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Thrive! Journal - Edition #7
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Forming a Ministry Team
Ministry is never supposed to be done in isolation. Whether you are the Pastor, Youth Minister, Campus Minister, D.R.E., Volunteer, Employee, RCIA, Director, or any myriad of other ministries, we cannot do it alone. At least not to the degree that we are called to. There is just not enough time in a day for a person to truly be present and minister to more than a few people at a time. Sure, one can gather more people together and give great messages, which is a worthwhile ministry in itself, but to really form relationship with a person takes time and energy that can only be given to a few. This is not even to mention that we all have different personalities, and there are always going to be people that we connect with, and others that we don't.
This is why it is so important to develop a team of people in our ministry. Regardless of how large or small the scope of your ministry situation is, having a team mentality in ministry is essential! You can look at Scripture and find many examples of the prophets and apostles bringing people along side of them as they fulfilled their calling. And even in the secular world, there have been studies that teens that have the best chance to be successful in life are the ones that have more positive adult relationships in their lives.
But how do you develop a team? How do you find the right people to help young people know Christ? I would say that a first step is to make sure that the culture in your church is such that everyone believes they are a Youth/Young Adult Minister. Because it is true, or at least it is potentially true. Anyone that has an interaction with a young person can potentially have influence on their faith life. After that, its a matter of identifying and inviting individuals to be a bigger part of the Youth or Young Adult Ministry.
Here are a few resources you can check out that may help you to find and form potential Youth & Young Adult Ministers in your church:
This is why it is so important to develop a team of people in our ministry. Regardless of how large or small the scope of your ministry situation is, having a team mentality in ministry is essential! You can look at Scripture and find many examples of the prophets and apostles bringing people along side of them as they fulfilled their calling. And even in the secular world, there have been studies that teens that have the best chance to be successful in life are the ones that have more positive adult relationships in their lives.
But how do you develop a team? How do you find the right people to help young people know Christ? I would say that a first step is to make sure that the culture in your church is such that everyone believes they are a Youth/Young Adult Minister. Because it is true, or at least it is potentially true. Anyone that has an interaction with a young person can potentially have influence on their faith life. After that, its a matter of identifying and inviting individuals to be a bigger part of the Youth or Young Adult Ministry.
Here are a few resources you can check out that may help you to find and form potential Youth & Young Adult Ministers in your church:
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Everyone's Called to Youth Ministry (They just don't know it yet.)
Darren Sutton - LeaderTreks I haven't read the whole thing, but the title and prologue were right on. https://www.leadertreks.org/store/everyones-called-to-youth-ministry/ |
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LifeTeen.com/CatholicYouthMinistry.com
LifeTeen is a great resource for all sorts of things, and not just if you subscribe to their program. Here are a couple of links I found that talk about the need to find and train your volunteer ministers: https://lifeteen.com/cym/blog/assembling-a-core-team/ http://lifeteen.com/cym/files/2016/07/2016-LifeTeen-StartUpBook.pdf |
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DYM University
DYM University is a set of resources from Download Youth Ministry (I talked about them a while ago) that you can use with your team or as people come on to your team at different times. It is not free, but is pretty reasonable for what you get. Plus if you do the overall DYM Membership, you get a further discount. https://www.dymuniversity.com/ |
