go2bless

Short-term mission trips

go2bless trips are short-term, team based mission experiences throughout mainland Europe. Serving the vision of local churches in France,Croatia,Germany and Spain, go2bless teams provide an injection of energy, prayer, creativity and missional initiative to enable the local church to fully engage with what God is doing in their community.

Teams are made up of individuals and groups from a range of nationalities and denominational backgrounds. The minimum age for participants is 16, and teams are predominantly made-up of under 30’s.

Upcoming go2bless dates

What does it actually look like?

go2bless begins with team training at Bethanie, our missional training centre in France, where we introduce the ‘bless ethos’ and offer practical input. Participants undertake basic language skills, Bible teaching, creative workshops, prayer, team building activities and lots and lots of eating!

go2bless trips call for a range of skills and need team members of all ages to work with kids, teens and young adults. Each team needs a mix of creative, practical and language skills. We use lots of music, sport, circus skills, games, arts and crafts.

Trips have a strong focus on spiritual formation. Each day we set apart time to pray, study the Bible in local cafes and worship together. We believe prayer and mission are inseparably intertwined.

“Being on go2bless mission trip, showing people a glimmer of light from God, completely transforms you as a person”

Are short-term mission trips fruitful?

We know that travel broadens the mind but we have learned that it can do far more, when combined with service, reflection and prayer. We see short-term mission as a tree with three fruits – bringing blessing to the churches and communities our students serve, to those they return home to and to the students themselves. Our method is short-term mission, but our goal is long-term change. Our aims in these three areas are:

  1. To build up and encourage local churches across Europe
  2. To create opportunities for Christian students and young adults to experience mission, learn to serve, establish their faith and encounter new cultures.
  3. To enable these same students to return to their home churches and communities better equipped and grounded in their experiences, enhancing the contribution they are able to offer.

“Go2bless always refreshes me. It gives me time to think about who I am in Christ. It makes me realise that God needs to be the centre of everything and I need to put him in my day to day life”

For more information, contact gemma@blessnet.eu or download and fill in a go2bless form