Pray, walk with Jesus, be teachable, train, and prepare
Training & Prep Schedule
A major predictor of your experience at GenSEND as a student relates to the amount of prayer, preparation, and training that you put in before the summer begins. This is where you can find a schedule to get started.
Being on Mission Begins with PRAYER!
GenSEND SD is an offer to join God’s redemptive story in San Diego, and training is designed to lead you to be prayerful and prepared when you arrive in SD.
We want to lead you through a series of Gospel activities and disciplines that have the potential to influence your life in a missional direction. In fact, much of your time as a GenSEND student will be directly impacted by the effort, intensity, passion, time, and prayer you put into your training and preparation. What you learn in this Gospel training offers you a path towards being on mission and seeing Jesus use Your life for His Mission, so don’t miss out!
Pray for GenSEND SD: Participants
+ Good Experience In The City
+ Good Experience With Coach and Planters
+ Deepened Relationship With God & Discipleship/Evangelism Training
+ Engaged In Meaningful Gospel Ministry (Including Intentional Sharing Of Faith)
+ Learned Transferrable Mission Principles & Missional Engagement
+ Learned Effective Teamwork
+ Eager To Recommend To Others
+ Ready To Take Next Steps On Mission & Clarify Calling
Pray for GenSEND SD: Send San Diego
GenSend Team Moved The Mission Forward in Gospel conversations, compassion ministry, and more
Students Desiring To Tell The City Story After They Leave
City Team Desires To Have Students Back Next Year
City Planted Seeds In Students To Come Back Post College
Students move back to San Diego to be on mission during or after college!
Pray for GenSEND SD: Planters, Lead Pastors, Host Churches
Planter Sees GenSend As Asset Not Liability
GenSend Provided Infusion Of Energy and Assistance
GenSend Provided New Insights and Research
GenSend Students Blessed Planters
Church staff and members are energized by the students
Pray for GenSEND SD: Sending Organization
GenSenders Go Home Eager To Be On Mission
GenSenders Go Home With New Mission Skills and more developed as servants & leaders
GenSenders Go Home Appreciating Their Local Church
GenSenders Go Home Ready To Apply Principles In Home Context
As We Continue in Prayer, We Train to Prepare
Training for GenSEND includes…
+ Encouragement to continue in a growing, vibrant relationship with Jesus and to live on mission
+ Online video training through the Pathwright platform
+ Missional Principle training from “Tradecraft,” “Life on Mission,” and several other resources.
+ Online interactive prayer through video call for God’s work in San Diego and for the summer.
+ Ten online interactive training sessions in the spring semester before GenSEND.
+ During the first week of GenSEND SD, an immersive training experience.
PRAYER & TRAINING SCHEDULE
September – October
+ 9/15 – Applications are generally open around this time each year
+ Post Labor Day – Sending Organizations recruit students to sign up and lead early adopter students to apply
+ 10/1 – Early adopter sign ups and potential Cohort Leaders begin viewing “Tradecraft” Training and reading “Life on Mission.” Students are expected to put these principles into practice in.
GenSEND Training Content can be made available for Sending Organizations to use with their leaders year round.
November – December
+ Prayer + Student Interviews and Placements Begin + Cohort Leaders (Student Leaders) are chosen + Student Training Begins
+ All students who have signed up continue working through online video training.
+ Winter Break Trip – December 15-21 – Option connection time for Cohort Leaders and “Vision Tour” for potential GenSEND students.
January – February
+Thursday, January 19th @ 3 pm Pacific Time – Corporate Time of Prayer for God’s work in San Diego and GenSEND
+Thursday, February 16th @ 3 pm Pacific Time – Corporate Time of Prayer for God’s work in San Diego and GenSEND
March
+ March 28th @ 3 pm PST – Training Video Call
+ March 31st – Deadline for Applications
April
+ April 4th @ 3 pm PST – Training Video Call
+ April 11th @ 3 pm PST – Training Video Call
+ April 18th @ 3 pm PST – Training Video Call
+ April 25th @ 3 pm PST – Training Video Call
May
+ May 2nd @ 3 pm PST – Training Video Call
+ May 9th @ 3 pm PST – Training Video Call
+ May 16th @ 3 pm PST – Training Video Call
+ May 23rd @ 3 pm PST – Training Video Call
GenSEND Summer Calendar
5/28 Students fly in to San Diego (arrive in SD before 3 pm)
5/28 – 6/1 Orientation Week (Send San Diego Gathering on 6/1 @ Anthem Church)
6/2 First Sunday with Churches
6/3 3p | First Training Day (regional)
6/10 3p | Training Day (regional)
6/15 OPTIONAL All Day | BroAm @ Moonlight Beach
6/17 3p | Training Day/Worship
6/24 3p Regional Training
6/28 5 pm – 8 pm REQUIRED Fun Event at Vista Water Park
7/1 3p | Training Day (regional)
7/8 No Training, Happy 4th!
7/15 3p | Training Day (regional)
7/19 Final Training Session + Project Presentation
7/22 Students fly home (leave SD before 12 pm)
GenSEND Weekly Schedule
This is an estimate of schedule with GenSEND, and it may differ slightly during the summer. Some host churches may move around elements, but these elements will be present in some capacity.
