Imagine the horizons of your life. As
you look out, there is a connection between your future and your
present, to where you can go and where you
are, a land beyond and that on which you stand.
Welcome Forward is an education resource that will help
you experience travel that will forever change your ways of seeing,
eating, "helping," and conversing.
Welcome Forward does not attempt
to offer readers - presumed to be global travelers in the many ELCA
and ELCA-related international travel/mission opportunities - a
complete or in-depth knowledge base regarding global travel. But it
allows for individual and group processes for travel preparation,
engagement, and follow-up.
Welcome Forward thus is a book
and accompanying CD that will guide your learning into a future that
only God knows at this moment. The book includes sections that help
you prepare and plan your international trip, guides and tips for
your journey, and reentry assistance. Sidebars offer leader tips,
scriptural quotes, thought starters, and imagined "journal entries,"
each the source for further thought, discussion, or conversation.
CD included
The CD contains 13 remastered and four original songs by ELCA
composer Tim Hansen. The Tim Hansen Project has been supportive of
ELCA World Hunger. The songs on this CD zing and crackle with
various musical styles, inviting both toe-tappings and heart-string
pluckings.
Additional resources here
In addition to the book and CD, the
following web-based resources are available for your use:
Leader Guide
This is for individuals who lead or facilitate global travel
experiences. This downloadable resource consists of further ideas
for processing readings, activities based on the readings, and hints
for using the book at different times during the process.
Looking Deeper
This section offers readers/users in-depth treatment of selected
subjects in the book. It gives for Global Mission personnel and
selected others a chance to offer commentary and wisdom about
various subjects.
Liner notes
for the CD
Each of the songs on the Welcome Forward CD is at once both
simple and complex. Each comes with a story - about its inception,
its intent, its real-life basis. These notes are included here. Hear
some selected songs online as well.
Downloadable
forms, checklists
Various travel resource forms and checklists.
Interactive learning site
Join this monitored WebBoard to discuss global travel and to
engage in honest and personal electronic conversation.
Prepare to Go
Passports, health concerns, insurance ... the list goes on for all
the details that go into preparing to travel internationally.
Communicate
Good communication is the key to sharing your experience with
others. Get some useful tips on various media forms.
Hosting Guests
International guests in our midst are part of the experience
sometimes. Here is a handy list for some things to consider. |
