Missions at Living Streams
Living Streams is heavily invested in missions both locally and abroad. Ten percent of every dollar that comes in to Living Streams is invested in local and foreign missions. Those funds go to supporting dozens of missionaries and organizations, planting churches, facilitating local outreaches, and so much more. We believe that missions (both local and abroad) are an important part of God’s call for most, if not all believers.
Email missions@livingstreams.org if you have any questions or are interested in being sent out as a long-term missionary by Living Streams.
Missions Internship
Our summer internship has 9 different tracks. The missions track requires interns to be available all day Tuesdays, Thursday mornings, and 7:00am-1:00pm on Sundays for services. The program runs for 12 weeks from the beginning of May through the end of July.
Missions interns will spend 4-8 weeks in Phoenix and the remainder of their internship working in a mission field. Mission fields may include: Local Homeless Outreach (Phoenix), Belize, Ecuador, Peru, SE Asia (anti-trafficking), or Puerto Peñasco, Mexico. Travel, food, and lodging expenses may apply.
Email missions@livingstreams.org if you are interested in the Missions track of our summer internship.
Upcoming Mission Trips
Click below for more information, to make a donation, or to register/apply.
Check back often for more trips as we update this list throughout the year.
Check back this August to see more trips.
Local Outreach
Part of our Mission at Living Streams is to “Engage in Society’s Pain.” We believe that the Church’s voice grows as we do that. Below are a few ministries we believe are actively engaging in society’s pain here in Phoenix that also provide avenues for you to serve. Click below to expand for more information on how you can engage with these ministries.
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This is a team of people from Living Streams Church helping Afghan Refugees adjust to living in America. This team walks with a family for 3-6 months, helping them start their new life in America. The goal is to build relationship with our newly arrived Afghan neighbors in the process.
Email susan@fountainofhope.com for more information.
Click Here to express interest in joining this team.
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Our food pantry operates Monday through Thursday mornings and feeds over 5,000 people each year. Email foodpantry@livingstreams.org for more information or Click Here to express interest in volunteering.
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Weekdays, October through May, teams of two pray with those who drive up and request prayer. Click here to sign up to work a one-hour shift each week.
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Growing healthy, organic food for the community, right here on the Living Streams campus. Contact: Judy Walden gtggvolunteers@gmail.com if you’d like to join.
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Sunnyslope Ministers of Hope is a local homeless ministry run by Dave Denman who is a part of our Living Streams Family. Click here if you’d like more information on the ministry and how you can help.
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YoungLife is an amazing ministry that engages in heavily relational evangelism. YoungLife has ministries all over the valley primarily for High School students but YoungLife also has ministries for Jr. High students, teens/young adults with disabilities, college students, and teen moms.
Click here for more information on the Metro Phoenix area YoungLife.
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West Phoenix sports is a nonprofit low-cost sports league run by Living Streams members Ernesto & Iveth Gillet. They have Volleyball, Softball, T-ball, Cheer, Soccer and Basketball. They use these leagues to build community and share the gospel in a relational way.
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Feed My Starving Children is a global ministry providing food and nutrition to people living in poverty. There is a local warehouse where you can volunteer (alone or with a group of friends) to go and help package that food.
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Phoenix Rescue Mission is an incredibly effective and valuable ministry that offers long-term practical and spiritual help for those struggling with homelessness and/or addiction.
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Mentor Kids provides growth opportunities and relational investment for children in underserved neighborhoods in the Phoenix area.
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GoTEN is a missions organization that seeks to minister to refugee families who have been legally resettled in Phoenix. GoTEN is an acronym that stands for Go To Every Nation. We can reach other nations by going across the street or across town. God has brought unreached people to us! Visit goten.org to learn how you can join us as a volunteer and engage with refugees from Iraq, Afghanistan, Myanmar, and other countries through English classes, sewing classes, or kids’ ministry! The friendships you build can lead to opportunities to share the truth of the Gospel.
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Royal Family Kids is a ministry primarily based around the Royal Family Kids Camp that takes place every June (See Mission Trips above for more info on their camp) but they also have a number of opportunities to serve throughout the year. Those opportunities range from helping with administration & crafts leading up to camp, to a winter party for foster kids, to mentoring foster children on an ongoing basis.
Email judiduffey@azroyalfamiily.com for more information on how you can help.
Global Missions
This map shows most of the missionaries that we support on an ongoing basis. Belize, Ecuador and Puerto Peñasco, Mexico are three of the places our missions efforts are most heavily invested. Living Streams also has a goal of sending out 50 long-term missionaries (9 mo+) by the end of 2025. Email missions@livingstreams.org if you’re interested in being one of those missionaries.