Timeline
***NOTE: DUE TO COVID-19. Timelines are subject to change. PLEASE CONTACT MATT@TRUENORTHAK.ORG DIRECTLY TO RECEIVE A MORE ACCURATE timeline. ***
Fall before
January
February
March
April
May
June - August
- Contact Alaska Outreach
- Get matched with a trip
- Have initial conference call with Host Pastor in November - begin discussing ministry opportunities and schedule for trip
- Set financial due dates for your team - encourage them to use Christmas as an opportunity to ask for money towards trip as Christmas presents
- Finalize team members & have deposit due to you in December so you can realistically get it to us by January 4th
January
- January 4th - Nonrefundable deposit of $150 due to AK Outreach
- January 4th - Send in tshirt size list to Alaska Outreach
- Begin prepping team for ministry in Alaska
- hone in on who will play what role on your team
- Mid-January - have AK Outreach 2nd Installment due to you a few days before it is due to us to give yourself some time
- Fundraisers
February
- February 4th - 2nd Installment is due to Alaska Outreach
- February 4th - Send in release of liability forms and legal names/birthdates for airplane tickets (if applicable)
- Continue prepping your team for Alaska - start doing cultural training
- Call or FaceTime your host pastor and talk about their community and ministry
- Keep raising money - you'll likely want to purchase your tickets from your community to Anchorage, Fairbanks, or Juneau in February or March if possible
March
- March 4th - 3nd Installment is due to Alaska Outreach
- Keep raising money - you'll likely want to purchase your tickets from your community to Anchorage, Fairbanks, or Juneau in February or March if possible
- Finalize which VBS or Kid's crusade you will be doing with the host pastor
- Go over how the host pastor would like to see the outreaches run
- Start talking with the host pastor about what work projects the team can do
- Set your financial due date for the 4th installment in late March so you'll have time to get it to us by April 4th.
April
- April 4th - 4th installment is due to Alaska Outreach
- Finalize the schedule with the host pastor
- Call or face time your host pastor and talk about the specific ministry that the team will be doing
- Keep prepping your team spiritually
- Get your team comfortable with sharing their testimony
- Practice the ministry that you will be doing in Alaska
May
- May 4th - Final installment is due to Alaska Outreach
- Communicate - be in touch with the host pastor about community or trip details
- Pray - be in prayer personally as a leader and pray with the team
- Let us know if there is anything we can do for you.
June - August
- Communicate! At this point you should be talking to the host pastor no less than once a week
- Fly to Alaska and have the experience of a lifetime