What Is the Global Urban Trek?
Students and recent graduates are welcome on the Trek. While on the Trek, they'll live in slum communities around the world. While in these communities, they'll volunteer their time in service ministries and alongside the poor of those communities, seeking to love them as Jesus does. Participants will be asked to seriously consider long-term service to the poor in the future.
What to expect:
Upon acceptance, participants will be given materials to assist them in fundraising and a box of books to educate them on urban realities. The Trek begins with a week of orientation in June. During these days, the Trek teams will meet together to examine issues of urbanization, justice, ethnic conflict, poverty and the Christian faith.
In the host country students volunteer to work with a variety of urban ministries. Students will need to approach ministry flexibly. Ministries may change, and others may put students to work in relatively humble ways.
Many students will live for the summer with the urban poor. The objective is to walk alongside the poor in these cities and to begin to understand how urban settings are transformed.
The Trek ends with several days of debriefing and sharing.
Academic Credit:
Students may be able to get academic credit for their participation. Share with your academic advisor the book of readings and inquire about independent study credit.
More Trek Information:
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Learn more about each city, its programs, and its director(s). [Subject to revision.]
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Read Trackin' the Trek from summer 2007. These are journals that a student in each of the Trek cities posted online during their time overseas. In the side bar to your left, you will find journals from earlier summers.
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Read more about the vision behind the Trek
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Encourage your parents to read this Letter from the Trek Director.
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