Download or read book Mission Trips from Start to Finish written by Lynne Ellis and published by Group Publishing (Company). This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ah, the missions trip. Whether across the city or across the globe, it can seem daunting to the inexperienced or the unprepared. But with Mission Trips From Start To Finish, you'll find expert advice to make planning and executing yours as simple as possible. This practical tool is designed to guide first-time trip planners step-by-step, while also providing old pros with a host of tools to be used over and over again. It'll save you time, headaches, and possibly legal and law enforcement trouble! Prison ministry, anyone? Seven sections cover: Think Big Recruit Your Team Prepare Your Leadership Do the Logistics Train Your Team Serve On Location Returning Home This helpful resource is broken down into three major sections: 1. Rationale and explanation of putting your mission plan together. 2. Dozens of handouts, training sheets, letters, and more (a time-saving dream!) 3. The CD-ROM containing everything from part 2 in Microsoft Word(R) and PDF formats so you can edit, print, and distribute whatever you need. On the CD-ROM you'll find: Dozens of editable and reproducible handouts, trainings, and more! 3 sets of custom-themed promotional materials Editable poster, postcards, signs and letters PowerPoint backgrounds Blank student journals to accompany your trip T-shirt designs

Download or read book A Guide to Short Term Missions written by H. Leon Greene and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2012-09-27 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything you need to know to plan a successful short-term missions trip from an authoritative source. Packed with comprehensive, down-to-earth, practical information.

Download or read book When Helping Hurts written by Steve Corbett and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2014-01-24 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With more than 450,000 copies in print, When Helping Hurts is a paradigm-forming contemporary classic on the subject of poverty alleviation. Poverty is much more than simply a lack of material resources, and it takes much more than donations and handouts to solve it. When Helping Hurts shows how some alleviation efforts, failing to consider the complexities of poverty, have actually (and unintentionally) done more harm than good. But it looks ahead. It encourages us to see the dignity in everyone, to empower the materially poor, and to know that we are all uniquely needy—and that God in the gospel is reconciling all things to himself. Focusing on both North American and Majority World contexts, When Helping Hurts provides proven strategies for effective poverty alleviation, catalyzing the idea that sustainable change comes not from the outside in, but from the inside out.

Download or read book Mission Trip Prep Kit Leader s Guide written by Kevin Johnson and published by HarperChristian Resources. This book was released on 2009-08-30 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You work hard planning mission trips. Now make mission trips work for you and your group.Headed to inner-city America? Appalachia? A border shantytown? Overseas? Wherever your destination, the MISSION TRIP PREP KIT contains all you need to prepare your students for an unforgettable cross-cultural experience—and tools to debrief them after they’ve returned to their worlds.Use this kit—To get on-site impact as well as long-term spiritual change in your kids.Whether you’re a mission-trip novice or a savvy traveler outside your comfort zones.Whether your group’s trip is geared toward reaching others with the gospel or to disciple your young missionaries.In several sessions spread over a month or two—or in an intensive, two-day training session or retreat.IN THIS LEADER’S GUIDE: You’ll receive not only the rationale, the how, and the logistics of planning and pulling off a missions trip, but—and this is the genius of the leader’s guide—4 PRE-TRIP TEACHING SESSIONS that will help your students—·Assess their EXPECTATIONS, their fears, their motivations.·Adjust their PERCEPTIONS of the culture they’ll be working in.·Improve their emotional and spiritual STAMINA for living for a week or a month in a very different world from their own.·Practice the skills and ATTITUDES (teamwork, servanthood, Christ-centeredness) they’ll need for a missions trip.And to make sure your trip’s goals are accomplished and the benefits stick around for the long haul, you’ll also receive 2 POST-TRIP SESSIONS that will help you DEBRIEF your students, ease them back into their own worlds, CELEBRATE with them, and make missions and ministry part of their EVERYDAY LIVES WITH JESUS.What’s more, in these pre- and post-trip teaching sessions are a variety of ACTIVITIES...processing points...creative PRAYER IDEAS...take-home applications...BIBLE STUDIES relevant to mission tripping...TALK OUTLINES that both instruct and inspire...and lots of sessions options you can tailor to your own HIGH SCHOOLERS OR MIDDLE SCHOOLERS.

Download or read book Start to Finish written by Mark Dance and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2023-06-06 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There has always been a special weight to ministry. As pastors come to lead their churches, they recognize very quickly the task they have been called to comes with very special expectations. And with each passing year, it feels like we now live in a time when pastors and ministry leaders can no longer live up to those expectations. Burnout is rampant. Pastors are stepping down in order to protect the well-being of themselves and their families. Moral failings seem to bring down leaders we once viewed as giants. And amid all of this, upcoming pastors are entering the ministry with the difficult task of finding hope in trying times. Mark Dance addresses this frustration in his book, Start to Finish. In this book, ministry leaders will find the guidance to finish the race well from start to finish. Whether you are ten years into your ministry or have not even taken the first steps, this book will discuss the important steps to take that will encourage the reader to serve well, lead well, and end well.

