From May 22-May 30, 2009 I will be hosting a vision trip with Darrin Patrick and some of my friends with the Upstream Collective to Rome, Italy and Marseille, France.

While each of our vision trips are unique we want to incorporate the following elements into each tour:

• City mapping, prayer walking and exploration


• Meeting local Christian workers (both in full-time ministry and the


• workplace arena). See www.skybridgecommunity.net for a related Upstream Collective initiative involving people who work in Europe.


• Worldview and cultural orientation for the cities / countries visited


• Language and culture exchange meetings with people you communicate with beforehand


• Meeting local believers


• Any local relevant cultural events coinciding with the vision trip dates

Our goal is to let you explore and experience what God is doing in the city, whether that looks like going mountain biking with some local enthusiasts, sitting down with university students over coffee or volunteering at a clothes closet for immigrants.

For more information on these trips please check out www.theupstreamcollective.org

Here is how this trip is shaping up.

Friday, May 22nd: Fly from your destination in the states to Rome, Italy

Saturday, May 23rd: Arrive in Rome: Orientation and Site Seeing

Sunday - Tuesday: Visit various ministry venues in Rome, take part of some informal missions teaching from myself, Darrin Patrick, Caleb Crider, Larry McCrary and more.

Tuesday evening: Take overnight train to Marseille

Wednesday - Friday: Visit various ministry venues in Marseille, France

Saturday: Fly home from Marseille unless you decide you want to stay over and visit more of Europe on your own.

Contact the folks at the Upstream Collective to get more information.

If you can't come on this trip, I will be leading another trip to an undisclosed location in the Two Thirds World in Fall 2009 and Daniel Montgomery of Sojourn Church will be co-leading a group to London and Paris in late May 2010.