Globally

Bringing God's love and hope across borders around the world.

All the church, sent into all the world, with all the Good News. More than just our vision, this is our call. It is God’s mission and he has invited us to participate. We are a church for his mission. As part of our response to see his Kingdom come locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally, Hillcrest sponsors more than 30 missionaries and missionary organizations, which represents 20% of our church budget. Hillcrest believes we are a church created for God’s glory and his ongoing purpose of transforming lives and discipling nations.

Our Missions strategy expresses this by focusing on the following:
The world’s remaining unreached people groups are our prime concern.
The global church is our most strategic partner.
Poverty and injustice stand in contrast with the Kingdom of God and must be opposed.
Hillcrest is the missionary: we will inform, equip, and send every believer we can into their mission.

Covenant Bible Camp Mission Trip • June 18 - 28, 2023

Description: As many of you know, Hillcrest has long been a mission partner with CYAK (Covenant Youth of Alaska). One piece to the CYAK ministry is a Bible Camp ten miles up the river from the village of Unalakleet, Alaska. It is a village of 800 people and is on the Norton Sound in the Bering Sea. The remote wilderness Bible Camp serves 300-400 youth and staff annually. For many of the kids, it is the first time away from home and the first time they will hear the Gospel. The kids come from isolated Alaskan villages, many of which don’t have a pastor in their village.

Our hope is to get a team of Hillcresters who can go to the camp and serve on the camp staff for a week in June. Our group would serve as junior camp counselors, camp counselors and kitchen staff. The minimum age to go on this trip is 15 years old.

Training: Our ministry partners from Alaska will do Zoom training along with sending us reading material prior to our team arriving in Alaska. Also, he will provide more training when we arrive at the Bible camp.

Cost: $1,275 (cost includes airfare, lodging, and meals at Covenant Bible Camp).
*The team will be responsible for meals when not at the Bible camp.

Group Size: 10-12 adults and students. Registration is first-come - first-serve.

Missions Support: A Hillcrest missions grant of $250 is available to all participants who have made Hillcrest their church home. Only participants who “opt-in” on the mission trip application will receive support. This support will go towards the overall cost of the trip.

Support Letters: For individuals who want to earn more support, click here for a support letter specific to this trip for you to send out. All monies collected through support letters will go to the individual who sent out the letters. Any monies received above the total cost of the trip will be added to the general fund of the Alaska mission trip.

Fundraising: We will have a car wash fundraiser at the church on April 30 and May 7 from 9 AM - noon. All monies collected will support the individuals who participated in the car wash.

Trip sign up here.

Nicaragua Mission Trip • July 15-22, 2023

Description: In partnership with Merge Ministries, Hillcrest will be taking multi-generational mission trips to support Bethel Mission in Rivas, Nicaragua to help in the completion of a building project (4 classrooms and a sports facility for the kids to play baseball and soccer) using money raised from our recent 2022 Advent Conspiracy project. Our team will also participate in the ongoing kid's ministry led by Bethel Mission.

For anyone that doesn’t know, Bethel Mission is a beautiful Christian ministry that serves the local community in Rivas, Nicaragua. Their ministry is in an impoverished area of town where the primary work for much of the community is at the city dump that is located just 200 yards away. The ministry's goal is to meet their neighbors’ physical and spiritual needs, especially the children, so they have hope for their future.

Training: Our ministry partners from Merge will lead our trainings. Merge staff will guide and train our team, as well as be with us on-site during our trip. Their staff is bi-lingual, experienced and has an ongoing relationship with Bethel Mission. We will send out our training dates after our team is assembled.

Cost: $1,450 (Cost includes round trip airfare, travel insurance, food while in Rivas, ground transportation, lodging, and a group activity at the end of the trip.)
*Cost does not include extra meals during travel to and from Nicaragua.

Entry Requirements for Nicaragua

Passport: All participants must have a valid passport that does not expire within 6 months of our dates while we will be in Nicaragua. Also, a color copy of your passport will be due when you register for the Nicaragua mission trip.

Entry Requirements for Vaccinated, Unvaccinated and Partially Vaccinated Travelers:

Fully vaccinated travelers must bring proof of vaccination. Unvaccinated and partially vaccinated travelers must present a negative RT-PCR COVID-19 test taken within 72 hours prior to entry into Nicaragua.
The government of Nicaragua will consider a traveler to be fully vaccinated when they have received at least two doses, including a mix of two different accepted vaccines, with the exception of Janssen from Johnson & Johnson and Sputnik Light, for which the application of one dose is considered complete.

Group Size: 20-29

Support Letters: For individuals who would like to earn more support, click here for a support letter specific to this trip for you to send out.

Fundraising: We will have two car wash fundraisers at the church on April 30 and May 7. All monies collected will support the individuals who participated in the car wash.

Trip sign up here.

Global Missions Ministry Staff

Nate Severson | Domestic/Global Missions |
Jill Jones | Missions Assistant |