January 25 (Sunday lunch) - Explore Your World Lunch. You're invited to a complimentary lunch to hear how God can use you in the coming year on a Casas impact team overseas or a Casas outreach ministry in Tucson. 12:30-2:00pm, Casas Palo Verde Building.

March 4 (Friday) - International Missions Training Institute Global Team Leader Training for Trip Leaders and Envoys directing global teams. 8:00am - 4:00pm (lunch included). Call Stacy to reserve or confirm your place - 878-1116. March 4-5 (Friday-Saturday) - International Missions Training Institute Cross-Cultural Training. Required for those going on Global Teams in 2005.  Friday 6:30pm-9:00pm (supper included), Saturday 8:00am-4:30pm (lunch included). Ironwood Building. Contact Stacy to reserve or confirm your place - 878-1116.

SUNDAY May 14 trip - Outreach (no film) (This trip was changed from May 13)

Deadline:                 Return reservation form by 5pm the Monday prior to the trip Click here to return to reservation forms.

Our Mission:            Help Casas’ sister church in Nogales plant a new church in a receptive neighborhood

Our Plan:                 We will honor our sister church and local moms by serving at their Mother's Day banquet.

Time:                       SUNDAY 2:00pm-11:30pm (meet in NE211)

Bring:                      We will not be sharing Bags of Love* on this trip

Contact:                   Gary Tindall 401-0811 or outreach@casaschurch.org

Cost:                        $9/person ($18/family) for meals + each person brings two Bags of Love*. Cost includes lunch and dinner; transportation is provided; bring cash for a late morning fast-food breakfast

*Bags of Love:         For this trip, a bag of love is two pounds of rice, two pounds of uncooked pinto beans, and two cans of tomato paste in a grocery bag.  

Dress:                      This is the biggest day of the year for our sister church, and our dress should reflect that. Women: wear a dress (but not sleeveless). Men: wear a long-sleeved shirt and slacks, wear a tie if you have one. Cover any tattoos, please. Read and follow Cultural Guidelines.

Goers:                     Bring hat, water bottle, sunscreen, flexible attitude, comfortable shoes, cash for fast food breakfast, and birth certificate or passport or voter registration. Leave Walkmen and other entertainment devices at home. Children can bring bags of candy to give out at the homes we visit.

Donors:                    Can’t go? Donate prepared Bags of Love* only

Intercessors:            Can’t go? Ask God to: (1) give us safety and smooth connections, (2) prepare hearts in Sonora to follow Christ and join the new small groups, (3) stretch our hearts to love the world as He does.

Food Donors:           Bring Bags of Love you wish to donate to the Lighting Trip table in the plaza a week or two before the trip or the Global Outreach office in the Cottonwood Building (church office building behind the main auditorium).

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March 13 (Sunday lunch) - Health and Safety training for 2005 Global Teams, 12:30-2:00pm, NE 208/210, lunch provided.

Priority of Casas Global Outreach: 

The people of Casas helping start new churches and partnering with existing churches to reach their communities, within the least- reached people groups in Tucson and around the world.

Casas sending our people outside our normal sphere of influence (culture, language, or nation) to share the message of Jesus, mentor new followers of Jesus, start new churches, and partner with existing churches to reach their communities, in Tucson and around the world.

Priority of Casas Global Outreach: 

The people of Casas helping start new churches within least-reached people groups in Tucson and around the world.

April 3 (Sunday lunch) - Storying for Short-Term training for 2005 Global Teams, 12:30-2:00pm, NE 208/210, lunch provided. Contact Claudia 878-1189.

Medical professionals must been credentialed in Mexico through Dr. Swede Lisk or 818-3609 one month in advance

Street Fair - A Picture of Our Global Outreach Pledges at Work

February 5 (Sunday morning)  

Sixteen months ago we pledged and began giving to Casas Global Outreach. Now in the Street Fair we see and celebrate how God has used our gifts and prayers and service to expand his kingdom around the world. 9:00 am - 1:00 pm in the Casas Plaza.

• Bryan & Diane, Africa - Connecting needy people with resources by flying; serving AIDS orphans -  write Bryan & Diane a note or write to Bryan & Diane's Casas Sending Team

• Sherree - Cultural immersion and relationship building - write Sherree a note

Storying Training   Learn Bible storying principles, sharing your personal story, and sharing His story April 9, 12:30pm-2:00pm, Palo Verde. Lunch provided. For other trips - make arrangements with Claudia 878-1189
Health and Safety Training
	May 13, 2006 - Lightning Trip to Mexico Serve at the Annual Mother's Day Banquet.

May 14 trip – Mexican Mother’s Day and Construction (no film)

Deadline:                Return reservation form by 5pm May 2 Click here to reserve your place.

