Mission Trip 2020

MISSION TRIP Basic Information

  • Location: Radcliff, KY
  • Date: June 22–27, 2020
  • Downpayment: $60 non-refundable by February 2. $110 if after the listed date.
  • Cost: $350 per person. $400 if signed up after February 2.

MISSION TRIP overview

In the past 5 years, we've primarily focused on mission trips where we were able to partner with a church plant, a church planter, and help that ministry in whatever way they needed, in order to share the Gospel with people in that church's community.

This year's mission trip, although will still focus on Jesus and the Gospel, will be a construction/project based mission trip. In other words, we will not be serving with a church plant or a church planter, but rather, we'll be doing physical, construction-based projects in the community. The community we are partnering with this year is Radcliff, KY.

Important Dates

Sign-Up Date:
  • February 2
  • After Feb 2, cost increases $50

Team Meetings (mission trip participants only):
  • Feb. 22 • 9:30-11:00 am
  • April 18 • 9:30-11:00 am
  • June 13• 9:30-11:00 am

Team & Parent Meeting
  • Sunday, June 21 after the worship service
  • We'll go over final details and collect paperwork at this meeting

Mission Trip
  • June 22-27

Make Mission Trip Payment

Mission Trip Book Options

This year, we are letting teens pick which book they'd like to read in order to receive church funding towards their mission trip scholarship. Below are the two book options:

Option 1: Don't Waste Your Life by John Piper

Option 2: The Air I Breathe by Louie Giglio

Mission Trip FAQ

What are the ages for the missions trip?
The missions trip middle school and high school students. We will not be taking incoming 7th graders (only students who were in 7th grade during the 2019–20 school year). Also, just graduated seniors are allowed to come as well.
What does the registration cost cover?
  • Lodging
  • Meals at project
  • Project preparation materials
  • T-shirt for each participant (to be given at the project)
  • Secondary accident insurance
  • Program and building materials
  • Experienced leadership at project
What will accommodations be like?
​Lodging facilities are often churches or school campuses where participants usually sleep on the floor, eat in the cafeteria/fellowship hall, and worship in the auditorium. There will be showers and bathrooms that will be segregated by gender for privacy.

We recommend that every person brings a personal sized air mattress.
Will our students work together or be split into separate groups?
Student will be split into work crews and serve alongside other teens from other student ministries. Each person will be in a group of at least 2 other teens from our student ministry, so that our teens will not be found alone.

Before the crews leave for the day and upon arrival back from work sites, our teens will be together. This includes meals, devotional times, worship times, and small group times.
When are Payments Due?
  • Initial Deposit/Downpayment: February 2 (Sunday)
  • Total Payment: June 3 (Wednesday)

*All payments should be place in the offering plate during worship (please write “*Name of Participant* Mission Trip” in memo line). If you do not attend our church on Sunday mornings, please let us know, and we'll make different arrangements.

**If the initial deposit/downpayment is made after February 2, cost goes up to $100 with the total cost moving to $400.
​Cancellation Policies
The deposit is non-refundable. All full payments made after June 3 are non-refundable.
Contact Information
For information on the trip, e-mail Marc Hyde at marchyde@southsidesbc.org.
Student Requirements to attend
​The students are required to do three things in order to attend the mission trip:
  1. Attend church services 70% of the time.
    1. This includes Morning Worship and Sunday Night SM (youth group).

  2. ​Read a book *to be decided on later* & fill out book survey

  3. Attend all team member meetings
    1. These will be given at a later date

Exceptions can be made for these, but must receive prior permission
Do I have to be a member at South Side to attend?
No, you do not have to be a member at South Side Baptist Church; however, each participant must an active member in South Side Student Ministry (youth group).
My teen has no "construction" experience. Will they be able to serve?
Most definitely! Every project that will be completed during the mission trip will be taught to your teen. In fact, if they don't have any experience, this mission trip will be perfect for them because they will be taught how to do certain hands-on projects.

If your teen has quite a bit of experience with construction, there are sometimes more "advanced" work sites that can be worked on.

2018 Mission Trip Video