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Intercultural Learning Trip: Philippines

Posted on April 14, 2023April 3, 2023 by ptsblog
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Pittsburgh Theological Seminary’s curriculum includes a required intercultural learning trip to help students see their own ministry with new eyes by stepping outside their context. These trips are part of the “Intercultural/Experiential Learning” course (MI310) offered by the Seminary every January Term, organized by the World Mission Initiative. The course provides pre- and post-experience orientation…

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Intercultural Learning Trip: Israel/Palestine

Posted on April 11, 2023March 30, 2023 by ptsblog
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Pittsburgh Theological Seminary’s curriculum includes a required intercultural learning trip to help students see their own ministry with new eyes by stepping outside their context. These trips are part of the “Intercultural/Experiential Learning” course (MI310) offered by the Seminary every January Term, organized by the World Mission Initiative. The course provides pre- and post-experience orientation…

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Mission Trips Require Focus and Flexibility

Posted on March 28, 2023March 8, 2023 by ptsblog
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If I was to name the two most important things to remember for a mission trip, it would be focus and flexibility. What I have learned over my many trips is that logistics matter. It matters that you plan and then make contingency plans (yes, multiple!) for all the things that might go wrong, because…

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