Serving and learning form the dual mission of a Miller Center Service-Learning Trip. Students
work on projects that benefit communities suffering material or social disadvantages;
building relationships with those they serve, students learn about the world's needs
and gain vocational self-understanding. Through guided discussions and journal writing,
students explore their values and social concerns, beliefs and commitments, gifts
and limitations. Service teams may be hosted by churches or other faith communities;
however all activities are led in ways appropriate for individuals from any faith
or non-religious perspective. The Service Learning Trips are pre-approved for Odyssey credit.
Costs
Student costs listed for each trip include lodging, food, transportation, and
cultural outings. The costs also include any construction fees to the service agency.
Students will also be asked to pay for passport fees, visas, vaccinations and meals
in the airport. Personal spending money will also be needed.
Passport
If applying for the international trip, provide a copy of an up to date passport (valid 6 mo. past trip dates). If you don't have an up to date passport and are chosen for the trip, a copy of your passport application will be due by November 15th.
If you are abroad or on leave in the fall semester, you will not be able to apply
for the January trips. If you are abroad or on leave in the spring semester, you
will be unable to apply for the May trip.
You must be a degree-seeking student at Hendrix to apply.
Application
The 2024 Application is available HERE.
Important Dates
- September 6
Applications available online - October 6
Applications due by 3:00 pm - October 23-27
Interviews - November 3
Notifications of acceptance - December 1
Trip deposits due - March 3
Mandatory Orientation Meeting for BorderLinks trip - April 21
Mandatory Orientation Meeting for Taizé trip
2024 Trips
BorderLinks- Tucson, Arizona
March 17-23, 2024
Cost: $200 deposit
Since 1987, BorderLinks has been asking three major
questions: “Why do people migrate?”, “What happens during the migrant
journey?”, and “How do policies impact people”? From their unique proximity and
long-established relationships with immigrant/migrant communities in the Tucson
area and partnerships with relief agencies, assistance organizations, and
advocacy groups they facilitate encounters to learn and reflect while serving
in ways such as: a desert walk and water drop for those crossing the most
deadly areas of the Sonoran Desert; writing letters to those in a local
detention center; canvassing regarding immigration with Justice for All;
serving at mealtime with Cross Street Ministries; and work in the community
garden and facilities of the organization Flowers and Bullets.
A Taizé Journey in France
May 12-21, 2024
Cost: $500 deposit
In 1940, at the age of 25, Brother Roger arrived in France
to answer his call "to create a community where simplicity and
kind-heartedness would be lived out as essential Gospel realities." (www.taize.fr) Taizé began as a retreat for war
refugees, yet soon became a community where Christians could share spiritual
and material lives. Today, the small village of Taizé, France is home to
brothers of Catholic and Protestant traditions from twenty-five countries.
Young adults from around the world make pilgrimage to Taizé to worship three
times a day through prayer, singing, and silence; to serve the community by
performing practical tasks; and to meet in small groups for discussion. The end
of the trip will include time to see the city of Paris.
Past Service-Learning Trips
- Chincha, Peru
Summer 2001, 2002, 2003 & 2008 - Kansas City, Missouri
Spring Break 2002
- Boston, Massachusetts
Spring Break 2003 & 2006 - Arlington, Texas
Spring Break 2003
- Tarpum Bay, Bahamas
Summer 2003, 2004, Spring Break 2008 & Summer 2012 - Taize, France
Summer 2003, 2005, 2009 & 2013
- Chicago, Illinois
Spring Break 2004 & 2012 - Shiprock/Santa Fe, New Mexico
Spring Break 2004 & 2009
- Quesada, Costa Rica
Summer 2004 & Winter Break 2006 - Ekaterinburg, Russia
Winter Break 2005
- San Diego, CA/Tijuana, Mexico
Spring Break 2005 & 2010
- San Francisco, California
Spring Break 2006, Winter Break 2009 & 2013 - La Paz, Bolivia
Summer 2006 & 2010 - New York, New York
Spring Break 2007 - Koinonia Farms, Georgia
Summer 2007 - Bagamoyo, Tanzania
Summer 2007 - Pascagoula, Mississippi
Spring Break 2008 - Beverly, Kentucky
Summer 2008, Summer 2016 - Mekong Delta, Vietnam
Summer 2009 - Dumas, Arkansas
Spring Break 2010 - Poland
Summer 2010 - Cuba
Winter Break 2011 - New Orleans, Louisiana
Winter Break 2011 - South Africa
Summer 2011 - Birmingham, Alabama
Summer 2011, Summer 2017 - India
Winter Break 2012 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Summer 2012 - Epworth by the Sea
Spring Break 2013 - Alaska
Summer 2013 - Dominican Republic
Winter Break 2014 - Seattle, Washington
Spring Break 2014 - Kosovo
Summer 2014 - Guatemala
Winter Break 2015 - New Orleans
Spring Break 2015 - Arkansas Delta
Spring Break 2015 - Pine Ridge Reservation
Summer 2015 - Camp CAMP (San Antonio, TX)
Winter Break 2016 - DOOR (Hollywood CA)
Winter Break 2016 - Miami, FL
Summer 2016 - Bahamas
Winter Break 2017 - Washington DC
Summer 2017 - Ferguson, Missouri
Winter Break, 2018 - Taizé, France
Spring Break, 2018 - Belize City, Belize
Summer, 2018 - New York, NY
Summer, 2019 - Gashora, Rwanda
Summer, 2019 - San Juan, Puerto Rico
Spring Break, 2022 - New Orleans, Louisiana
May 2022 - Costa Rica
Spring Break, 2023