after you raise the money. pure evangelism sports evangelism building trip medical trip what?
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Your Church and Mission TripsAfter You Raise the Money
So, You’ve Raised the Money. Now What?
Start by Building a
Missions Culture in Your Church
What Kind of Trip Will You Take?• Pure Evangelism• Sports Evangelism • Building trip• Medical Trip• What?
Information meeting: 6 months before• Who• When• How much• Where• What you can expect• What you need to do• See Columbia Info Sheet
Immunizations, Passports, Raising Money• Monthly payments: Absolutely• Confirms their seriousness in going• Some costs paid up from early money raised• Discipline issue: setting expectations• $1500-$2000 average costs• Approximately half can be raised, half
comes out of participants pocket• They carry roughly half of the money that
participants will have raised to pay for hotel and food
Raising Money Letter• Church gives a sample letter• Send it to every Christian who knows your
name• Never sent to strangers• Most participants send too few letters• Approximately 50-70 letters needed
minimum• See Columbia Support Letter
Training Meeting: One month before• Schedule: When are we leaving, arriving, in-
country, travel home• Evangelism Training: simple, effective, easily
communicated• Use materials that are appropriate to where
you are going• See Bogota Trip info for Team
Group Prayer Meeting• List trip prayer needs of group• Prayer for people of the country• Prayer for the Holy Spirit to break through
on their trip• Pray for safe travel• Pray for good health• Pray for the Leader• Pray for the in-country contacts• Break them into groups to pray for needs
and for each other• Possibly consider having them pray in the
same groups throughout the trip or purposeful rotation within groups
Prayer Before the Church• Ask 3-4 people who are not going, in
advance, to lead in prayer for the team and for individuals
• At the conclusion, give the church Facebook link so people can follow the team: Facebook, Twitter, SnapChat, Instagram, etc.
What the Leader Does• Airplane tickets• Hotels• Confirm Passports: have it and Current when we
LEAVE• Travel insurance: $20 for 1 million in coverage• Ministry Advantage in San Diego
http://www.brotherhoodmutual.com/index.cfm/insurance/mission-travel/
• Set up for food needs• Short term mission trip supports long term
missionary• They get hotel prices for home team• Destination church may have hotel discounts
• Get help from Christian Contact in Country
What is in the Leader’s bags?
For the team:• Antacids• Pain medications• Pepto-Bismol• Diarrhea medicine• Antiperspirant• Band-Aids• Antiseptic• Hand Sanitizer• What else?
Church’s Part• Some church members give to church
mission fund without designation• Give to other missions• Scholarship for some participants• Cover some expenses: Outreach materials• Possibly pay part of leader’s costs
During the Trip• Communicate Back Home• Social media• Lots of pictures-get yourself in the pictures• Tell the stories as they happen: video clips• Share with the large group• Share with small groups: your bible study
group, circle of friends
After the Trip• Congregation Report• Small Group Reports• Report on church, and your personal,
Website• Start talking about the next trip
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What Questions can I answer for You?
(559) 287-7840 cell [email protected]
Rod WiltroutChurch Finance Specialist
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