2025 Mission Week
July 12-19, 2025We are so excited for the 2025 Youth Mission Trip to North Carolina with Cross Connection (formerly CCC).
Trip Info
Our Mission Week is July 12-19, 2025
Thanks for getting all your medical forms in! 😀
Cross Connection Rules
Please have your student read the CCC Rules BEFORE coming on the trip. Please note that the Haymarket Church Cell Phone Policy differs from the Cross Connection Cell Phone Policy.
Travel Details
Please plan to be at the Town Hall Parking Lot (15000 Washington Street, Haymarket, VA 20169) by 11:45 AM on Saturday, July 12. We want to be on the road by Noon and have lots of packing, organizing, and praying to do, please be on time!
Schedule
Saturday (12), Sunday (13) and Saturday (19) will be travel days. Monday-Friday are packed with work and program and fun. We will be doing home repairs, working to make homes warmer, safer, and drier. Students will be building ramps and doing yard work, and painting, and more!
Our evening programs will be led by Cross Connection staff and the theme this year is “Rooted”
Cross Connection has provided a sample schedule so that you can get a feel for what the week will look like.
Important Dates
- Sunday, July 6: Mission Trip Commissioning during 10 AM worship (this is also Pastor Chelsea’s first Sunday and VBS commissioning!)
- Saturday, July 12 at 11:45 AM: Team meets (Departure at NOON) students should come having already eaten lunch OR with a packed lunch.
- Saturday, July 19: Team returns sometime late afternoon
- Sunday, July 20: at 6:00 PM Spagetogether Celebration at the Ministry Center=
Packing for the Trip
Packing List
Cross Connection Has provided a PACKING LIST. Be sure to pay attention to their work site attire–long pants and closed-toed shoes. Students will want to have swim clothes if they plan to participate on our free afternoon. We are staying at a middle school and will have access to gym and fields for play time.
This year our accommodations are different. Cots are provided OR students/leaders may bring air mattresses. All bedding and linens need to be packed and brought on the trip.
Spending Money
Students will be responsible for 4 fast-food meals on the during the trip. (Saturday Dinner, Sunday lunch, Friday lunch, Saturday lunch). Students should bring enough spending money to cover those meals. (Kim is happy to hold the ‘Friday/travel home’ money if that is helpful to your student for budgeting purposes.)
Occasionally, work teams will stop for an ice cream or a treat on the way back from worksites, so having a few extra dollars for that is helpful but not required.
There is also a camp store at our location.
Cell Phone Policy
Haymarket Church Student Cell Phone Policy for Mission Trips
We would prefer NO PHONES for the entire week. We DO NOT allow phones during our time at camp. (All adults will have phones and students are welcome to call home as needed.)
Students may bring phones and will be allowed to use them on Saturday & Saturday (travel days). Phones must be turned in on Saturday evening after we arrive at our sleeping location. Phones will be charged for students (if a charger has been provided) and returned to students on Saturday morning to take final photos and get contact information from new friends and to use during the travel home. Please note that these phones will be kept in a backpack, and secured in a warm van during the work day.
Spagetotgether
Our Annual Spagetogether will be on Sunday evening, July 27 at 6:00 PM at our Ministry Center. This is our celebration and Mission Trip recap. We will share photos and stories from the trip and allow the students to tell their families about all the cool stuff we experienced.
Parents and siblings and youth leaders are all invited–come and celebrate the awesome work these students did in North Carolina!
Please sign up to help with our simple spaghetti dinner!