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12
Months Before Departure
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UMVIM
SEJ will provide you with a team
folder that includes:
§
Project
contact information and Team
Leader Agreement
§
Travel
suggestions and referrals
§
Insurance
& Registration Forms (Required
for all VIM teams)
§
Missioner
Profile Data Sheets (to
register volunteer for service)
§
The
UPDATE,
UMVIM’s volunteer magazine and
more
§
Select
project and team activities
§
Contact
host, negotiate time, finances,
appropriate team size and
activities
§
Return
completed Team
Leader Agreement to your SEJ
Volunteer Coordinator
§
Make
project site travel arrangements
(within host community)
§
Gather
health
and safety information
§
Develop
timeline and prepare a budget
6-9
Months Before Departure
-
Begin
publicizing mission in local
church and community
-
Recruit
and select team (see Team
Leader Handbook for helpful
recruitment forms)
-
Hold
informational meeting
(potential team members
should make a commitment)
-
Begin
making travel
arrangements (flights,
passports, visas,
vaccinations, credentials,
etc.)
-
Hold
first team orientation and
training meeting (delegate
individual team member
roles)
-
Begin
fundraising projects and
securing team finances
-
Complete
and return Project
Commitment and Team Leader
Agreement form to SEJ
office 6 months prior to
departure
Last
6 Months
-
Involve
sending/sponsoring
congregation and local
community in the mission
-
Hold
additional team meetings as
information and project
support progresses
-
Continue
to be in prayer,
individually and as a
collective body, in Christ
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Send
completed insurance forms (Funds
Transmittal and Travel
Itinerary, Missioner
Profile, and Complete
Team List) to the SEJ
office for safe team travel a
minimum of two weeks prior
to departure!
-
Confirm
all travel arrangements and
finalize mission plans
-
Prepare
for commissioning
service and departure
If you need help, just ask: sejinfo@umvim.org
- 404-377-7424
