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1) Understanding mentoring - an introduction2) Some guidelines for mentors3) Asking good questions and listening4) Setting boundaries5) The role of prayer6) Using the bible7) A design for mentoring - role play8) Mentoring and small groups
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Skills And Tools For
Effective Mentoring
Today’s Program Will Cover:
Welcome
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Skills & Tools for Effective Mentoring
• An Overview Of Mentoring• Some Guidelines For Mentors• Setting Boundaries• The Role Of Prayer• Using The Bible• Peer-Mentoring• Finding Those To Mentor• Finding A Mentor
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Today’s program will cover:
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Welcome
1) An overview of mentoring
2) What to look for in mentors
3) When to mentor– Life stages
4) Mentoring beginners in the faith
5) Equipping mentors– How adults learn– Using this resource
6) Implementing a mentoring system
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Strategies For MentoringToday’s Program Will Cover:
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Please form into
Pairs
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Please form into
Groups of 4
By joining with another pair
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Please form into
Groups of 6
By joining with 2 other pairs
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Share with your partner…..
• Four interesting things about yourself
• Your hopes and expectations for today
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• What do you enjoy doing most?
• What’s the nicest thing that has happened to you in the last 12 months?
• What are your hopes and expectations for today?
• For what would you appreciate prayer in order to get the most out of today?
Share with your partner…..
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• In what way has God surprised you recently?
• God is frequently presented in the Psalms as our Helper.
How has this been true for you?
• What can you celebrate about your ministry?
Share with your partner…..
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Prayer NeedsPrayer Needs
• What is a personal need for which you would like prayer?
• What is a need in our own ministry for which you would appreciate prayer?
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In SilenceIn Silence
• Thank God for what your friend and you shared
• Pray for your friend that this seminar will be an enjoyable, encouraging and growing experience
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• What spoke to you personally– to encourage– to challenge
• On which aspects do you want John to give more information?
Discuss The Presentation
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Any questions or comments
or
Aspects on which you need more information?
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Your Response…...
What was a word of God to you personally?
In what specific ways would you be different if you took this seriously?
What persons and situations in your life would be affected? - How?
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Your ResponseYour Response
What do you plan to stopstop doing
What do you plan to continuecontinue to do
What do you plan to beginbegin to do
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A Word of A Word of GodGod to to youyou
Stop
Proceed with caution
Go!
Your Response…
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Your Response
What was an encouragement to you?
What did you learn that was especially helpful?
Is there something you now feel you need to- begin doing- stop doing- think more about?
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Share With Your Partner
• Provided new insights• Reinforced previous learning• Been especially helpful• Been greatly encouraging• Challenged you
Some things in this learning experience which have….
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Individual ReflectionIndividual Reflection
• List the names of a few who you have found to be helpful/supportive/encouraging in:
– Your growth as a person– Helping you develop various skills– Your spiritual growth
• List some words next to each name to describe them
• Review your list and underline one word which stands out more than all the others.
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IndividuallyIndividually
– Think of lay personslay persons in the church who have cared for you in various wayse.g. Helping in your Christian growth
– Supporting you in difficult times– Encouraging you in your Christian service
– What do you remember most about who they are/were
– Their characteristics– Their attitudes– In what ways they were competent
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Who has been a mentor to youbeen a mentor to you?
- How did you find that helpfulhelpful?
- What did you learn about mentoringyou learn about mentoring from them?
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• To provide some practical guidelines for both mentors and mentorees
• To emphasise that mentoring is essentially experience-based learning to which reflection is central
• To help especially leaders see the broad possibilities for mentoring
• To enable the development of mentoring networks
• To present Jesus Christ as our prime mentoring model
My Core Commitments In Writing This Book
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My Core Commitments In Writing This Book cont...
