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1. GROUPS MENTORING pass along? Figure out how often 4. How long will your
GROUPS you are willing to meet with mentoring last? Will you
those you would mentor. Make meet for a specific time
In mentoring, mature believers sure everyone in the group wants period or until a defined
share their life experiences with to be involved. goal is reached?
younger Christians. 5.
The goal? To provide practical Would you like to be mentored? WHEN YOU MEET?
ideas and guidance that will If your group like to be Consider the following
encourage and enable younger mentored, make your desire topic for stimulating
Christians to flourish. Consider known! Let your pastor and dialogue.
having your small group mentor church leaders know that you 1. Answer questions
another group…as a group! seeking this cross-generational from the mentee
experience. If you know a group group.
Ministers Mentoring you believe could provide the 2. Impart tricks of the
1. A group of pastors or godly wisdom and insight you trade.
ministry leaders who desire, tell them. Be specific 3. Reveal what God
have faithfully served about how you think older taught you through a
Christ trains younger Christians can encourage you. A painful experience.
leaders. Many practical lot of mature believers have 4. Talk about when you
aspects of ministry are more to offer than they think. sensed God’s
not taught in seminary By expressing specific ways they presence or power in
and are only learned by can help, you spark their your life.
experience. Mature creativity. 5. Describe a spiritual
leaders can pass on a discipline that works
lifetime of know-how to GETTING PRACTICAL for you.
those who are younger. As you’re planning how you’ll 6. Discuss what you
Professional Mentoring mentor, here are several would do differently
2. A group of established questions to consider. if you could revisit a
professionals adopts a 1. How often will the two certain issue.
group of emerging groups meet together? 7. Share what you did
leaders, sharing Will both groups right.
experiences of continue to meet
integrating faith and separately? Interested Groups
career and encouraging 2. How will you structure Mentoring Groups
young professionals in your time together? Will meet every Thursday
their vocations. you only meet group-to- 7pm at a cafeteria near
group or will you assign you!
Would you like to mentor? individual mentors?
If yourgroup is interested in 3. What are your Come and share your
mentoring, list people you think expectations? Write life with us. We are
might be receptive. Brainstorm down the ground rules excited to journey with
the resources your group can you intend to follow to you! Let’s have coffee.
offer. What life and ministry achieve your objectives.
experiences can you collectively
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