KINGDOM EXPANSION

Missions

GO ON MISSION

2025-2026 Mission Trips

Chapel Pointe is on mission and we are inviting you to join us!

From Boston to Brazil to Romania, we are sending teams to share the Gospel throughout the world. We want to deepen relationships with current Chapel Pointe missionaries and partners, engage with God’s presence in a different cultural setting, and participate in events to make disciples and multiply transformed followers of Jesus.

Check out the trips listed below for details and links to sign up.

               TRIPS 

Upcoming Mission Trips

  • When: December 11-18, 2026
  • Where: Santa Cruz, Bolivia
  • Team Leaders: TBD
  • Cost: $2,800 (best estimate)
  • Trip Focus: A relationship-focused mission trip centered on partnering with the orphanage ministry to build meaningful connections with children through a camp experience designed for lasting Kingdom impact. The team will also support practical needs through small carpentry and plumbing projects while sharing the hope and joy of Christmas through intentional ministry opportunities.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Sept. 14, 2026

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  • When: February 7-14, 2027
  • Where: Guatemala
  • Team Size: 20 People
  • Team Leader: Tom Waterloo
  • Cost:  $2,950 (Best Estimate)
  • Trip Focus: We will be partnering with Paradise Bound Ministries in Guatemala in doing village outreach and meeting tangible needs in various projects. Our team will have the opportunity to build loving relationships throughout the villages that open the door for sharing the gospel and making disciples of Jesus.

  • When: February 19-27, 2027
  • Where: Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
  • Team Size: 10-12
  • Team Leader: Eric & Sam Tornga
  • Cost: $3,000 (best estimate)
  • Trip Focus: Partner with Live Global and the local church in D.R. to provide medical care to Haitian refugees while building relationships that open doors to share the hope of the gospel. We have a strong need for physicians, nurses, OT/PT professionals, and other healthcare providers, but this trip is open to people of all skill sets who are eager to serve & grow.

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  • When: March 7-14, 2027
  • Where: São Paulo, Brazil
  • Team Leader: Dean and Kristen Veltman
  • Cost:  $2,600 (best estimate)
  • Trip Focus:We will be working alongside missionaries, Dave and Jan Santos in Brazil at local schools, churches, and gatherings; engaging in on-going evangelism, discipleship, and church planting efforts.

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  • When: March 24-29, 2027
  • Where: Long Island, NY
  • Team Leader: Babis Pantazes
  • Cost:  $900 (Best Estimate)
  • Trip Focus: Partnering with Cornerstone Bible Church to engage the local community through outreach while serving in a variety of ministry roles during Good Friday and Easter services, including children’s ministry, hospitality, and other areas of need.

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  • When: February/March 2027 (exact dates TBD)
  • Where: The Philippines
  • Team Leader: TBD
  • Cost:  TBD
  • Trip Focus: This trip has three primary goals: to strengthen churches, equip leaders, and multiply Kingdom impact. Time will be spent relationally with all ten Be The Church Philippines pastors and churches — praying with pastors, visiting new believers, and encouraging the church plants. We will also focus on evangelism in a new area where churches will be planted in the future. We are prayerful to see hundreds come to know the Lord as Savior as we trek through the jungle, going house to house, sharing the Gospel, and making Kingdom impact!

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  • When: May/June 2027 (exact dates TBD)
  • Where: The Philippines
  • Team Leader: TBD
  • Cost:  TBD
  • Trip Focus: This trip has a primary goal of Kingdom impact. Time will be spent building relational connections with the Be the Church Philippines pastors and their churches, while also coming alongside the ministry in Aurora to help facilitate a youth camp. Together, we will have the opportunity to invest in and encourage students, collectively pointing them to Christ and sharing the hope of the Gospel. This trip will have a college and young adult focus.

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  • When: June, 2027 (exact dates TBD)
  • Where: The Philippines
  • Team Leader: TBD
  • Cost:  TBD
  • Trip Focus: This trip has three primary goals: to strengthen churches, equip leaders, and multiply Kingdom impact. Time will be spent relationally with all ten Be The Church Philippines pastors and churches — praying with pastors, visiting new believers, and encouraging the church plants. We will also focus on evangelism in a new area where churches will be planted in the future. We are prayerful to see hundreds come to know the Lord as Savior as we trek through the jungle, going house to house, sharing the Gospel, and making Kingdom impact! This trip will be student-focused, but not exclusive.

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  • When: June 24 – July 5th, 2027
  • Where: Kosovo
  • Team Leader: Mike Warren
  • Cost:  $2800
  • Trip Focus: Partnering with ABWE missionaries and a local school to engage kids and adults through a basketball camp, science camp, and teacher professional development; sports, education, evangelism and discipleship.

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  • When: July 9-July 17, 2026
  • Where: Glastonbury, CT
  • Team Leader: Luke Kooienga
  • Cost: $850
  • Trip Focus:Serve alongside one of our church partners, The River Church in Glastonbury, CT, for their VBS. Students engage with students for kingdom impact.

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Resources to Live On Mission

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Pray for Our Missionary Partners

Come back each month for updated prayers and praises from our missions partners!

