How Do you Help a Student Develop a Heart for Service?

For decades, the GAC Missions Program has been a key part of our school culture. Long before global mission trips became common among schools, GAC students and teachers were stepping beyond our campus to serve communities around the world.

Over the years, we have seen God move in powerful ways—not only in the places we go, but in the hearts and lives of those who serve. Each year, GAC mission trips give students meaningful opportunities to share their gifts, experience other cultures, build relationships, and put their faith into action.

These experiences help shape students as the hands and feet of Christ, cultivating compassion, confidence, and a heart for serving others wherever God leads. Each year, GAC sends 15-20 mission teams on trips around the world.

GAC mission trips have been a blessing for both our kids. They had experiences they may never have again. I saw a video of my son giving a testimonial while on a mission trip to the Dominican Republic earlier this year. It nearly brought me to tears to hear him tell local kids about how he relies on God and what He has meant to my son.

Richard Thomas
High School Parent

High School Trips

Middle School Trips

The faculty and staff at GAC live out the school’s mission every day, supporting our children on their lifelong journey to discover the wonder and majesty of God’s creation and their place in it. GAC challenges its students to grow and mature; academically, physically, and spiritually; producing graduates who are ready to go and change the world. Our only regret about bringing our children to GAC is that we didn’t do it sooner.

Carrie Trivett
Lower and Middle School Parent

Two smiling girls stand together in a lush green field, with a scenic view of a bay and distant mountains under a cloudy sky.

A smiling woman in a navy shirt and blue pants stands in a dusty construction area with wooden frames in the foreground and small buildings and trees in the background.

A man in a grey shirt holds a shovel full of gravel in the foreground, with other workers and a mountainous landscape under a cloudy sky in the background.

Two women stand with shovels in a dirt field, with green vegetation and distant mountains under a cloudy sky in the background.

A group of people pose for a photo in the foreground before the towering ancient columns of the Parthenon under a clear blue sky.

Two young men sit on a pile of burlap sacks in a grassy field with houses and a cloudy sky in the background.

A group of young athletes in red and blue uniforms sit on a concrete bench under a corrugated metal roof.

A group of people in blue t-shirts stand in the foreground on a dirt mound, with a large wooden cross and a cloudy sky in the background.

People work with concrete and wheelbarrows in the foreground, with a white building, an orange Jeep, and green trees in the background.

Two girls use paint rollers to paint a wall blue in a room with white walls.

A smiling woman hugs two young children in the foreground of a brightly lit room with a projector screen and curtains in the background.

Four young men sit atop a wooden frame structure in the foreground, with a village and a cloudy blue sky in the background.

Several young people roll out dough on a long, flour-covered table inside a brightly lit room.

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Global Missions Contacts

Justin Bagwell

Director of Christian Life, High School Missions Coordinator

Kristen Wright '89

Middle School Missions Coordinator

And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Colossians 3:17

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How Do you Help a Student Develop a Heart for Service?

For decades, the GAC Missions Program has been a key part of our school culture. Long before global mission trips became common among schools, GAC students and teachers were stepping beyond our campus to serve communities around the world.

2026-2027 Mission Trip Locations

High School Trips

Middle School Trips

Global Missions Contacts