{"id":210,"date":"2019-04-22T00:13:08","date_gmt":"2019-04-22T00:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.brethren.org\/bvs\/volunteer\/orientation\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T15:44:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T15:44:35","slug":"orientation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/bvs\/volunteer\/orientation\/","title":{"rendered":"Orientation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>\r\n\r\n.card-beige {\r\n  background-color: #fbf3e4;\r\n}\r\n.card-background {\r\n  background-color: #3d0674;\r\n  border-top: 5px solid #c9b2f6;\r\n  padding-bottom: 2rem;\r\n  padding-top: 2rem;\r\n}\r\n.card-background .h1 {\r\n  text-transform: uppercase;\r\n}\r\n.card-background > .card {\r\n  max-width: 500px;\r\n}\r\n.breadcrumb {\r\n  display: none;\r\n}\r\n.card-container-background > div {\r\n  min-height: 50vw;\r\n}\r\n@media (min-width:992px) {\r\n  .card-container-background > div {\r\n    min-height: 40vw;\r\n  }\r\n  .hero-container {\r\n    min-height: 40vw;\r\n  }\r\n}\r\n.social-media {\r\n  font-size: 2.5rem;\r\n}\r\n.card-info-strip {\r\n  background-color: lavender;\r\n}\r\n\r\n.container-background-img {\r\n  background-position: center;\r\n  background-size: cover;\r\n}\r\n.circle-image {\r\n  border-radius: 50%;\r\n  -moz-border-radius: 50%;\r\n  -webkit-border-radius: 50%;\r\n  -o-border-radius: 50%;\r\n}\r\n\r\n.volunteer-card-background {\r\n    background-color: #411e7b;\r\n    padding: 2rem;\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"card-beige pt-4\" style=\"text-align:center; margin:10px;\">\n  <div class=\"container-xl\">\n<p style=\"color:#3d0674; font-weight:bold; margin-bottom:50px;\">Orientation training is a time spent building community with other volunteers and the BVS staff. At orientation, volunteers prepare for their service experience by exploring ways to enable personal and societal change, learning how to live simply, examining their personal beliefs and values, and becoming more aware of their role as a BVS volunteer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#3d0674; font-weight:bold; margin-bottom:50px;\">Before you embark on a service year, you first come to an orientation! Volunteers get to pick which orientation is best for them. Typically, volunteers will go straight to their project site after orientation to begin their year of service. Volunteers are responsible for getting themselves to orientation, and BVS will provide transportation to the volunteers&#8217; project sites.<\/p>\n<p class=\"h2\" style=\"color:#3d0674;\">OUR NEXT ORIENTATION DATES<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n    <div class=\"col-md-4\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/bvs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/01\/Orientation-joy.png\"> <\/div>\n     <div class=\"col-md-8\" style=\"background-color: #3d0674;\">\n<p class=\"h2\" style=\"color:#fbf3e4; font-weight:bold; margin-top:40px;\">Summer Orientation &#8211; Unit 339<\/p>\n<p class=\"h4\" style=\"color:#fbf3e4;\">Dates: July 28 &#8211; August 5, 2026<br>Location: Inspiration Hills Camp<br>Burbank, Ohio<\/p><div>\n <\/div><!--row-->\n<\/div><\/div>\n<br>&nbsp;<br>\n<div class=\"row\">\n   <div class=\"col-md-4\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/bvs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/01\/Orientation-group.png\"> <\/div>\n    <div class=\"col-md-8\" style=\"background-color: #3d0674;\">\n<p class=\"h2\" style=\"color:#fbf3e4; font-weight:bold; margin-top:40px;\">Fall Orientation &#8211; Unit 340<\/p>\n<p class=\"h4\" style=\"color:#fbf3e4;\">Dates: September 15 &#8211; 23, 2026<br>Location: Camp Emmaus<br>Mt. Morris, Illinois<\/p><div>\n <\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"card volunteer-card-background mb-3\" style=\"margin-top:30px;\">\r\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"color:white;\">GOALS OF ORIENTATION<\/p>\r\n     <div class=\"row\">\r\n         <div class=\"col-md-4 col-xl-2 mb-4\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/bvs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/01\/arrow.png\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-md-9 col-xl-10 mb-4\"><p class=\"h4\" style=\"font-weight: bold; color: white; text-align:left; margin-top:20px;\">Develop a community of support within BVS and learn how to develop local support for yourself while at your project.<\/p><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"row\">\r\n         <div class=\"col-md-4 col-xl-2 mb-4\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/bvs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/01\/arrow.png\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-md-9 col-xl-10 mb-4\"><p class=\"h4\" style=\"font-weight: bold; color: white; text-align:left; margin-top:20px;\">Share and examine your personal beliefs and values with the intent of growing in your understanding of yourself, others, and God.<\/p><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"row\">\r\n         <div class=\"col-md-4 col-xl-2 mb-4\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/bvs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/01\/arrow.png\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-md-9 col-xl-10 mb-4\"><p class=\"h4\" style=\"font-weight: bold; color: white; text-align:left; margin-top:20px;\">Share in the responsibilities for group life while learning what helps and hinders successful group living.