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Strategies for Efective Team Meeting Times Carine Toussaint, Westerly Road Church An important aspect of any short term team should be meeting together before, during and after a mission trip. This session will focus on how to structure pre-field meetings so that they are memorable, effective and beneficial; On-field meetings so that they informational and spiritual and post-field meetings so that they are reflective, encouraging and missional.

How to Handle Team Conflict Daryl Smythgall, Footsteps Missions What happens if there is a fight on a team, a person who refuses to cooperate, someone who disregards local culture, or people whose personalities clash. Sending them home "Survivor Style" may be the easy answer but what are the alternatives for dealing with conflict. If you are working with enough people it is likely that you will face team conflicts like these either within your team or with the local partners that you are working with. Even with the best of screening unexpected circumstances can happen. Here is an opportunity to get some wisdom from scripture on how to deal with these situations while at the same time learning some great tips for strengthening a group even in adversity.

Team Member Selection - Is Everyone Ready to Go? Emily Johnston, Simpson University Being a part of a short term mission team is a privilege, not a right. While God can (and does) use each of His children in Kingdom work, it is important that leaders of STM teams look for the right people to form a mission team. Taking into account personalities and gifts as well as the leadership style of the team leader and host, we will talk about what it takes to select a good team. We will also touch on applications and interviewing potential team members. There are no magic formulas to select a conflict free, hard working, perfect team, but we will discuss how to make the best decisions we can as STM leaders, and pray that God will be glorified in our teams.

How to Achieve Effective Communication with Your Host Grace Fragrosso, Orphanos Like in any other relationship, communication is essential for the success of your mission. The communication between you and your host will be responsible for the difference between a great and meaningful time to everyone involved, or a disastrous event. Poor communication can leave a bitter after taste and a lot of clean up work - literally, emotionally and spiritually. Growing up on the mission field and leading teams for the last 9 years I have seen the results of both effective and poor communication. Let us brainstorm and find out how to make the best use of this great tool we have called communication.

Debriefing; Is it important? Kim Hurst, McLean Bible Church A short-term mission trip is only the beginning of the experience! This workshop will help you fulfill the goal of integrating the experience into daily life so that the trip will continue to have an impact long after everyone returns home. We will look at on-field and home- debriefing ideas and techniques to help your team work through and process their experience, prepare for returning home, and the challenge of allowing the experience to change life values.

Is Spiritual Warfare and Short-Term Missions Related? Larry Ragan, Culture Link & North Metro Church We will explore the spiritual challenges a group faces when undergoing short-term missions. What are the enemy�s motivates for his attacks and what are some of his basic strategies against the short-term-er.

Short Term Missions 101 Larry Ragan, CultureLink & North Metro Church In the global missions world and among global missions leaders, there is an on-going debate as to whether short-term mission trips should even be taking place. This conflict can be resolved by understanding how short-term missions fit into a biblical context. By having a biblical foundation for short-term mission trips, your teams will be based on a strong foundation. This seminar will look at biblical examples of short-term missions trips and how Jesus used them to impact his disciples and imprint communities.

Ten Principles for a Successful Mission Trip Steve Reed, Partnership Ministries This workshop will look at ten principles that will make sure the majority church will be the center of the short term trip and be built up. So many short term trips go around the majority worldl church and build up either missionaries or missionary directed ministries. This workshop will assure your team that the local church will be advanced both spiritually and numerically. The principles were developed in conjunction with several majority world church leaders from Central America and Asia.