Advanced
Equipping you for ministry, missions, and leadership wherever God takes you.
When: 2025 (We are not planning to run Advanced in 2024 but if you are interested in attending this summer, please contact Emma)
Who: Uncommon Endeavors Alumni
Where: Osceola, WI
Cost: $1,000
Registration closes on June 26, 2023
What You Will Learn
All three weeks will be challenging and stretching. They will teach you personal disciplines including teamwork, Scripture memory, time management, physical fitness training, and leadership skills.
Ministry Classes
- Children's Ministry
- Evangelism
- How to Lead Devotions
- How to Study the Bible
- Basics of Biblical Counseling
Other Classes
- Hospitality
- Wilderness First Aid
- Financial Management
- Missions Survival Skills
Missions Opportunity
Do you have a heart to reach people with the Gospel of Christ? Are you passionate about missions? Do you desire to travel to other countries?
When
TBD (We won’t be doing a trip in 2022 but will try for the summer of 2023)
Where
Ecuador
Who
Advanced students or STEP Alumni
Cost
Approx. $2000 (includes flights, food, and lodging)
Advanced equips you to share your faith, minister to those in need, and serve in cross-cultural experiences. This summer, we are offering an optional missions trip at the end of Advanced.*
During this ten-day trip, the team will travel to Ecuador and work alongside local churches and missionaries to share the gospel with children and families through VBS-style programs. This is a perfect way to put into practice what you will learn during Advanced.
The trip will be coordinated through Global Encounters, a short-term missions organization. They will purchase flights, supplies, and coordinate all the logistics for the time spent in the country. Due to Covid-19 and the uncertainty around international travel this summer, they are offering fully refundable donations. This means, people can donate toward the cost of your trip but if it does not happen, they will get their donation back. You can raise support for the cost of the trip and flights to Ecuador.
If you have further questions, please reach out to us!
*The cost of the trip is not included in the program cost for Advanced
Bring-A-Friend Discount
Adventures are more fun with friends! If a friend of yours attends Uncommon Endeavors, you can both save 15%. When you and your friend have both signed up, email us and we will apply the discount!
*The Bring-A-Friend discount can be applied at any point before you have paid the entire course fee. (If your friend signs up a month after you, we can still apply the discount).
*Only one 15% discount per person, but if you bring multiple friends, they can each get the 15% discount as well.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes! We want everyone to have the chance to come to Advanced and understand that sometimes it is hard to manage the program fee. Each year we provide scholarships to students who need them. These scholarships may range from a couple of hundred dollars to a full-ride scholarship.
If you are interested, please email us and let us know why you want to come to Advanced, what your needs are, and why we should give you a scholarship. We will evaluate each request and determine how we can make it possible for you to attend.
Our scholarships are based on donations from alumni who want to see others have the same great experience that they had.
It is very likely! Reach out to us and let us know your situation. We can probably work it out for you to come for a couple of weeks instead of the whole program.
Maybe? We do make exceptions for students 17 and older to come to Advanced even if they have not been to Uncommon Endeavors. There are a few activities in Advanced that build on skills learned in Uncommon Endeavors but we offer refreshers in those classes and would be able to get you up to speed. Please reach out if you are interested in an exception and coming to just Advanced.