South Highland’s Outreach ministry team is planning four exciting short-term mission trips for 2025 as part of answering the call to “get up and go.” Please be in prayer about participating in or supporting these opportunities to engage with, be encouraged by and encourage our global partners. Come with us and see what God is doing through these amazing ministries!
Poland – April 30-May 8
We will help to facilitate and lead a retreat, alongside the Novus Foundation, for several clergy couples who serve both their congregations and Ukranian refugees in Poland. The visit will begin in Warsaw, then move to the Baltic coast for the retreat, and finish in Warsaw.
- Estimated cost : $2,000 plus air fare
- South Highlanders on the trip: Kathryn & Larry Michael, in partnership with Tom Boone of The Outreach Foundation
- See the info packet here.
- Contact: Abby Gatliff
Taste and See: NYC – July 24-28
Global missions don’t happen only outside the continental United States. Join this team and partner with church planters in New York City who seek to make disciples among various immigrant communities and unreached people groups.
- Estimated cost: $1,450 including air fare
- South Highlanders on the trip: Abby Gatliff, in partnership with Jim Truesdell of Frontier Fellowship
- Get more info here and fill out the application here.
- Contact: Abby Gatliff
Madagascar – August 26-September 12
Journey to the Republic of Madagascar, off the east coast of the African continent, and support our mission partners Dan and Elizabeth Turk. Their work is to encourage and support the Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar, known locally as FJKM (from its equivalent name in the Malagasy language).
- Estimated cost: $5,000 plus air fare and immunizations
- South Highlanders on the trip: Lee Cooper, alongside Lois Palacek of First Presbyterian Tuscaloosa
- More info coming soon
- Contact: Abby Gatliff
Nuremburg, Germany – Fall 2025
Christians from all parts of the world have had to flee their homelands for their safety and religious freedom. On this trip, we will partner with Christians of the Persian diaspora in Central Germany to train and equip their leaders in the church for the work of supporting and nurturing believers.
- Estimated cost: ~$2,000 plus air fare
- South Highlanders on the trip: Cort Gatliff, in partnership with Tom Boone of The Outreach Foundation
- More info coming soon
- Contact: Cort Gatliff