Download or read book Helping Without Hurting in Short Term Missions written by Steve Corbett and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Helping Hurts is a paradigm-forming contemporary classic on the subject of poverty alleviation with over 300,000 copies in print. This stand-alone resource applies the principles of that book specifically to short-term missions. Helping Without Hurting in Short-Term Missions: Participant’s Guide aims to train and debrief team members, preparing them to do short-term missions as effectively as possible. To do this, it provides practical examples and guidelines for team members, and it creates interaction and reflection opportunities through questions and journaling. With eight units, six of which are built around free online video content, this book equips teams to avoid harming materially poor communities and to translate their experience into lasting and mutual engagement with missions and poverty alleviation. In conjunction with the separately available Leader’s Guide, it is an ideal resource for churches, Christian colleges, mission agencies, and missionaries.

Download or read book Before You Go written by Jack Hempfling and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2009-02 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does it happen that two people can be experiencing the same circumstances and conditions on their mission trip, and one person is having a great time, while the other is miserable as can be? And how can one short term mission team prepare so diligently for the practical ministry they'll be doing and be so ineffective as a group, while another team that seems less polished or skilled makes a huge mark in the culture they visit? Could it be that the heart preparation is more important than it is given credit for? In "Before You Go," experienced short term mission leader and trainer Jack Hempfling takes you on a 40 day journey that will bring you face to face with attitudes and issues that if not addressed, can make you or your group ineffective on the field. Get the most for your short term mission effort, finances, and preparation by getting your hearts ready. Walk with the Lord through this devotional and be equipped, informed, and made ready to joyfully pierce the darkness with all that you do. "I wish someone had given me a copy of Jack's book when I was first starting out" - Peter Warren, Director, Youth With a Mission, Denver "Wonderfully done ... I would highly recommend that every missionary candidate prayerfully use this devotional tool, and by so doing, avoid many difficulties, and increase their fruitfulness" - Tom Brazell, International Ministries Director, Elim Fellowship "Each day the devotionals keep getting better" - Don Richter, Director, Harvest Preparation International Ministries "I will require every future team member to purchase and read "Before You GO," before we go " - Pastor Carol Missik, Living Word Church and Operation Capital City

Download or read book Short Term Missions Workbook written by Tim Dearborn and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2018-10-16 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Going on a short-term missions trip can be a life-transforming experience, but it can also involve weeks of physical and spiritual challenges. In this revised and expanded ten-week course, you will find a concise summary of crosscultural principles, help in facing spiritual warfare, tips on avoiding a tourist mentality, spiritual preparation through individual or group Bible study, and discussion and reflection questions.

Download or read book Life and Adventures on Mission Trips written by Dr. Spencer Meckstroth and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2011-03-07 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join an optometrist as he journeys throughout the world on short-term missionary trips, introducing people to God and sight. Dr. Spencer Meckstroth went on his first medical mission trip to Belize in 1989, and hes been traveling to Third World countries ever since. In Life and Adventures on Mission Trips, he shares stories from more than eighty trips to twenty-three countries. Ranging from exciting to sad to inspiring, these tales show what missionary work is all about. Between trips, Dr. Meckstroth collects glasses to share with the needy. It takes time and effort to clean, sort, and label them, but the look on the faces of people who can see again makes it all worth it. He also hands out Bibles to people who are excited to move closer to God. Life as a full-time optometrist and part-time missionary is enjoyable and funrarely dull. Discover what its like, learn how missionaries help others, and be inspired to make a difference yourself as you discover Life and Adventures on Mission Trips.

Download or read book Don t Forget to Pack the Kids written by Jill Richardson and published by Beachglass. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Think mission trips are only for teenagers and adults-no-kids? Think again. Do you long to: --See your kids understand other cultures and levels of privilege? --Help them realize they can be ministers at any age? --Inject compassion and generosity into your daily life and their future? --Do something meaningful for others now? Don't let fears that your kids are too young, you don't have the money or the time, or anything else stop you. Start planning that life-changing experience now! Detailed, step-by-step instructions to make it happen fill this book. Pack the kids--and go!

Download or read book Have Heart Will Travel written by Jeannine K. Carter and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traveling to a distant destination can be difficult, but the reward of a vacation is what keeps travelers on the road. Mission travels have a different reward. Jeannine K. Carter tells her experiences as a volunteer missionary, offers practical tips for missionary travel, and says the reward is serving God and helping others find his love. In Have Heart, Will Travel, Carter takes readers on a world trip to a number of diverse countries, including Brazil (her first missionary trip), Mexico, Italy, South Africa, India, Australia, Japan, Germany, Romania, Russia, Poland, China, and Sweden.

