Source: Marti Wade<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ever heard of MissionWorks? Maybe not. It\u2019s a U.S. ministry based near Portland, Oregon, born of several mergers to form a family of five mission-related and recently renamed ministries. I serve on their board of directors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of these ministries, MissionConnexion, has been around in some form for about 20 years and provides free, regional, community-based weekend mission conferences as well as more focused events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here\u2019s what they have coming up:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
November 4-5, MissionConnexion Southwest<\/a> (Chandler, AZ, USA). This conference will include four plenary sessions, more than 50 workshops and 40+ exhibitors. This year\u2019s theme is \u201cTogether Here, Serving There.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n November 4-5, StudentConnexion<\/a> (Beaverton, OR, USA). A mission conference just for middle school and high school students. \u201cOur purpose is to challenge students, ages 10-20, to give their life for a cause that is greater than anything they may have previously thought of or imagined.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n January 20-21, MissionConnexion Northwest<\/a> (Portland, OR, USA). This weekend mission conference will include 100 workshops, four plenary speakers, and many exhibitors, plus a day-long pre-conference event, LeadershipConnexion<\/a>. That event will feature Steve Richardson, author of Is the Commission Still Great?<\/em> (see review above).<\/p>\n\n\n\n February 24-25, Short-Term Mission Connexion<\/a> (Seattle, WA, USA). This event is designed to help equip (or help you equip) short-term team members and leaders for greater effectiveness. Consider coming early for a pre-conference workshop on the seven standards of excellence in short-term missions from MissionExcellence<\/a> (another part of MissionWorks). Those workshops are offered multiple times and places each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n MissionWorks includes several more ministries related to short-term missions: a mission-trip finder, a travel-insurance service created specifically for short-term mission teams, and a nifty new relationship-based fundraising platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Learn more about MissionWorks<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Source: Marti Wade Ever heard of MissionWorks? Maybe not. It\u2019s a U.S. ministry based near Portland, Oregon, born of several mergers to form a family of five mission-related and recently renamed ministries. I serve on their board of directors. One of these ministries, MissionConnexion, has been around in some form for about 20 years and … Continue reading Events: Upcoming Conferences from MissionConnexion<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"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-11475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resource-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11475","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=11475"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11476,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11475\/revisions\/11476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}