Resources
Forms
You may find these forms and documents helpful over the course of your mission journey. These can be uses as templates and changed to your team’s specific needs.
Keep in mind some of these forms may be covered in the team registration process for insurance through umvim.org. Many of these resources can also be found in the appendix of the Team Leader Handbook.
- Team Roster Form
- Team Member Application
- Suggested Reading List for Teams
- Safe Sanctuary Guidelines
- Building a Budget
- Covenant for Mission Partnership
- Mission Team Checklist
- Suggested Team First Aid Checklist
- Team Leader Checklist
- Team Member Evaluation Form
- Team Orientation Resource Packet
- Liability and Photography Release
- Medical and Emergency Form
- Mission Covenant
- Notification of Death
- Parental Consent
VIM Grants
Books
- A Mission Journey: A handbook for volunteers by General Board of Global Ministries
- Beyond Welcome: Centering Immigrants in Our Christian Response to Immigration by Karen Gonzalez
- Consuming Mission by Rev. Dr. Robert Haynes, 2019
- Hope Made Real: The story of Mama Arlene and the children of Urukundo by Arlene D. Brown, 2020
- How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi, 2019
- I’m Still Here: Black dignity in a world made for whiteness by Austin Channing Brown, 2018
- The Last Missionary by Bob Walters, 2016
- Toxic Charity by Robert D. Lupton, 2011
- The Team Leader Toolkit by United Methodist Volunteers in Mission; go to https://www.umvim.org/team-leader-handbook
- The Very Worst Missionary: A Memoir or Whatever by Jamie Wright, 2018
- When Helping Hurts by Steve Corbett & Brian Fikkert, 2012
- White Fragility: Why it’s so hard for white people to talk about racism by Robin Diangelo, 2018
Other Resources
“White Savior Complex” Resources
The Pandemic Changed the World of 'Voluntourism' (NPR article)
"White Savior Complex" Video
"White Savior vs. Ally" Video
"What is a white savior and why it is a problem" Video
"Red Nose Day: How Does It Work, And Why Is It Being Criticized?" (NPR article)
"The White Savior Industrial Complex", by Teju Cole, The Atlantic
"Ugandan Missionary being sued" (NPR Article)
Flo Waybright
Conference Secretary, Global Ministries
waybright5@comcast.net
Deb Currinder
Disaster Response Coordinator
drc@susumc.org
Michelle Schwartzman
Volunteers In Mission Coordinator
vim@susumc.org