Nancy Berends | Serving primarily in Togo, West Africa, based in West Michigan

Updated October 2026

Praises

  • God has provided a volunteer physician and Nurse Practitioner to help with our Missionary Healthcare responsibilities.
  • I had a fruitful trip to Corban University to establish relationships with them for nursing students to participate with our healthcare mission trips.  This is a benefit to them and to abwe.
  • My great-nephew Joshua spent the first 17 months of his life in the hospital in Ann Arbor but was able to be discharged to home two weeks ago.

Prayers

  1. I leave for Togo with a Chapel Pointe team on Thursday October 8.  Pray that it will be a good trip for all, and pray especially that Mike Wood and I would be able to help re-configure a few network settings for the hospital that will allow better access.
  2. Pray that God would send us a volunteer, 16-hour a week medical director.
  3. Pray for wisdom to prioritize well in these days when I am really struggling to keep up with all the work.

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The Caudill Family | Director of Live Global, based in Pennsylvania

Updated October 2026

Praises

  • Live Global is growing, and we just finished orientation week.

Pray Requests: 

  • Pray for us as we seek to equip others and see more laborers going to the field.
  • We have leadership meetings in early November. Pray for wisdom as we meet.
  • Pray for our partners overseas, especially those in Myanmar who are faithfully continuing to spread the gospel.
  • Pray for our kids, that the Lord would continue to work in their lives and save them.

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Saeed and Saida | Northern Caucasus of Central Asia

Updated October 2026

Praises

  • We thank the Lord for the spiritual growth of the church.
  • We thank the Lord for our church’s youth ministry.
  • We thank the Lord for meeting new people.

Prayer Requests

  • Please pray for renting a different apartment, as the current one is too small for ministry purposes.
  • Please pray for the development of the youth ministry.
  • Please pray for the non-believers to whom I share the Gospel, that they may become disciples of Jesus.

The Sanford Family | Serving in Papua New Guinea

Updated October 2026

Praises

  • We are very hopeful that our team might be full again within the next few months.
  • There have been more surveys done of various people groups in the last year by others in our organization, which means if we must consider another church planting location at least, we won’t be starting at zero. We have information to work with and pursue.
  • Our central area conference went well. It was a time of praise, worship, and encouragement with all the missionaries in central Papua New Guinea.

Prayer Requests

  • This week we have began conversations with a family interested in joining our church planting team. Pray for wisdom and discernment as we engage with them.
  • The Gende people have pulled away from wanting missionaries and there is an increasing concern of violence in the area. We will likely have to consider other people groups in PNG for church planting, which is difficult after all the investment in pursuing the Gende people.
  • Pray for the discouragement of having to move away from the Gende people, and that God would make it clear where He would have us.

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Dave & Jan Santos | Serving in São Paulo, Brazil

Updated October 2026

Praises

  • We are very hopeful that are team might be full again within the next few months.
  • There have been more surveys done of various people groups in the last year by others in our organization, which means if we must consider another church planting location at least, we won’t be starting at zero. We have information to work with and pursue.
  • It has been a busy season for our family, we are covering multiple roles to support our center and the field, however we currently have a great team of people living on our center which has been a huge blessing compared to the times when we are severely shorthanded.

Prayer Requests

There are LOTS of unique opportunities to be a blessing. Want to be part of one?
  • The family considering joining our team is moving across country to our center today (Nov 2nd) to continue pursuing joining our church planting team.
  • There is an ongoing El Nino in country causing extreme droughts, fires, and food shortages in many areas of the country. People around PNG are getting desperate and hungry.
  • Pray for complications with our flight program in country. We have a lot of aviation needs for our organization, but we are short on Helicopter pilots for the time being, and the smoke from fires across country are causing disruptions in flights.

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The Stevens Family | Serving in England, based in Oxford

The Stevens will be moving back to Michigan later this year to accept the role of Congregation Pastor at Genesis Church in Petoskey. Pray for all the logistics of moving and the emotions of saying goodbye to all those they’ve ministered to in the UK over the last 23 years!

Updated October 2026

Praises

  • We trained 120 Christian students at Bristol University to share their faith more effectively!
  • Joy and Penny (our dog) arrived safely in Michigan at the end of October
  • Our house sale in the UK completed successfully on 28 October

Prayer Requests

  • Darin speaks at an outreach at Loughborough University and delivers evangelism and youth ministry training to 10 church leaders at the start of November.
  • Our furniture is now loaded into a sea container which is due into the USA in early December.  Pray for safe passage and that it gets to Michigan before Christmas when we’re due to host family.
  • Darin leaves the UK on 9 Nov and starts his role at Genesis Church on 1 December.  Pray that this short transition time from the UK to the USA is sufficient.

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The Cooper Family | Serving in Togo, West Africa

Updated October 2026

Chris and Lydia Cooper are ABWE missionaries serving in Togo, West Africa at the Hospital of Hope. The hospital cares for patients from over 6 surrounding countries, including many unreached people groups, serving as a church planting catalyst in the region. The Coopers are passionate about meeting the physical needs of unreached families to engage them with their spiritual need for Christ.

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Praises

  • We are in the final month of language school
  • Baby girl is growing healthily
  • We had a fun time with family over our fall break

Prayer Requests

  • Please pray we finish strong in the last month here as we complete our formal french studies and pack, and that we readjust well to the States.
  • Please pray for Lydia’s pregnancy to continue to go well and for baby girl to continue to grow well. Lydia is now in the third trimester!
  • Please pray for all the logistics required for baby girl’s delivery with insurance and getting Lydia re-established with her OBGYN in Michigan.

 

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