What is ICC anyway?

As you may have heard, I just completed an intercultural communication course (ICC) where the focus was on ministering effectively in a cross-cultural setting and building and working with teams of people from different cultural backgrounds.  I and the other thirteen students in this course also learned about different world views, personality types and the importance of understanding the culture you’re living in.  We studied the Incarnation Model of ministry which uses Christ as the perfect model of a missionary, having come to the culture he was ministering to and learning from them the language(s), culture and customs in order to minister most effectively to them.  In preparation for the course, we read Duane Elmer’s book Cross-Cultural Servanthood, which expounded on the Incarnation model, demonstrating that to truly be Christ-like and minister as he did, one must become a servant to the people he is ministering to.  We also memorized Philippians 2:1-11, which speaks of Christ’s humility and how we are to be imitators in that way.  If you’re not familiar with this passage of Scripture, you should check it out or quiz me the next time you see me! 

The whole course is very interactive and we did a ton of activities and role playing that I would spend way too much time talking about if I attempted to explain it all on here.  So if you’re interested in more details, just ask me!  You all know how much I love to tell a good story…  But to at least give you an idea, I’ve included a few pictures here for you all to savor.  No captions.  If you want to know, you’ve gotta ask!  Thanks for reading and God bless!