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Summer Team Missions Timeline
October
Summer Teams information night—check out the trips that will be taking place the following summer and pick up an application
Applications and recommendations due at Agapé Center two weeks after info night
November
Interviews and team selection
Acceptance letters sent out
Support-raising information night for all Spring Break and summer teams
Initial individual team meeting
Begin compiling and a list of 75 names and addresses for support letters
Solicit support from friends and relatives over Thanksgiving Break
December
$100 deposit due to the Business Office
Submit your list of names and addresses to your team leader
Send out support-raising initial appeal letters
Individual team meeting
Apply for passport
Continued weekly team meetings
Solicit support from friends and relatives over Christmas Break
Merry Christmas! Enjoy your break!
January
Individual team meeting (optional)
February
Weekly team meetings begin
Plan team fundraisers
Send out thank-you notes to those who have supported your team
Schedule a time to get immunizations
March
Continued weekly team meetings
Team fundraisers
Send out thank-you notes to those who have supported your team
Solicit support from friends and relatives over Spring Break
Phone-a-thon for teams still needing to reach their goal
April
Summer Team Orientation Retreat (off-campus)
Continued weekly team meetings
Team fundraisers
Send out thank-you notes to those who have supported your team
Final support raising goals met
May
Summer Teams commissioning service in chapel
Last team meeting before departure
Send out thank-you notes to those who have supported your team
Final exams and move-out
Commencement
June to August
Teams go out and come back!
September
Summer Teams debriefing and re-entry retreat at Messiah College
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