reaching the world

Each year, SCMC students are required to participate in a mission trip sponsored by SCMC. Trips vary year to year and range from stateside to overseas. Trips are scheduled in the later half of the year and several options are made available to accommodate all financial situations. Students are required to raise the funds necessary for the trip they select to attend. This is important to remember when considering the financial obligations of SCMC.

We have recently ministered in Honduras, Ireland, and New Orleans. The ministry of Iglesia el Faro in La Cieba, Honduras enjoyed the SCMC team’s ministry to their youth and Christian school students through worship, drama and most importantly time invested into relationships. Ireland was pioneered by a team of students that revolutionized the city of Waterford in an unprecedented outreach to the un-churched youth of the city—ripples are still being felt today as the local missionaries continue to invest into the seeds that were sown. New Orleans, still in a state of disaster from Hurricane Katrina, was the site of a new skate park built to provide a place of refuge for the young people of the area, whose lives of normalcy are slowly returning. Nine youth received salvation at the park’s grand opening a few weeks later. Future opportunities may include Arizona Indian Reservation, Ecuador, and Kenya.

The purpose of these annual mission trips is to expose students to the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs around the world. God commands us to carry His truth into the entire world. Through this hands-on experience, students are challenged to always play a role in missions. Some students may feel God’s calling onto the mission field, some will pursue short-term missions, and still others will from home support those in the field.

Testimony and photojournals will be available soon from our recent trips.