• Mentoring is NOTNOT an optional extra
• To encourage every follower of Christ to ‘watch over one another in love’
• The foundation for Christian mentoring is a vital, growing relationship with Jesus Christ
• To explain the various dimensions of mentoring and what is involved
• Mentoring can be done with varying degrees of intensity from a close friendship to a professional relationship
• To give Biblical and theological basis for mentoring
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Who This Book Is ForWho This Book Is For
• Potential mentors/mentorees - how to do it and how to begin
• Mentors - who want to improve their performance
• Team leaders - who want to build their teams
• Supervisors - who want to maximise their mentoring
• Church and para-church leaders - who want to develop mentoring networks
• Trainers - a sound resource to equip mentors
• Friends - who want their friendships to be more effective
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• help you catch a vision of mentoring
• encourage you to begin
• provide practical know-how
• help you experience the potential of reflection for learning from the experiences through which God has taken you
• enable you to find a mentor or a mentoree
• equip you to build effective teams
• open your eyes to how churches and Christian organisations can be transformed through organised mentoring
What This Book Can Do For YouWhat This Book Can Do For You
It will:
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How The Study/How The Study/TTraining Dimension raining Dimension WorksWorks
• Personal reflection questions– The outcome ... for a mentored person
to become a reflective Christ-centred disciple• Group work questions
– With one other person or a small group
The Trainer’s Guide provides• A recommended program • Clear guidelines for the trainer
The 32 Study Guides at the end of each section have:
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32 Study Guides32 Study Guides
• Personal Reflection • Group Work
At the end of each section in each chapter:
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MentorMentorIt’s Origin and MeaningIt’s Origin and Meaning
(In Greek mythology – Odysseus)
• The name of the wise & trustedwise & trusted companion & companion & friendfriend of UlyssesUlysses
• GuardianGuardian of Ulysses’ house during his 10 year absence at Trojan wars
• Teacher and advisorTeacher and advisor of Ulysses’ son Telemachus
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DefinitionDefinition
Christian mentoring is a dynamic, intentional
relationship of trust in which one person enables
another to maximise the grace of God in their life
and service
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Significant Words, Significant Words, eetc tc (in (in ddefinition)efinition)
• DynamicDynamic - Active, Growing, Flexible, Stimulating, Empowering
• IntentionalIntentional - With Purpose and Direction - Orderly
• RelationshipRelationship - Connection, Bond, Affinity, Mateship, Concern,
Commitment
• TrustTrust - Rely Upon, Put Confidence in
• EnableEnable - Give the Means to Make Possible
• MaximiseMaximise - Make the Most of
• Grace of GodGrace of God - All God Freely Offers Us in Christ
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Other DefinitionsOther Definitions• Gunter Krallmann:Gunter Krallmann:
‘A mentor in the biblical sense establishes a close relationship with a protégé and on that basis through fellowship, modelling, advice, encouragement, correction, practical assistance and prayer support influences his/her understudy to gain a deeper comprehension of divine truth, lead a godlier life and render more effective service to God’.
• J Robert Clinton:J Robert Clinton:‘Mentoring refers to the process in which a person with a serving, giving, encouraging attitude (Mentor), sees the leadership potential in a still to be developed person and is able to prompt or otherwise significantly influence that person along to the realisation of his/her potential’.
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Other DefinitionsOther Definitions cont... cont...
• BISHOP JOHN REID:BISHOP JOHN REID: ‘Peter was commissioned by Jesus to strengthen
his other followers, “...help your brothers be help your brothers be strongerstronger...” (Luke 22:32).
Just as Jesus enabled him to minister, Peter was to do the same with his peers.
Mentoring describes an intentional and deliberate attitude to encourage another’s life and ministry.
It finds its biblical base in Jesus’ words to Peter’.
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Mentoring - Part Of The Fabric Of Life
• The value of having a friend and adviser……….. ‘Two are better than one’ (Eccl 4:9)
• Parents/children
• Artisan/apprentice relationship
• Coach of a sportsperson or team
• Mentoring at all levels of commerce, industry, education and public life
• Mentoring was a way of life in Bible Times
• Jesus, with his disciples, provides our prime mentoring model
• The New Testament is full of ‘one another’ and ‘together’ passages pointing to Christianity as relational
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Beginning
Leading Growing
Serving
Discipler
Model Spiritual
Guide
Sponsor Coach
Pastor Teacher
Counsellor
Encourager
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BeginningBeginning - Conversion
BecomingBecoming - Discipleship
MinisteringMinistering - Obedience
Leading Leading - Reproducing
Stages In DiscipleshipStages In Discipleship
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Encouragement
Mentors must be encouragers.
If a mentoree goes away discouraged, we have failed.
There should alwaysalways be a positive and helpful positive and helpful outcome.outcome.
There will be times when we will speak firmly, even reprimand,
but it must always be from aalways be from a gospel perspective of hope.
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Encouragement
Is Love Expressed.
• It is an assurance of commitment to another.
• It gives a sense of support,
reduces fear,
raises morale and
gives confidence.
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A Journey of Faith
The mentor's role:
· Facilitator on the journey· Make available all which will enable the mentoree
to come to:
Wholeness in ChristWholeness in Christ…
Walking together with Jesuswith Jesuson the journey of Christian life and service
Mentoring
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Meeting any point of struggle with
· Love
· Compassion
· Understanding
In this context we can
· feel safe, and
· grow through our struggle
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Embracing allall aspects of growth
· Spiritual
· Physical
· Intellectual
· Emotional
(The wholewhole person)
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You Can Do It!
• Mentoring is a very significant role everyevery Christian disciple can fulfil ... irrespective of age or experience.
• It is not restricted to ‘giants of the faith’.
If this is true of you, youyou can be God’s agent in enriching another person’s life.
The basic requirementThe basic requirement is a living relationship with God and an ability to listen and respond sensitively, and to
encourage.
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YouYou Can Do It cont...
• MenMen: they often fear to shareoften fear to share their inner struggles, thoughts and feelings, lest disclosure erodes others’ confidence in them. But But deep bonding can take place.deep bonding can take place.
• WomenWomen: they are natural mentors and co-mentorsnatural mentors and co-mentors.
• Busy peopleBusy people: some of the best mentoring is done by very active people.
• HouseboundHousebound: they can mentor by means of their phones or by inviting others to visit them.
