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. This letter from former mission co-worker Doug Orbaker provides context for mission trips. More information, resources and tools for short-term mission trips are available here.
Leaders humbly connect us in the Body of Christ, helping all participants in the short-term mission experience to learn from each other, reflect on how God is present in the place being visited, and perhaps to help us think about what the short-term experience will mean in the long-run after we return home. More resources, tools and information about short-term mission trips are available here.
Use this mission trip schedule template to ensure that your trip offers a good balance between activity and relationship-building; action and reflection; giving and receiving. Find more information, tools and resources for short-term mission trips here.
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. You can find more information, tools and resources on short-term mission trips here.
As you prepare and plan for your mission trip experience, find ways to ensure that it is an enriching experience for both you and the community you will be visiting. Start with this best practices guide. We also provide resources on selecting a destination, sample schedule and other information here.
MECC Statement of July 21, 2014 regarding the current situation in Iraq, Syria, and Israel-Palestine.
This promotional graphic can be used in church newsletters, bulletins, or on your church website. The download contains three versions/aspect ratios: 7x4, 3.5x5, and 4x4.
This promotional graphic can be used in church newsletters, bulletins, or on your church website. The download contains three versions/aspect ratios: 7x4, 3.5x5, and 4x4.
For the first time the General Assembly, in 2014, has adopted an Interreligious Stance document for our church as a statement of policy. While the document will provide guidance to the national church, whose office on interfaith relations is led by Teaching Elder (TE) Christine Hong, in many ways its heart rests with those who work locally to develop and maintain relationships with people of other religious traditions.
This is the bulletin from worship at the 221st General Assembly on June 21, 2014 at 11:00 a.m.