One of the goals of OPC Short-Term Missions is to involve more churches and presbyteries in creating short-term missions opportunities.
Many of you come to this report, to OPCSTM.org, or to Facebook, to find opportunities for short-term service or to read about the experiences of those who have returned from STM trips, and we strive to be a good resource in this way!
But we also offer STM Resources at OPCSTM.org that are meant to encourage and guide presbyteries and churches to take an active role as organizers of trips or hosts of visiting teams, and to address some of the fears or obstacles that prevent them from moving forward in this.
The sample resources below include "How To" advice from:
- the Presbytery of Southern California which has organized the English Camp and Team Praha trips to the Czech Republic for years
- the OP church plant in Naples, Florida, which invites churches to send them a team to be put to good and edifying use in community outreach and service
- a pastor who has created lots of STM trips for his youth groups
- the OPC member who created Team Utah, pictured above in 2016
We hope our STM Resources will help you consider creating an STM opportunity that will provide another option to OPC'ers who seek to serve, and will be a blessing to those who are served.