Yes and no . With the exception of TESL (Teaching English as a Second Language), classes do not formally meet on the weekends. However, we strongly advise students against making weekend plans away from CIT during their training time here because

• the work load is heavy enough that the stress on the individual and especially a family is significant,
• especially during the Equipping for Cross-Cultural Ministry course, the weekend homework load is very heavy,
• the pace here at CIT while slowed from the ordinary rat-race of stateside living, is steady and saturated with learning new information (your mind will be tired!)—you will need the weekend to rest for the next week's module,
• support development is almost always a major distraction from training and we strongly discourage it while you are here,
• what down time you do have, we recommend you use for physical and spiritual refreshment as He prepares you for His service,
• lastly, from a former CIT student several years ago who spent most weekends away doing support development: At the end of the term he told us, "Tell any future CIT student that comes through here NOT to try to do support raising while at CIT. It was hard on me, it was hard on my wife, it was hard on our family life, and it was hard on my learning. And it wasn't worth it. Tell them not to do it!"