Work groups on Mission Trips

If a group is larger than a dozen youth on a work trip you need to create work groups.

• Work groups help with the mixing and matching of youth so they get close to everyone on the trip and not just those they choose to be with.
  
• Have work groups for the work site. They may not be needed or used, but if the local supervisor needs a small number for a particular project it is easier to just say, “ok, team 2, report” than to try to ad hoc select a few kids out of the group. This also provides built in adult leadership.
  
• Have work groups for group maintenance: Meals, laundry and cleanup, worship, evening activities.