• About Rejoice
  • Who We Are
  • Visitors/New Members
  • Worship Times/How to Find Us
  • Sermons
  • E-Connections
  • Calendar
  • Contact Rejoice
  • Newsroom
  • Response to ELCA Vote on Human Sexuality
  • 2010 Fall Worship Series
• Youth Programs
  • Preschool-Grade 5
  • Middle School
  • High School
• Adult Programs
  • Worship Team and Music
  • Moms in the Mission
  • Prayer Shawl Ministry
  • Bible Study/Book Group
  • Koinonia
  • Softball
  • Women's Christ Renews His Parish ("CRHP") Retreat
  • Men's Christ Renews His Parish (CRHP) Retreat
  • Bible Studies
• Mission & Outreach
  • Rejoice Mission Team
  • Local Outreach
  • Missionary Support
  • Global Outreach
• Care & Support
  • Ask for Prayer
  • Care Team
• Giving & Serving
  • Where Can I Serve?
  • Where Can I Give?
• Ask The Office
  • Search
  • Expense Reimbursement
  • Snow Crew

• Preschool-Grade 5
• Middle School
• High School
  • Summit Programs
  • Retreats/Mission Trips
    • 2010 Summer Mission Trip
  • Information for Parents
    • Forms & Permission Slips

Retreats/Mission Trips

To supplement our mission, Summit staff lead students on weekend retreats and mission trips, which jumpstart spiritual growth and give students a dynamic, powerful God experience. 
 
Retreats

Sometimes we just need to unplug and refocus. Summit offers that through our weekend retreats. These events give students an opportunity to connect with one another and lead each other in small groups. It is during these retreats that the relationships one another and with our Savior are refueled and become deeper.

WinterXtreme is one of the retreats we go on as a group and it is here that students often are encouraged to either begin seeking God in every aspect of their life, recommit to seeking Him or are encouraged to continue to seek Him. Awesome bands, incredible speakers, broomball and small groups is what makes this weekend a success. It has been a Summit favorite for years.    

ASCENT

ASCENT is an annual summer mission project, designed to make an impact on the lives of the needy by spreading compassion and justice where it is needed. ASCENT is for students who want to partner with God in the mission of bringing hope to people who desperately need it. Through the work of Jesus Christ, God has done something incredible in each of us. It is from that saving grace that God’s compassion flows out of us and directly into the lives of the people we serve; from the inside out.

Our missionaries are trained extensively prior to departure through monthly workshops to begin connecting as a team. There are many opportunities to procure financial aid through the annual Rejoice Revue/Silent Auction and Easter Breakfast Fundraiser. The trip is led by a specially recruited team of adults and select student leaders who plan the logistics of the mission, and disciple students during the experience. ASCENT seeks to provide every participant with exponential progress along their spiritual journey, and to connect them in practical ways to the bigger mission of God which is ministering to the needy, rescuing the hopeless and providing freedom through the sacrifice of Jesus. These trips are life-changing for all who are involved and are among the most important aspects of the student ministry at Rejoice. 

Past ASCENT trips have included building homes in Mexico, serving the homeless in Philadelphia, and the DCLA Youth Conference in Los Angeles.  Click here for information on the 2010 ASCENT mission trip!