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Women students at John Roberts Seminary in Shillong, Northeast India awaiting a new women's dormitory and praying for support from Presbyterian Women in the USA. By Susan Hudson
Mission trip leaders may order or download and adapt the following tools for group mission trip projects.
Planning your mission trip
- “When God’s People Travel Together” — a three-volume set of booklets including a leader’s manual, a resource to help participants reflect on their experiences and Bible studies on partnership
- Faith in Action: Understanding Development Ministries from a Christian Perspective by Stephen Knisely and companion by by Gabrielle Beasley
Mission trip tip sheet
Use this document to help maximize the effectiveness of your mission trip experience.
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Short-term mission questions
A few questions to consider as you evaluate your congregation’s short-term mission sending program from The Outreach Foundation
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Questions to ask for planning a U.S. mission trip
The following are questions that need to be asked and answered in planning a mission trip. Not all of them may be touched upon in just one meeting.
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Mission trip planning chart
Use this checklist to set deadlines for events needed to take place in order to plan your mission trip.
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Mission trip item checklist for U.S. trips
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How do you decide on the destination for a mission trip?
Deciding on your mission trip destination is a discernment process that can engage your congregation’s or presbytery’s mission committee and other groups. We encourage you to think of the mission trip not as an end unto itself, but as one step in a journey of deeper engagement in the global mission of the church. The questions in this document will help your group in the discernment process of selecting a destination.
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What We Bring With Us: A letter from Doug Orbaker in Nicaragua
Mission is the life we bring with us when we go to another place to serve, and it is the even richer life that we take back with us when we return.
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Right now, the Presbyterian Disaster Assistance office may have some opportunities for mission trips for medical coverage. Here is the web address: www.pcusa.org/pda
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PC(USA) used to/still does?? have a way to register international mission trips for medical coverage. Is this still available? If so, how do we sign up?