Mar 5, 2021 | evaluation, Planning, Program Management, Top 20 Questions - How to Start a Wilderness Ministry, Youth Ministry
Over the years as Wilderness Ministry Institute has worked with churches and individuals interested in developing wilderness ministries in their own communities, we’ve discovered that a lot of leaders are asking a lot of the same questions. In this series How to...
Dec 10, 2020 | Experiential Teaching & Facilitation, Facilitation, Outdoor Recreation, Planning, Snowboarding
This week’s post is from Joel Vermillion, Director of Wilderness Ministry Institute. I love winter. I love snow and skiing, and so many of the unique attributes of God’s creation we can experience in winter. Sometimes it is overlooked as a context for...
Nov 15, 2012 | Facilitation, Leadership Skills, Spiritual Formation, Technology, Wilderness Education, Youth Ministry
This week as I’m preparing for a training tour in Estonia, Romania, Italy, and France, my good friend Joel Vermillion, a Missions and Adventure Pastor at Meadow Springs Church near Portland, Oregon, offers an insightful and practical post on a concern that many...
