{"id":9229,"date":"2020-04-09T09:21:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T13:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=9229"},"modified":"2020-04-09T09:24:04","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T13:24:04","slug":"subversive-mobilization-after-the-trip-is-canceled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=9229","title":{"rendered":"Subversive Mobilization: After the Trip Is Canceled"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most summer mission trips have been canceled. Which has, as you\u2019d guess, sent shock waves through the T-shirt printing industry. One spokesman said, \u201cWe survived the shift away from fanny packs, but I don\u2019t know if we\u2019ll make it this time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Seriously though, I\u2019m guessing churches budgeted a ton of funds for trips that can\u2019t be taken. What becomes of that money?<\/p>\n

It may be used to keep staff employed or pay the mortgage. If giving holds through the pandemic though, and there are leftover funds, what might we do with them?<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve some ideas. (Didn\u2019t see that coming, did you?!?)<\/p>\n

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  1. Come September, or whenever the funds would have been spent, divide them among the long-term workers you support.<\/li>\n
  2. When travel opens up, send your pastor and two intrepid stakeholders to the most unengaged situation you can come up with. Ask them to sit in a cafe or on a rock and ask God what he might be giving your church among the nations.<\/li>\n
  3. Use them to fund a Perspectives class for your city. Scholarship pastors, elders, and missions committee leaders with this string attached: If the course proves significant for them, they\u2019ll reinvest their scholarship into future short-term trips.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    You most likely have other, better, ideas. Please share them with us!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Most summer mission trips have been canceled. Which has, as you\u2019d guess, sent shock waves through the T-shirt printing industry. One spokesman said, \u201cWe survived the shift away from fanny packs, but I don\u2019t know if we\u2019ll make it this time.\u201d Seriously though, I\u2019m guessing churches budgeted a ton of funds for trips that can\u2019t … Continue reading Subversive Mobilization: After the Trip Is Canceled<\/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":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-practical-mobilization"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9229","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=9229"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9230,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9229\/revisions\/9230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}