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Screening conference timelines

Each application deadline flows into a particular conference and subsequent orientation. 

Please allow time for the following events to occur after the deadline:

• After the deadline: All applications are received, processed and read prior to our file review. Consultants will generally be unavailable during this time in order to devote significant time and attention to read and clarify application materials.

• File review is generally five weeks after the published deadline: File review is a time for the ISC/Journeyman Team to get together to discuss all the applications received. It is the meeting where we decide to whom we will extend an invitation to the screening conference and thus continue in the application process. Notification regarding an invitation to screening conference will be mailed a few days after the file review (see below - invitations and regrets).

• Screening conference preparation: The five weeks prior to screening conference is spent making arrangements for upwards of 100 missionary applicants to participate in the event (travel, lodging assignments, small groups, group leaders, meals, etc.)

A general timing note about submitting your Application Part Two:  

• If you submit Application Part Two and the Life Sketch near a screening conference date (see below), additional time may be needed to respond since the consultants are working very closely with immediate applicants prior, during and after the screening conference. 

• If you submit your Part Two and Life Sketch the week prior to a published deadline, chances are that you will not make the deadline to submit the full application (we must review your preliminary materials prior to moving into the full application stage, then you must write a thoughtful application). So, you will then be considered for the next screening conference. 

• If you submit your Part Two and Life Sketch between the published deadline and when invitations to screening conference are mailed out, consultants are reading applications of those who submitted their full application by the published deadline, so will get to your preliminary materials after "invitations mailed out" date.

You choose which conference to attend based upon your desired departure to the field, which is normally within two weeks after orientation. 

Which orientation? At conference, your date of orientation attendance is agreed upon in consultation with the missionary (taking into account your schedule) and the desires of the regional office (when they want you on the field).

Remember that in order to secure significant airline discounts, during conference you will likely stay in Richmond until Sunday morning.

The next conference deadline date is in red. 

 

Application Deadline	Invitations Mailed Out	Conference   Dates	Orientation at MLC
2004 Conference Schedule
April 12, 2004	May 21, 2004	July 6-11, 2004	Oct. 6-Nov. 30, 2004
		or ...	Jan. 11-Mar. 1, 2005
July 12, 2004	Aug. 20, 2004	Oct. 5-10, 2004	Jan. 11-Mar. 1, 2005
		or ...	Mar. 14-May 3, 2005
2005 Conference Schedule
Oct 18, 2004	Dec. 1, 2004	Jan. 19-21, 2005	Mar. 14-May 3, 2005
		or ...	May 18-July 8, 2005
Jan 7, 2005	Mar. 2, 2005	Apr. 13-15, 2005	July 18-Sep. 2, 2005
		or ...	Sep. 14-Nov. 1, 2005
May 9, 2005	June 22, 2005	Aug. 3-5, 2005	Nov. 7-Dec 21, 2005
		or ...	Jan. - Feb. 2006
Aug. 1, 2005	Sep. 21, 2005	Oct. 26-28, 2005	Jan. - Feb. 2006
		or ...	March - May 2006
2006 timeline dates will be posted around May 2005