{"id":10675,"date":"2021-12-29T07:06:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-29T12:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=10675"},"modified":"2021-12-29T10:28:03","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T15:28:03","slug":"make-the-most-of-your-mission-trip-multiply-disciples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=10675","title":{"rendered":"Make the Most of Your Mission Trip | Multiply Disciples"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>December Resource Reviews<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Fire &amp; Ice: Missionary Adventures of the 1800s<\/li><li>Listen: How to Make the Most of Your Short-Term Mission Trip<\/li><li>Documentary Film: Love One Another<\/li><li>Explainer Video: Christian Community Development<\/li><li>Events: Inspiring Conferences, Classes, and More<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/missionscatalyst\/december-2021-resources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read or share the email edition<\/a> or scroll down for individual items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear readers,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Greetings from Oregon, where I\u2019ve landed after a major cross-country move. Hope you had a great Christmas! As 2021 comes to a close, I\u2019m encouraged by how we have seen light shine in the darkness this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Church and mission endeavors continue to face significant challenges, but many ministries have been able to adjust and innovative strategies seem to be gaining traction. For a longer view, see <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/missionexus.org\/40-years-of-mega-change-in-missions\/\" target=\"_blank\">40 Years of Mega-Change in Missions<\/a> (from Marv Newell at Missio Nexus).<\/li><li>In quite a few places, training and conferences are happening again and picking up steam. Our <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?page_id=596\" target=\"_blank\">2022 events calendar<\/a> is filling up.<\/li><li>It\u2019s been a good year for books. See <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/catalystservices.org\/best-missions-books-of-2021-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Best Mission Books of 2021<\/a> (a roundup from Catalyst Services). and check out the newest output of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/missionbooks.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">William Carey Publishing<\/a>. Below, we highlight a few more gems you might not find on your own.<\/li><li>As Prayercast reminds us every year at this time, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/prayercast.com\/you-reign.html\" target=\"_blank\">the Lord reigns<\/a> over every heartbreaking event and every hopeful one. This was true in 2020 and 2021 and will be true in 2022. How will we respond? See<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/articles\/ten-questions-for-a-new-year\" target=\"_blank\"> Ten Questions for a New Year<\/a> (Desiring God).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Whatever comes your way in the new year, we at Missions Catalyst wish you God\u2019s peace and guidance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/signature.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"148\" height=\"94\" src=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/signature.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3359\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December Resource Reviews Fire &amp; Ice: Missionary Adventures of the 1800s Listen: How to Make the Most of Your Short-Term Mission Trip Documentary Film: Love One Another Explainer Video: Christian Community Development Events: Inspiring Conferences, Classes, and More Read or share the email edition or scroll down for individual items. Dear readers, Greetings from Oregon, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=10675\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Make the Most of Your Mission Trip | Multiply Disciples<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4515,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-resource-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10675"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10691,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10675\/revisions\/10691"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}