Download or read book Youth Leadership Guide Planning an Effective Short Term Mission s Trip written by Leslie D'Anjou and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-03 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Youth Leadership Guide: Planning An Effective Short-Term Mission's Trip is a book for leaders, parents, or youth. This book provides a mapped out guide from start to finish of how to plan an effective short-term mission's trip.

Download or read book Mission Trip Journal written by Paul L Slater and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-03 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Use as a travel diary to Journal Mission Trips up to 7 days in which you: record daily activities of your overseas missionary project; document the redemptive miracles of your missional endeavor; describe opportunities you had in fulfilling the Great Commission; share how God spoke through scripture and mission-focused devotionals; write how you grew as a Christian through your faith-based travels.

Download or read book Unbound written by Jann Treadwell and published by Huff Publishing Associates, LLC. This book was released on 2014-02-10 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Unbound, Jann Treadwell has written an essential guide for leaders who want to create transformative experiences for young people that use young people's gifts to be a blessing to others. The book is filled with practical insights and ideas for navigating the details of planning and leading a mission trip that is theologically grounded, builds community and creates memories that last a lifetime. These detailed resources will save the trip planner 50 hours or more in preparation work. - JIM LADOUX, Director of Coaching and Training at Vibrant Faith Ministries

Download or read book Telling Yourself the Truth written by William Backus and published by Bethany House. This book was released on 2000-02-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of What Happens in Your Life Happens Because of the Way You Think. Wrong thinking produces wrong emotions, wrong reactions, wrong behavior--and unhappiness! Learning to deal with your thoughts is the first step on the road to healthy thinking. How to handle one's thoughts properly is what this book is all about! It explains the life-changing method the authors call Misbelief Therapy, and it can work for you-- In your home In your own circumstances In your own problems In your own adverse environment In your own thinking Based on the Bible, this book has helped thousands of people for many years, and it can help you! Telling Yourself the Truth can show you how to identify your own misbeliefs and replace them with the truth. Also available: the corresponding Telling Yourself the Truth study guide. Winner of the Gold Book Award (500,000 copies sold), Winner of the Gold Medallion Award (ECPA), which recognizes excellence in evangelical Christian literature

Download or read book Serving with Eyes Wide Open written by David A. Livermore and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Short-term mission trips are great ways to impact the kingdom. Yet they can lack effectiveness because of mistakes or naiveté on the part of participants. In this insightful and timely book, David A. Livermore calls us to serve with our eyes open to global and cultural realities so we can become more effective cross-cultural ministers. Serving with Eyes Wide Open is a must-have book for anyone doing a short-term mission or service project, whether domestic or overseas. Foreword by Paul Borthwick.

Download or read book How to Plan Prepare and Successfully Complete Your Short Term Mission written by Mathew Backholer and published by Anchor Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to Plan, Prepare and Successfully Complete Your Short-Term Mission - For Volunteers, Churches, Independent STM Teams and Mission Organisations. The Ultimate Guide to Missions - For Individuals, Leaders, Teams and those Planning a Christian Gap Year - The Why, Where and When of STMs by Mathew Backholer. In the last few years, millions of Christians both young and old have embarked upon an expedition of a lifetime into the unknown - to serve, witness and experience another world. Now it's your turn to take the challenge and put your faith into action, as you prepare for your short-term mission (STM) as part of the Great Commission. The author, Mathew Backholer has been on more than thirty STMs in more than forty nations of the world, spanning three decades. How to Plan, Prepare and Successfully Complete your Short-term Mission - for Volunteers, Churches, Independent STM teams and Mission Organisations has been written from first-hand experience. The author's aim is that this book will aid you in your STM, whether you are an individual exploring the options (at home or abroad) or a church leader planning to take a group. You may have two weeks free or be taking a gap year; you may be drawn towards a particular people group or country, or are just looking for the right mission organisation to join. This book will assist you in these areas, give your firm biblical foundation for STMs and will guide you through the process, before, during and when your return home, and includes many valuable insights. The application of the truths within this book will greatly help you on your journey of discovery and exploration into new lands and cultures on your STM. Mathew Backholer is the co-founder of ByFaith Media (www.ByFaith.co.uk) and films and presents the reality mission series ByFaith TV which airs globally on more than a dozen networks. He has travelled to more than forty nations of the world and is the author of a number of books, including: Global Revival - Worldwide Outpourings - The Great Commission, Revival Fires and Awakenings and Discipleship For Everyday Living.