options for serving as an individual or couple
While UMVIM’s ministry is focused on short-term volunteer mission teams, our ministry partners do have opportunities for individuals or couples.
I’m a young adult and want to explore programs to serve over a longer period of time.
I’m a young adult and want serve with a team.
Global Ministries, the official mission agency for the UMC, has several programs which help young adults serve, including the Mission Fellows program.
Global Mission Fellows is a two-year program for young adults (ages 20-30). Partnering with community organizations, fellows learn while they serve, helping those in need while furthering their own professional development in a cohort of likeminded young adults. Fellows address a variety of issues, including migration/immigration, education, public health, poverty and more. The program has two tracks based on where fellows serve: U.S. and International.
Click here for more information about the Mission Fellows program.
Discover…Mission is an UMVIM program designed as an intentional cultural immersion as young adults serve with and learn from young adults int he host country.
Mission volunteers are selected via an application process, and trainings for the program are held at least twice a year in different areas of the USA.
Click here to see where the next Discover…Mission teams will serve and read stories from alums.
I want to serve as an individual volunteer, or with my partner as a couple.
The Mission Volunteer program is administered by Global Ministries with the help and support of UMVIM. Mission Volunteers are short to long-term self-funded individuals or couples. Placed at partner sites worldwide, Mission Volunteers serve in a variety of roles, from working with refugees, children and youth to serving as a teacher, pastor, camp director or health care professional.
Mission volunteers are selected via an application process, and trainings for the program are held at least twice a year in different areas of the USA.
Click here for more info about the Mission Volunteer program.