Some
Things You Should Know Before You Start...
1. Youth In Mission is a team-oriented ministry. You will
be placed on a team with other participants, some you may
know, and some will be total strangers. You will be expected
to live, work, and minister with them for 8 weeks. You will
be asked to get along with people who are different than
you. Youth In Mission operates under the kingdom value of
community. If you are not ready, willing, and able to submit
to an experiment in true Christian community, then stop
now and save yourself some time. If you are looking for
an organization that can get you to a ministry site where
you can go off by yourself and do your own thing, and all
go your separate ways, we suggest that you will find what
you are looking for with just a good travel agent. Youth
In Mission is about ministry through community.
2. Youth In Mission has a strict "No Dating" policy.
This means that while you are on a Youth In Mission team,
you will not be allowed to "date" any of your
teammates. Exclusive relationships such as these distract
from team community. There is also a strict policy against
starting a dating relationship with someone at your ministry
site. These situations raise questions in the minds of the
people you are supposed to serve about your motivation for
being there. Because of this, we don’t allow even
the hint of starting a relationship, or engaging in flirtation.
We also impose strict rules ensuring that you follow the
culturally appropriate behaviors related to the interaction
between men and women on your ministry site. If you do not
follow them, we will bring you back from your site. Youth
In Mission is very concerned that nothing interferes with
the ministry of your team.
For
these reasons and others, we do not allow pre-existing dating
relationships on the same team. If you have a boyfriend/girlfriend
or fiancé, and you both want to participate in YIM,
please do not apply for the same team. If you both have
similar interests, and want to list the same "top 3" options, then please indicate to us that you are in a relationship
with another applicant and we can place you on separate
teams. (Otherwise, we will have to move one of you to a
different team after we have already placed you, and this
can be very disappointing.)
3.
As part of the application process Youth In Mission reserves
the right to contact faculty and staff on your campus about
your participation, as well as contact any of your references
for more information.
4.
By applying for Youth In Mission you agree to abide by the
rules of the Church of the Nazarene and any rules that may
be given to you while at training camp. Failure to abide
by these rules may be cause to bring you home from your
ministry site (at yours or your parents expense). Some of
these rules include: a dating relationship with someone
on your team or on the site (or the appearance of), lack
of involvement (being disengaged with the ministry or your
team), and/or having a bad attitude towards the ministry
or your team.
Here's
what you need! 
If you don't already have this information in front of you,
it might be best to gather this material together and then
come back to finish the application. Again, here's what
you need:
-
School address & phone number
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Summer
address & phone number
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Parent's
address &phone number
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Home church address
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District
name and district superintendent's name, if you attend
a Nazarene church
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The
address of the church you attend while at school
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Pastors'
names
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Passport
number and information (if available) If you do not already
have a passport, you will need to apply for one now. The
U.S. State Department requires any traveler entering the
U.S. to produce a passport for identification.
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Contact
Information: postal address, phone numbers, and email
address (if available) of all references
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Your
drivers license number
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Medical
history information
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Medical
insurance information
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Also,
check out the site listing page before beginning the application process to see which
locations interest you the most.
This application has three main parts, so it will take
a while. Stick with it and don't quit until you have completed
all three parts.
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