Disciple Makers Network: Going on Missions Workshop 2

Please carefully read the information below before registering!

Due to the alarming increase in COVID cases in January and our desire to preserve the in-person dynamic for discussion and fellowship over meals, we have prayerfully decided to postpone Disciple Makers Network: Going on Missions to the fourth quarter. We appreciate your understanding as we try to love and serve our communities well.

PURPOSE

This pilot workshop series is open to those who have gone on missions and would like to take others with them, and designed to help them equip, empower, and encourage others with the necessary knowledge and skills for effective overseas mission efforts.

PRESENTERS

• Corey Grinder, D.Miss. left the Honolulu Fire Department for vocational ministry after nine years as a firefighter and instructor in several first aid, rescue, and fire service subjects. He lived overseas for eighteen years and has more than thirty years of experience in training, leading, and hosting short-term mission teams, and teaching, mentoring, overseeing, and caring for long-term missionaries and indigenous leaders on every continent.

• Kailie Grinder had led mission teams to Japan, Mexico, Mongolia, South Korea, and Taiwan by the age of twenty-one. Born and raised an “MK” overseas, her field responsibilities have included children’s ministry, mentoring, programming, teaching, and translation. She has a B.A. in Design, Economics, and Business, an M.A. in Transformational Leadership, and is pursuing a Doctorate in Intercultural Studies at Fuller Seminary.

• Charlie F. Mixon, Jr. went to Vanuatu and the Dominican Republic on short-term missions before being led to focus on Kenya from 2010-2018. His leadership of ten teams as builder and disciple-maker resulted in sustainable farming, thirty MiniChurches, and seven church plants in Kenya. After many years of service in the military and in ministry, he is about to begin his fourth career in “off-the-grid” community development.

• Mersa Oca-Mixon led the planning and preparation for ten mission teams to Kenya from 2010-2018. Her passion for God and people inspired her learning of their local Dholuo dialect. She is great at organizing people, tasks, and events in addition to her valuable skillset as a Registered Nurse. She continues to be amazed by what God does with her “five loaves and two fish” when they are offered in faith.

WORKSHOP DATES (POSTPONED)

Workshop 1 - Saturday, October 22, 2022

Workshop 2 - Saturday, November 5, 2022

Workshop 3 - Saturday, November 19, 2022

Workshop 4 - Saturday, December 3, 2022

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

08:30-09:00 - Check-In

09:00-09:30 - Session 1 Presentation

09:30-10:00 - Session 1 Small Groups

10:00-10:15 - Session 1 Q+A

10:15-10:30 - Break

10:30-11:00 - Session 2 Presentation

11:00-11:30 - Session 2 Small Groups

11:30-11:45 - Session 2 Q+A

11:45-12:45 - Lunch

12:45-13:00 - Closing

WORKSHOP TOPICS

Workshop 1

• Session 1 - Getting Ready [Corey]: Equipping, empowering and encouraging the people of Hawai’i for worship, discipleship, and witness based on the Person and Message of Jesus Christ.

• Session 2 - God’s Presence in Other Cultures [Corey + Kailie]: Applying Paul’s experiences in Athens (Acts 17:22-34) to our own knowledge and practice of worship, discipleship, and witness.

Workshop 2

• Session 1 - Assembling Bridges [Corey + Kailie]: Cultivating authentic community in the spaces between peoples and cultures for fruitful worship, discipleship, and witness.

• Session 2 - Trading Cloaks for Swords [Charlie + Corey]: Understanding Christ’s direction to be “wise as serpents and innocent as doves” (Matthew 10:16-25) in an increasingly hostile world.

Workshop 3

• Session 1 - Building People, Building Teams [Charlie + Mersa]: Developing ordinary people for extraordinary work and witness in relationship with God, themselves, and Others.

• Session 2 - Counting the Cost [Charlie + Mersa]: Anticipating logistical preparations before, during, and after short-term mission trips, particularly when going overseas.

Workshop 4

• Session 1 - Missiology for Local Pastors [Corey]: Recognizing the stages of development and appropriately resourcing others as pioneers, parents, patrons, and partners.

• Session 2 - Apostolicity through Relationship [Corey + Kailie]: Identifying and empowering others to be and do what we cannot by committing to faithful people able to disciple others (2 Timothy 2:2).

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Cost

Registration is $30 per attendee per workshop. This amount helps us cover costs including processing fees for online registration, materials for the two sessions, lunch, and a private link to the workshop recording. All proceeds from this series will go to Hope Chapel Honolulu’s Missions Fund.

Seating

Attendance for each workshop will require separate registration for proper seating by tables to facilitate our discussion format. Registration closes forty-eight (48) hours before individual workshops begin or when seats sell out, whichever is sooner. Please note that space is limited.

Safe Access

As international travel will likely require the same, we will be following CDC and HIDoH COVID-19 precautions for this training event:

• Full vaccination or negative COVID test within forty-eight (48) hours.
• Temperature checks and screening upon entry.
• Proper wearing of masks or face coverings, except while eating or drinking.
• Maximum five (5) guests per table.
• Participation indicates assumption of health risk.
• Refusal to follow procedures may lead to removal.

Childcare

Childcare will not be provided during these workshops.

Refunds

We will accept refund requests up to forty-eight (48) hours before workshops begin. Please note that refunds will not include processing fees. Contact us at [email protected] for more information.

Waitlist

If registration is full and you would still like to attend, contact us at [email protected] to be added to our waitlist. If there are attendee cancellations, we will do our best to notify you.

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