EM Mission Trip Summit
Mission Trips

While the exact schedule may vary for your particular Mission Trip Summit week, the following serves as an example of how the week might be broken up between learning sessions, volunteer opportunities, and time to grow and bond as a team.

Sunday:
- Dinner/Orientation

Monday:
- Morning: Local Volunteer Opportunity (Home Repair)
- Lunch
- Afternoon: Training Session
- Dinner
- Free time (Around the retreat center, park next door, local neighborhood)

Tuesday:
- Morning: Training Session
- Lunch
- Afternoon: Local Volunteer Opportunity (Relational Ministry)
- Dinner
- Night Out: Local event

Wednesday:
- Morning: Local Volunteer Opportunity (Home Repair) / "Amazing Race" activity
- Lunch
- Afternoon: Training Session
- Dinner
- Night Out: Free Time

Thursday:
- Breakfast
- Final Farewell

Lodging

Your team will stay at the Fort Wayne Retreat Center, a dormitory-style facility with on-site showers and bedding provided, where all training sessions will be held.

Food

All meals will be provided and prepared for you by Experience Mission staff on-site at the Fort Wayne Retreat Center.

Transportation

Teams attending an EM Mission Trip Summit will need to provide your own transportation to and from Fort Wayne, Indiana, as well as vehicles for transporting your team to various locations throughout the week.

Experience Mission has specific policies regarding registration and withdrawal. Please refer to the document below for specifics.

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INDIVIDUALS

All EM Mission Trip Summit participants must be part of a team of at least six (6) people, with at least one team member age 21 or older to serve as the Team Leader.

EM's Health & Safety Plan

COVID-19: EM will be following necessary protocol to keep team members and local community members safe and healthy during each EM Mission Trip Summit this summer. You can read about our commitments to teams and communities here.

Staff safety certification: All EM Staff are certified in First Aid and CPR.

Medical kits: Medical kits that include first-aid supplies for general accidents and ailments are provided for each site. LIke all domestic locations, we ask that teams supply their own medications like Tylenol, Ibuprofen, Benadryl and Imodium as they deem necessary.

Emergency response plan: Based on the severity of each emergency, EM has a plan for appropriate response.

- If a team member becomes seriously ill, they will be taken to a local doctor to receive appropriate medical attention and medications. If they are a minor, their Team Leader along with our staff will accompany them to the clinic. If needed, their parents will be contacted. Their recovery will be carefully monitored by our staff.

- If there is an accident that requires a doctor, but is not life-threatening and does not have the potential to cause permanent damage, Experience Mission staff will locate the Team Leader, contact parents or guardians (providing the injured is a minor) and provide safe but quick transportation to a local clinic.

- In the event that an accident occurs which is life-threatening or has the potential for permanent damage, emergency medical care will be secured and arraignments will be made if necessary, to transport the injured person to the United States as quickly as possible providing they are serving in one of our International locations. In our domestic locations, local 911 services will be contacted immediately. The family will be contacted immediately to assist in guidance for appropriate response.

All medical care is the sole responsibility of the team member. Experience Mission requires every team member to be covered by domestic medical insurance.