SPRING BREAK MISSION TRIP 2025
Overview
When: Saturday, March 8—Wednesday, March 12
Where: San Antonio, Texas
What: Join us for a 5 day/4 night missions experience in San Antonio, Texas. We’ll work hard and have fun! Participate in one of four mission teams that will engage in meaningful ministry projects during the day. Then, in the evenings we’ll enjoy fun social activities together!
Cost: $160 covers most transportation, food, housing, insurance, supplies, and tons of fun. Payment due by Saturday, 3/8 (the day we leave).
You can pay through
Venmo (@utabsm)
Zelle (info@utabsm.com)
Card (mkt.com/utabsm)
Cash (give to BSM staff)
Details
Departure
We will depart from the UTA BSM on Saturday at 10am and return on Wednesday evening by 10pm. So you still have the second half of your Spring Break!
Housing
We will be staying at Brookhill Baptist Church (631 Utopia Ln, San Antonio, TX 78223). They have been our gracious hosts for several years and love having us!
Ministry Projects
Children’s ministry
Evangelism team
Construction / manual labor
Inner city/homeless ministry
Packing List/What to Bring
Money for 3 meals (two fast food meals on the road, dinner on the Riverwalk one night)
Clothes for work, play, church, and fun. Bring shoes you can run & play in. (Manual labor team: bring old clothes for painting & gloves)
Towels & toiletries
Bedroll (sleeping bag or blanket / sheets, pillow), air mattress or cot (if you don't want to sleep on the hard floor)
AIR MATTRESS IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. ONLY $15-20 AT WALMART OR ACADEMY.
Bible & notebook
Transportation
We are carpooling and need drivers! BSM will reimburse your fuel costs if you take 3 other people. After the trip, we will calculate an estimated fuel cost and issue you a check. If you like, you can keep your receipts and, if you spent more, we’ll reimburse the difference. Please start the trip with a full tank, and only report subsequent receipts. You must have a valid driver’s license, auto insurance, agree to drive safely, obey traffic laws, assume liability for accidents. You commit to have your car and passengers WHERE and WHEN the schedule says to be there.
YOU WILL BE CONTACTED IF YOU ARE DRIVING.
If you are not contacted by BSM staff, we don't need you to drive and won't reimburse your fuel if you do.
Spring Break Mission Trip 2024 (last year) details.
Subject to change!
schedule
Saturday, March 9
9:30am - Arrive at BSM
10:00am-4:00pm - Travel to San Antonio (Brookhill Baptist Church, 280 miles, 5ish hours + lunch)
4:00pm - Arrive at Brookhill BC
Guys upstairs youth room
Girls upstairs Sunday School area
4:30pm - Prayer walk, invite people in neighborhood around Brookhill BC
6:00pm - Dinner at Brookhill BC
Cooking/cleanup (Labor team)
7:00pm - Evening fun activity!
9:30pm - Planning time in teams
Sunday, March 10
8:15am - Breakfast (clean all bags out of Sunday School rooms)
Cooking/cleanup (Evangelism team)
8:45am - Team meeting
9:30am - Sunday School hour
If you are not helping with kids/youth Sunday School or worship, do not hang out all around the church. Find an open room upstairs where you are out of the way of their Sunday School classes. Or go to Starbucks.
Do daily devotional
10:50am-12:00pm - Church at Brookhill BC
12:30pm - Lunch at Brookhill BC and meeting
Cooking/cleanup (Summit team)
1:30-5:00pm - Ministry Projects
5:30pm - Dinner at Brookhill BC
Cooking/cleanup (Garden Valley team)
6:15pm - Depart for evening fun activity
Green Acres Golf and Games
Everyone gets 1 round of Mini Golf, 20 Arcade Tokens, 1 Soft Drink, and 2 Attraction Tickets (Go Karts, Bumper Boats, Trampoline Thing, or 2 Buckets of Water Wars)
10:00pm - Planning time in teams as needed
Monday, March 11
7:45am - Breakfast & pack sack lunches
(Cooking/cleanup: (Labor Team)
8:15am - Group meeting and worship
Find time for personal devotion before or in the evening.
9:00am-4:00pm - Ministry projects
5:30pm - Dinner on the Riverwalk
Pay for your own dinner.
Tuesday, March 12
7:45am - Breakfast & pack sack lunches
Cooking/cleanup (Evangelism Team)
8:15am - Group meeting and worship
Find time for personal devotion before/after or in the evening)
9:00am-4:00pm - Ministry projects
6:00pm - Dinner at Brookhill BC
Cooking/cleanup (Garden Valley team)
8:30pm - The annual SBMT Talent Show!!