• SeniorsSeniors: the wisdom of long experience can greatly benefit others. Growing older as participants rather than spectators!Growing older as participants rather than spectators!
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Women Are Natural Mentors /MentoreesWomen Are Natural Mentors /Mentorees
When Under Stress.....
'Men Go Into Their Caves'Men Go Into Their Caves
Women Talk'Women Talk'
("Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus...."
John Gray)
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Go and make disciples of all nations,
baptising them in the name of the Father and the
Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to
obey everything I have commanded you. And surely
I am with you always, to the very end of the age.
(Matthew 28:19,20, NIV)
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'Witness''Witness' (Luke in his gospel 24:48, and in Acts 1:8, 22:15)
'My'
· Tell of one's personal knowledge and experience of Jesus Christ.
· Be living proof of the truth of the gospel of Christ
· Testify to Jesus Christ by word and deed by who we are, what we say and what we do.
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Mentoring or Disciplemaking
‘DiscipleDisciple' (73 times in Matthew's gospel)- 'Learner'
· Developing knowledge and understanding of God's nature and purposes in the context of a growing personal relationship with God in Christ that results in gratitude for God's grace (undeserved kindness) expressed in exclusive loyalty and obedience to him
· New values, attitudes and behaviour which reflect Jesus Christ
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“Go and
of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit and
teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.”
….Matthew 28:19,20
make disciples
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Key Verb - ‘Make Disciples’
Other ‘doing words’ - subordinate to it
They instruct in the ‘howhow’ (what is involved)
– ‘GO’ – Identify with others; Reach out; Get involved
– ‘BAPTISE’ – Publicly own Christ; Make him heard
– ‘TEACH’ – Help develop knowledge, understanding and application to life of Christ’s teachings
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Make disciples as a way of lifeMake disciples as a way of life
‘Go’ can also read
‘As you go’- in the routines of daily life
- in our daily encounters
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Ongoing Disciplemaking
‘And the things you have heard me say in
the presence of many witnesses entrust to entrust to
reliable people who are qualified to teach reliable people who are qualified to teach
others others alsoalso’. (2 Tim 2:2)
‘AlsoAlso’ is an ongoing verb.an ongoing verb.
We teach those who are able to teach others,
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Jesus’ Remarkable PromiseJesus’ Remarkable PromiseJesus’ Remarkable PromiseJesus’ Remarkable Promise
‘I am with you always’
Christ’sChrist’s unfailing presencepresence and
powerpower transforms
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'All authority in heaven and on earth has 'All authority in heaven and on earth has
been given to me… And surely I am with been given to me… And surely I am with
you always to the very end of the age.'you always to the very end of the age.'
•What encouragement do you receive from these
words of Christ?
•What difference would it make to your mentoring/
disciplemaking if this promise of Christ was really
taken seriously?
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The Biblical Foundation
· The bigbig picture of GodGod
· The true perspective on Human BeingsHuman Beings
· The power of Spiritual CommunitySpiritual Community
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The limitless power of Calvary, the Empty TombThe limitless power of Calvary, the Empty Tomb
and Pentecostand Pentecost
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An Adequate Idea Of GodAn Adequate Idea Of GodMost of the problems we face from time to time
grow out of an inadequate idea of God.
• God is unconditional love
• God is merciful, full of grace
• God is faithful
• God is holy and righteous
• God is ever-present
• God is all-knowing
• God is all powerful
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As Disciplers (mentors)Disciplers (mentors) we are not thethe maker (enforcer)maker (enforcer)
We are not self-sufficient builders
God is the mentorGod is the mentor
Christian mentors are ….
under mentorsunder mentors
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Image BearerImage Bearer
Flawed Wounded
Child Of GodChild Of God(away from “home” or at “home”)
New Testament Perspective on Human Beings
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Realist!
Optimist!
(Grace - Hope & Promise)
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Our God-given Vision
The vision God gives us in Christ
is all about possibilitiespossibilities
- what might be, not what is.what might be, not what is.
People need not be locked into more of the same.
It is about new realitiesnew realities
which can be seen and apprehended by faith.
The Good News is that life can begin again!that life can begin again!
God’s call is to actualise through the Spirit God’s call is to actualise through the Spirit
what we already are in Christ - new creation.what we already are in Christ - new creation.(2 Cor 5:17)
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The Vision God Gives To Us In Christ
What might be, not what is
People need not be locked into more of the same
Life can begin again!
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‘‘Two are better than oneTwo are better than one,,
because they have a good reward for their toil.because they have a good reward for their toil.
For if they fall, one will lift up the other;For if they fall, one will lift up the other;
but woe to one who is alone and falls
and does not have another to help.’
Ecclesiastes 4:9-10
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It’s better to have a partner than go it alone.It’s better to have a partner than go it alone.
Share the work, share the wealth.
And if one falls down, the other helps,
But if there’s no one to help, tough!…
By yourself you’re unprotected.
With a friend you can face the worst.
Can you round up a third?
A three-stranded rope isn’t easily snapped.A three-stranded rope isn’t easily snapped.
- Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 , The Message
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‘One another’ ‘together’
We are Christians not only for our own sakebut also for the sake of others
“Pious Particles” - Moffatt
“The Bible knows nothing of solitary religion” ... Wesley
Partners Spiritual Mates
“We are to watch over
one another in love”
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TheThe ““ONE ONE ANOTHERSANOTHERS””
LoveLove one anotherone another – John 13:34-35as Christ lovedas Christ loved His disciples 1 John 3:11
RestoreRestore one anotherone another –carrycarry each other’s burdensburdens Galatians 6:1-2
Bear withBear with and forgiveforgive one anotherone another Colossians 3:13
Build upBuild up one anotherone another 1 Thessalonians 5:11
EncourageEncourage to believe… Hebrews 3:12-14protectprotect from sin’s deceitfulness
StirStir one anotherone another to love andto love andgood worksgood works…encourageencourage to hopeto hope 1 Thessalonians 5:11
Confess sinConfess sin to one anotherone another James 5:16Pray forPray for one anotherone another
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‘Watch Over One Another In Love’
• John Wesley’s ‘General Rules for Methodist Fellowships’
• Released in 1743.
• Key to his success in retaining those who were converted through that revival.
• In class meetings and one-to-one, they cared for one another.
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‘Let us consider how we may
spur one another on towards
love and good deeds.
Let us not give up
Meeting together,Meeting together,
As some are in the habit of doing
But let us
Encourage one another...Encourage one another...’’Hebrews 10:24,25
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‘‘To Spur One Another On . . .’To Spur One Another On . . .’‘‘To Spur One Another On . . .’To Spur One Another On . . .’
•To call forth•Summons•Invite•Beg•Urge•Appeal to
‘. . . Towards love and good deeds’
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• Inspire with courage, faith and hope
• Console, comfort, cheer up
• Support, assist
• Inspire to press on, persevere
‘‘Encourage One Another’Encourage One Another’
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- To Encourage - To Encourage
‘Holy Spirit’ (paraklete) – from the same root
The Supreme EncouragerThe Supreme Encourager
When we encourage, we share in
the ministry of the Holy Spirit
- channels of grace
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The Context Of This PassageThe Context Of This Passage• A personal relationship with God
through Christ’s Death
• Direct access into his presence
• Make full use of this privilege“Draw near to God”“With confidence”To receive all the grace he has for us
Mentoring essentially isencouraging others to do the same
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- Context -
• Confidently use our direct access to God’s Confidently use our direct access to God’s presencepresence through Christ’s completed workthrough Christ’s completed work (v. 19-21)
• Keep seeking after holinessKeep seeking after holiness, , righteousnessrighteousness (v. 22)
• Maintain a strong hold on the hope we have in Maintain a strong hold on the hope we have in ChristChrist (v. 23)
• Rely upon God’s utter faithfulnessRely upon God’s utter faithfulness (v. 23)
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‘Keep each other on your toes
so sin doesn’t slow down your reflexes’
Hebrews 3:13 (The Message)
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“Your words
have kept people on their feet”
Job 4:4
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‘Let us see how inventive we can be in encouraging and helping out one another’.
(Hebrews 10:24,25, The Message)
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'We all blossom in the presence of one who sees
the good in us and who can coax the best out of us.'
……..Desmond Tutu
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• Not the way God created us - created relational beings• 'The self-made man worships his creator'• No points of reference - Don't have compass bearings -
- go astray• Become discouraged very easily• Lose one's perception and perspective• No accountability• Achieve less• Loss of objectivity• No one to share joys with - attainments, successes, dreams• No one to share sorrow or pain• No synergy - interaction, empowerment• No one to rescue us when we fall or go astray (rescue from
ourselves)• No one to help to keep us honest in our P R material!!
Disadvantages Of Trying To Make It On Our Own
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• No one to tell you, you need to think again
• Limiting available resources
• No accountability
• Internalisation without conclusion (action/change)
• Nothing to combat discouragement - can live in a state of confusion
• Disconnected
• No 'bench marks'
• No one to rescue us
• Burnout is possible
• Inability to grow
• Can become selfish / self-centred
Disadvantages Of Trying To Make It Alone
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Jesus - Our Prime Model
His Being:
• Who he was as a person - his character, his integrity, his credibility, his uniqueness.
His Words:
• What Jesus said indeed proved to be words of life (John 6:68).
• He spoke plainly so all understood, always enabling the practical application.
• He never compromised the truth - sometimes meant offence and loss of supporters.
His Deeds:
‘We have never seen anything like this’ (Mark 2:12).
All Jesus’ ministry was motivated by divine love.
Jesus entrusted his ministry to the disciples with remarkable results.
They were instrumental in changing the course of history!
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‘All biblical mentoring then is under-mentoring.
Jesus Christ is the real
and decisive agent
in Christian mentoring.
He claims our wholehearted trust in him
as present enabler.’
JESUS - OUR PRIME MODEL Cont...
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Jesus - Our Prime Mentoring Model
• Involvement with people• Patience• Pure motives• Personal integrity• Nobody insignificant• Human need was above the law• One on one training of disciples• Teaching - method - known to unknown• Set boundaries
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Jesus - Our Prime Mentoring Model cont.
