A HOMETOWN MISSION TRIP EXPERIENCE
MISSION TRIP FROM START TO FINISH
Serve Local is a brand-new mission experience from Next Step that gives you all the content, tools and resources to run a life-changing mission trip in your own community. Everything from programming guides to project blueprints to the logistics of serving food to your students, we’re including it all — absolutely free. Whether you choose to use the entire program or just grab the content you want, we hope Serve Local becomes a launching pad for building change in your hometown. To get started, simply choose the type of trip you want to run below.
CHOOSE YOUR TRIP TYPE
LOCAL
mission trip
This mission trip experience is for groups that plan to run a local mission trip by serving in their own communities. Choose from a full week or weekend trip below to access the content you will need to run your local mission trip.
SOCIAL DISTANCING/VIRTUAL
mission trip
This mission trip experience is for groups that are restricted by social distancing but would like to run a virtual trip. Choose from a full week or weekend trip below to access the content you will need to run a virtual mission trip.
WHAT IS NEXT FOR 2021
Closing our 2020 summer mission trips in response to COVID-19 was one of the most difficult decisions we’ve made at Next Step. In the end, we didn’t want to be part of the problem — we wanted to be a part of the solution.
If COVID-19 has taught us anything, it’s that we can’t 100% predict how the virus will affect our communities and daily lives in the future. Despite this uncertainty, we are humbly going into 2021 planning to run a full summer of mission trips.
Mission trips are the beating heart of Next Step, and no one is more excited than us to serve alongside you as soon as possible — but we need to do this safely. All future mission trips will follow CDC guidelines and best practices to ensure everyone’s safety.
2021 registration is now open and we would love for you to join us! Until next summer, we hope that you continue to Serve Local in your own community.