SEND U Training Events

Training calendars from our learning partners:

2022
Dates	Topic	Notes
Oct 11, 2022	Retirement seminar for Japan	An online workshop for SEND Japan led by Herb Burkett and Ken Guenther, focusing on those who will be retiring in the next 5 years. 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm JST.
Oct 12-19, 2022	Contextualization and Culture Study	Contextualization and Culture Study is an 8-day Grow2Serve online course that introduces foundational concepts of contextualization and its importance for effective ministry and underlines contextualization’s inseparable link to purposeful culture study.
Nov 2-14, 2022	Sustainable Resilience	A two-week online course designed to raise awareness and develop perspectives and lifestyle choices that will increase resilience and keep cross-cultural workers true to their God-given calling. The course asks you to make an investment of 8-12 hours of learning time over the 15-day period.

2023
Dates	Topic	Notes
Jan 2 - Feb 24	TESOL Part 1	This is an 8-week online training. This class will teach you how to teach English as a platform for ministry. Part 1 is the “light” version of the certificate course. It's for those that think they might be teaching English but are not yet sure. It's for those that are teaching English already but have no training. Go to www.actesol.com for more information and links to apply. Facilitated by Melody Kuka and Darlene Jovellanos.
Jan 9 - Feb 10	TESOL training	A 5-week in-person training in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Asia's Center for TESOL has been training TESOL teachers for 20+ years. ACT and its staff are dedicated to providing quality instruction, experience, and resources to our students. ASEAN Center for TESOL in Thailand is the same organization but works both in Thailand and globally.
Jan 26-28	Azmera	An in-person women's missions event in Dallas/Fort Worth, TX to connect and learn from other stateside and global ministry workers. There are specific training workshop tracks for TCKs/Global Families, Discipleship, Member Care and Self Care.
July 9-21 (Tentative)	MOP 202

MOP July 2018 > Pre-field training for SEND appointees. May 21 - July 20, 2018
Northern Ministry Training - Training for SEND North at Alaska Christian College. May 28 - Jun 1
MD Boot Camp > Training for new field leaders in Macedonia. May 28-29, 2018
Team Leader as Supervisor online course > Mar 5-Apr 14, 2018
Animism and Folk Religion. Mar 11 24, 2018. Online course facilitated by Dr. Gary Ridley.
Team Leader Orientation online course > Jan 2-Feb 10, 2018

Multicultural Teaming Workshop, Spain, December 12-13, 2016
Multicultural Teaming Workshop, Macedonia, December 9-10, 2016
AD Boot Camp. Farmington, MI. Nov 4-5, 2016
SEND Women's Development Week. Farmington, MI, October 15-21, 2016
MOP July 2016 Farmington, MI, July 10-22, 2016
The Team Leader as Supervisor. Online course facilitated by Ken Guenther. This course builds on the Team Leader Orientation online course. April 11-May 21, 2016
MOP Feb 2016. Farmington, Michigan
Mid-career retreat. March 2-7, 2016, Juniper Tree, Thailand

AD Boot Camp, Farmington, July 2014. Resources for sessions.
MOP Summer 2014. Farmington, Michigan
MOP Winter 2014. Farmington, Michigan, Feb 16-28, 2014
AD Boot camp, Farmington, November 2013
MOP 2013 Philippines, Quezon City, January 2013
Clinic on “Training missionaries to lead their teams” Missio Nexus Personnel Conference (November 2012)
MOP 2012 Philippines, Quezon City, January 2012
Becoming an Effective Leader of a Team, Asia Regional Equipping Seminar, Taiwan, October 2011
Becoming an Effective Leader of a Team, Germany, June 2011
New Leadership Couples Orientation, Budapest, May 2011
Leadership Training for Japan, March 2010
Leadership Couples Orientation, Farmington, MI, February 2009