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Features for May ...
Retirement for Missionaries
What's it like to retire from mission work? Is it the end of a missionary career or another beginning? Our guest writers this month, Alan & Jean Chilver, share their wisdom on this topic following retirement after many years in theological education in Africa more...
Re-entry on OSCAR
OSCAR has two main areas which focus on re-entry and refresher advice and resources. Firstly, our main website's re-entry & refresher page which highlights, amongst other things, those who offer services like debriefing, vocational advice and courses. Secondly, our OSCARactive community has a re-entry group for those recently returned or about to return more...Preparing for Re-entry
If you're due to return to your home/passport country in the next few months, this FREE e-book will help you to know what you can expect and how to prepare for it. The book contains helpful advice and practical tools to walk you through the process of leaving the country you are in as well as entering back into your original home culture more...Going Through Re-entry
There are various retreats, holidays and courses planned in the UK over the next few months to help those who have recently returned and are going through the re-entry phase. If that's you, make sure you give yourself a bit of time out at one of these to help you through re-entry more...Getting Refreshed
There are some retreats, holidays and conferences which are aimed specifically at those taking a bit of time out from the field. Some of these are in the UK and set-up like a furlough conference, others are based in different parts of the world and include some rest and relaxation more...Browse our Features Archive