BCNet Missions Committee Update

The BCNet Missions Committee seeks to create emphases, projects, and resources for campus-based and church-based collegiate ministries in North America.  This committee directs their focus in three areas:

1. International Missions
2. North American Missions
3. Ministry to International students studying at North American Univeristies

Those serving on the committee include:

• Kirk Ritchey (chair)--kirk_ritchey28@yahoo.com--PA/SJ
• Mel Cruikshank
• John Aaron Matthew
• Clarissa Morrison
• Tim Peabody
• Beth Masters
• Joy Turner
• Mike Lopez
• Steve Canter

Ministry Updates:

International Student Ministry

• Welcoming the Nations Month continues to be a positive experience for those who participate. For 2013, campuses are encouraged to pick a week in Sept. to focus on welcoming International students to campus.
• If you have connected with International Students and they are returning to other countries or if you know students who are going to study abroad, you can do your part to connect with missionaries and others who can connect them to Christ by utilizing: http://internationalstudentreferral.org
• This year the Association of Christians Ministering to Internationals (ACMI) Conference is taking place May 30-June 2 in Columbus, Ohio. If you are attending, there will be a gathering of SBC International Student Workers. To find out more info, contact Michael Dean at mdean@MIT.EDU for more.  (To learn more about the conference go to: http://acmiconference.com) 

Student Missions Mobilization 

• If you have students who you would like to have trained to be more effective Missions Mobilizers on your campus or in your region, we can help.  This will be the second year that we will offer Missions Mobilizer Training as a part of a Southeast Regional Student Leader Training. This event takes place May 14-16, 2013 in Newport, Tennessee. If you are located in the Southeast and would like more information, contact your local State Associate in your state or contact Connie Ricks at Connie.Ricks@FLBaptist.org. If you are from an Emerging Region, there are some scholarships available as well. For more information feel free to contact Mel Cruikshank at cnbc.send.students@telus.net.

Missions Ideas  

• We welcome your ideas on ways we can help with educational, training, or hands on resources for collegiate ministry staff and students in the areas of North American and Internationals Missions.

2 Students Needed as Semester Missionaries Spring 2012 in Tahoe City, CA

We still need 2 more students to serve as semester missionaries for the spring 2012 semester. We need one for the preschool and one for the school age ministry. Would you please forward this to the collegiate ministry directors in your state? Anything that you could do to help us here on the mission field would be greatly appreciated! See this pdf for more info & to share with students!

Debbie Wohler

NAMB Home Missionary

PO Box 7452

Tahoe City, CA 96145

530-583-2925 (PST)

debbiewohler@charter.net

www.tahoeministries.com

7 Semester Missionaries Needed in Tahoe City, CA for Fall 2011

We need 7 semester missionaries to serve here during the fall 2011 semester. Three students are needed to work with our school age ministries and four students are needed to work in our preschool ministries.

Baptist students will be provided with roundtrip airfare, housing, food, and local transportation. They also will receive a $300 a month stipend and a $5,000 insurance policy. We invest heavily in the students that serve with us. We seek to develop leaders for the Kingdom. Students can learn more about the mission work here by going to www.tahoeministries.com

We will now also match what NAMB does for one non Baptist student to work in the preschool ministry per semester.

For a Recruitment Flyer click these: Recruitment Brief With Pictures or Recruitment Details

Debbie Wohler
debbiewohler@sbcglobal.net
NAMB Home Missionary, Tahoe City, CA

4 Semester Missionaries Needed in Beautiful Lake Tahoe for Spring 2011

Two students are needed to work with school age ministries & two students are needed to work in preschool ministries.

Baptist students will be provided with roundtrip airfare, housing, food, and local transportation. They also will receive a $300 a month stipend and a $5,000 insurance policy. There are also opportunities to make money babysitting and housecleaning in their off time. Students can learn more about the mission work here by going to www.tahoeministries.com We will now also match what NAMB does for one non Baptist student per semester.

Almost any 4 year degree will qualify to meet the CA requirements for our school page program. To meet the CA preschool requirements a student must have 12 hours of early childhood type classes. There are a variety of classes that qualify for those 12 hours. One of the preschool internships could turn into a full time job in the fall for the right student. Did I mention that this is at Lake Tahoe!! It is beautiful here. Lake Tahoe is known as “America’s Year-Round Playground!”

Debbie Wohler (debbiewohler@sbcglobal.net)
NAMB Home Missionary in Tahoe City, California.
Supervisor for summer and semester missionaries for 31 years.

Check Out the New & Improved KALEO Network

The KALEO Network is designed for individuals who are exploring or pursuing a call from God to ministry leadership. This is the new and improved "Missions Prep Network". Over the last few months, we’ve been working hard to improve this resource that should meet individuals' needs in a better way.

FOLLOW http://plantingbrazil.wordpress.com THIS WEEK

Follow: http://plantingbrazil.wordpress.com to get a play by play of 40+ college ministers in Brazil getting hands on training in Missional Ministry under Michael Frost & learn about IMB opportunities for leaders and ministries.

