Short -Term Global Engagement Trips:
Engage the Global Mission of God and forever be changed. Join our short-term Global Engagement Trips to serve alongside our long-term global partners in the work God is doing in their context. Each trip is marked by 3 components:
We first and foremost come with the posture to learn and discover. On these trips, you will witness the Mission of God: how Jesus is faithfully moving across all cultural barriers to redeem the experienced brokenness of every host culture. Through partnership with our long-term partners, you will also discover the conviction, the cost, and the commitment of long-term missions.
We come with the posture ready to serve, no matter the task. Whether through work projects or relational ministry, our desire is to be a blessing to the host culture, to our global partners and their team, and to one another, embodying the posture of Jesus through our selfless love and our willing service.
With these two postures, we finally ENGAGE. We intentionally use the word, “ENGAGE” to emphasize the fact that on these trips, you are stepping into a global movement that God has already put into motion. Thus, we join with Jesus, asking Him to use all of us - our words and deeds - to further the mission He has called our global partners to. Finally, our desire is that when we come home, we continue to ENGAGE in God’s Mission unfolding all around us and across the globe.
SALT CO FRESHMAN TRIP: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
When: July 19 - 28, 2025
Application due: November 3
In Santo Domingo, only 11–12 percent of the population have a saving faith in Jesus Christ. Join Envision DR as they identify and develop the next generation of leaders through three main strategies: the Greenhouse University student center, One Child development centers, and local church ministry. While you are there you will mainly be working with the Greenhouse, which is located next to the largest public university in the Dominican Republic, and as they seek to be a place of refuge for their 50,000+ students. You will engage in gospel conversations with Dominican college students, grow in your understanding of missions, and learn a little Spanish along the way.
SALT GLOBAL TRIP:
KAOHSIUNG, TAIWAN
When: Mid-May to Mid-July, 2025
Application due: November 3
From mid-May to mid-July, Salt students will be going to Kaohsiung, Taiwan where we will partner with a local church to take the gospel to university students. There are 150,000 students in the city, and only 3% of the population is evangelical Christian (with that number dwindling). You will meet and befriend Taiwan students, invite them to study the Bible, and take language classes. Come help us bring the gospel to the next generation of Taiwan!
SALT GLOBAL TRIP:
VLORA, ALBANIA
When: Mid-May to Mid-July, 2025
Application Due: November 3
From mid-May to mid-July, Salt Company students are invited to partner with a local missionary team to reach Albanian college students on campus! You will meet and befriend Albanian students and organize and participate in activities such as American night, sports, and picnics to foster deeper relationships that would lead to spiritual conversations. You may also help local churches run activities to reach high school students. Come help us bring the gospel to the next generation of Albania!
WEST LOCATION TRIP:
Montego Bay, Jamaica
When: May 17 - 24, 2025
Team Size: 15 members
Members: Family (12+, dependent on open spots)
Cost: $1,550 + Project Budget
Application Due: December 8
Questions? luke@citylightomaha.org
We have the opportunity to serve the Robin’s Nest Children’s Home with Dave and Robin Laney! During this week, our West team will be restoring the playground and surrounding area in the mornings. In the afternoon and evenings, we will be helping the kids at Robin’s Nest with homework as well as leading VBS/activities! We need 3-4 team members who have building skills. Our desire for both our trips in May and June is that the environment and the people of Robin’s Nest experience the hope and joy of our Lord Jesus even in the midst of real challenges!
MIDTOWN LOCATION TRIP:
Montego Bay, Jamaica
When: June 14 - 21, 2025
Team Size: 15 members
Members: Family (12+, dependent on open spots)
Cost: $1,550 + Project Budget
Application Due: December 8
Questions? luke@citylightomaha.org
We have the opportunity to serve the Robin’s Nest Children’s Home with Dave and Robin Laney! During this week, our Midtown team will be restoring the garden area in the mornings. Since schools run through June in Jamaica, in the afternoon and evenings, we will be helping the kids at Robin’s Nest with homework as well as leading VBS/activities! Our desire for both our trips in May and June is that both the environment and the people of Robin’s Nest experience the hope and joy of our Lord Jesus even in the midst of real challenges!
Goer Pathway:
Do you sense Jesus doing something in your heart, convicting you for those who have never heard? Those who have never heard because no one is there to tell them? Those who have no one there to tell them because no one is going? We desire that everyone exploring God’s calling to GO long-term, would always have a next step from exploring God’s calling to being sent out well. To do this, we have a simple pathway of next steps:
Discovery Group
Throughout the course of one year, we desire to discover the Mission of God and each person’s role within it while developing specific, practical tools that Jesus can use as we start living on mission. This is for anyone who has any level of interest in missions to come and explore that potential calling and to encourage one another along the journey of missions! Discovery groups are not a replacement for City Groups, but only meet once a month.
Sign up for a Discovery Group
Goers Group
After walking through the Discovery Group, is God convicting you to GO and serve long-term? If so… Where? Who with? Why? … and How? Join a small, intentional group committed to confirming God’s calling, walking through the steps of obedience in preparation to GO, and be equipped for the various challenges and transitions involved in faithfully stepping into an entirely different world.
Mission of God Class
The Mission of God… what are we actually talking about? What is God’s Mission? What is he actually doing? And what does that mean for me? The Mission of God class commits to lay a foundation to begin discovering the Mission of God and each one of our specific roles in it.
Coming Soon!
STUDENTS TRIP: CITY OF REFUGE, JAMAICA / DAVE AND ROBIN LANEY
When: July 15 - 22, 2023
Team Size: 20 (Age Limit: High School)
Application Due: December 12
- DISCOVER God’s long-term missional calling of Dave and Robin Laney as you join with them in loving the youth of City of Refuge.
