Youth Missions

CTCYM
Each summer the junior high and senior high youth each participate in CTCYM (Central Texas Conference Youth in Mission) mission trips. Junior High travel to locations in Texas while Senior High destinations are out-of-state.

CTCYM brings more than 2,500 youth and adults together to put Christian faith into action by repairing and rebuilding homes weathered by age, poverty or natural disaster.

The CTCYM experience is brought together by the spirit of God and a volunteer task force of youth and adults from around the Central Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church. This group identifies a geographical area of need, a theme for the week, and the steps to achieve both. Then, for two separate weeks, youth groups from across the Conference blend together to become CTCYM Living Centers. Each Center is led by a well-trained, all-volunteer staff dedicated to providing participants with a spirit-filled week of service.

Churches and communities around those Living Centers rally support for the youth and adults of CTCYM. Through these local contacts, our teams receive shelter, meet people in need, and connect with others willing to support our efforts to make a positive difference. The work we do each day is fed by daily devotions and worship that keep our eyes and efforts pointed toward God.

Here, There, & Everywhere Tour
Each winter, in January, the junior and senior high youth participate in our HTE Tour (Here, There, & Everywhere).  This is a weekend long mission trip.  We travel to locations in Texas on combined junior high and senior high trip.

This trip began in 2012 when we took 15 trip participants to Fort Worth, Texas to work with ministries on the East-side of Fort Worth.  We worked with the homeless ministries on this trip.  The Here, There, & Everywhere Tour is a different kind of trip than our CTCYM mission trip.  On this trip we don't do construction - instead we volunteer in other mission capacties.  We sleep in churches and have a great time serving others!