Augustana Lutheran Church
1400 South Robert
West St. Paul, MN 55118
Phone: 651/457-3373


Contact:  Don Marsh
          Director of Youth & Family Ministry

You are invited to come to the Minneapolis/St. Paul area for a week of service learning activity with organizations that provide assistance on a local, national and global scale. These low cost trips ($100 per person) provide housing in a local congregation, a staff of young adults and youth that sets up service sites and provides community resources and information. Beyond that, you are on your own. Transportation, food, recreational options and devotional content are up to your own group leaders.

Junior high, senior high, young adults

This opportunity to learn about the Native American culture and history is a heart-changing experience and chance to truly experience what servanthood is all about. We'll spend much of our time in the sun building bunk beds, which will be delivered to homes later in the week. We will also have the opportunity to tour historical sites, go hiking in the Badlands and meet with the people of the community. We look forward to having you with us.

Junior high, senior high, young adults, older adults and families
Custom-designed

Racine, Wisconsin, Servant Trip

This trip will give you the opportunity to assist in refurbishing a building used for on-going ministry, as well as playing with and teaching the local youth. Evenings are spent doing Bible study, taking in the local sights and getting to know your fellow participants. Our day-trip to Chicago is always a hit. Come be part of the fun!

Junior high, senior high, older adults, young adults
Custom-designed

Wet & Wild

Ready for a wild summer?! This camp combines a challenge course experience, water, sports and wilderness camping. Begin your week at Camp Emmaus in Menahga, Minnesota. There your will participate in the low and high challenge course to prepare yourself physically and mentally for the week ahead. The Crow Wing River will be your home for the next three days. Paddle and camp your way downstream until Thursday morning where you will be shuttled to Luther Crest near Alexandria, Minnesota. Celebrate your journey end water skiing on the clear, blue waters of Lake Carlos or spend time at a nearby water park. Individuals and groups can sign up for this camp.

Junior high
Custom-designed

1228A 47th Avenue NW
Garrison, ND  58540
Phone:  701/337-2246
Fax:  701/337-2246


Contact:  Jared Rendell

We are called to love and serve our neighbor but who is our neighbor? Together we will work to discover what it means to serve our neighbor as we shingle, sheetrock, paint and clean in the homes of a few families from the Fort Berthold Reservation. In the evenings, we will hear from special guests who will share about traditions and history within the Native American community. Grow in Faith this week through serving and understanding.

Junior high, senior high
Custom-designed

Summer Servant Train

Each Sumner, we take a group to a different city across the nation. We travel by train or bus, see the sights, and serve together in places of need around our country. Past trips include Chicago and New York City, it's a new location every year. We will seek out places of need in the cities we attend and try to love and serve people there as Jesus would. This is a great opportunity for youth groups looking for something for a summer mission trip or for individuals who want to meet new friends and help people at the same time.

Junior high, senior high

Serve God by serving others! Badlands Ministries is a Bible camp and retreat center that has served the people of southwestern North Dakota for over 80 years. We encourage and invite your group to be involved in creating a ministry hub that will offer hope, vitality, renewal and life for all. You will also be learning more about the area and its needs. You will be challenged physically, emotionally and spiritually through this experience. You will make a difference in the name of Christ for generations to come.

Senior high, young adults
Custom-designed

Spend a week immersed in the Lakota culture of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Work on construction projects and at a local drop-in center for youth. Visit Red Cloud Heritage Center, Wounded Knee, and other cultural historical sites. Meet with and listen to Native American elders. Learn about issues of poverty. Sing, worship, play and work in a cross-cultural setting.

Senior high, young adults, older adults, intergenerational

Habitat for Humanity/Adventures in the Black Hills

This program combines both servant work and adventure experience in one week. You will spend half the week working on a Habitat for Humanity or similar construction project. The other half will be spent on adventure activities in the Black Hills, with you group choosing from hiking, mountain biking, a low-ropes challenge course, rock climbing, backpacking, kayaking, geocaching or horseback riding. The week at camp also includes outdoor cooking, relationship building, worship and Bible study.

Senior high, young adults, older adults
Custom-designed

Forest Restoration/Habitat for Humanity

Participate in two projects in one week. For half the week, the group will work on a Habitat for Humanity or similar construction project. The rest of the week will be spent working in the Black Hills National Forest and Black Elk Wilderness doing environmental restoration projects. The week of service will include work and play, worship and relationship-building.

