Madrid Field Experience Cohort

Upstream Collective Specialty Cohort - Developing a Holistic City Engagement Strategy for the Sending Church

Led by Larry McCrary

Many of us have been in a holding pattern in terms of travel for the last 1.5 years. As travel becomes more available, we decided to open up our Madrid cohort for early 2022. We believe now is the time to start putting solid plans in place for your church as you determine where God is leading you to be on mission. We can't tell you where to go, but we will do all we can to help you engage that place well.

Come to a world class European city to sharpen your skills in developing a comprehensive engagement strategy as a church for a particular place or people. We'll immerse ourselves in a city and culture. We'll learn much from each other and from believers in the city who are intentionally trying to engage the people with the gospel. We'll also discuss how to discover potential partnerships and help you develop a strategy for your church to engage a city of your choice anywhere in the world. Each day we'll study important biblical passages that will help you put together a sending church hermeneutic and discuss invaluable leadership principles for leading your church in missions.

On-site Sessions Include:

Discovering the City By Mapping

Developing a Vision and Prayer Strategy

Putting Together a Long-term Communication Plan

Discovering Potential Partners, National Partners, US Based Mission Organizations, Local Non-Profits

Business Engagement Ideas

Marketplace Ideas - intentional vs accidental missionaries

Overview of Short-term Teams

Preparing Short-term Teams for Greater Effectiveness

Mid-term Sending Engagement Strategies

Long-term Workers (Church Based Team and Joining existing teams)

Mobilizing Your Congregation to Go - Moving towards total church involvement

Developing Your Sending Team at Your Church

Training your Sent Ones (Short/Mid/Long) Before They Go

How to Care for Your Sent Ones On the Field

Leadership Principles for Your Ministry

Cohort Outcomes:

• A strategy plan for a place or city where your church is going to engage.
• A plan to help you communicate the vision and strategy to your church
• Key principles for leading missions in a local church
• A biblical framework for a Sending Church

Cohort Includes:

• Six days of training in Madrid
• Three months of 1.5 hour group calls after Madrid (March, April, May)
• Three months of One on One calls after Madrid

Base Cost:

$950.00 per person, fee waived for a spouse

$475.00 for a second person from your church or someone you invite

*Attendee is responsible for airfare cost and booking their flights to and from Madrid*

Room options (additional cost):

Single Shared Room (Twin Beds) - $1800 

Additional Church Member Single (Twin Bed) - $1300

Single Own Room (Queen Bed) - $2150

Married Couple (Queen Bed) - $2150 

Additional 'On the Ground' cost per person to be determined. This cost includes:

Traveller Insurance with Covid travel clause

Metro Transportation Ticket

Train Ticket for trip day trip to Segovia

Breakfast on your own (lunches are included in base cost)

Dinner on your own (except opening and closing night)

Administrative Fee

Deposit now: $500

Contact Debbie Stephens at debbie@theupstreamcollective.org if you have any questions.