Author: Taylor, serving on staff with Kaleo Missions in New Orleans. To submit a story or a photo for our Kaleo Missions blog, email blog@kaleomissions.org. At Kaleo New Orleans we spent time serving at the New Orleans Mission, a ministry providing services for the homeless community. They serve three meals a day, and afterwards volunteers disperse under the bridge with … Read More
Called to Love
Author: Tess, serving on staff with Kaleo Missions in Portland. To submit a story or a photo for our Kaleo Missions blog, email blog@kaleomissions.org. The first three weeks at Kaleo Portland have made it clear that God has amazing plans for this summer. Each team that comes through has encountered so much while serving the city of Portland. We’ve been … Read More
Blessed By Serving
Author: Hailey, serving on staff with Kaleo Missions in Portland. To submit a story or a photo for our Kaleo Missions blog, email blog@kaleomissions.org.I had one of those moments. That moment when all the noise around you is muted and you become keenly aware that you are experiencing something profound. I was frustrated, tired, and discouraged. I remember two other … Read More
Returning Groups Bless Our Ministries
Author: Brianna, serving on staff with Kaleo Missions in New Orleans. To submit a story or a photo for our Kaleo Missions blog, email blog@kaleomissions.org. This week we had a group of students returning to Kaleo from last year. They have been here many times and already know what to do at all the sites. As a leader I rarely … Read More
Summer Missions Begin!
It’s summer time! And for Kaleo, that means a summer of ministry ahead. We are so thankful for the mission teams from churches all around the country who are coming to Portland, New Orleans or San Diego to serve this summer. For me as the director of Kaleo, this is my favorite time of year. I have had the chance … Read More
Mission Trip Training
Should my youth group train for our mission trip? In our short term missions program, Kaleo is committed to being a blessing to our ministry partners and the people that we serve in partnership with them. As a result, it seems obvious that we would want our mission teams well trained before they show up onsite for the ministry that … Read More
Experiencing Mission as a Family!
Over the years, we have seen a very exciting trend of churches who would like to involve not just one group from their church, but their whole church on mission. We have had the joy of hosting many family mission trip teams made up of families with moms, dads and kids of all ages. While family mission trips don’t work … Read More
Serving in New Orleans!
Check out this video about Kaleo in New Orleans! We would love to have your group come and serve with us this year. You can contact us for more information at info@kaleomissions.org or register here.
Why the City?
“In cities, you have more image of God per square inch than anywhere else in the world.” – Tim Keller At the most basic level, this is why Christians have to be in the cities. This is the reason the church has to focus on the urban areas of our country and our world. There are some amazing trends present … Read More
“Have the same mindset as Christ Jesus…”
“Have the same mindset as Christ Jesus…” In Philippians 2, Paul instructs the believers at the church in Philippi to “have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage; rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, … Read More