Current Teams

2027 SPRING BREAK SERVICE TEAMS

Home Building with Habitat for Humanity

A hand-up, not a hand-out.  More than a house, it's a home.  These are the powerful slogans made real by Habitat for Humanity, an organization that seeks to eradicate homelessness and poverty housing by providing decent, affordable homes for every person in need.  Team members serving on the Habitat team will spend a week in Charleston, SC doing construction, painting, or other tasks in order to help a person or family with the construction of their home.  All future homeowners are required to put in hours of "sweat equity" work on their own home and often work alongside volunteers.  The team will also explore the greater issues interwoven with homelessness both nationally and globally.

Building and Rebuilding: Lakota Nation, SD

This intentionally interfaith team will engage in the long-term mission to rebuild Lakota-Anglo relationships through respectful conversation, deep critical reflection, and dedicated service.  We will work with Lakota Youth Development, located on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. Lakota Youth Development is an organization serving an important function for those living on and off reservations as a site for cultural learning and growth, guidance for youth, and aid for Lakota people with physical impairments. With an open mind, an open heart, and a desire to learn from perspectives far beyond our own, we will thoughtfully examine both the damage done by Christian missionaries in this place and the powerful potential for healing between our broken cultures.