Customizable Trips 

 Just like there isn’t a place quite like Calvary Christian Center (our home church), there isn’t a trip quite like the one you will get to experience at the DDC. Our trips are customized to fit your individual group needs. We understand that every team that comes has unique gifting and talents, and we are prepared to tailor the trip experience to accommodate the passion God has placed in your heart. 

There are numerous weekly outreaches happening on a regular basis, and whenever you come, you will have the opportunity to participate in the outreaches that you have a passion for.

Ministerial Equipping 

Our Pastor’s heart and the heart of our church is excellence. It says in Colossians 3:23, “Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men.” On a short-term mission’s trip, not only will your team be able to participate in life altering, chain breaking, miracle working outreaches, but your team will be equipped with the skills and tools necessary to work on the outreaches in excellence. 

Personal Impact 

Each day that your team is here, there will be a “Power Hour” with Calvary Christian Center staff. This will be the time where your team will get one on one teaching, training, and impartation from some of the nation’s greatest pastors and leaders. Team members will have the opportunity to ask questions and gain insight of behind the scenes of ministry; and their faith will be strengthened as they hear about the personal journeys and testimonies from our church leadership team. When your team comes, not only will they leave a mark on Daytona, but they may discover that Daytona has left a mark on them. 

A message about the Daytona Dream Center from our Pastor Jim Raley

Adopt a Block

Every first Saturday of every month, the DDC “adopts” a specific school, neighborhood, or community. We provide groceries, clothes, hot food, kid’s ministry, prayer teams, and neighborhood cleanup. We are seeing communities radically transformed through Adopt-a-Block, and people given hope in these underserved neighborhoods. 

Shine

Spreading Hope in Neighborhoods Everywhere (SHINE) reaches out to the children and families in our communities. SHINE goes into the after school programs for at-risk students and mentors the students, all while guiding them to Christ. Many students get saved and their lives are being turned around through SHINE. We distribute hundreds of backpacks filled with supplies in the fall, and Christmas toys to our SHINE kids each year. 

DDC Food Truck

The DDC Food Truck goes out every other week into lower income communities and provides free groceries for families in need. Here your team will be able to serve and minister throughout the various neighborhoods and local parks. Although we fill a temporary need when we go, we go sharing the good news found in Jesus. Your team will be able to give out groceries, as well as, pray for and lead people who are lost to the savior. 

VIP Ministry 

VIP reaches out to the homeless men, women, and children living in our city. We provide transportation to our church, and once arriving these very important people are greeted to a warm smile, donut, hot shower, and clean clothes. Once ready for service, they have a hot breakfast and hear the gospel from a special guest speaker. After joining our first church service, they get lunch and are taken back to where they would like to go. We have many testimonies of people coming in through VIP, have their life radically changed, and get their life back on track. You will have the opportunity to meet and speak with one of our VIP’s who has been radically changed.

Street Evangelism

Several days a week, our team goes out with free food and the love of Jesus ministering to the homeless, and those bound in addiction and prostitution. Our street evangelism team is led by the spirit, and goes where they are directed. Many healings, salvations, and miracles happen every week through our street evangelism ministry. 

Midnight Angels

Midnight Angels is an outreach that ministers to women that have fallen victim to the adult entertainment industry and prostitution. Midnight Angels is a monthly outreach where teams go directly into the strip clubs in Volusia County and bring each woman bottles of water, hot meals, along with invitations to Bible studies and church services. Due to the nature of Midnight Angels, only women 18 years and older are able to attend this outreach. 

KIDDS ARE FIRST

KRF is a ministry that serves orphans in 3 Florida counties. KRF has a free store that provides clothing, children’s furniture, educational materials and much more for orphans and families in need. 

Special Events

Our city is home of several large events throughout the year such as the Daytona 500 Speedway Races (February and July), Bike Week, Spring Break, and other community events. We take the opportunity to evangelize to the masses by being a presence at these venues and sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ. 

What are the next steps

1. Fill out the application and pay $100 deposit online at daytonadreamcenter.com/stm to
secure trip dates *this deposit is non-refundable, but is transferable* 

2. Start advertizing trip to your group, collecting interests and sign ups. *Hosting an interest meeting is helpful* 

3. Arrange transportation through your church or an outside company. The DDC does not provide transportation to Daytona, or for your team to the outreaches while you are with us. Our trip coordinator is happy to aid through this process. 

4. Have a conference call or Zoom video call with our trip coordinator to plan trip outreaches and customize the trip to fit your needs. 

5. Agree to the payment plan. 

6. Check out your personal trip website. We give all trip leaders their own private website link, that requires a password for the leader to view payment information/when payments are due, be able to pay online, the trip schedule, and all other info regarding their short-term missions trip. It’s all of your missions trip information, in one place for convenience and ease of access.