• Compassion • Got alongside and worked with people• Took out of situation for instruction• Acceptance• Direct• Freely gave - self / possessions• Way dealt with politics and religious leaders• Simplicity of his life• Everything bathed in prayer• Creativity• Stayed focused
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Jesus - Our Prime Mentoring Model cont.
• Willing to give correction (gently)• Gave clear guidance• Showed concern• Praised people• Humility (didn’t blow own trumpet)• Servanthood• Forgiveness (never wrote people off - gave another
chance• Love for people• Understands our humanity• Availability• Empowered people
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I often think of the genuine faith of yours
- a faith that was alive in Lois your grandmother
and in Eunice your mother before you,
and which, I am confident, lives in you also.
2 Timothy 1:5
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Women MentorsWomen Mentorsin the New Testamentin the New Testament
Priscilla(and Aquila)
Apollos
Lois Eunice
Timothy
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The Heart Of Christian Mentoring
Mentoring is concerned essentially with assisting a person
to recognise and respond to the prompting of God’s Spirit
so that the mind and power of Christthe mind and power of Christ
may govern allall a person is and does
in order to arrive at the goal to which God is leading.
It is about enabling another to ‘live and keep in step with the Spiritlive and keep in step with the Spirit’ (Gal 5:25).
Helping The Development Of A Growing Relationship With God
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Być Jak Jezus
Sztuka Kształtowania
Uczniów I Przywódców
To Be Like Jesus
Ability To Mentor
Disciples And Leaders
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Purpose
To develop
Attentiveness (Trained, Disciplined)
and
Obedience
To God
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“Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion?
Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest.
Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace.
I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.”
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GODGOD
Me
Mentor
Co-mentor
Mentoree
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GODGOD
Me
Father/Mother
Brother/ Sister
Son/ Daughter
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GODGOD
Me
Receiving
Sharing
Giving
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GODGOD
Paul
Barnabas
Barnabas
Timothy
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Receiving and GivingReceiving and Giving
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Peer Mentoring
A Shared relationship, involving both giving and receiving. It is an Equal relationship between two people who value and respect each other and believe each can enrich the other. The ‘one another’ and ‘together’ passages of the New
Testament can usually be lived out at a greater level of intimacy in peer mentoring relationships.
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Peer Mentoring (continued)
The effectiveness of these relationships is because of
unrestricted openness, trust, commitment,
sense of responsibility for each other
and mutual accountability
which is already present in good friendships. It can be developed further
when there is an agreement to be more purposeful.
Unfortunately this so readily available,
and most effective form of mentoring
is overlooked by many
or not developed to its full potential.
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Peer Mentoring• Begin with a friend• Set aside regular times to be together• Maximise your times together
– Maintain a balance in your relationship– Seek to be transparent with each other
• Focus on major areas where we can stray• Ask good questions• Be mutually accountable• Show mutual respect• Take scripture seriously• Pray together• Laugh together, cry together, have fun together• Arrange some special times together
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Focus On Major Areas Where One Can Stray
· Friendships
· Spouse and family
· Self-centredness
· Management of time
· Pride - self-image
· Lust
· Greed - attitude towards money
· Honesty
· Power
· Acknowledgement of authority
· Servanthood
· Availability for service
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Focus On Major Areas Where One Can Stray cont.
• Anger• Accountability• Addictive behaviours
(workaholism)• Self nurture (fitness,
days off, etc)• Integrity• Attitude
• Tolerance
• Manipulative behaviour
• Forgiveness
• Baggage of past
• Keeping focused
• Self esteem
• Balanced mentoring network
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MAJOR AREAS OF MENTORINGMAJOR AREAS OF MENTORING
Here are some common areas in which people seek mentoring:
• Development of spiritual lifeSetting aside adequate time in a busy scheduleHow to pray more effectivelyHow to understand the Bible and take it more
seriouslyPractising other spiritual disciplinesDeveloping own unique form of spiritualityLiving and walking in the Spirit
• Giving quality time to - friends, spouse, family
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• Management of time and creative use of leisure
• Setting priorities and goals
• Choosing between the good and the best in life and Christian service
• Personal and professional development
• Attitude towards, and use of, money
• Handling power with grace and humility
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• Sexual relationships
• Remaining open and honest
• Coping with stress
• Keeping positive and hopeful
• Self-control
• Resolving conflicts
• Relating well to people
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Try to recall a few Christians who have had a positive influence upon you -- (relatives, friends, teachers" leaders, pastors, etc.).
• In what ways did they influence you?• How did they help you grow spiritually?• What encouragement, guidance and support did
they give to help you develop as a leader?• In difficult times how did they care for you?
What do you remember most about their --• Behaviour?• Attitudes?• Values?
List a few words that best characterise them.
IndividuallyIndividually
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Try to recall a few Christian leaders who have had a positive influence on you
(relatives, friends, teachers, leaders, ministers, etc)
What words describe their characteristics?
