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Team Leader Trainings
Team Leader Class. UMVIM team leaders are encouraged to take the one-day intro class for team leaders. This class covers all aspects of identifying, planning and completing a mission.
Team Leader Refresher. We offer an annual team leader refresher for experienced mission team leaders. It covers the latest updates on leading teams, forms, insurance and other topics.
Disaster Response Trainings
The California-Nevada Disaster Response Ministry offers the following:
The Mission of an Early Response Team (ERT) is to provide a caring Christian presence in the aftermath of a disaster. ERTs typically provide assistance after the “first responders” and before recovery and rebuilding. ERTs are assigned various tasks; usually relating to safety, mitigation of further damage to property, and cleanup tasks to assist the homeowner in preparation for rebuild. ERTs also sometimes serve in Local Assistance Centers providing comfort and items such as wildfire buckets to survivors. Always being the Caring Presence!
Are you interested in learning more about how to participate in responding to a disaster, such as the current wildfires? Curious about the process and what the United Methodist Church does? Want to learn about what is involved? This new seminar provides an introduction to disaster response and what the options are for you and/or your congregation.
This is a Connecting Neighbors Virtual Online Training designed to teach conference representatives how to help local churches develop a disaster ministry. Churches can better provide a caring Christian response to local disasters if they have prepared their church families and facility before disaster occurs. Connecting Neighbors addresses the faith community's responsibility in disaster readiness and response and suggests tools to meet individual and community needs. In this training you will be taught how to present the Connecting Neighbors program, how to connect the church to outside resources and to the community’s emergency plans; where the church fits in and how the church can help the community at large.
Training Interest Form
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Introduction to Mission Service
Self study intro to what mission service is. Covers the why, types of missions, typical roles, expectations and other considerations. Click Here
If any of the training classes have an upcoming session scheduled, they will be listed in the calendar below. Otherwise, you are welcome to fill out the Training Interest Form to be notified about future dates.
Some of the above listed UMVIM and Disaster Response Trainings are available, in person or online, during the year from other UMC Conferences. Here is the link to the master schedule: https://www.umvim.org/training-schedule
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