Serve Location
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
- Date: 07/20/24 - 07/27/24
- Church Partner: First CRC – Sioux Falls
- Availability: FULL
- Trip Type: High School
- Rate: $400 USD before April 1st
- *$450 USD after April 1st
- Capacity: 60
In Church Partnership With
First CRC – Sioux Falls
SERVE Projects
SERVE Participants will be working with various ministry organizations in Sioux Falls that minister to the needs of the immigrant, native, and refugee families of our community. Our work sites will include: painting, landscaping, food prep and delivery, wheelchair repair, packing backpacks for young children, and other various projects.
Site Description
As the largest city in South Dakota, Sioux Falls offers a welcoming atmosphere and big city entertainment with a small-town feel. Some prominent features of the city of Sioux Falls are its beautiful parks and bike trails. Sioux Falls maintains more than 70 parks and greenways spread throughout the city as well as 16 miles of paved path for biking, walking, jogging, and running. Sioux Falls has also spent a lot of energy revitalizing its downtown area which is home to many great shops and restaurants as well as a beautiful sculpture walk and riverfront areas.
Participants will be staying at First Christian Reformed Church and sleeping in air conditioned classrooms. There is a large gym onsite as well as showers both at First CRC and a nearby high school.
For our day away participants will travel to Lake Okoboji. The main attractions of the Okonoji area are the glacier-carved lakes. This beautiful chain of lakes extends from the Minnesota border southwest several miles and covers approximately 15,000 acres. Spring-fed West Lake Okoboji is a beautiful shade of blue and 134 feet deep. The depth of the lake makes it a popular regional destination for motor boating, water skiing, sailing, and swimming. It is the centerpiece of the five chain lakes, and while we are there we will enjoy a beautiful day relaxing, swimming, and boating. The day will also include a trip to Arnolds Park Amusement park which includes thrill rides, games, and attractions galore!
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Registration fees do NOT include transportation to and from the sites. Each church group must provide vehicle(s) and adult driver(s) for the entire mission experience regardless of whether you fly or drive to the site. The vehicles you bring will be used to transport small groups to the work site each day, so 12-passenger vans or mini-vans are preferred. Cars do not facilitate the transportation of an entire small group in one vehicle, so please do not bring them. If you wish to bring a bus, please check with the Host Team to see if this is acceptable before you make arrangements. If your group is unable to provide van transportation, please have a youth leader call the ThereforeGo Ministries office to discuss options and additional charges.
Sioux Falls, SD (FSD). Please DO NOT book airfare until you have received email confirmation from ThereforeGo Ministries that you have been placed at this site.
Sioux Falls is exremetely hot and humid during July! We recommend bringing your biggest water bottle and being prepared to fill it often. Sunscreen is important too, but we will have some on site for you if you forget. Please come to this site with one semi-formal outfit for just one of our evening activities.
Sioux Falls SERVE is a gluten safe environment. Alongside our traditional menu if you have celiac disease we will accommodate your needs of a gluten free diet and our kitchen staff works hard to avoid cross contamination.
