Your group will be serving the community by working on someone’s home. Most often groups will serve through painting, siding replacement, replacement of windows/doors, interior repairs, wheelchair ramps. Students and adults are equipped and encouraged to build relationships with homeowners and community members in hopes of sharing the Gospel.

Yes, but very rarely. Some ministry sites involve crews replacing or repairing roofs. We do require everyone on roofing sites to be over the age of 18. Due to the difficulty of insuring teenagers on roofs in multiple states, with different policies in each state, the majority of our worksites will not be roofing projects.

Please remember that this is a mission experience. Participants are on mission at all times, at the ministry site and at the lodging facility. Participants should make a special effort to wear clothes that are modest and appropriate for the work to which we have been called.

• Sleeved shirts are to be worn by all participants at all times (no tank tops, spaghetti straps or midriffs, this includes dresses). At the worksite, at the lodging facility, on the way to and from the showers. If the sleeves are torn off the shirt, it no longer meets the dress code.

• Long pants must be worn at the construction work sites. Pants made of heavy cloth, like denim, are preferred. Pants at the worksite should not have any rips or distressing. Pajama pants and tights are not allowed at the worksite.

• Yoga pants and leggings are allowed, however, they should be paired with a long t-shirt, dress, or skirt. Tights can not be worn as pants, they need to be layered underneath, shorts, dresses, or skirts.

• Shorts are acceptable at the lodging facility. No short shorts. Any skirts or dresses should also be of a modest length.

• Participants are to be fully dressed in accordance with this dress code any time they are outside their assigned room at the lodging facility. Shorts or long pants and a sleeved shirt is required in hallways, in worship, and on the way to showers and restrooms.

• Durable shoes with closed toes must be worn at all work sites. Sandals are not acceptable. Shoes or boots with heavy soles are recommended for construction projects. Crocs are not to be worn on worksites.

• Always wear shoes outside of rooms.

• If you are participating in a project that involves your group attending local churches on Sunday morning (6 & 7 day projects), please be sure to bring long pants (nice jeans are fine). We will provide a t-shirt for everyone, but no shorts need to be worn to church on Sunday.

For World Changers construction we typically mix and match with youth from other churches to form a ministry crew. We will place at least two participants from a church group together on a crew. If requested in advance church groups can serve together on a crew with just their church group.

We divide church groups into what are called crews. Each crew is a comprised of students and adults from multiple churches. Your students will have at least one other person from their church serving on the crew with them. A crew has adult leadership (comprised of adults from attending churches) assigned by World Changers staff. If a group leader wishes for their group to stay together as a church group that can be arranged, but must be requested in advance.

Approximately eight hours are spent serving on ministry sites. Students will eat lunch at the ministry site most often provided by local churches or a paper bag lunch provided by the caterer.

World Changers staff leads the nightly Gathering for all participants. The Gathering includes a time of worship and a speaker teaching on the daily biblical foundations. One Gathering is dedicated to the Concert of Prayer a time set aside for prayer and worship.