10:00pm - Team meeting (as needed, check with team leader)
Wednesday, March 13
7:45am - Breakfast & pack sack lunches
(Cooking/cleanup: (Summit Team)
8:15am - Group meeting and worship
Find time for personal devotion before/after or in the evening)
9:00am-3:00pm - Ministry projects
Come back ASAP to help clean, load up, and depart
10:00pm - Arrive back in Arlington
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Staff Contact Info
Ben Muir
817-683-5433
Timbrel Cheevers (Garden Valley)
817-262-3789
Eliza West (Evangelism)
214-460-8054
Isaiah Cavanaugh
817-583-2266
Jenna Leatherman
682-227-3825
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locations
Ministries
Brookhill Baptist Church
631 Utopia Ln, San Antonio, TX 78223
Summit at Benavides Apartments
1700 S Hamilton Ave, San Antonio, TX 78207
Garden Valley Homes
8622 S Zarzamora St, San Antonio, TX 78224
Evening Activities
City Base Skate/Car Vel Skateland
2351 Goliad Rd, San Antonio, TX 78223
(Walking distance from Brookhill BC!)
Green Acres Golf and Games
9782 US Hwy 87 E, San Antonio, TX 78263
Riverwalk (and surrounding area)
Convention Center Parking Garage (should be $10)
41 Bowie St, San Antonio, TX 78205
Historic Market Square (a few blocks from Riverwalk)
514 W Commerce St, San Antonio, TX 78207
The Alamo
300 Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, TX 78205
Mi Tierra (iconic Tex Mex a few blocks from Riverwalk)
218 Produce Row, San Antonio, TX 78207
Campuses to Prayer Walk
Why are we prayer-walking campuses on SBMT?
San Antonio is home to 14 universities with over 100, 000 students. Four years ago, there was only one BSM staffer in all of San Antonio. One! God has given Texas BSM the vision to grow expand our ministry in San Antonio by raising up new staff members who will move and plant new ministries in San Antonio. Now there are SEVEN staff members working on four campuses - praise God!
UTA BSM is going to prayer walk each San Antonio campus to ask God to break down barriers and raise up workers so the gospel can be proclaimed in San Antonio. Would you pray fervently? Maybe God wants some of US to be part of this new ministry!
Instructions
Pick a campus, drive there, park (legally), and walk around in a group. As you walk, pray out loud over the campus. You don’t have to close your eyes, just talk to God one at a time in the group.
Pray over the students, the faculty, and the administration. Pray for God to move in their hearts.
If you see anyone on campus feel free to approach them and respectfully ask if there is anything you can pray for them about.
Pray Scripture over the campus, like:
Romans 10:14-17
Philippians 4:6-7
Isaiah 6:8
Isaiah 49:6
Be ready to share at the next group meeting!
Campus Assessment
As you drive to the campus, do some research and see if you can find some information about your campus. You can research it online or by looking around campus.
What’s the student enrollment?
What kind of campus is it? (community, state, private, religious, etc)
What are the main majors, programs, etc?
What kinds of things does the campus advertise? What does that tell you about campus?
Are there any religious organizations on campus? What are they?
Texas A&M University - San Antonio
One University Way, San Antonio, TX 78224
Campus info: https://www.tamusa.edu/about-us/index.html
San Antonio College
1819 N Main Ave, San Antonio, TX 78212
Campus info: https://www.alamo.edu/sac/about-sac/our-college/
University of Texas at San Antonio
1 UTSA Circle, San Antonio, TX 78249
Campus info: https://www.utsa.edu/about/
Palo Alto College
1400 W Villaret Blvd, San Antonio, TX 78224
Campus info: https://www.alamo.edu/pac/
Baptist University of the Americas
2418 W Ansley Blvd, San Antonio, TX 78224
Campus info: https://www.bua.edu/en/about/
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Daily Devotionals
Sunday
Scripture
Psalm 1
1 How happy is the one who does not
walk in the advice of the wicked
or stand in the pathway with sinners
or sit in the company of mockers!
2 Instead, his delight is in the Lord’s instruction,
and he meditates on it day and night.
3 He is like a tree planted beside flowing streams
that bears its fruit in its season,
and its leaf does not wither.
Whatever he does prospers.
4 The wicked are not like this;
instead, they are like chaff that the wind blows away.
5 Therefore the wicked will not stand up in the judgment,
nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
6 For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked leads to ruin.
Reflection Questions (GULSAR)
What does this passage say about God?
What does this passage say about Us?
What do you Like about this passage?
How would you Summarize this passage?
How would you Apply or Respond to this passage?
Prayer
Pray to God using this Scripture. What does it bring to mind? Pray the words of God back to him.
Use the ACTS acronym if it’s helpful.
Adoration (praise)
Confession (of sin)
Thanksgiving (for God’s gifts)
Supplication (request of God)
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Monday
Psalm 19
1 The heavens declare the glory of God,
and the expanse proclaims the work of his hands.
2 Day after day they pour out speech;
night after night they communicate knowledge.
3 There is no speech; there are no words;
their voice is not heard.
4 Their message has gone out to the whole earth,
and their words to the ends of the world.
In the heavens he has pitched a tent for the sun.
5 It is like a bridegroom coming from his home;
it rejoices like an athlete running a course.
6 It rises from one end of the heavens
and circles to their other end;
nothing is hidden from its heat.
7 The instruction of the Lord is perfect,
renewing one’s life;
the testimony of the Lord is trustworthy,
making the inexperienced wise.
8 The precepts of the Lord are right,
making the heart glad;
the command of the Lord is radiant,
making the eyes light up.
