Gather for personal reflections on serving others from seniors Alexa Weeks and Jack Hummel and a prayerful sending for the Spring Break Y-Trip groups – a program of Y-Serve and Campus Ministries.

Gather with the Y-Serve Leadership Team for a prayerful sending for students going on service and learning opportunities over spring break.

Y-Trip Locations for 2017

Civil Rights Tour (visiting historic sites and learning centers from the southern Civil Rights Movement) with Multicultural and International Student Services, Gospel Choir, Y-Serve and Black Student Union. – Leaders: Celeste Thomas, Oksana Kittrell, Tae Dews

Laurelville Mennonite Church Center (work projects at a camp/retreat center near Pittsburgh) in Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania. – Leaders: Alexa Weeks, Sarah Jennings

Mennonite Disaster Service (responding in Christian love to those affected by disasters) in Lafayette, Louisiana. – Leaders: Harrison Horst, Andrew Troyer

Sharing with Appalachian People (addressing sub-standard housing, sharing the message of God’s love and building relationships in eastern Kentucky and West Virginia) in Elkhorn, West Virginia. – Leaders: Grayson Mast, Abe Hartzler

PLUS students going to Graterford Prison as part of the Restorative Justice course.

Y-Trip Locations for 2016

Civil Rights Learning Tour with Multicultural and International Student Services, the Gospel Choir, Y-Serve and the Black Student Union. – Coordinators: Celeste Thomas, Tae Dews, Oksana Kittrell, Christian Parks

Alterna Community – a bilingual and international community of Christ-followers devoted to faithful acts of hospitality, mercy, and justice – LaGrange, Georgia. – Leaders: Amanda Helfrich &Teresa Garcia Bautista

Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) – responding in Christian love to those affected by disasters) in Detroit, Michigan. – Leaders: Robert Propst & Harrison Horst

Serving with Appalachian People (SWAP) – addressing sub-standard housing, sharing the message of God’s love and building relationships in eastern Kentucky and West Virginia – Elkhorn, West Virginia. – Leaders: Grayson Mast & Abe Hartzler

“Role reversal”
Serving others—it’s biblical, valuable…and egotistical. Letting others serve us brings them affirmation, makes our shared work more effective, and reminds us that we aren’t the only ones with things to share.

, Director of the , a faith-based nonprofit organization based in Peoria, AZ.

YPCA Y-trip groups of volunteers spent their spring break at West Virginia, Jubilee Partners, Mennonite Disaster Service,  and Urban Promise.  They shared reflections in chapel.