What Is It?
Exploring your role in God’s mission to the unreached? Want to see if Pioneers could be a good ministry partner? Then Mission:Explored is a weekend for you!
Be stirred by our core values, learn about the needs across the world and leave with an action plan for your next steps in mission, whether with Pioneers or not! Though not a 'training' event, Pioneers has designed the weekend to be very interactive and touch on key issues in missions, but with a flavour of Pioneers.
What Can I Expect?
We’ll explore key issues for cross-cultural ministry, with each workshop
geared towards Pioneers' core values. Sessions include:
- Passion for God – How does
a passion for God drive missionary passion and work?
- Reaching the
Unreached/Status of our World – The % of non-Christians in the world is increasing. The global church is falling behind in its God given mission.
What will you do about it?
- Church-Planting Principles
– Many think they are not church planters because of a narrow idea of what
church planting is. You could be more suitable than you think!
- Local Church – How your
local church can help you to nurture, discern, send, invest and support
you. Opportunities to tackle nitty gritty issues of fund raising,
accountability, missionary care, etc.
- Team Styles – You may be
surprised to know one of the big challenges for new missionaries to the
field is team dynamics
- Ethos of Grace – bearers of
God’s grace must be practitioners of grace
- Innovation &
flexibility – Can business, or farming, or sports, or robotics, be useful
in mission? Not only yes, but an increasing necessity. Innovation &
flexibility are needed to overcome restrictions.
- Preparing to Go - practical workshop to develop your next steps
Besides the above sessions, there is ample opportunity for you to speak with any of the speakers on anything you wish pertaining to missions! The event is kept to a small group size of maximum 16 participants to ensure this.
What Past Participants Said
"The weekend provided insight from a wide variety of people, opportunities to ask questions, and think about next steps."
"I now know better on how I should prepare and equip myself to be a missionary."
Team Styles Session: "Great opportunity to learn more about myself. Helps me to understand and accept others more."
Innovation & Flexibility Session: "I was encouraged by thinking how God can use anyone to reach people."
"It was very helpful to have a chance to go through Pioneers database to see on-field missionary opportunities posted by missionaries themselves."
When Is It?
Starts on 20 September Friday 6pm with a light meal together. Please arrive earlier than 6pm to get into your room and get settled. Concludes on 22 September Sunday 2.00pm after our lunch.
Where Is It?
IncredAble Mourne Centre (42 Ballinran Road, Kilkeel, BT34
4JA) - Northern Ireland
Transport: there is no train stations nearby, but bus services are available arriving into Kilkeel. We can sort pickups from there. Do contact us beforehand as we can organise logistics.
** We can help with getting to the venue. We will arrange car ride for you!
What Does It Cost?
- £95 per person (all
inclusive) (child rates: 0-3 no charge; 4-9 £25;
10-12 £55; 13-16 £80)
- Prices include
accommodation in shared rooms and full board (starting from light supper
on Friday night till Sunday lunch). Depending on numbers, married
couples will be given their own rooms.
- Sorry no children’s
ministry is provided but they are welcome to come along if it's best for
the family
- Others have brought a
family member to watch the wee ones. That is doable at IncredAble
Mourne Centre... loads of rooms and space!
- DO bring a towel and your own toiletries (bed linens are provided by IncredAble Mourne Centre).
- Please pay via a bank transfer after you register.... (bank details will come in confirmation email)
**** You DO NOT have to pay at time of registration. If you are interested and/or likely to come, feel free to register now and stay in touch with us about finalising your attendance later.***
Ruth spends her time encouraging and supporting people to pray, give and go in mission globally and locally. Outside of work, Ruth is a keen musician and photographer and part of Kirkintilloch Baptist Church. She’s also worked on TV with Doctor Who’s dad!
Joining Pioneers USA in 2001, Steve has been a mobiliser (a mentor to those wanting to go) that entire time. He joined the UK office in 2009 to help establish it as an org to send British people to the least reached peoples.
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