Our Mission:            Help Casas’ sister church in Nogales reach out to mothers on Mexican Mother’s Day.  

Our Plan:                 Invite moms to a free Mother’s Day  banquet and then prepare and serve tables and doing construction on a new church building.

Time:                       7:00am-11:59pm (meet in Saguaro Building)

Contact:                   Walter Schmidt 825-8997 or lightningtrip@yahoo.com

Cost:                        $9/person ($18/family) for meals. Cost includes lunch and dinner; transportation is provided; bring cash for a late morning fast-food breakfast

Reservations:          Return Reservation Form by Monday 12 days before the trip  at 5pm. Click here to reserve your place.

*Bags of Love:         For this trip a Bag of Love  is two pounds of uncooked rice, two pounds of uncooked pinto beans, and two cans of tomato paste

Dress:                      Dress is modest; no shorts, no earrings for men; please. women's blouses should always cover shoulders and middriff, no more than one visible earring. Cover any tattoos, please. Read and follow Cultural Guidelines.

Goers:                     Bring hat, water bottle, sunscreen, flexible attitude, comfortable shoes, cash for fast food breakfast, and birth certificate or passport or voter registration. Leave Walkmen and other entertainment devices at home. Children can bring bags of candy to give out at the homes we visit.

Intercessors:            Can’t go? Ask God to: (1) give us safety and smooth connections, (2) prepare hearts in Sonora to follow Christ and join the new small groups, (3) stretch our hearts to love the world as He does.

Food Donors:           Bring Bags of Love (see above) you wish to donate to the Lighting Trip table in the plaza a week or two before the trip or the Global Outreach office in the Cottonwood Building (church office building behind the main auditorium).

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June 4 trip - Children’s Program (no film)

Deadline:                Return reservation form by 5pm May 23. Click here to reserve your place.

Our Mission:            Honor and join with the Mexican church in their grand anniversary celebration of their dozens of churches and pastors, and hundreds of leaders.

Our Plan:                 Provide a children’s program while the adults are in their conference. You must be an Casas-approved childcare worker to work in the children’s program. .

Time:                       7:00am-6:59pm (meet in room NE213)

Contact:                   Walter Schmidt 825-8997 or lightningtrip@yahoo.com

Cost:                        $9/person ($18/family) for meals. Cost includes lunch and dinner; transportation is provided; bring cash for a late morning fast-food breakfast

*Bags of Love:         We will not bring Bags of Love on this trip.

Dress:                      Because part of the trip will happen in the church building, no jeans please, and women wear dresses or skirts. Dress is modest; no shorts, no earrings for men; please. women's blouses should always cover shoulders and midriff, no more than one visible earring. Cover any tattoos, please. Read and follow Cultural Guidelines.

Goers:                     Bring hat, water bottle, sunscreen, flexible attitude, comfortable shoes, cash for fast food breakfast, and birth certificate or passport or voter registration. Leave Walkmen and other entertainment devices at home.

Intercessors:            Can’t go? Ask God to: (1) give us safety and smooth connections, (2) prepare hearts in Sonora to follow Christ and join the new small groups, (3) stretch our hearts to love the world as He does.

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Duties of an Envoy

A Casas Envoy is a person who does all of the above as well as:

·        Leads recurring trips to the people group with new Casas people each time

·        Champions all Casas outreach to a specific people group, country or region on an ongoing basis by initiating a prayer group or Sending Team and having a table in the plaza and at the Street Fair

·        Works with the Global Outreach Pastor to develop a strategic plan for recurring short-term work so that it supports long-term partners

For those rare situations when an applicant will be in country without the Envoy:

·        Assists applicants with the development and initial approval of a trip budget and submits it to the staff member who oversees short-term ministry.

·        Ensures that short-term missionaries follow the required accounting procedures

·        Assists applicants with the development and initial approval of a trip work plan

·        Ensures that short-term missionaries submit the required work plan reports and then submits those reports to the Global Teams Director

Steps to Becoming an Envoy

1.       The potential Envoy first becomes a Trip Leader:

2.       The potential Envoy meets with the Global Outreach team to discuss becoming an Envoy. If both parties agree, the individual becomes an Envoy.

3.       The potential Envoy attends Envoy Training.

4.       The Envoy begins to have prayer/awareness meetings inviting all who might potentially become interested in the people group to attend.

5.       The Envoy works with the Global Outreach Pastor to find ways Casas can be a part of the ongoing strategy of the IMB long-term global worker.

6.       The Envoy begins to lead multiple trips to the targeted people group, with new Casas people each time.

7.       The Envoy will meet with GO personnel annually to review continued appropriateness of Envoy assignment.

8.       Being an Envoy is an annually renewable role. It expires, is reviewed, and may be renewed each fall by mutual consent of the Envoy and the Global Outreach staff.