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• Available• Integrity• Maturity• Gracious• Positive• Good listener• Wise• Insightful• Intuitive• Dependable
• Able to see big picture • Honesty• Recognise potential• Accepting• Empathetic• Affirming• Supportive• Understanding• Encouraging• Sense of humour
Qualities To Look For In Mentors
• Tough unconditional love• Willing to share own experiences
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Christ Centred• The foundational quality for Christian mentoring.• A life touched and continually renewed by Jesus Christ.
Passionate• Passion is what drives us. To be really effective in mentoring, we need a passion for
it.• Passion can grow as you get involved and see the remarkable difference it can make.
Relational• Able to establish and maintain relationships.• Actively listen.• Can inspire and motivate by their attitude.• Enjoy being with others.• Always out to encourage.
Affirming• Believe in their mentorees - and tell them so
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Basic Qualities Of Basic Qualities Of aa Mentor cont... Mentor cont...Open and Transparent• Believable, Real, Honest
Trusting and Trustworthy• Keep confidences
Available• Meet agreed commitments• Available for extra contacts if a special need arises
Able To Facilitate Learning• Not quick to give advice• Use good questions are used to probe and enable reflection
Competent• Capable in the areas in which the mentoree wants to grow
Prayerful• Pray to prepare, during and between meetings
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Prayerful
• Prayer is not an add-on for a good mentor
• 'Prayer leads one to see new paths and hear new melodies in the air. Prayer is the breath of one's life, which gives you freedom to go and to find many signs which point out the way to a new land. Praying is living.'
• On mentors' own personal prayer lists
• Prayer together during get-togethers and over the phone
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• Roles keep changing to meet different needs and situations.
• In practice, roles overlap one another.
• Some mentors will be better equipped to fulfil one role more than another and will perform best when operating that way.
The Main Roles Of A Mentor
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•Discipleship is a process.
•The role of the mentor as a discipler covers every stage in the life of a disciple of Jesus Christ.
•It undergirds all other mentoring roles.
Discipler
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Spiritual Guide
Paul summarises this role,
'We proclaim him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone mature in Christ' (Col 1:28).
It is essentially about keeping those we help focusing on Christ and keeping their lives open to his grace in the fullest possible way.
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Coach
Coaching is a response to Paul's challenge 'to equip the saints for the work of ministry'. (Eph 4:12)
· Providing help in understanding and maximising their ministries.
· The artisan/apprentice relationship or the coach of anindividual sportsperson or team, are good
models. · Mentors may involve mentorees in aspects of their
own ministry to observe and for them to perform certain tasks,
· Followed by time for reflection on both the mentor's and mentoree's performance.
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Counsellor
Degrees of counselling, from a word of advice
to an ongoing relationship with a highly trained professional.
Make referrals to professional helpers when appropriate.
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Teacher
· Integral to most of what a mentor does.
· People learn both formally and informally.
· Mentoring focuses more on informal learning.
· Experience based learning.
· Reviewing of life and ministry experiences, the exploring of options for the way ahead, and planning accordingly.
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Sponsor
Mentors use their position to
· benefit mentorees through their extensive contacts, and
· protect their mentorees.
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Pastor
· Servanthood, an essential aspect of pastoring, is best modelled by Christ.
· Peter's moving dialogue with Jesus after the resurrection.
· Christian mentors will be shepherds to their mentorees as they care for, protect, guide, nourish, comfort, heal and encourage.
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Model
Much of human behaviour is learnt by the observation of models
• Modelling is the greatest form of unconscious learning.• Mentorees need models as visual aids.• Jesus’ disciples learnt so much from just being with him.• Paul urged his readers, ‘Whatever you have learned or
received or heard from me or seen in meor seen in me – put it into practice.
• Probably most of what our mentorees learn from us will be learnt just being with us, from observing who we are – our being, what we do and the way we do it, our attitudes, our values and our behaviour.
• John U’ren – ‘Do they see your priorities and values?’• Biographies and autobiographies of contemporary and
historical Christian leaders.
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Encourager
Mentors must be encouragers. If a mentoree goes away discouraged, we have failed. There should always be a positive and helpful outcome. There will be times when we will speak firmly, even reprimand, but it must always be from a gospel perspective of hope.
Scripture is a major source of encouragement.
The ultimate encouragement found in God.
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Encouragement• ‘Good Words can make an anxious heart glad’ (Prov 12:25)
• Failure To Speak can cause discouragement.
• Attitudes influence the effectiveness of mentoring
• The Need To Encourage - to positively influence increased godliness (1 Thess 2:11,12), to inspire courage in the face of trials (1 Thess 3:2,3), to hearten as one hears of the faith and love of others (1 Thess 3:6-10), and to facilitate spiritual development (1 Thess 5:11).
• Scripture - a major source of encouragement.
• The Ultimate Encouragement will be found in one’s relationship to God.
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Mentoring Styles
Factors Which Determine Style• Our temperament - affects ...the manner in which we act, feel
and think.• Our perception of mentoring
– mentoree-centred, concerned mainly with his or her personal development and well-being
– performance-centred, getting a task done well
Directive and Non-directive Styles• Directive mentors can often become manipulative, keeping the
mentoree in a highly dependent role. (Not all unhelpful.) • Non-directive mentors act gently and reassuringly.
