“Shelters from the Wind” is the theme this year for the Pastor To Missionaries Conference.  This conference, October 4-7, 2011, is a retreat worth attending for those who give of themselves to those serving on the front lines.  This year’s location is at beautiful Glorietta Conference Center outside Albuquerque, New Mexico. Speakers include Dr. Steve [...]

Larry, Stephanie and Chris have formed a task force to work toward the creation of a global community of mission information workers.  The purpose of this community is to strengthen and encourage those who work to help the task of world evangelization through strategic information and to promote sharing of information and resources.   In [...]

Be sure to check this conference out soon because early registration and reduced fee end Sept. 15. Slated for Nov. 7-11 in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, this conference is designed to better equip missionaries to care for the relational, emotional, and spiritual needs of each other. It’s designed for member care workers, team leaders, and anyone [...]

Ron Koteskey added three more chapters to “What Missionaries Ought to Know…” this summer, so the e-book now has 52 chapters. It is also now available for your E-reader in both MOBI (Kindle) and EPUB (Nook and others) formats.  If you have an old edition with less than 52 chapters or want an E-reader format, [...]

Phil from MAF recently updated his Wellness Checklist. See our past reference to this handy-dandy member care tool at…   http://www.brigada.org/2011/05/29_7227#more-7227   Now you can download an updated version of the tool at…   http://www.brigada.org/files/wellnesschecklist-101.xlsx   This new version is improved in several ways, including the fact that it’s now easier to print-and-carry (so you [...]

This missionary care ministry, Caring for Others,   http://www.missionary-care.org.   For example, click on “Resources” at that URL and feast your eyes on all the options. It’s as if the author has offered up an entire feast of member care initiatives. Top notch.

I love it when God reveals quality coursework from quality writers for a quality purpose. “Training for Team Resiliency” is a five-lesson course that does exactly that. To top it all off, this course is free. What’s more, it’s an online course that you and your team can tackle from any location in the world, [...]

Remaining Abide dates in 2011 are: August 1-5; October 17-21 in Joplin, MO. The cost is $395/adult (contact TRAIN for kids’ rates). If you have returned from overseas service to stay or for home service, you will benefit from this retreat. Abide gives you tools to process your experiences and incorporate lessons learned in appropriate [...]

If you know people serving in sensitive areas, these books and brochures may be helpful to them. You can send your friends the link below, or you can download particular resources yourself and send those books or brochures as attachments.  This site is openly Christian and quotes Scripture, but it never uses words such as [...]

Member Care specialists, Kelly and Michèle O’Donnell, recently referred us to a web page that teaches about mental health issues around the world, complete with pictures. It’s almost something one could use, with just a little tweaking, as a CHE (Community Health Evangelism) tool. Either way, it’s free for the learning at…   http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/mental_health/mental_health_facts/en/index.htmlx   [...]