Sylvia and Larry teach at On Mission Training (O-MT) with GBIM

Feedback on First On-Mission Training
GBIM's first On-Mission Training seminar took place on March 4th, and by all accounts, it was a great success.

Jay Bell, one of the O-MT organizers writes:

"On March 4 Grace Brethren Churches in Ohio were equipped through On-Mission Training (O-MT). It was a "God thing" - the idea, the promotion and the day itself.

"The purpose of O-MT is for the church to equip the church in partnership with GBIM. The day started with an hour of "family time" and was built around three workshop sessions featuring twelve topics related to doing cross-cultural mission, beginning at home and globally.

"152 people from 30 churches, including 9 senior pastors attended! All the evaluations were very positive and everyone requested for O-MT to be repeated."

Pastor Ron Smals (Woodville GBC, Ohio) attended O-MT and writes:

"We were delighted to have four of us from Woodville GBC attend O-MT. There were 12 workshops and between the four of us we were able to attend 11 of them. Our people were really excited about what they learned. One of our gals is 20 years old and considering an internship with GBIM in the CAR next summer."

Another attendee wrote:
"I enjoyed the On Mission conference very much.… My interest was to find out particulars in: a) having better mission conferences and b) doing short term mission trips. I got both!

"Woody Curtis challenged me in his workshop to realize how mission conferences can expand people's vision of reaching others, not just around the world but also around the corner!

"Tom Peters and Norm Johnson had tremendous hand outs for doing mission trips. The detail I needed was in those.

"I enjoyed the day and felt it was helpful and practical. The opening session was good also. Not too involved, it kept moving, which is good early in the morning."

Be watching for the next O-MT, rumored to be held in Pennsylvania later this year.

This write up from GBIM at http://gbim.org/home/news_archive.asp