Photo: Debbie Irby, UMVIM Conference Coordinator for the Yellowstone Conference who will be leading trainings in March and April. See below for further detail.
TRAINING DATES & DIFFERENT TRAINING TYPES
YELLOWSTONE ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Billings, MT: UMVIM Team Leader Training March 6, 2010
Helena, MT: UMVIM Team Leader Training TBA
Contact Debbie Irby for further information at dirby@stpauls-helena.org
CALIFORNIA-NEVADA CONFERENCE
UMCOR Training March 24-28, 2010
Contact Phil Bandy for further information at philb@calnevumc.org.
Please stay posted for further information on trainings in other annual conferences closer to your area.
DIFFERENT TRAINING TYPES
There are three different and unique trainings that are talked about in this message: Mission Volunteer Individual Volunteers, Mission Volunteer UMVIM Team Leader Training, UMCOR Disaster Response Training.
1. The Individual Volunteer training which will be held in the early part of 2011 here in the WJ at Aldersgate Retreat Center in CA, is for longer term service. It is led by the Mission Volunteers Unit, GBGM. This is not just for anyone. People must apply and go thru the Individual Volunteer website (www.individualvolunteers.info). Going to serve individually for an extended time does require some different skills than leading a team!
2. The UMVIM TEAM LEADER training that Conferences offer will take 4-5 hours. There is an excellent training manual that goes along with Team Leader Training. It helps if you send me your upcoming schedule so it can be kept up to date. There are lots of people crossing conference lines to get training these days.
3. UMCOR is not in the business of managing volunteers. The Mission Volunteers Unit, GBGM, does the resourcing of volunteers. Conferences train and send out the volunteer teams. If you are interested in Disaster Response training – that is led by UMCOR, but again they turn the job back to the conferences to train and lead these teams.
1. The Individual Volunteer training which will be held in the early part of 2011 here in the WJ at Aldersgate Retreat Center in CA, is for longer term service. It is led by the Mission Volunteers Unit, GBGM. This is not just for anyone. People must apply and go thru the Individual Volunteer website (www.individualvolunteers.info). Going to serve individually for an extended time does require some different skills than leading a team!
2. The UMVIM TEAM LEADER training that Conferences offer will take 4-5 hours. There is an excellent training manual that goes along with Team Leader Training. It helps if you send me your upcoming schedule so it can be kept up to date. There are lots of people crossing conference lines to get training these days.
3. UMCOR is not in the business of managing volunteers. The Mission Volunteers Unit, GBGM, does the resourcing of volunteers. Conferences train and send out the volunteer teams. If you are interested in Disaster Response training – that is led by UMCOR, but again they turn the job back to the conferences to train and lead these teams.
Please feel free to contact Heather Wilson, UMVIM WJ Coordinator at umvimwj@hotmail.com for further questions.
* OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE FOR UMVIM TEAMS AT ALTON COLLINS RETREAT CENTER, OR
June 27-July 3, 2010
Price: $30.00 per day per person (includes meals and lodging) plus $100.00 per person for supplies. For more information, contact : Rev. Todd Bartlett, Director of Alton L. Collins Retreat Center, toddjbartlett@gmail.com