9 The fear of the Lord is pure,
enduring forever;
the ordinances of the Lord are reliable
and altogether righteous.
10 They are more desirable than gold—
than an abundance of pure gold;
and sweeter than honey
dripping from a honeycomb.
11 In addition, your servant is warned by them,
and in keeping them there is an abundant reward.
12 Who perceives his unintentional sins?
Cleanse me from my hidden faults.
13 Moreover, keep your servant from willful sins;
do not let them rule me.
Then I will be blameless
and cleansed from blatant rebellion.
14 May the words of my mouth
and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable to you,
Lord, my rock and my Redeemer.
Reflection Questions (GULSAR)
What does this passage say about God?
What does this passage say about Us?
What do you Like about this passage?
How would you Summarize this passage?
How would you Apply or Respond to this passage?
Prayer
Pray to God using this Scripture. What does it bring to mind? Pray the words of God back to him.
Use the ACTS acronym if it’s helpful.
Adoration (praise)
Confession (of sin)
Thanksgiving (for God’s gifts)
Supplication (request of God)
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Tuesday
Psalm 25
1 Lord, I appeal to you.
2 My God, I trust in you.
Do not let me be disgraced;
do not let my enemies gloat over me.
3 No one who waits for you
will be disgraced;
those who act treacherously without cause
will be disgraced.
4 Make your ways known to me, Lord;
teach me your paths.
5 Guide me in your truth and teach me,
for you are the God of my salvation;
I wait for you all day long.
6 Remember, Lord, your compassion
and your faithful love,
for they have existed from antiquity.
7 Do not remember the sins of my youth
or my acts of rebellion;
in keeping with your faithful love, remember me
because of your goodness, Lord.
8 The Lord is good and upright;
therefore he shows sinners the way.
9 He leads the humble in what is right
and teaches them his way.
10 All the Lord’s ways show faithful love and truth
to those who keep his covenant and decrees.
11 Lord, for the sake of your name,
forgive my iniquity, for it is immense.
12 Who is this person who fears the Lord?
He will show him the way he should choose.
13 He will live a good life,
and his descendants will inherit the land.
14 The secret counsel of the Lord
is for those who fear him,
and he reveals his covenant to them.
15 My eyes are always on the Lord,
for he will pull my feet out of the net.
16 Turn to me and be gracious to me,
for I am alone and afflicted.
17 The distresses of my heart increase;
bring me out of my sufferings.
18 Consider my affliction and trouble,
and forgive all my sins.
19 Consider my enemies; they are numerous,
and they hate me violently.
20 Guard me and rescue me;
do not let me be disgraced,
for I take refuge in you.
21 May integrity and what is right
watch over me,
for I wait for you.
22 God, redeem Israel, from all its distresses.
Reflection Questions (GULSAR)
What does this passage say about God?
What does this passage say about Us?
What do you Like about this passage?
How would you Summarize this passage?
How would you Apply or Respond to this passage?
Prayer
Pray to God using this Scripture. What does it bring to mind? Pray the words of God back to him.
Use the ACTS acronym if it’s helpful.
Adoration (praise)
Confession (of sin)
Thanksgiving (for God’s gifts)
Supplication (request of God)
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Wednesday
Psalm 103
1 My soul, bless the Lord,
and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
2 My soul, bless the Lord,
and do not forget all his benefits.
3 He forgives all your iniquity;
he heals all your diseases.
4 He redeems your life from the Pit;
he crowns you with faithful love and compassion.
5 He satisfies you with good things;
your youth is renewed like the eagle.
6 The Lord executes acts of righteousness
and justice for all the oppressed.
7 He revealed his ways to Moses,
his deeds to the people of Israel.
8 The Lord is compassionate and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in faithful love.
9 He will not always accuse us
or be angry forever.
10 He has not dealt with us as our sins deserve
or repaid us according to our iniquities.
11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his faithful love
toward those who fear him.
12 As far as the east is from the west,
so far has he removed
our transgressions from us.
13 As a father has compassion on his children,
so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him.
14 For he knows what we are made of,
remembering that we are dust.
15 As for man, his days are like grass—
he blooms like a flower of the field;
16 when the wind passes over it, it vanishes,
and its place is no longer known.
17 But from eternity to eternity
the Lord’s faithful love is toward those who fear him,
and his righteousness toward the grandchildren
18 of those who keep his covenant,
who remember to observe his precepts.
19 The Lord has established his throne in heaven,
and his kingdom rules over all.
20 Bless the Lord,
all his angels of great strength,
who do his word,
obedient to his command.
21 Bless the Lord, all his armies,
his servants who do his will.
22 Bless the Lord, all his works
in all the places where he rules.
My soul, bless the Lord!
Reflection Questions (GULSAR)
What does this passage say about God?
What does this passage say about Us?
What do you Like about this passage?
How would you Summarize this passage?
How would you Apply or Respond to this passage?
Prayer
Pray to God using this Scripture. What does it bring to mind? Pray the words of God back to him.
Use the ACTS acronym if it’s helpful.
Adoration (praise)
Confession (of sin)
Thanksgiving (for God’s gifts)
Supplication (request of God)