- SERVE by providing a chance for the youth to experience the fun, love, and hope found in Jesus through VBS and our annual Blue Mountain Bowl (Flag-Football Tournament), a tradition started by Dave and Robin themselves!
- ENGAGE in relational ministry by making beautiful new friendships that can continue beyond the dates of this trip and reveal the love and hope of Jesus.
SALT COMPANY TRIP:
BANGKOK, THAILAND
When: May 26 - June 6, 2024
Application due: November 5
Freshmen college students are invited to go to Bangkok, Thailand! We will partner with a local church to meet college students at the top university of Thailand, invite them to a local church’s activities (English activities, game nights, baking, playing sports, coffee gatherings), and build relationships with them! You will also experience the local church on a Sunday morning and other ministries that they partner with, including a ministry that seeks to minister to the Red Light District in Bangkok. Join us as we come alongside this local church!
CITYLIGHT TRIP:
BERLIN, GERMANY
When: May 30 - June 9, 2024
Age: College and Up
Join our team to go and serve alongside our global partners, Jon and Rachael, in Berlin! Berlin is a post-Christian mission field that embodies where USA is quickly headed. We will be hosted by Envision, Berlin, and be immersed in what long-term mission looks like in this context. We will engage in 3 key components of long-term mission: mission as prayer (in a post-Christian, atheist context we first commit to prayer, the true sustaining force of all mission), mission as learning (do you see?… do you know the story of the people in front of you, including their past hurt with the “church?”), and finally mission as serving. We will have service opportunities alongside the long-term missionaries, empowering them to be genuine blessings in word and deed to those around them, building relationships marked by openness to the gospel. Finally, we will be sent back on mission to our communities! This trip is a powerful, immersive, discipling trip in what it means to be the Church, to live a life on mission - especially in a post-Christian context.
CITYLIGHT TRIP:
SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA
When: End of June (TBD), 2024
Age: High School and Up
We are partnering with the ministry team serving in Cambodia, specifically in Siem Reap. Siem Reap is a community around a garbage dump marked by poverty and hopelessness. In the past 5 years, they have experienced the “gospel of the kingdom” of Jesus as missionaries have started a sewing business and welding business centered on discipleship groups. These businesses have begun transforming the community, providing a livelihood and restoring dignity within the community - and most importantly the Church is growing! Now we are invited to help launch a ESL/Sports ministry by putting on a VBS/Sports summer camp for the youth!
CITYLIGHT STUDENTS TRIP:
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
When: July 5 - 14, 2024
Age: High School
Our students are invited to go serve alongside Urban Impact Ministries in New Orleans, Louisiana (NOLA). They will be helping run one of two free day camps in the city for youth in impoverished neighborhoods. These camps involve stations for Bible, sports, crafts, and academic enrichment and have made an impact spiritually, emotionally, and physically on the neighborhood!
CITYLIGHT STUDENTS: NEW ORLEANS
When: July 15 - 22, 2023
Team Size: 15 - 21 (Age: High School)
Join Urban Impact Ministries to serve the neighborhood of Castle Rock Community Church in New Orleans as this neighborhood literally is being transformed by the gospel of Jesus Christ. Discover God’s heart to set the oppressed free and bring healing and hope to the vulnerable. Serve alongside Castle Rock Community Church as they seek to love and serve their neighborhood’s families and kids through VBS and community events. Engage in God’s Mission to the vulnerable, building real relationships through which Jesus can bring love, hope, and healing.
SALT CO TRIP: BERLIN / ENVISION
When: May 23 - June 4, 2023
Team Size: 6-15
Join ENVISION, Berlin as they seek to engage a post-Christian culture with the transforming power of Jesus! DISCOVER what God’s calling to long-term mission looks like, as you participate with ministry partners’ in their rhythms of devotion, community, and prayer - the foundation of any mission. SERVE alongside our partners in various projects to bless the refugee and/or the vulnerable of Berlin. ENGAGE the heart of Berlin culture through relational ministry with locals, artists, and creatives.
BERLIN, GERMANY / ENVISION BERLIN + GEM
When: July 2-11, 2023
Team Size: 6-15 (Age Limit: 11th Grade +)
Join a collaboration of ENVISION and our global partners (GEM) in Berlin, Germany as they seek to engage a post-Christian culture with the transforming power of Jesus!
- DISCOVER what God’s calling to long-term mission looks like, as you join a collaboration of ENVISION and our global partners who serve with GEM, to engage the post-Christian culture of Berlin.
- SERVE alongside our partners in various, relational projects to bless the refugee, the vulnerable, and/or the artist and creatives of Berlin.
- ENGAGE the relational ministry of God’s Mission required to enter the depths of Berlin culture with the transforming power of Jesus.
SALT GLOBAL TRIP: TAIWAN
When: May 20 - July 13, 2023 (8 weeks)
Team Size: 6-15
From mid-May to mid-July, Salt students will be going to Kaohsiung, Taiwan where we will partner with a local church to take the gospel to university students. There are 150,000 students in the city, and only 3% of the population is evangelical Christian (with that number dwindling). Come help us bring the gospel to the next generation of Taiwan!
CITY OF REFUGE, JAMAICA / DAVE & ROBIN LANEY
When: June 24 - July 1, 2023
Team Size: 25 (Age Limit: 11th Grade +)
Application Due: December 12
- DISCOVER God’s long-term missional calling of the Laneys as you join with them in serving the youth of City of Refuge.
- SERVE through various work projects to sustainably meet the needs of City of Refuge involving living conditions, food quality, and water supply.
- ENGAGE the ministry of restoration and presence as you serve and build relationships with the youth of City of Refuge, giving a taste of the Kingdom of God, the hope, love, and peace found in Jesus Christ.