Adventures

Let’s GO!

The GO Year includes some incredibly Great Adventures that will transform the way each participant sees the world. Each participant will experience, as a part of the built-in cost of the program, Major Experiences, Short Term Missions, Field Trips, and Local Adventures.

Major Experiences

The GO Year participants will experience two Major Experiences during the Year of Discipleship, one in the fall and one in the spring.

Fall: Los Angeles Missions & Immersion Trip

Experience a 5-day, high paced, culturally eye-opening excursion right in Forest Home’s backyard
Los Angeles trip will be experienced through 5 separate day trips spread out from September through November
Visit houses of worship of other world faiths, engaging in conversation with individuals and groups with competing worldviews to Christianity
Be exposed to multiple sub-cultures that exist within the unique melting pot that is Los Angeles
Break bread with your co-participants in a unique ethnic-food environment each night!

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Spring: Tour of New Testament Biblical Lands – Turkey

All 40 participants will fly to Eastern Europe to the nation of Turkey. 85% of Biblical events in the New Testament (think the Pauline Epistles, 7 churches of Revelation, etc.) takes place in what we know as modern day Turkey. The GO Year will partner with GTI Tours, a company that specializes in corporate trips to Biblical Lands, to gain transformational perspective on the book of Acts and the actual locations that facilitated the spread of the Gospel in the Early Church.

Short-Term Missions

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Short-term missions and immersion opportunities will be a vital part of the GO Year experience. These experiences will include, but are not limited to:

Los Angeles area rescue missions

Local service opportunities
Partnership with local churches
Evangelism within Forest Home’s camp programs
More!

Field Trips

The GO Year will consist of 12 Learning Modules, taught by expert guest lecturers in their fields. Most of the 12 modules will include a follow up, vocationally related Field Trips that will tie into the subject matter. The following represents a few of the Field Trip experiences:

On-site tours of major churches and ministries in Southern California
Behind-the-scenes conversations regarding the inner-workings and administrative structures of major non-profit organizations
Tours and private access to major for-profit businesses and Christ-following business leaders and CEOs
More Field Trips are still being added!

Local Adventures

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Forest Home is located in the literal geographical center of Southern California (no… seriously… there is an official marker on property that says so). Because of this, we are within driving distance of incredible natural wonders that will be a regular part of the GO Program.

Forest Home is within a 6 hour drive of 6 (6!) different National Parks, and within 7 hours of at least three more. At least two of these will host a GO year hiking excursion through the experience
Forest Home is within just a few hours of countless National Forests and Monuments to explore
The GO Year takes place in the San Bernardino Mountains, just above Mile High, at the foot of Mt. San Gorgonio, the tallest peak in Southern California (Elevation 11,650ft). Each student will participate in our annual mini-hike to Big Falls in Valley of the Falls, and will summit at least one mountain peak above 10,000 ft!