Events: Conferences, Classes and More Coming up in August

Source: Missions Catalyst Events Calendar

August through October, Missionary Care Cohort (online). Help your “sent ones” stay connected. Provided for local churches by The Upstream Collective.

August 3, Turning Triggers into Glimmers (online). Training event from AllNations.

August 3-10, Classic ReBoot (Calgary, AB, Canada). Eight-day re-entry retreat for MKs/TCKs (aged 17-20) re-entering Canadian society. They also have also a wilderness edition for older MKs.

August 5-9, Engage Retreat (Union Mills, NC, USA). A spiritual retreat provided regularly by the Center for Intercultural Training. The next one will be in October.

August 5 to December 8, Perspectives on the World Christian Movement (online). A second August cohort begins August 12. New online classes begin regularly. In-person fall classes will be launching soon as well; check the website for details.

August 11 to September 6, Equipping for Cross-Cultural Life and Ministry (Union Mills, NC, USA). Followed by a Language Learning Accelerator course, both from the Center for Intercultural Training.

August 13, How to Be an Effective Church Missions Leader (online). Peer2Peer event for church missions leaders. Provided by Missio Nexus.

August 20-23, Field Security Seminar (Lake George, CO, USA). Provided by Crisis Consulting International. The next one in the USA will be in November in North Carolina.

August 24, Missions Expo (Pretoria, South Africa). Free, community-based mission conference, an offshoot of a similar event in Cape Town (September 13-14).

August 28-29, Field Leaders Contingency Planning Workshop (Cape Town, South Africa). Provided by Crisis Consulting International, and followed by an August 30 Women’s Personal Security Workshop.

View the complete calendar. Submissions welcome. Looks like much is planned for September, including a few big conferences: Missio Nexus, GACX, and the fourth Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization.

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