<\/p><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"row\">\r\n         <div class=\"col-md-4 col-xl-2 mb-4\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/bvs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/01\/arrow.png\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-md-9 col-xl-10 mb-4\"><p class=\"h4\" style=\"font-weight: bold; color: white; text-align:left; margin-top:20px;\">Struggle with the prevalent spiritual and social issues of our day and examine Christian ethical responses to current social, political, and economic issues.<\/p><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"row\">\r\n         <div class=\"col-md-4 col-xl-2 mb-4\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/bvs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/01\/arrow.png\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-md-9 col-xl-10 mb-4\"><p class=\"h4\" style=\"font-weight: bold; color: white; text-align:left; margin-top:20px;\">Learn how to live simply and responsibly with the world&#8217;s limited resources.<\/p><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"row\">\r\n         <div class=\"col-md-4 col-xl-2 mb-4\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/bvs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/01\/arrow.png\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-md-9 col-xl-10 mb-4\"><p class=\"h4\" style=\"font-weight: bold; color: white; text-align:left; margin-top:20px;\">Become more aware of people and situations throughout the world, including responsibilities of membership in the global family.<\/p><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"row\">\r\n         <div class=\"col-md-4 col-xl-2 mb-4\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/bvs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/01\/arrow.png\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"col-md-9 col-xl-10 mb-4\"><p class=\"h4\" style=\"font-weight: bold; color: white; text-align:left; margin-top:20px;\">Explore ways to enable personal and societal change that embody mutuality and nonviolence.<\/p><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"381\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/bvs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/01\/clothesline-of-orientation-photos-1024x381.jpg\" alt=\"Five photos of BVS volunteers shopping, holding candles, chatting, building a pyramid, and walking in the woods\" class=\"wp-image-1829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/bvs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/01\/clothesline-of-orientation-photos-1024x381.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/bvs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/01\/clothesline-of-orientation-photos-300x112.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/bvs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/01\/clothesline-of-orientation-photos-768x286.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/bvs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/01\/clothesline-of-orientation-photos-560x208.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/bvs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/01\/clothesline-of-orientation-photos.jpg 1404w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"card-beige pt-4\" style=\"margin:10px;\">\r\n  <div class=\"container-xl\">\r\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"color:#3d0674;\">ORIENTATION ACTIVITIES<\/p>\r\n<ul style=\"color:#3d0674; font-weight:bold;\" align=\"left\"><li>Presentations and discussions on a variety of topics to prepare for service and gain awareness in the realm of peace, justice, and global concerns. Topics may include vocation, spiritual formation, cultural sensitivity, conflict resolution, resilience, and communication styles.<\/li>\r\n<li>Shared meals and small-group meal preparation<\/li>\r\n<li>Service projects<\/li>\r\n<li>Personal sharing and group-building<\/li>\r\n<li>Time for worship and devotion<\/li>\r\n<li>Opportunities for recreation and reflection<\/li><\/ul>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/bvs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/01\/BVS-wave.png\">\n<div class=\"card volunteer-card-background mb-3\" style=\"color:white;\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align:center\">If you&#8217;ve checked out our website and still have questions, or if you want to chat with someone in person, then feel free to contact us!<br>&nbsp;<\/h3>\n     <div class=\"row\">\n         <div class=\"col-md-12 col-xl-6 mb-4\" style=\"color:white\">\n            <img style=\"float: left;\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/bvs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/01\/phone.png\" alt=\"phone symbol\">\n                   <p style=\"font-weight:bold; font-size:1.2em;\"><br>800-323-8039<\/h4>\n            <\/div>\n\n         <div class=\"col-md-12 col-xl-6 mb-4\" style=\"color:white\">\n <img style=\"float: left;\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/bvs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2025\/01\/email.png\" alt=\"email symbol\">\n                   <p style=\"font-weight:bold; font-size:1.2em;\"><br><a href=\"mailto:bvs@brethren.org\">bvs@brethren.org<\/a><\/h4>\n          <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Orientation training is a time spent building community with other volunteers and the BVS staff. 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