Missions

We believe missions are at the heart of the Christian faith and look for opportunities for teens to participate in serving others.
VBS Trips
Teens For Christ is seeking teens who have a heart for children and sharing the Gospel to serve at several VBS Mission Trips this summer. Teens may choose to serve at one or more weeks. Each week costs $130 which covers your housing, meals and activities.  
You can be involved in any of the steps of planning and carrying out the program, including:  
∙ Creating room décor  
∙ Planning crafts, activities, and skits  
∙ Teaching Bible lessons  
∙ Building the VBS set  
∙ Helping as VBS group leaders  
∙ Serving snacks
− Registration due: June 1, 2025 These trips will fill up!  
− Registration Fee: $50 (counts toward the cost of your first trip)
More on this trip to come. 
This is a ministry apprentice program. Positions Available June-August 2025.   Teens and college students encouraged to apply.   Teens For Christ is looking for people who have a desire to work with our staff for the summer.  Those accepted will help prepare and run  the following events:  TFC Summer Camp, Serve Weeks, Sports Week, Game Week, Office Work Days, Vacation Bible School trips, Young Preachers Trip, Women of the Word Trip, Other Options Available.  
-Apprentice teens work before, during and after ministry trips.  The apprentice can choose to work as a volunteer & TFC will reduce their costs.  
The apprentice can also be paid up to $200 a week.  
They will be expected to raise their own income through support donations in the same way TFC staff does. People love to give in support of teens they see serving the Lord.  
Contact Chad Peterson 651-269-0894 with questions.
Serve week
There are two serve weeks each year.
TFC is looking for 12 teens to minister at several nonprofit organizations over the course of a week. This trip is meant to be a sampler of volunteer options near home where teens could continue to minister. We will stay at TFC during the week and transport to and from volunteer locations. Here is a list of some of the places we have served:  
Children’s Vision International, Feed My Starving Children, Union Gospel Mission, Sparrow’s  Nest, Gathering Place, Bridging, God Town, Ronald McDonald House, Second Harvest Heartland & Teens For Christ.  
-Must be 14+ years old with a heart to serve.  
-These trips are designed to help teens serve our community, grow in the Lord, and to seek God’s working in and through us!
More on this to come. 
Belize Bible Quizzing
In 2015, TFC started bringing groups of teens to Belize to start and grow a youth Bible quiz league.  Each summer TFC sends one to three small mission teams to help grow the Bible quizzing program.  
More on this to come. 
Spring Break Mission Trips

Each year during spring break for schools, TFC offers a mission trip to a Bible camp. Much of the week is used to clean, fix, and build things for the coming camp year. This year, the trip is to Living Word Bible Camp in Grand Rapids, MN. Living Word has been holding camps since 1973. Living Word’s mission is:  “To present the Gospel of Jesus Christ and Christ-centered principles of living to children, young people, and adults while providing a meaningful and affordable camp experience in a beautiful setting, reflective of God's beauty and goodness to us.”
More on this to come.