| NIGERIA ENCOUNTER
Dates & Cost: Contact Christian Reformed World Missions for more information.
This is a NON-SMOKING site.
Special Notes: You must be at least 18 years old or attending college to participate.
Registration for this ENCOUNTER experience happens directly through our partners at Christian Reformed World Missions. For more information and registration forms, visit their website at: www.crwm.org/smp or contact Kathryn Shane: (800) 346-0075 (USA), shanek@crcna.org or April Voorberg: (800) 730-3490 ext. 307 (CAN), voorberga@crcna.org.
General Description: 4 team members are needed to spend the summer in partnership with a team of Nigerian young adults who are involved in children’s and youth ministry. Team members will volunteer at two orphanages as well as participate in and co-lead camps. This multi-national team will work with a Nigerian pastor who is experienced in youth ministry, and while visiting various parts of Nigeria, the team will participate in intentional conversations about what it means to be a Christian young person in today’s global society. Sports ministry opportunities may also be available.
The descriptions of the sites are only possibilities of what will occur in the summer of 2008. Since plans are yet in the formative stage, actual ministry in these areas may vary from previous years. Changing world conditions or needs of our long-term staff on site may alter the focus of a particular program, the cost, or its location.
This ENCOUNTER site is administered through Christian Reformed World Missions (CRWM) as their eight-week Summer Mission Program (SMP). SMP is a way for college-age students and young adults to experience a life-changing summer of learning! SMP participants experience cross-cultural missions and learn from missionaries and their national partners who are being used by God to declare His kingdom worldwide. This eight-week program stresses spiritual growth, learning through service, and increased knowledge of God’s global kingdom. You must be at least 18 years old or attending college to participate. The application deadline is February 15, 2008. For an application and information about cost and much more, visit www.crwm.org/smp.
Volunteers are encouraged to raise the total cost of their program. However, for members of the Christian Reformed Church, some denominational ministry share funds may be available in cases where a diligent fundraising effort does not yield enough to cover the total cost. A positive evaluation of that effort is required before departure will be approved.
Important Dates and Deadlines
- Applications: February 15
- Selection of participants: February 29
- Mailing of study materials: March 7
- Prefield training: June 3-8
- Departure: June 9
- On-site orientation: Upon arrival on field
- On-site learning: mid-June – late July
- On-site debriefing: late July
- Return to North America: early August
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