YCC
has been fielding a variety of global outreaches for over 12 years.
Usually planned during the summer, or at key vacation times, when
people can use their off-time to serve, these "Disciple-Trips" as we
sometimes call them, focus specifically upon 5 discipleship and mission
issues: "Then
Jesus came to them, saying: 'All authority in heaven and Earth has
been given to me. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded
you, and I will be with you always, even unto the end of the age.'" Matt
28:18-20
YCC Global (short-term) Outreach
Our
belief is that when people become involved in the task of world mission
their discipleship takes a new turn upward. Once a person sees what
God has been doing al along and what He can do in and through them,
they are never the same. They are spoiled for ordinary, humdrum life
in the comfort zone. Because of this, it is very important to us that
YCC Global Outreaches be organized and directed by leaders who are
being developed within our program. People come and participate as a
team member in an outreach, then later they may be an assistant
leader. Our hope is that eventually everyone who participates will get
a chance to lead their own outreach. We see this program as a vital
further step in the development of the church here in Yucaipa. It is a
step that embraces God's world, doing God's work in God's way.