YOM News

Download our 2012 Mission Trip Guide!

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 11:28:35 -0400

Youth On Mission Becomes an ECFA Member!

Fri, 31 Dec 2010 11:43:52 -0500

International Teams Receive New Training Tools!

Fri, 31 Dec 2010 11:47:05 -0500

All International Teams will receive "The Next Mile" training tools and curriculum for their trip.

The group leader will receive "The Leader Guide", each participant will also receive a "Goer Guide" and post-trip "Mile Post Devotional". This curriculum will help you prepare your team for all phases of your trip; Pre-Field, On-Field and Post-Field!

1. LEADER GUIDE

Designed for Short-Term Mission Team leaders. This comprehensive tool enables Team Leaders to plan and conduct Short-Term Mission trips for long-term impact. Each chapter provides fresh Biblical insight for pre-field, on-field, and post-field follow-through for your team. Twenty-one contributors who are recognized mission leaders have provided insights and articles filled with practical insight and "best practices" that will equip your team for success.

This resource will help you:

o Cast the vision of short-term mission teams with long-term results to your church

o Involve your entire church in the short-term mission

o Integrate mentoring throughout the entire experience

o Avoid common pitfalls

o Prepare your team effectively with training materials and team meeting agendas

o Disciple your team member on-field through prayer, journaling and daily debriefings

o Provide customized follow-through for each team member

o Evaluate your experience and set goals

o With reporting home techniques

o Be prepared for the Top 10 issues team members will face upon return

o Keep the flame alive well after the short-term experience

Included with this book are:

Resource CD: Sample forms (customizable), sample meetings, activities, sample bulletin inserts, posters, PowerPoint presentation sample for reporting home, evaluation and assessment tools and much more.

Road Map Poster: A colorful "at-a-glance" poster with major bench marks along the journey.

2. Goer Guide - All-Age Edition

Included in the Goer Guide is a Spiritual Journal with daily Bible readings and space to journal, record thoughts from Scripture, and write prayer requests. This helpful tool begins 14 days before departure and continues for 7 days after the conclusion of a Short-Term trip. In a sealed envelope inside the Goer Guide is a Mentor Guide that serves as a simple, yet powerful and practical resource for Mentors.

3. Mile Post Devotional

The Mile Post Devotional provides 52 self-paced devotionals contributed by multiple mission leaders designed to disciple your Short-Termers after their mission experience. This resource contains a wide variety of styles for daily study and a broad range of topics relating to Christian lifestyle and issues faced when returning home. This resource can compliment any existing Short-Term program.

The Seven U.S. Standards of Excellence in Short-Term Mission

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:29:36 -0500

God-Centeredness

An excellent short-term mission seeks first God’s glory and his kingdom, and is expressed through our:

Purpose — Centering on God’s glory and his ends throughout our entire STM process
Lives — Sound biblical doctrine, persistent prayer, and godliness in all our thoughts, words, and deeds
Methods — Wise, biblical, and culturally-appropriate methods which bear spiritual fruit

Empowering Partnerships

An excellent short-term mission establishes healthy, interdependent, on-going relationships between sending and receiving partners, and is expressed by:

Primary focus on intended receptors
Plans which benefit all participants
Mutual trust and accountability

Mutual Design

An excellent short-term mission collaboratively plans each specific outreach for the benefit of all participants, and is expressed by:

On-field methods and activities aligned to long-term strategies of the partnership
Goer-guests' ability to implement their part of the plan
Host receivers' ability to implement their part of the plan

Comprehensive Administration

An excellent short-term mission exhibits integrity through reliable set-up and thorough administration for all participants, and is expressed by:

Truthfulness in promotion, finances, and reporting results
Appropriate risk management
Quality program delivery and support logistics

Qualified Leadership

An excellent short-term mission screens, trains, and develops capable leadership for all participants, and is expressed by:

Character — Spiritually mature servant leadership
Skills — Prepared, competent, organized, and accountable leadership
Values — Empowering and equipping leadership

Appropriate Training

An excellent short-term mission prepares and equips all participants for the mutually designed outreach, and is expressed by:

Biblical, appropriate, and timely training
On-going training and equipping (pre-field, on-field, post-field)
Qualified trainers

Thorough Follow-Up

An excellent short-term mission assures debriefing and appropriate follow-up for all participants, and is expressed by:

Comprehensive debriefing (pre-field, on-field, post-field)
On-field re-entry preparation
Post-field follow-up and evaluation