INDIVIDUAL VOLUNTEERS & TRAINING; APPLY TO BECOME A GLOBAL JUSTICE VOLUNTEER; UPCOMING TRAINING EVENTS

 

 

INDIVIDUAL VOLUNTEERS & TRAINING

 

Would you like to serve as a volunteer for 2 months to 2 years either as an individual or a couple?  You can through the Individual Volunteer Program!  There are sites around the country and the world that need such volunteers to serve in a variety of posts!  If you are interested please contact Nancy Eubanks and/or Malcolm Frazier at Global Ministries.  Nancy's email is nteubanks@gmail.com and Malcom's is mfrazier@umcmission.org. 

 

 

To become an Individual Volunteer, you must attend an Individual Volunteer Training.  There are several sessions throughout the year around the country.  There will be one August 13-17, 2013 in Oregon at the Alton Collins Retreat Center (pictured above).  Please connect with Nancy and/or Malcolm for more details and we look forward to seeing you.  You can also visit http://www.umcmission.org/Get-Involved/Volunteer-Opportunities/Types-of-Volunteers/Individual-Volunteers/Individual-Volunteers for more information.

 

 

Here is a listing of some of our Individual Volunteers out of the Cal-Nevada Conference:

 

Bill Borah of Sacramento – St. Mark’s UMC continues to serve in Haiti.

Warren McGuffin of Alamo - San Ramon Valley UMC continues to serve in Haiti.

Viri Batiratu of Centennial UMC continues to serve in partnership with Fiji.

Martha Milk of Yerington UMC serves in Elkton, Maryland

 

 

Here is a listing of other Individual Volunteer Trainings throughout this year:

 

February 20-24, 2013Seashore Assembly – Biloxi, MS
Nearest Airport – MS Regional Airportseashoreassembly.org

April 10-14, 2013
Garrett- Evangelical Theological Seminary – Evanston, IL
Nearest Airport – Chicago, Ilwww.garrett.edu

June 5-9, 2013
Church of the Resurrection – Leawood, KS
Nearest Airport – Kansas City, KSwww.cor.org

August 13-17, 2013
Alton L. Collins Conference and Retreat Center – Eagle Creek, OR
Nearest Airport – Portland, ORwww.collinsretreatcenter.org

October 16-20,2013
Asbury Retreat Center – Silver Lake, NY
Nearest Airport – Greater Rochester International Airport – Rochester, NYwww.asbury.org

Apply to be a Global Justice Volunteer

Young adults are encouraged to apply for this short term international mission program. The application deadline is March 1.
The Global Justice Volunteer program gives young adults 10 weeks of hands-on mission experience. Applications, now available online, are due March 1.
Applicants should be 18-30 years old and ready to “do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with God.” As the United Methodist General Board of Global Ministries facilitates mission from everywhere to everywhere, candidates from around the world are encouraged to apply and participate.
Florence Lassayo of Sierra Leone served as a Global Justice Volunteer in Kenya in 2011. She worked with women living with AIDS.
Encouraging young people to consider mission service, she says, “We have the energy. We are strong. We can make change. We can be very influential. If young people are standing for the entire people, we will see that there is progress, because we are the backbone of development.”
The Global Justice Volunteers program differs from the Mission Intern and US-2 programs in two important ways:

• It requires only a 10-week commitment.
• Participants are asked to fundraise. The amount of fundraising required is flexible, and the program staff is committed to ensuring this is not a barrier to the entry to any applicant.

The 2013 class of Global Justice Volunteers will attend orientation from June 8-15 and serve from June 15 through Aug. 11.

 

 

UPCOMING TRAINING EVENTS IN CAL-NEVADA

PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR "TRAINING EVENTS" PAGE ON THIS WEBSITE FOR OTHER TRAINING NEWS

 

UMVIM Team Leader Training

Bridges District
Saturday – March 9, 2013 from 8:30-4:30Centennial UMC
5401 Freeport Blvd. Sacramento, CA. 95822
Online Registration here http://cnumc.org/registrations/register/181

Early Response Team Training

El Camino Real District

FULL (Basic) TRAINING -- Saturday – March 2, 2013 from 8:30-5:00
REFRESHER TRAINING -- Saturday – March 16, 2013 from 8:30-1:00 (Take if your full training has expired after 2 years)
Los Altos UMC
655 Magdalena Ave. Los Altos, CA 94024
Online Registration here http://cnumc.org/registrations/register/191

Hosting Volunteers Training

Bridges DistrictSaturday – March 9, 2013 from 9:00-1:00
St. Mark’s UMC
2391 St. Mark's Way Sacramento, CA 95864
(Fireside Room in Ed. Building)
Online Registration here http://cnumc.org/registrations/register/113