Heartstream Resources presents
Two two-week courses for
Missionary Member Care Professionals:
Foundations of Missionary Member Care
Tuesday – Saturday, April 8 – 12, 2008
Tuesday – Saturday, Oct 14 – 18, 2008
Implementing Missionary Member Care
Monday – Friday, April 14 – 18, 2008
Monday – Friday, Oct. 20 – 24, 2008
The first week course provides a foundation in understanding various dimensions of human development which are relevant in the care of missionaries and other cross-cultural workers.
Course content:
• definition and philosophy of member care
• stages of spiritual formation and moral development
• stages of psychosocial development and their relationship to trust and belief
• stages of mission career in relation to life cycle stages
• the role of the Holy Spirit in life and ministry development
• human needs theories and their relevance to cross-cultural workers
• personality types and how they relate to leadership styles, teams, stress, relationships
• concepts of servant leadership in relation to member care
• organizational implications of persons' needs and life stages
• building trust in organizations and team relationships
• common mistakes missions make in (not) caring for members
• kinds and levels of interventions for burnout and crises
• pro-actively minimizing stress in various missionary stages
• why missionaries experience chronic high stress but usually survive immense stress loads
• evaluating how policies inhibit or encourage growth of members
Emphasis will be given to the practical application of these theories to the life of the individual and the effectiveness of the organization in relating to and caring for persons. Major emphasis is given to the relationship of personality type to team work, leadership styles, communication styles, stressors and stress symptoms. Factors of influence in the individual’s development are examined in the light of stresses occurring in field settings.
Resources:
Participants will learn how to use current resources in the care of missionaries, including books and unpublished papers.
Training Outcome:
Each participant will draft a work-paper of ways to improve the care given to members for his or her organization or field entity, based on the course content, class discussions and selected readings.
Week 2: Implementing Missionary Member Care
Course content for the second week will include:
• selection of and qualifications for member care personnel
• training and job descriptions of member care personnel
• organizational issues such as confidentiality, reporting, administrative limits, record keeping, budgets
• needs assessment tools for individuals, teams, groups, and entities
• changing organizational values and ethos to favor member care
• cultural sensitivity – caring for members from diverse cultures
• care of care givers in field settings
• needs of children, families, and single persons
• introduction to concepts and resources for contingency and crisis planning
Course Instructors: Lois Dodds, Ph.D., and Lawrence Dodds, M. D., of Heartstream Resources, have taught graduate courses in over 20 countries, as well as in many other overseas contexts, such as U.S. embassies. They have devoted more than 30 years to the care and training of missionaries, including twenty-three years in Wycliffe Bible Translators and the Summer Institute of Linguistics and fifteen years teaching graduate courses abroad.
Dates: Week 1: Foundations in Missionary Member Care: Tuesday through Saturday – April 8 – 12 and October 14 – 18, 2008
Week 2: Implementing Member Care: Monday through Friday– April 14 –18 and October 15 – 19, 2008
Location: Heartstream Resources on Route 11/15, 30 miles north of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. If you drive to Heartstream, Mapquest® gives directions that only a Liverpudlian would understand. Ask us for directions if you are driving.
Cost:
• $200 per week for room & meals (Monday night supper through Saturday lunch for first week; Sunday
night supper and Saturday breakfast second week.)
Some guests may share rooms.
• $450 Course fee per week, including materials, with $200 discount if two weeks are taken together. Textbooks are extra.
• $30 Airport pick up or delivery, if needed (one hour from Harrisburg). (Airport designator: MDT) You may stay over the weekend for $30 per day room and board. If necessary to spend a Saturday night for a better airline ticket price, please spend the middle Saturday night rather than the last Saturday night of the two weeks.
Non-refundable Registration: Before four weeks before program: $10; less than four weeks: $50.
Please register by mail, telephone, e-mail or fax. Send name, organization, role(s), mailing and e-mail addresses, phone number, arrival and departure times. Please mail your registration check to the address below. All payments are due upon arrival.
Heartstream Resources
101 Herman Lee Circle
Liverpool PA 17045
Tel: 717-444-2374
Fax: 717-444-2574
E-mail: Heartstream Resources
*Graduate credit: For an additional fee payable to Azusa Pacific University participants may receive three or six graduate academic credits. These may be applied within APU's Operation Impact or other graduate programs or may be transferred to other institutions. Both Drs. Larry and Lois Dodds are adjunct professors with Azusa in Operation Impact , an overseas Master’s degree program in leadership, offered in more than 20 countries.