amazing changes in their own community that they saw on their trip.
The All Saints Camp provides housing and healthcare to dozens of people who are suffering from HIV/AIDS, but a lack of support has left many of these residents living in a very unhealthy environment. Students will build new houses for the residents and replace crumbling concrete sidewalks.
Next Step has teamed with Camp Bahamas to construct a Christian sports camp to help reach the youth of Bahamas. Students will build cabins and other facilities at the camp, while also joining community outreach projects.
Next Step has teamed up with former Native American Chief Will Mayo and his wife Yvonne to build a school and retreat center where Christians can go to grow in their faith and be trained to spread the gospel to Native American villages in Alaska. Students will build bunk-houses, cabins and help with other community outreach projects.
Crownpoint is home to the beautiful Navajo Nation; however, below-adequate living conditions have sadly become acceptable after years of being overlooked by others. Students will help rebuild this community through home repair and community outreach.
Four years after Hurricane Katrina, many families have still not been able to rebuild their damaged and destroyed homes. Students will help build trailer additions and repair homes.
Milwaukee is one of the most segregated and impoverished cities in the US. Students will spend a week serving residents with home improvement projects, working in homeless shelters and city clean-up.