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NAMB continues to be very gracious to us in Canada, helping us fill many of the summer missions requests made from churches and ministries across Canada. However not all positions are filled each year as many more request are made than students available to fill them. The sooner you get your request in, the better are your chances to receive missionaries

If you request and receive a summer missionary,you are responsible to provide the student missionaries:

•    Food & housing/utilities
•    Operation/program budget
•    Transportation on the field
•    Supervision, orientation, & debriefing

If you can not cover the above expenses, then in your application request, you must list the dollar amount that the student must bring with them to cover those expenses.

on the application please fill out all the sections as thoroughly as possible.

If you have questions, contact Mel Cruikshank canadian.bsm@telus.net

(Office: 780-487-8577

Cell: 780-235-8577).

The applications are to be sent to:
Mel Cruikshank

preferably by email as attachment to canadian.bsm@telus.net
or by regular snail mail to

Mel Cruikshank
18823-98 Ave.
Edmonton, Alberta
T5T 3L9

Or Fax to 780-487-8577 (note: this is Mel's office number and the fax machine is manually operated. You must call Mel first at this number to let him know to expect the fax)

Here are some suggestions you should consider:

1.    Dates of Service
There are more students available for a 3 to 5 week commitment than for a 6 to 8 week commitment. Remember, that many students (especially Americans) have to be back to their universities by the middle of August. So, if you put your ending date at August 20th, the vast majority of students will just pass your request by and not even consider it. I suggest you set the ending date no later than August 2nd or 3rd.

2.    Provision for Student Missionaries
You fill all of this section out, except the Convention Supervisor section. Mel fills that out.

3.    Ministry Description and Purpose
This is the KEY to students responding. As they read over more than 3000 requests sent in from churches across North America, this is what will or will not catch their eye. Make your description creative and interesting. Don’t just say they will do VBS, BBC, and surveys. Hundred’s of requests have that written format. Write it so that the student will say, “wow”, that church is making a difference in the world and I want to give my summer to help them.

If you have any questions please email Mel or give him a call.

Mel Cruikshank
National University Ministry Leader
Canadian Convention of Southern Baptists
Ph. (780) 487-8577 office
Ph. (780) 235-8577 cell

http://www.ccsb.ca/um/
canadian.bsm@telus.net

Click here for application in word format (preferred)

Click here for application in pdf format