SERVE | Good Neighbor Team Leader

SERVE | GNT Leaders Start Here

Learn how to navigate your Churches of Welcome membership and discover what's available to you! Estimated time to complete: 10 minutes.

Churches of Welcome - Community

Community

Visit the community space often for new resources and weekly updates on how your church can grow in its discipleship journey of welcome. You can also use this space to connect with people from other ministries also doing the work of welcoming!

Get to Know World Relief

Course

Explore World Relief and our work around the world and in your local community. Estimated time to complete: 30 minutes.

The Asylum Seeker's Journey

Course

This course will help you understand the facts about asylum and provide a clear overview of asylum seekers in the United States. Est. time to complete: 45 minutes.

The Refugee Journey

Course

What does the term "refugee" mean? How do refugees come to the U.S.? How do organizations like World Relief fit in? Explore these questions and more in The Refugee’s Journey. 45 minutes.

Welcoming the Stranger: Independent Study

Course

Based on the book by Matthew Sorens and Jenny Yang, this course is a journey into thinking biblically about immigration. This course offers space for listening, learning, reflection, and transformation. 90 minutes.

Navigating Friendships

Course

Learn to build empowering, long-lasting friendships with those who may differ from you in culture, socio-economic status, and religion, and best practices for supporting a friend who lives with trauma. 60 minutes.

Embracing Cultural Differences

Course

Explore the basics of cross-cultural friendship and gain a framework for how to recognize, navigate and be enriched by cultural differences. 60 minutes.

Embracing Socio-Economic Differences

Course

How do we engage in friendship with those of a different economic status than us without causing harm? This course widens our definition of poverty and helps us strive for mutuality and authenticity in our friendships. 60 minutes.

Navigating the Effects of Trauma

Course

This course helps build awareness and sensitivity to how the effects of trauma may be at play in friendships, and how we can support those who experience the effects of trauma in their everyday lives. 60 minutes.

Navigating Religious Differences

Course

How do we effectively welcome and befriend neighbors of different faith backgrounds? This course helps us examine motivations in interfaith friendships, and to foster relationships with trust and mutuality. Estimated time to complete: 60 min.

Afghan Culture Guide

Course

This course offers a foundational understanding of Afghan history and culture, including best practices for interacting with your new Afghan friends. 90 minutes.

Congolese Culture Guide

Course

This course offers a foundational understanding of Congolese history and culture, including best practices for interacting with your new Congolese friends. 90 minutes.

Syrian Culture Guide

Course

This course offers a foundational understanding of Syrian history and culture, including best practices for interacting with your new Syrian friends. 90 minutes.

Ukrainian Culture Guide

Course

This course offers a foundational understanding of Ukrainian history and culture, including best practices for interacting with your new Ukrainian friends. 90 minutes.

Career Mentoring

Course

Equipping you to mentor a career-seeking immigrant with confidence. 90 minutes.

Citizenship Tutoring

Course

Learn the ins and outs of the U.S. naturalization test and how to help an English language learner feel confident as they prepare for their interview. 5 hours.

Early Childhood

Course

This course will give you practical tools, helpful information, and best practices in early childhood development. 60 minutes.

English Conversation Partners

Course

Everything you need to support an English learner. Navigate a language barrier, be a culturally sensitive language partner, and choose helpful topics of conversation to support your new friend as they learn English. 90 mins.

ESL Tutoring

Course

This course will help provide everything you need to know to tutor adult English language learners. 6 hours.

Health Advocate

Course

Learn how to support a newly arrived immigrant with their health needs as they get used to life in the U.S. 1 hour

Youth Tutoring and Mentoring

Course

This course will equip youth volunteers to engage immigrant youth with confidence. 90 minutes.

No Longer Strangers: Leader Guide

Digital download

This comprehensive leader guide prepares you to effectively lead your No Longer Strangers small group, fostering connection and understanding among participants!

No Longer Strangers

Course

Based on the book "No Longer Strangers," this course will help you and your church reimagine evangelism with immigrant communities.

Welcoming the Stranger: Leader Training

Course

Empower your small group to think biblically about immigration. Get the tools you need to launch and lead a Welcoming the Stranger small group. 60 minutes.

Welcoming the Stranger: Small Group

Course

Explore immigration through a biblical lens with your small group. Gain deep insights into compassion, justice, and hospitality. Join other American churches in this transformative journey.