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Re-Imagining Short Term Mission

At the 2016 National Gathering, Ellen Sherby led a workshop called “Helping or Hurting? Re-Imagining Short Term Mission.” Here you’ll find the description of her workshop and an associated resource on planning short-term mission projects.

Short-term mission trips are a mainstay for congregational mission, but often seem like “voluntourism” or a “mission-cation.” How can we, as mission leaders and church staff, shape our congregation’s understanding of mission trips, breaking from old models to embrace news ways of being in service together with others? Explore ways to engage in short-term mission with long-term vision and context-appropriate, mutual service. Learn about helpful trip-leader tools and resources.