Hi! I am hoping to lead my youth group on a mission trip this summer in our city of Seattle (our church is in Shoreline which is 20 minutes outside the city). I have never lead a mission trip before, so I am starting to feel a bit overwhelmed with all the components.
1) Does anyone have a good checklist of things that I should be taking care of and a timeline in which they should be done by?
2) What about ideas for getting the teens excited about doing a mission trip in their own city?
3) I am also putting this trip together from scratch, so if someone knows that Seattle area, I could use help.
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See these postings on the Network: http://network.crcna.org/category/topics/global-mission/short-term-mission
Contact ServiceLink staff: http://www2.crcna.org/pages/servicelink_interestform.cfm
Read the following books:
"Serving with Eyes Wide Open: Doing Short-Term Missions with Cultural Intelligence" by David A. Livermore
"When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor . . . and Yourself" by Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert, especially chapter 7: "Doing Short-Term Missions Without Doing Long-Term Harm"
This information is so hard to find! I've been working on a doc - just started today - and gleaning most from public school policies.
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