What I am working on

Here is a new program I am working on for AIM.  It is coming out of my 2 years of school at Fuller.  I am incorporating a lot of what I am learning in developing this concept.  If you know anyone who would be interested, let me know!  It is primarily for those 20 somethings who are looking for more personal development in their life.  It will be a great place for people coming off FYM and other AIM programs to put into practice in the US what they learned overseas.  I am convinced it will be great leadership training.

Community Life:
training & apprenticeship for Christ-followers

One year of growth, community, and ministry.

We’re excited to introduce a new opportunity that many of
you will love.  We’re taking our best
coaches and disciplers and matching them up for a year with our most passionate
young people (up to age 31). At Adventures In Missions (AIM), we love the next
generation. We want to see people launched into a whole new way of doing life.
In a culture that esteems independence, we want to restore the value of
interdependence that was so prevalent in the Early Church.
By living in authentic community, disciples of Jesus learn how to be “salt” and
“light” in a way that transforms the world around them. It’s a year of training
and apprenticeship in community.

Community Life is a place where you
can continue to grow in your identity and role in the kingdom of God. The
people of AIM will pour into you during this year in a number of ways. Our
leaders will train you and hang out with you. We’ll help you sharpen your life
focus and call to ministry and even help you develop your skill sets. We provide
housing in Gainesville, GA, where a select group of 30 young people will live together
in several houses in a neighborhood with easy access to the surrounding community. There
are five major aspects involved in Community Life: 

·        
Mentoring:
As part of creating a personal development plan, you will be paired up with a
leader at AIM that will regularly meet one-on-one with you and provide coaching,
encouragement, and discipleship. Seth Barnes and Scott Borg will guide a
team of top leaders as we return to discipleship as Jesus practiced it.  This includes intensive teaching to help you
understand your past, who you are in Christ, and how to move forward in the
plan God has for your life and ministry. You will work on your own, in
small group settings, and with some of the most experienced and inspirational
mentors AIM has to offer.

·        
Skill
development: You will expand your life skills. Many of you will
have an internship in the office in an area such as recruiting, marketing,
creative writing/editing, media, missions mobilization, web design, or program
development.  Your internship will be tailored to develop your
passion.  It’s an opportunity to develop
valuable work skills through hands-on training.

·        
Ministry: In
order to stay connected with ministry, we’ve partnered with a local outreach to
the 60,000 marginalized Hispanics in and around Gainesville. It is important to us that
you continue to be exposed to the poor and have the opportunity to engage in
hands-on ministry.  We’ll also partner
with a camping and sports ministry.

·        
Travel: To
continue engaging in different cultures and learning about God’s heart for the
nations, we’ll provide you with opportunities for travel to put into practice
what you have learned.  In addition there
may be a summer opportunity to lead various discipleship programs for high
school and college students around the world. You will be able to call others
to a life of sacrifice and to fulfilling the Great Commission.  In the future, we’ll plant new leadership
training bases in places like Spain and Africa with our colleagues Andrew
Shearman and Gary Black and partner with them in developing those training
centers.

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Sample
apprenticeships: Recruiting Team, Marketing Team, Multimedia ministry,
discipleship ministry coordination, short-term mission project coordination,
and many others. You will have the opportunity to use your gifts in mobilizing
people for God’s kingdom.

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If you are an AIM alumni, please call 1-800-881-2461 ext. 270
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