This Serve Tour has a focus around construction projects. We have a need for construction professionals in flooring, electrical, excavation, plumbing, heating and cooling systems. We will match these professionals with other volunteers who have general construction skills.
The cost is $1,275 for single occupancy, $975/person for double occupancy with single bed. The trip costs will cover lodging, breakfast and lunch (DINNERS NOT INCLUDED), in-country transportation, and ministry expenses but will exclude airfare, visa and vaccination requirements, insurance, and/or tourism activities.
Schedule (tentative):
May 30, Day 1: Arrival in the morning. Orientation and cultural introduction in the afternoon.
May 31, Day 2: Travel to project locations
June 1-3, Day 3-5: Project Days
June 4, Day 6: Return to Paris and closing Rally
June 5, Day 7: Departures
General Description of Projects to be completed:
Paris 1: General renovation of an outreach center hosting weekly events
Paris 2: Installing a kitchen and flooring in a church plant meeting space
Paris 3: Repair and refurbish an old Baptist building for use by an artistic church plant and outreach ministry
Paris 4: Install heat pumps, build tents, and gardening work at an evangelical seminary in preparation for summer France Theology events aimed at helping churches
Paris 5: General renovations on a church building used by both French and English-speaking congregations
Aubagne (near Marseille): Renovations at an evangelical camp that hosts summer discipleship and outreach camps as well as winter IMB TCK camp
Lyon: Work at an evangelistic camp for kids, replacing a water tank and pipes, clearing woods, and building fences
Lyon 2: Transform a garage into an area that will hold worship services for a rural CP more than an hour from the nearest church. Plasterboard, cleaning, construction. An electrician would be helpful.
Strasbourg 1: Update a church plant space for outreach and training, replace floors, paint, run cords
Strasbourg 2: Work with an Iranian pastor of a central Asian church to renovate a kitchen for ministry meals and meeting space for discipleship
Colmar: Pour 2 concrete parking spaces and build a handicap ramp to help a small church meet city codes for ministry
**This Serve Tour are for adults 18+. However, we do make exceptions for volunteers 14+ with a one-to-one ratio with an adult.
Registration Deadlines:
Registration is limited to 98 participants on a first come first served basis. Registration will close when all spots have been filled and/or on January 31, 2026. Please note that your team’s registration will not be valid until the deposit of $400 ($100 for an individual) has been paid.
*DEPOSITS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE
All volunteers must have their applications complete, references returned, and training complete no later than March 1, 2026.
All final payments are due April 30, 2026.
International Serve Tours work with local churches to aid them in meeting the needs in their communities. Because of this, they cannot make final arrangements for Serve Tour projects and accommodations until they know the final number of volunteers coming and the skills sets, they are equipped with. This means we are able to provide an overview for what your team might do during Serve Tour, but we cannot give specific assignments until less than 30 days prior to departure. Because of this, you and your team will not have contact with field personnel until between 60-30 days prior to departure.
*Costs include all on field costs such as lodging, meals (DINNERS NOT INCLUDED), transportation, and ministry expenses. Costs do not include airfare, insurance, tourism activities, visa and/or vaccination requirements.
Europe & Middle East
France
14+
$1275.00
French