Description
What’s in the Team Leader’s Manual
CULTURELink‘s curriculum is unlike any other short-term missions training material. The Team Leader’s Manual is your roadmap for the discipleship journey on which you will guide your team through their Team Member’s Manual.
Every section contains detailed, step-by-step instructions to make your preparation easier and take your training deeper. We provide you with outlines and tips to make your meetings more interactive (even virtual meetings). Inside this linear and systematic training manual are tools to help you set up your trip, plan with your host on the field, and prepare your team with greater depth.
The Team Leader’s Manual will equip you to facilitate long-term growth in your short-term missions team members through in-depth study, team-building exercises, and cross-cultural preparation.
The Team Leader’s Manual is divided into the following five sections:
Section 1
Leader's Orientation
Leader’s Orientation
This opening section sets the stage for our entire training model. While the “task orientation” in which most leaders operate in is necessary for leading a team, we emphasize people development. Our entire approach to short-term trip leadership can be summarized in one word: Discipleship.
Section 2:
Short-Term Missions Impact
Short-Term Missions Impact
How are your short-term teams maximizing their impact on the field? How can you add value to the Senders (church/organization and friends/family back home) and Hosts (field site leadership)? We believe in a WIN-WIN-WIN approach and provide the tools to help you think through the entire process for everyone involved.
Section 3
The Seven-Step Process
The Seven-Step Process
This section explains our “best practice” guidelines for anyone mobilizing teams. We outline every step of the process: choosing a field site and deciding on a short-term mission project, publicizing your trip, selecting a team, training participants, preparing them for re-entry, and many other logistical issues that must be considered when leading a team.
Section 4:
Training Sessions
Training Sessions
Each of the ten training sessions is outlined and can be easily followed by the leader. Devotions, objectives for each meeting, room set-up, materials needed, team building ideas, and assignments for the next meeting are provided. The Team Leader’s Manual corresponds with the Team Member’s Manual, ensuring that teams will be discipled spiritually and practically. These sessions are outlined in the Team Member’s Manual overview.
Section 5:
Appendices
Appendices
This section is full of relevant articles and practical tools for team leaders to use with their teams. We include resources such as a sample trip application, sample team policies, how to help team members debrief after they return, emergency issues, insurance and travel recommendations, sample release of liability form, and more.
