Guatemala Team Covenant

Under our team prayer requests on your prayer cards, it mentions a group covenant. As a team, we talked about how we wanted to grow, things we do well as a group and things we need to work on. Those thoughts and ideas were put into a group covenant. I thought it would be fitting to share the group covenant with our church family and friends if we are asking you to pray that we abide by it. Below is a copy of our covenant! Enjoy!

NIEKERK GUATEMALA MISSION TEAM GROUP COVENANT
June 15-25, 2007

The Guatemala Mission Team from Niekerk Church is a diverse group of gifted individuals who are both hard-working and fun-loving—and are filled with enthusiasm and energy. And we’ll use those qualities to invest ourselves 100 percent in spiritual, relational, and cultural growth on this mission trip.

We’ll invest in spiritual growth—seeking to deepen our relationships with Christ.

We’ll be teachable—ready to learn from God’s Word, each other, and our experiences. We will encourage each other every day and will pray with and for each other. We’ll expect to see God at work and can’t wait to give him glory when we do.

We’ll invest in relational growth—building a community of mutual love and respect.

We’ll be willing to open up and share our ideas with each other and will show interest in what others are saying by listening carefully when someone is talking. We’ll use our words to encourage each other, being careful not to let sarcastic comments tear anyone down. We’ll be patient with each other and keep a positive attitude even if things don’t always go the way we expect.

We’ll invest in cultural growth—learning to appreciate a culture that’s different from our own.

We’ll be willing to try new things and step out of our comfort zones. We will respect the people we meet and the customs we observe, recognizing that different isn’t always bad. And we will prepare to see Christ in a culture that is different from our own.

We pledge to uphold these commitments and to keep each other accountable to this covenant, working together to accomplish these goals.