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Functional Style• A functional mentor responds to
the needs of the mentoree in varying situations.• Flexible in their styles.• Both mentoree- and performance-centred.• Holistic in their approach
Grace-Givers and Truth-Tellers• Grace-giving ‘ the art of empowering or encouraging
someone in their ministry or their station in life’.• Truth-telling ‘is the art of informing someone about objective
reality’.
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Grace-givers
Friend CheerleaderKind
wordsSuggests Listens Process
Truth–
tellersBoss Supervisor
Hardwords
Assigns Tells Product
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Personal development - Performance
Being - Doing
Process - Outcome
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Grace-GiversGrace-Givers & & Truth-TellersTruth-Tellers
Grace-GiversGrace-Givers - Inspire- Empower- Encourage- Mentoree-centred
Truth-TellersTruth-Tellers - Inform- Give advice- Instruct- Direct- Performance-centred
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Jesus’ StyleJesus’ StyleOur ultimate model of style
• Jesus knew how to respond to the ever-changing situation of his disciples
• A servant leader but authoritative
• Spoke encouraging words but reprimanded
• Listened but knew when to instruct
• Cheered on
• ‘Full of grace and truth’ (John 1:14)
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Your Personal Mentoring Resources
Here are some of our possible resources:
• Who you are in Christ
• Who you are as a person
• Your spiritual gifts
• Your knowledge and understanding of the Scriptures
• The skills you have developed
• Life experiences
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• Ministry experiences
• Just being a good listener
• Your ability to encourage
• Your availability
• Your network of relationships
• Your knowledge of available resources
• Your influence with systems and organisations (for sponsoring)
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Our Personal Mentoring Resources
• Who you are in Christ is the essential resource.Who you are in Christ is the essential resource.
• Without this resource, none of us can effectively undertake Christian mentoring.
• Our experiences of Christ will vary and so will our spirituality,
but the one constant is that we have a personal, living relationship with him.
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Beginning As A Mentor
• Personal Reflection
Pray
Reflect on past experiences
– Help you have received
– Help you have given to others
Identifying potential mentorees
Refer to the ‘life stages’ as a framework for your thinking.
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Developing Your Network
God Always Goes Before– He takes the initiative
Reflect on– Your network of relationships– Your mentor(s) mentorees will usually be there
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• Keep alert to unspoken cries for help
• Issue open- ended invitations
• Recognise approaches from potential mentorees
• Don’t be quick to commit yourself
Discovering A Mentoree
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"Never hesitate to contact me
if you think I can be of help
- I mean that!"
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The Crucial Role Of Prayer
• The Need For Prayer SupportThe power of collective prayer
• Prayer With Mentorees
• The Need For Prayer In Effective MentoringPersonal spirituality and mission, Prayer and work, Faith and action, Withdrawal and participation
All Belong Together
Jesus said, ‘Without me you can do nothing’ (John 15:5b).
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Build Build
YourYour
Prayer BasePrayer Base© John Mallison 1341.2
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Prayer Strategy
Unknown Supporters
Prayer Partners
Prayer Chain
Prayer Groups
Intercessors
Own time with God
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IntercessorsIntercessors
Prayer ChainPrayer Chain
PrayerPrayer PartnersPartners
GeneralGeneral
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The Model Of Jesus' Prayer LifeThe Model Of Jesus' Prayer Life
Through times of solitude with his Father he maintained that intimacy which undergirded and empowered
his whole life and ministry.(Mark 1:35; Luke 6:12-
15)
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• Although Paul had great gifts and held an
eminent place in the early church,
he was dependent on the prayers of others.
• Strong example of
personal humility and
mutuality of Christian Community.
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Eph 6:19,20 “Pray also for me, that...”“Pray that I may...”
Col 4:3,4 “Pray for us that...”“Pray that...”
1 Thess 5:25 “...pray for us”
2 Thess 3:1, 2 “Pray for us that ...”“Pray that we ...”
Heb 13:18 “Pray for us.”
Co1 4:18 “Remember my chains.”
Paul Asked For PrayerPaul Asked For Prayer
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“Do not deceive yourselves by
just listening to his word
instead
put it into practice”
“… Persevere … A Doer … Blessed…”
James 1:22-25
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'It is never sufficient simply to have read God's word. It must penetrate deep within us, dwell in us like the Holy of Holies in the Sanctuary, so that we do not sin thought, word or deed.
Just knowing Scripture does not mean that it will change us or automatically prevent us from doing wrong. Scripture must be believed, must come alive for us as being important & relevant, & must be acted upon if it is to be a power of good in our lives. The power of Scripture lies in its ability to give the wanderer direction; the disillusioned, hope; the seeker, answers; the discouraged, comfort; & provide us with the words that reflect God's heart & purpose.
'God's word must become part of the way we think if it is to direct us.' (Dietrich Bonhoeffer)
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These are the Scriptures
that testify about methat testify about me
John 5:39
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But these are written thatBut these are written that you may
believe that Jesus is the Christ, the believe that Jesus is the Christ, the
Son of God,Son of God, and that by believingbelieving you
may have life in his name.life in his name.