Senior high, young adults, older adults
Custom-designed

Sun Catcher Therapeutic Riding Servant Camp

Your youth group will work with a group of Black Hills youth who have mental or physical challenges, and are learning to ride horses. We will be partnering with a Therapeutic Riding Academy in the Black Hills. Under the training and supervision of the therapeutic riding staff, you will learn to lead horses, assist riders with mounting and balance, and celebrate the freedom and joy that riding can offer young persons with varying abilities. No horse experience is necessary, we will train you. Enjoy preparing and eating meals together, playing games, and worshiping around the campfire with new friends. There is also time for your own group for Bible study, to build relationships, and to see the Black Hills through hiking, biking, or a horse ride. Learn what being a servant is all about.

Offered three specific dates - July 25-30, 2010, August 1-6, 2010, August 8-13, 2010
Junior high, senior high, young adults

After the devastation of the Ham Lake Fire, we have lots to rebuild and we need your help. This is a phenomenal chance to put your hand print on a ministry in a whole new way. Groups will be lead in in morning devotions and evening faith conversation. During the day, there will be lots of opportunities for service projects and work. You won't be working all the time but have a chance to rock climb, spend an overnight on trail, swim, worship, sit quiet and place games with your friends. You don't have to bring any of your own tools just eager attitude, lots of energy and a heart to serve future generations who will come to these islands.

Junior high, senior high, older adults, young adults, families
Custom-designed

This mission trip is based out of Luther Park Camping and Retreat Center in Danbury, Wisconsin, with destinations to the Duluth/Superior area and Burnett Co., Wisconsin. Take part in a Duluth Immersion experience to help groups experience the world of poverty and those living on the margin. This is not a typical mission trip and more than merely a retreat. Your group will be engaged by being lead through an experience of living poverty. Along with the immersion, groups will be working with habitat for Humanity, the Twin Ports Ministry of Seafarers, numerous food shelved or other service opportunities in Duluth and working in the local are of Danbury and Burnett County, which statistically is the poorest county in the state of Wisconsin. Some of these projects could include our local Habitat chapter, local food shelf in Webster and projects around our neighborhood.

Junior high, senior high, older adults, young adults, families
Sunday through Friday in the summer month's
Custom-designed

Intergenerational Programs - Cornerstone Mission Trip

This exciting intergenerational program fosters relationships and strengthens faith in God while working on a mission service project at Luther Park. It's a chance for youth and adults together to plan, work, play, study and act to commit to the mission of the church. It's a time to share and grow in Christian faith and life. Service includes raising money to cover the cost of project materials, spending time at camp working on the project and participating in a program to build relationships between youth and adults. Cost is based on the project selected by the group.

Junior high, senior high, young adults, families, older adults

20194 Nystrom Avenue
Reading, MN  56165
Phone:  507/360-7582
Fax:  507/831-5127


Contact:  Yuanita Harberts

We pair metro/suburban youth with rural youth groups in order to actively learn about rural culture, justice and environmental concerns. Youth experience service projects in rural communities, farm visits, Bible study worship and more. Youth identify with the people who grow and process our food as well as better understand how food is produced and how difference methods of agriculture impact the environment, world economy and human health. In the process youth experience God in creation, form lasting relationships and encourage partnership between metro and rural parishes.

Junior high, senior high, young adults, intergenerational
Scheduled at request of participant group
Custom-designed

300 45th Street South
Fargo, ND  58103
Phone:  701/799-2623
Fax:  701/364-2772


Contact:  Becky Essinger

The servant event is designed to provide an experience that addresses the needs of the ministry and accomplishes the specific vision and mission of the ranch. We encourage all servant team members to come with a heart to serve the children and families. Servant teams can serve at several difference DBGR locations and facilities in Fargo, Bismarck, Minot, North Dakota. Teams can help with such projects as landscaping, buildings and grounds maintenance, office support, assisting with our therapeutic riding program, various activities at our thrift stores. DBGR will also consider customizing a servant event around a group's talents, interests, and passion.

Junior high, senior high, young adults, older adults, intergenerational
Summer only
Scheduled at request of participant group