• The team is having Michael Frost train us in Missional Ministry while we're down there (he's one of THE international experts on the subject, if you're unfamiliar).
• The 40+ college ministers will spend time actually connecting and ministering to "postmoderns," as well as participating in collegiate church plants down there.
• As you can imagine, the hope for the IMB is that the ministers will consider partnering in the future. But there's also an emphasis on us learning transferable methods for missional ministry back home.

So... that means our blog is going to be a lot more than just a "testimony" blog, though there will be some of that. Benson Hines plans to blog full-time down there, and he will share lots of experiences, lots of transferable learnings, and a few IMB opportunities for leaders / ministries. It's also kinda fun that they've hired a college ministry researcher & blogger to do the writing; hopefully he'll be able to bring some particularly helpful ideas and perspectives to the blog.

The blog is at http://plantingbrazil.wordpress.com.

Brazil Host's Description of the Week:

Our time in Brazil will be instructional, educational, practical, and experiential.

LUKE 10, is the basis of our training. We will follow that model as we divide into small groups each day and hit the campuses, cafes, and neighborhoods looking for persons of peace. We will look evidence of Gods working in the lives of students and young adults. We will seek to connect with those who are open to hearing the Good News. We will try to build relationships with those who are open to connecting with ZOE or the Christian community in Sao Paulo. There will also be opportunities for us to join ZOE activities (possibly with some of our persons of peace) in many places throughout the city.

Every morning, we will meet for a debrief of the previous days experience. Michael Frost will challenge us and inspire us to new ways of thinking, and effective ways of reaching young adults in a post modern environment.

Benson Hines

exploringcollegeministry.com

Student Teams Needed in Haiti THIS SUMMER!

Student teams are needed to help with Haiti earthquake relief this summer.Please consider sending a student team to help.

WHERE? HAITI WHAT? Thousands of Haitians are homeless and displaced due to the earthquake. Refugee camps, tent cities and newly created villages are growing along the Haitian border with Dominican Republic as people flee chaotic and violent Port-au-Prince. Student teams will be involved in community development including developing 'Kid Zones" to bring a sense of normalcy to the lives of Haitian children in refugee camps, orphanages, children's homes, schools, and villages. Flexibility is a must. Ministry may include recreation, sports, music, English and math tutoring, art therapy, manual labor, and more. These activities will pave the way for missionaries to work in these villages and schools in the future. WHO? Christian students are needed to do the work. College students and young adults are encouraged to apply. Participants must have completed their junior year in high school in order to serve. We prefer students to come with teams (large or small) with an adult leader. WHEN? 2 week assignments -- Saturday to Saturday, beginning May 15, 2010 Teams of 25 (maximum) will be deployed each week (beginning May 15) May 15 -- May 29 May 22 - Jun 5 May 29 - Jun 12 Jun 5 - Jun 19 Jun 12 - Jun 26 Jun 19 - Jul 3 Jun 26 - Jul 10 Jul 3 - Jul 17 Jul 10 -- Jul 24 Jul 17 -- Jul 31 Jul 24 -- Aug 7 HOW MUCH? $975 plus airfare (approx $400-700) and insurance ($28) Field cost includes food, housing, local transportation and border crossing costs. A $100 deposit per person is required in order to hold spaces. Your spot is not confirmed without payment. Deposits are Non-Refundable and Non-Transferable. For May/June weeks the balance of $875 is due May 1st. For project in July/August a partial payment of $475 is due May 1st and the remaining balance of $400 is due June 1st. Any balance that is not paid by 15 days following the due date will be canceled and will forfeit your deposit. Travel from Santo Domingo to base camp provided and included in cost. HOW MANY? Maximum of 25 students/adult leaders per week. A team from a college, church or BCM could be 5 students, or 12, or 15, or you could fill the entire 25. HOW LONG? 2 week assignment. Saturday arrival, Saturday departure. (local travel challenges make it impossible to grant exceptions) TRAVEL? Valid passport required. Must be valid for 6+ months beyond the date you return from Haiti For coordination of team arrivals and departures, all students and teams will use designated travel agent.Airfare (approx $400-$700) and insurance ($28) are not included in $975 cost. Travel to daily ministry site in Haiti provided and included in cost. HOUSING? Students will be housed in a secure, fenced compound in the Dominican Republic on the border with Haiti. Girls will stay in the house (electricity, running water). Guys will be housed in large tents on the grounds surrounding the house. FOOD? Three meals a day will be provided for all participants. HEALTH? No inoculations are required for entry into DR or Haiti but CDC recommends several. See the CDC website for travel health and immunization information. SCHEDULE? Arrive in Santo Domingo, DR on Saturday - travel 3-4 hours to compound on Haiti border Sunday - orientation, training and preparation Monday-Friday -- spend each day working in Haiti (teams of 8-10) Return to DR each night for sharing, worship, prayer, study, preparation Saturday - Sunday -- refresh, relax, restore, refuel, retool... Monday - Friday -- spend each day working in Haiti (teams of 8-10) Return to DR each night for sharing, worship, prayer, study, preparation Saturday - travel back to Santo Domingo. Leave for home. TO REGISTER AND FOR MORE INFO VISIT gohaiti.org Please note: Register early for a guaranteed spot!