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Overview

Many Adventist Academies conduct short-term mission programs. A short-term mission trip consists of an up to two weeks trip with focus on Christian help.

Schools with a short-term mission program

A-L

  • Collegedale Academy, Tennessee[5]

M-Z

  • Shenandoah Valley Academy[9]

References for list of schools

  1. ^ Ford, J. (January 2007). "The Andrews Academy mission trip to Ecuador (pictures)". SOW Safari. Retrieved 2012-08-11. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  2. ^ Blog journal for 2007 trip to Ecuador
  3. ^ Good Tidings, February 2, 2012., repair Hawaii church camp.
  4. ^ 2011, Haiti. 10 students and 9 adults took their spring break to help the people of Haiti. Working in conjunction with ACTS World Relief.
  5. ^ Quiet Hour mission trip, includes video
  6. ^ Forest Lake Academy Mission Trips
  7. ^ Mexicali, Mexico "Service: Short Term Mission Trips". Orangewood Academy. Retrieved 2012-08-11.
    - "A group of Orangewood high school students travel to Mexicali, Mexico to provide food and gifts to an orphanage and to build relational bridges with that community." Movie available at website.
    - Orangewood's TOAST program may interest to some readers.
  8. ^ "Coordinated a trip to Kenya for students to have an opportunity to do service learning projects." Kenya
  9. ^ Menhardt, Buz (May 2, 2012). "Shenandoah Valley students share Christ in Europe". News archives. Columbia Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. Retrieved 2012-08-22.
    1. Ten Shenandoah Valley Academy (SVA) students and four sponsors from New Market, Va., traveled to Germany and Austria during spring break for a unique outreach journey. The group’s mission: to witness to residents and meet other Seventh-day Adventist young people.
    2. They visited with the students of PLANT Academy, an outreach-training program based at the Seminar Schloss Bogenhofen, an Adventist academy and seminary in Austria.
    3. They attended the German and English classes with the Austrian students.
    4. The SVA and PLANT young people visited several neighborhoods in Brauna to conduct surveys and distribute literature.
    5. They took part in ten Adventist youth meetings in Bavaria, Germany, including two youth Sabbaths in Nürnberg and Munich.
    6. SVA students conducted two morning worships at the Immanuel School near Munich, one of the few Adventist elementary schools in Germany.
    7. They toured historical sites in Salzburg, Mondsee, Nürnberg, Munich, Newuschwanstein and Dachau.
    8. They skied in the Austrian Alps!

Resources

Patterns

  • Build a church, do evangelism, run a VBS. (FLA)
  • Assist medical personnel
  • Work through a facilitator organization such as REACH, Maranatha, the People of Peru project, etc.
  • Conference organized field trips, eg. Central California Conference to New Orleans in response to the Arkansas/Louisiana Conference call for help.[1]

References for Patterns section

  1. ^ Oswald, Caron. 113 Volunteers spend spring break serving in New Orleans. Central Acts. Spring/Summer 2008

Facilitator organizations

  • ACTS, Active Christians That Serve[1]
  • ADRA
  • REACH[2]
  • Maranatha
  • People of Peru project[3]
  • Africa Mission Services[4]

References for Facilitator organizations section

  1. ^ ACTS World Relief about page
  2. ^ http://www.reachwc.org/index.asp REACH summer work camps
  3. ^ People of Peru project
  4. ^ Africa Mission Services on Facebook.

History of academy mission ventures

William Jamerson, Adventist Orange County youth director, led in Academy mission ventures to Central America beginning in 1966. It became an annual event.[1][2]

References for History section

  1. ^ Ford, Herbert. Review and Herald, September 12, 1968, p. 21
  2. ^ Pleso, Joan, editor; Jamerson, Bill; Willard, Jean (2012). It's Great to Be Alive... Because He Lives. TEACH services. p. 149. ISBN 978-1-57258-737-3. {{cite book}}: |first1= has generic name (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

Innovative programs:

