First-time Mission Leader Co-Hort Trainings

Leading a Mission Team for the First Time? Let’s Learn From Each Other!

UMVIM will be hosting two co-hort training opportunities for first time Mission Team leaders, who are leading short-term volunteer mission teams from local churches. Each training will be broken up into 4 ninety minute sessions for the following date options:

Wednesday evenings: March 19, 26, April 2, 9, 2025, starting at 6pm Central time/7pm Eastern

or

Saturday mornings on April 12, 19, 26, and May 3rd, starting at 9:30am Central time/10:30am Eastern.

Participants must attend all sessions, and any re-scheduled trainings will need to be approved by the whole group.

Participants are encouraged to download and read the Team Leader Handbook at umvim.org/handbookdownload before the event.

This training will focus on theology of mission, the UMC connectional structure, practical advice for leading a team and mission travel, and more!

The Wednesday co-hort will be led by Tammy Kuntz and Ray Yarnall, and the Saturday training by Matt Lacey and Eddie Irwin. Co-horts are open to all with a minimum of 4 participants and maximum of 12 participants will be needed for the training.

If you have questions, contact Rev. Tammy Kuntz at ncj@umvim.org or Rev. Matt Lacey at matt_lacey@umvim.org

Participants will be sent a Google Classroom link for the training dates.

Click here to register for the Wednesday Night Co-Hort

Click here to register for the Saturday Morning Co-Hort

There is a suggested donation of $20 for participants, but not required.