What is Summer of Service?
SOS is our busiest time of year where we host around 100 youth group participants a week for 7 weeks every summer. Weeklong mission trips for students who have completed 6-12th grade. We challenge youth to serve whole-heartedly in our community and to think critically about how God’s Word speaks to social and spiritual issues. Our prayer is that God uses this extended experience of service, worship, and fellowship to make an eternal impact on youth and those they serve as well as a visible impact offering hope and restoration to our community.
2025 Registration dates
See the Churches & Groups who will serve with you listed below each week!
Week 1: June 15-21, 2025
Week 2: June 22-28 (HS only)
Week 3: June 29-July 3 (5 day week)
New England Bible Church, Andover, MA
Seneca Creek Community Church, Gaithersburg, MD
Week 4: July 6-12
Week 5: July 13-19
Mount Pleasant Chuch, Terre Haute, IN
Week 6: July 20-26
Keystone Church, Paradise, PA
Week 7: July 27-Aug 2
Lancaster Evangelical Free Church, Lititz, PA
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Week 1 - June 14-20, 2026
Week 2 - June 21-27, 2026
Week 3 - June 28-July 2, 2026 (5 Day)
Week 4 - July 5-11, 2026
Week 5 - July 12-18, 2026
Week 6 - July 19-25, 2026
Week 7 - July 26-August 1, 2026
What does the week look like?
Weeklong mission trips for students who have completed 6-12th grade. Summer of Service weeks extend from Sunday afternoon to Saturday morning. Explore the city through a prayer tour after you arrive, join us in nightly worship, and serve with your group at your ministry site from Monday – Friday.
What is a Ministry Site?
Ministry sites vary each week based on capacity and need within our communities. We can specify your track to home repair, mercy ministry, kids camp, and church partnership. Each area has specific needs to help meeting the needs of the community around them.
How much does it cost?
The cost for 7-day weeks is $400 per person when booking & deposit is submitted by December 15th. For booking & deposit submitted on or after December 16th the cost will be $425 per person.
The cost for our 5-day week is $325 per person when booking is submitted by December 15th. For booking submitted on or after December 16th, the cost will be $350 per person.
After booking, we will send you a service agreement for your trip and work with you to confirm your group’s details. A $75 per person, the deposit is due in order to hold your spot.
Make checks payable to The Philadelphia Project and mail to 8230 Ridge Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19128.
Special reservation policy for 2024
The Philadelphia Project has a special group reservation policy for 2024:
Cancel for any contagious disease-related reason before May 1 and the Group will receive a full refund. Cancel for any contagious disease-related reason after May 1 but up to the day prior to arrival the Group will receive a full credit.
Credits issued in 2024 expire December 31, 2025.
Where do we sleep, shower, and eat?
Groups will stay at our long-term housing location (a former college dormitory). Everyone sleeps on bunk beds with a mattress and needs to bring bedding (pillow, sheets, sleeping bag, and/or blanket).
All meals are provided from Sunday dinner until Saturday breakfast except for your dinner on your evening out on the town.
Groups will shower at our housing location.
What about transportation?
Groups are responsible for providing their own transportation to and from Philadelphia. Groups are also responsible for transportation for members of their team, plus an extra seat per ministry team for Philadelphia Project staff.
Sight-seeing
Groups have one “Night out on the town” – an evening off during their week to relax, sightsee, and grab dinner together in Philadelphia. Groups are responsible for all expenses during this time, including dinner and transportation. The Philadelphia Project can provide directions and suggestions for groups unfamiliar with the city. If you would like to extend your stay in Philly to allow for site-seeing in Philadelphia on Saturday, please speak with the staff when you register your group so that we can help you plan accordingly.