Mission Journey Preview Weekend

A “Mission Journey to Discipleship” Preview Weekend for Prospective Trip Leaders

Are you a mission journey leader who is interested in learning about “doing mission” in a new way? In addition
to the traditional mission journey where you primarily work to repair damage to physical structures in a
community impacted by an extreme weather event, would you like to lead a journey where participants learn
more about the community as a whole, about its economy and ecology and culture, how these systems either contributed to or were negatively impacted by the extreme weather event, and then work to repair these
ecological systems, as well? And would you like to take home lessons learned from this experience and be
guided in ways to apply them to your local church and community? If so, this “Mission Journey to Discipleship”
preview weekend is for you!

All prospective leaders are invited to attend a preview weekend being held at Lake Junaluska hosted by the
leaders of the WNCCUMC Creation Care Ministry Team. The event starts at 5:30pm on Friday, September 22 nd,
with a driving tour of local areas negatively impacted by extreme flooding from Tropical Storm Fred in August,
2021, and culminates with an outdoor “Church in the Wild” worship service on Sunday, September 24 th at 9:00 am, which will be led by the Rev. Jonathan Brake, Program Manager of Environmental Sustainability with the General Board of Global Ministries, commissioned UM EarthKeeper, and founder of the WNCCUMC Creation Care Ministry Team.