  • Georgia Cumberland Academy:
Three annual mission trips are sponsored by the school.
- In October, GCA joins Madison Academy and Columbia Adventist Academy to serve the people in the Appalachian foothills of Liberty, Kentucky. They do various jobs such as building churches, school houses, and picnic shelters, painting, and fixing up homes in desperate need of repair.[1]
- During the school's Spring Break in early March, a group of students travel to Central America to build churches and to offer evangelistic meetings.
- More recently the school has sponsored trips to Thailand and China, working on humanitarian projects with ADRA.[2]
  • Andrews Academy
SOW SAFARI[3], Students who are interested in short-term mission experience sign up for the bi-annual SOW Safari: S for Service, O for Outreach, W for Witness, and "Safari" for the adventurous nature of the trip.
- Students work on building projects such as churches, orphanages and schools,
- They organize evangelistic meetings and Vacation Bible Schools.
- It started in 1987. The SOW Safari has gone to Peru, Mexico, Honduras and Chile, and other locations.
- 1986-1987, Mexico, Maranatha.[4]
- 2003-2004, Honduras, REACH.[5]
- 2008-2009, Chile[3]
REACH collaboration[5]
Maranatha collaboration[4]
  • Auburn Adventist Academy
Repairing/renovating the Hawaii Conference's Kahili Mountain Park camp in Kauai.[6][7]
This camp had become worn down. It was no longer able to be used for ministry.
Some of their projects included:
- Remodeling their commercial kitchen (we will be enabling them to use their facility more efficiently)
- Building an outdoor amphitheater so they can use it for various programs
- Painting
- Upgrading camp buildings and grounds
- Providing ministry programming to both SDA churches on the island and their communities.
- To donate towards this trip or support, the campus Chaplain was available.
- Contact: Jennifer Woody, Campus Chaplain at jennifer.woody@auburn.org or 253-939-5000 ext. 229.

References for innovative programs

  1. ^ "Appalachia Outreach History". Retrieved January 19, 2011.
  2. ^ "Double Impact". Georgia-Cumberland Conference of SDA. February 28, 2012. Retrieved July 19, 2012.
  3. ^ a b http://www.andrews.edu/aa/parents/aa_weekly/0809_archive/2008_11_26.pdf
  4. ^ a b Hendrixson, Charles. MVA student helps build church in Mexico. Columbia Union Visitor, May, 1987, p. 12.
  5. ^ a b Russell, Glenn. Evangelism in Central America: REACH Honduras Lake Union Herald, April 2004
  6. ^ Mission Trip Update from Campus Ministries
  7. ^ http://www.kahilipark.org/

Congregations with short term mission programs

Conferences with short term mission programs

  • South-eastern California Conference[1]


References for the conference section

  1. ^ Müller, Enno. Journals of a Mission Trip: SECC Students Build Homes in Tecate

Facebook and other media

Other organizations

Are there groups, other than faith groups, at the high school level which focus on international development?

References for Other organizations

  1. ^ The USA sending center for Dove Mission International
  2. ^ DMI's short-term youth missions

Education

Manuals

  • "Short-term missions and the kingdom of God" (PDF). The Society of Anglican Missionaries and Senders (SAMS-USA), Ambridge, PA. SAMS Training Munual version 2.1. The Central Florida Honduras Commission of the Episcopal church. March 2009. Retrieved 2012-08-12.
An impressive work with a scholarly, reflective tone, adapted from the Chalmers Center at Covenant College, Lookout Mountain, Georgia. Some documents identify SAMS as the South American Missionary Society.
Simple, practical, pastoral
A very thorough manual

Research about mission trips

Randall Gary Friesen, Doctoral of Theology (Missiology), University of South Africa, Promoter: Dr. Johannes Reimer, November 2004
ABSTRACT, This study investigated the impact that a number of variables within the short-term mission experience had on the beliefs, attitudes and behaviours of Anabaptist young adult mission participants in 24 concepts related to their relationship with God, the Church and world around them. Study participants were drawn from five different Anabaptist denominationally connected short-term mission programs ranging in length from one month to one year. This study used a quasi-experimental pre-test, post-test, follow-up design with non-equivalent groups as well as a non-randomized control group. The 116 study participants filled out a quantitative questionnaire prior to their short-term mission experience, after they returned from their mission experience and again one year after they returned. This longitudinal aspect of the research design measured the relative impact of variables within the short-term mission experience on participants over time. Methodological triangulation was employed that allowed for a variety of quantitative and qualitative tools to be used in better understanding the comparative impact of the short-term mission experience. The questionnaire, short essay response and interviews all incorporated concepts related to the international and cross-cultural impact of the short-term mission experience that have not been systematically analysed in this kind of study before. Response rates remained very high throughout the three stages of data collection and produced a number of significant findings. These findings included the positive impact during the mission experience of: an extensive pre-trip training experience, longer assignments, cross-cultural assignment location, relationally focused assignments, supportive families and churches, and correlation between repeat assignments and strong interest in future full-time mission work. While the positive impact of the short-term mission experience was significant, the post-trip regression in participants' beliefs, attitudes and behaviours one year after returning from the mission experience was also significant. This regression indicates that inadequate attention is being paid to participant re-entry, debrief and follow-up. Short-term mission agencies, participants and local churches need to view the discipleship impact of the short-term mission experience as ongoing. It is counter-intuitive to invest discipleship resources on returning short-term mission participants; however, the data indicates that is where the most significant discipleship challenges are found.
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