Student Leaders: Seattle Pacific Reachout International

Summer 2010 Trip Applications and Information

Announcing Summer 2010 Trip Locations!

Find out where students will serve this summer with SPRINT.

Apply Online!

Before beginning a SPRINT application, applicants should review this document which includes the series of open-ended questions that will be asked on the application. Applicants should allow ample time to compose responses in a word processing program before pasting responses into the online application form.

Students may apply online for Summer 2010 SPRINT teams. Applications are due Friday, December 4, 2009.

Online reference forms are also due Friday, December 4, 2009.

About the Application Process:

Completed applications will be reviewed by SPRINT Core in early January. Applicants will be invited to an interview in mid-January, and successful applicants will be invited to join a team in late January.

A commitment to SPRINT includes weekly team-building and training activities beginning in January, 2010, fundraising activities and attendance of THEO 3610: Living in Another Culture, in Spring, 2010.

Photos and Videos From Across the Globe

Students share their Summer 2009 SPRINT experience through digital stories.

Check out photos on the John Perkins Center's Flickr page.

Members of the India SPRINT team compiled their pictures in this online photo album.

Members of the Guatemala Medical and Education SPRINT teams posted their pictures in this online photo album.

Students who traveled to Vietnam also created an online photo gallery.

About SPRINT

SPRINT Mission

SPRINT exists to cultivate lives that are awakened to and transformed by God’s purpose and passion for a broken world.

SPRINT Vision

From the outset, student involvement has been pivotal in launching the missionary movement in North America. SPRINT wants to continue this legacy of raising students at SPU who will light the fire of a new generation, eager and enthusiastic about God’s purpose and plan for the world.

We offer the SPU community unique global learning and service opportunities that challenge you to ask big questions:

• What in the world is God doing?
• How in the world is God expressing His message of hope?
• What in the world has this got to do with me?

In trips, ranging from 2 to 6 weeks, to cities and villages around the globe, you will step out of your comfort zone, experience and encounter God, learn from the faith and example of others, and engage in models of reconciliation and community development that demonstrate the wholeness of the Gospel.

The trips are designed to help participants discover and develop a:

• Global Vision that sees the needs of a broken world, and sees God in relation and response to these needs.
• Personal Response through a life of self-giving service and vocational alignment with God’s purpose.

SPRINT Process

All SPRINT team members go through a comprehensive training process. Selected candidates are required to undergo the pre-field training and post-field follow-up to ensure the effectiveness of the on-field experience.

Summer teams are required to take a 3-credit theology course, “Living in Another Culture.”

Contact SPRINT Core for more information.

2009-10 SPRINT Core

This year's SPRINT Core consists of 10 student leaders and a staff advisor who coordinate all SPRINT activities throughout the school year.

SPRINT Core's mission:

• Organize mission teams in Winter, Spring, and Summer breaks.
• Interview, select, train, and debrief each team member.