Archive | August, 2009

The Packing List, Part Three

August 27, 2009

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Still on our Upstream’s mini tour this week. Today we are in Lebanon Tennessee just outside of Nashville. We are doing one of our “About Europe” meetings with several area pastors, mission leaders and business people. I hope you will check us out on our blog at www.blog.theupstreamcollective.org Here is the last of the packing [...]

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The Packing List, Part two

August 24, 2009

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Last post I put started my list of ten things to be sure to pack when you go on a short term trip. Here are some more important Items to take with you on your trip 4. Three – Five Bible stories that you can tell in Basic English. Don’t underestimate the power of the [...]

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The Packing List

August 21, 2009

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I have worked with a lot of volunteer teams in the last 8 years living overseas. Most of them do a tremendous job. As I think about these groups that do well I see several things in common for those who do well. I am going to break these up in three different post for [...]

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Short Term Mission Teams

August 8, 2009

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Last week I talked about different types of partnerships. so far I have written about: The Sending Church Prayer Advocates But what about the Short Term Mission Teams? – People or Groups who come over for a one time project or event. This would be what I would call a “one-off” project. Honestly in my [...]

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Coming Soon

August 1, 2009

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I want to take minute to tell you about this conversation that will be happening soon. My good friend Robert Beckman is part of a network in Florida called ReproducingChurches.com They are having the Live Sent 2009 Conversation in September and if you can make this I think it promises to be one of the [...]

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