Welcome to British Columbia! After arriving in Vancouver, we’ll settle into our accommodations and gather for a welcome dinner. Opening devotional and orientation: what does it mean to serve as the hands and feet of Christ in a new culture, in a city that looks so much like home?

Bike through Stanley Park, tour Gastown and the Olympic Village, and explore Granville Island’s Public Market — a working example of small-scale, community-rooted business. Evening devotional on cultivating a servant’s heart.

Travel into Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and meet our social enterprise partner, an organization that provides dignified employment and job training to people facing homelessness, addiction, or barriers to traditional work. Facility tour and orientation on the week’s service projects. Devotional: praying for the week ahead.

Our week of service begins! Days are spent alongside enterprise staff and the people they employ — sorting donations, supporting daily operations, or assisting with job-training programs, depending on the week’s greatest need. Afternoons include team debrief and reflection on the day’s ministry.

Continue serving alongside enterprise staff. Team members rotate through operational stations and spend time building relationships with the people the organization employs.

Service continues, with today’s devotional focused on faithfulness in small things. In the afternoon, join a project supporting the organization’s broader outreach into the neighborhood.

Service continues. Today’s devotional theme centers on using what you’ve been given to serve others well. Evening: shared meal and time of reflection with enterprise staff.

Our final day of service wraps with a closing celebration alongside enterprise staff and the people they employ. Time for the team to say goodbye and reflect on the relationships built this week.

Embark on a nature trail with a First Nations Cultural Ambassador to learn about Indigenous culture, traditions, and economic reconciliation efforts underway across British Columbia. In the afternoon, ride to the top of Grouse Mountain for wildlife encounters and sweeping views of the city and coastline.

Final group devotional and debrief: what did God teach us this week about faithfulness with what we’ve been given? Enjoy a farewell breakfast before heading to the airport for your flight home.