How Can I Serve on the Trip?
UCI is intentional in providing opportunities for each team to serve in evangelism, mercy, and work ministries. Below are just a few of the ways team members can serve according to their talents or abilities:
Teaching
• Church Leadership Training
• Creating Curriculum - small groups, Sunday school, children’s ministry, youth ministry, lay pastors
• Miscellaneous Training in your Area of Expertise - Evangelism/Witnessing
• Creative Ministry - music, mime, drama, puppets
• Preaching/Teaching - churches, schools, music lessons
• Bible and Tract Distribution - (must be bought ahead of time)
• Children's Ministries - VBS, Bible clubs, sports camps, day camps, school field trips
• Conference Seminars - women or men, youth, pastors, married couples, school teachers
Equipping and Uniting
• Distributions: clothing, food, school supplies, Bible school
• Prayer Walking - visiting the sick and praying
• Clinics - vet, medical, dental, prenatal, nutrition, first aid, sports
• Helping at the University
• Conversational English - classes, informally
• Visit door-to-door - sick, orphans, elderly, bedridden
• Encouraging Missionaries and Nationals
• Serving any needs that arise
Community Improvement Projects
• Building Projects - home, churches, repair work, maintenance, playground equipment
• Painting - maintenance
• Planting/Nursery - trees, plants for food, grafting(in season)
• Helping In Gardens - church gardens, family gardens, clearing fields
• Furniture Construction
• Your Area Of Expertise - Mechanic, Art, etc.
• Road Work - rock hauling, potholes
• Digging Ditches