Global Service Opportunities with the SBU CGC
Each year, the Center for Global Connections (CGC) organizes and equips dozens of projects in locations across the globe. Use the map below to learn more about CGC opportunities or to donate to a project team.
Donate to the CGC General Fund
Current CGC Projects
Local Projects
Baptist Hill
SBU's Baptist Hill ministry team will participate in service ministries at Baptist Hill Assembly in Mt. Vernon, Mo. The team will assist in preparing the retreat center for summer camps through helping with cleaning, landscaping, painting and more.
Dates: May 21-26, 2023 | Cost: $165 | Leaders: Colleen and Henry Shuler
Give to the Baptist Hill Project
Bolivar Community
This ministry team will partner with local ministries to serve the Bolivar community throughout the school year. Weekly ministry will involve a variety of activities from working with local nonprofits and churches to prayer-walking in the town.
Dates: Fall 2022/Spring 2023 | Cost: $225 | Leader: Diana Gallamore
Give to the Bolivar Community Project
Catalyst
SBU's Catalyst Team serves as a support team for the Center for Global Connections department and CGC teams. Catalyst team members promote mission awareness on the SBU campus, support current CGC projects, facilitate communication between the SBU student body and the CGC department, and help encourage mission participants.
Dates: Fall 2022/Spring 2023 | Cost: FREE | Leader: Joshua Burnham
Disaster Relief
Each year we experience a number of natural disasters in the USA. SBU's Disaster Relief team is trained to respond to these disasters. Disaster relief training is coordinated through the Missouri Baptist Convention. Volunteers will help clear debris, "mud out" buildings after flooding, provide childcare and food services, and more.
Dates: Spring Break 2023 | Cost: Based on project location | Leader: Kaila Lloyd
Give to the Disaster Relief Project
SBU Glocal
SBU's Glocal team provides ministry events and raises awareness of the needs of international students on SBU's campus. This team will plan special events and work in conjunction with the SBU Global strategic initiative.
Dates: Fall 2022/Spring 2023 | Cost: $300 | Leaders: Laura Zimmer and Maddy Harwell
Give to the SBU Glocal Project
U.S. Projects
Bethany Children's Health Center
Join this CGC team and serve the patients at Bethany Children's Health Center in Oklahoma. Impact the emotional and spiritual needs of pediatric patients. Activities include patient bedside interaction, assisting with VBS, preparing Summer Camp days, sport activities, and more.
Dates: July 5-14, 2023 | Cost: $700 | Leader: TBD
Give to the Bethany Children's Project
Chicago
Partner with Send Relief to provide healing and compassion through partnerships with local churches and ministries in Chicago. This team will work alongside these partners in a variety of outreach opportunities, including serving in a food pantry, running a sports camp, doing evangelism outreach, helping in demolition projects and more.
Dates: March 18-24, 2023 | Cost: $900 | Leader: Madeleine Gillman
Cross-Country Cycling
Serve God and each other through an opportunity to cross the U.S. on an adventure of a lifetime. This cross-country bicycle adventure will raise money and lend helping hands to families through The Fuller Center for Housing.
Dates: Summer 2023 | Cost: TBD | Leader: Tim DeClue
Montana
This team will spend winter break in the mountains of Montana serving alongside a campus ministry at Montana Technical College and Park Street Baptist Church. Activities may include evening outreaches, leading worship and Bible studies, ministering to children and youth at a pastors' retreat, and outdoor outreach events.
Dates: January 7-22, 2023 | Cost: $1700 | Leader: Hayley Elkins
New York City
SBU will partner with NAMB SEND Relief and will serve Graffiti 2 Community Ministries which seeks to revitalize, revive and revolutionize the Mott Haven neighborhood of the South Bronx. Projects will include various forms of community engagement and evangelism, including working with kids in after-school tutoring and Bible study.
Dates: March 18-25, 2023 | Cost: $1300 | Leader: Rachel Francis
International Projects
Colombia
Currently there are more than 500,000 Venezuelans who have relocated to Bogota, Colombia. Our focus is to plant churches in the Venezuelan communities. Ministry activities will include prayer walking, feeding projects, evangelism training, sports ministry, and music ministry.
Dates: May 22-29, 2023 | Cost: $2350 | Leader: Christina Ruiz
Costa Rica
This team will work with Young Life Costa Rica to encourage and serve local staff, leaders, teenagers and their families. Ministry activities will include property improvements and relational ministry.
Dates: March 18-25, 2023 | Cost: $2200 | Leaders: Elsy Shuford and Kate Linscott
Give to the Costa Rica Project
Czech Republic
This team will reach out to Czech high school students during a summer English and sports camp. Help students learn English and play outdoor sports, while taking advantage of conversational opportunities to talk about your faith.
Dates: July 2023 | Cost: $2700 | Leader: Mark Grabowski
Give to the Czech Republic Project
Georgia
This new ministry team will travel to the Republic of Georgia to evangelize and spread the Gospel, while helping meet needs such as clothes, food, winter supplies and Christmas gifts.
Dates: January 2023 | Cost: $3040 | Leaders: Dustin and Rebecca Preston
Kenya
The Kenya team will assist the non-profit organization, Generation Next, which is primarily focused on the growth and care of students at Generation Next Academy. This organization provides the opportunity for 200 students to attend school and serves the community through meeting hygiene needs.
Dates: May 20 - June 2, 2023 | Cost: $3250 | Leaders: Jacob Buckner and Brook Duncan
Thailand
This team will serve in Chiang Mai at an orphanage by caring for children, performing service projects, and providing a much-needed retreat for the Thai staff. The team will work with children and youth, share their testimonies in churches, and prayer walk the streets of Chiang Mai.
Dates: December 26, 2022 - January 8, 2023 | Cost: $3000 | Leader: Duke Jones and Taylor Jones
Uganda
The team's ministry in Uganda will assist a GEM Village orphanage. Team members will help with the daily operations of the orphanage and work on capital improvement projects to the orphanage's campus. There will also be a medical outreach event including physical therapy and prayer.
Dates: May-June, 2023 | Cost: $3975 | Leaders: Kylie Sanders and Paike McNeil