This week-long workshop is designed to teach member care and personnel professionals the vital aspects of effective debriefing and renewal for cross-cultural workers and their families who are returning to their country of origin. CODAR trains facilitators how to guide personal debriefing and renewal as a routine part of any missionary’s on-going development - versus attending only to those who have experienced extreme trauma or who are low functioning upon their return.

Why have such a ‘Consultation’ (purpose)?

North Americans ministering cross-culturally are experiencing a dramatic increase in hardships, persecution and adjustments. The combined experiences during just one assignment overseas, if left unprocessed, can be paralyzing or disorienting – leading to future ineffectiveness and a deep sense of dissatisfaction. Yet the felt-need and priority of personal debriefing is quite low among most sending agencies and missionaries. This consultation is initiated in hopes of training multiple facilitators to serve the thousands of missionaries who are currently receiving inadequate or no personal debriefing.

Who should attend?

If you work in a member care or personnel department or as a counselor and plan to offer debriefing, this consultation is a MUST. You will be equipped to help those returning from foreign fields of service to process their past experiences and renew the focus of their future – as well as prepare them for other kinds of debriefing such as relational, team or organizational debriefing.

What are some of the topics covered?

• Preparing your heart as a facilitator to debrief others
• Creating a safe environment and relationship
• Eliciting the stories and experiences of others
• Validating skills
• Normalizing skills
• Spiritual Renewal skills for those who are weary warriors

Who are the Facilitators of this Consultation?

The facilitators of this consultation have more than 70 years of combined experience with individual and group debriefing. Each have been facilitators of missionary debriefings that include some of the most stressful, traumatic and toxic experiences. Dr. John Powell, the co-founder of the Mental Health and Missions Conference and one of the fathers of the missions member care movement, will be joined by Ruth Ann Graybill, consultant to numerous mission agencies on both normal and crisis debriefing, and Dr. Steve Sweatman, President of Mission Training International.

TRANSFER AND CANCELLATION POLICY

Deposit: A non-refundable deposit of $150/adult per program is required upon registration.

Transfer: Any transfer to a new program requires an additional $150/adult per program deposit.

Cancellation:  Cancellation results in the loss of your full deposit.  If you cancel within two weeks of the start of a program, you will lose your full deposit plus a cancellation fee of $150/adult totaling $300/adult.  This fee is deducted from any program payment monies already collected, billed to your credit card information on file or billed to your agency.

Late transfers and cancellations can result in others not being able to participate in MTI’s program.

Final payment: Final payment for the full balance of the program is due two weeks before the program start date.

CODAR begins at 5 pm Sunday and ends after lunch on Friday.

Upcoming dates for CODAR:

April 24-29, 2011
April 22-27, 2012

Register Now for CODAR