ELCA Global Mission - Welcome Forward

Leader Guide

The Leader Guide is comprised of comments, reflections, questions, and activities highlighted into the text of the book itself. Each leader guide chapter is a separate downloadable PDF file , as listed below. In this way, you can use these separately or altogether as you engage your group in deeper ways to the task of the journey. Larger segment downloads are also available.

Introduction

1.	Horizons Beyond Seeing	Entire introduction (601 kb)
2.	How to Use This Book
3.	Follow the Shepherd
4.	Travel Blessings
5.	Go Forth

Travel Into Life: Getting Ready

1.	Where in the World?	Chapters 1-10 (899kb)
2.	Counting the Costs
3.	We're All Connected
4.	Great Expectations
5.	Hand in Hand
6.	Politics Happen
7.	Prep Work
8.	Family Matters
9.	Fear Not
10.	Getting to Know You
11.	Covenant Making	Chapters 11-20 (812 kb)
12.	The Ugly American
13.	Lead
14.	A Story to Tell
15.	Recording Your Memories
16.	Grace-full Giving
17.	Your Healthy Body
18.	Packing for a Healthy Body
19.	Packing Light
20.	You've God Attitude

Don't Drink the Water: Traveling

1.	Defining Success	Chapters 1-11 (820 kb)
2.	Asking Questions
3.	Staying Healthy On the Road
4.	Welcome Friends
5.	Grace-full Receiving
6.	Cross-cultural Relationships
7.	Life as a Fish
8.	Power or Partnership
9.	Recognizing Stereotypes
10.	Rip-offs and Bad People
11.	I'm Overwhelmed
12.	The Tough Stuff	Chapters 12-21 (740 kb)
13.	Processing for Peace
14.	More Processing Tools
15.	Celebrate Life
16.	Embracing Holy Moments
17.	Hopelessly Devoted to God
18.	Spiritual Practices
19.	More Spiritual Practices
20.	Prepare for Reentry
21.	Talking Your Way Home

Living the Questions: Returning Home

1.	Breakthrough	Chapters 1-7 (602 kb)
2.	Reentry Emotions
3.	Emoting
4.	Back to the Future
5.	Back to the Future, Part Two
6.	It's a Small World
7.	Keeping in Touch
8.	Finding Like-minded Souls	Chapters 8-14 (574 kb)
9.	An Attitude of Gratitude
10.	Faith Questions
11.	Teaching Others the Questions
12.	Lasting Change
13.	Making Changes
14.	Celebrating Without Guilt

Resource List


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