John 20:31
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The purpose of Bible study:
• to meet God in Christ
and
• to be addressed by him through the Holy Spirit
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Personal encounter
with
Jesus Christ
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THE PURPOSE OF SCRIPTURE
IS TO
NOT MERELY TO
INFORM
TRANSFORMTRANSFORM
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‘Let not Thy word, O Lord, become a
judgment upon us,
that we hear it and do it not
that we know it and love it not
that we believe it and obey it not.”
- Thomas à Kempis
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?The questions the biblical writers ask are:
• Who is God?
• What does he require of me?
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Our Theological House Our Everyday House
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Our Theological House
Our beliefs
Our ideal values
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Our Everday House
Our behaviour
Our actual values
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Our beliefs Our behaviour
Our ideal values Our actual values
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Applying God's Word To Our LivesApplying God's Word To Our Lives
• How would I be different if I took this seriously?
• What persons and situations would I view differently?
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Do not be anxious about anything, but in
everything, by prayer and petition, with
thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And
the peace of God, which transcends all
understanding, will guard your hearts and your
minds in Christ Jesus.Philippians 4:6-7
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How Adults LearnHow Adults Learn
People learn in different ways. Discover which way your mentorees learn best.
• Experience-Based LearningEvery area and circumstance of life provides an environment for learning.
Experience-based learning involves a conscious effort to process and learn from experiences on one’s own, with another person or a small group.
The apprenticeship model - the major component of learning takes place inthe workplace with a qualified person.
The most common form used by Jesus.
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The Important Role The Important Role oof Reflectionf Reflection
Reflection helps turn experience into learning. Reflection helps turn experience into learning.
It is the central factor in experience-based learning.It is the central factor in experience-based learning.
• Revisit our experiences
• Analyse what was happening
• Identify behaviour, ideas and feelings.
• The positive aspects affirmed
• Ways explored to remove the negative aspects
In mentoring, our aim is to produce In mentoring, our aim is to produce
reflective disciplesreflective disciples of Christ.of Christ.
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Our Goal…Our Goal…
To develop Reflective DisciplesReflective Disciples
who become Reflective LeadersReflective Leaders
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Mentoring As Experience-Based Learning
Kurt Lewin’s experiential learning cycle(developed further by David Kolb )
Learning is a continuous process, grounded in experience.
To learn from experience we need to take time to reflect on a specific action, thinking about it and making sense of it, then planning ways of acting more effectively in the future.
A journey of discovery rather than acting as a passive participant in a didactic learning situation - listening to a ‘teller’.
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Learning Is a Continuous ProcessGrounded in experience
ReflectAct Plan ReflectAct Plan
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Questions For Reflection
• What was your purpose
• How did you prepare?
• What went well/not so well?
• What feelings did you identify in yourself and others?
• Which of the feelings were unhelpful?
• In what ways can these obstructive feelings be removed in future similar experiences?
• What were the positive feelings?
• How can these positive feelings be utilised in the future?
• What did you learn about yourself?
• What did you learn about your ministry?
• What did you learn about ‘you in ministry’?
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• What do you think Jesus would do in a similar situation?
• What does Scripture have to say that is relevant here?
• What did your learn about God in this experience?
• What would you do the same in future?
• What would you do differently?
• (You may need to explore options and select the most appropriate - brainstorming could be helpful)
• What/who could hinder or block you in doing things differently?
How will you handle this?
• What/who could be of help?
How and when will you enlist this help?
Questions For Reflection cont...
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Special Experiences Special Experiences For ReflectionFor Reflection
• A case study
• Interviews and field trips
• A critical incident report
Brainstorming
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JournallingJournalling
Journal writing is reflective writing
Journalling introduces
the important dimension of autobiography
into learning experiences,
personalising the learning,
strengthening ownership of the experience and
the awareness of relevance for future action.
~~~~~ Remember adults learn in different ways
- some will not find journalling easy.
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Setting BoundariesWe need to know what is our task and what isn’t,
when to say ‘yes’ and when to say ‘no’.
Boundaries help us take control of our lives.
People can assume functions that in the end are not helpful,
which prevent another accepting ownership,
taking responsibility for themselves.
Christians often find this confusing.
Paul puts it well when he says,
‘Bear one another’s burdens’ (Gal 6:2)
and then goes on to say, ‘all should carry their own loads’ (Gal 6:5).
‘Burden’ - beyond our normal ability to carry.
‘Load’ - what is manageable.
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• Consult and be accountable
• Discuss the boundaries
• Be available - within reason
• Keep confidences
• Avoid excessive intimacy– Touches can be good, bad or confusing.
(Codes of Ethics)
• Allow others their freedom to develop god’s way– Don’t try to force mentorees into your own mould
Setting Boundaries cont...
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• Don’t be a perpetual rescuerRepeated rescuing only reinforces irresponsible behaviour. Mentors help their mentorees take responsibility for their lives. There are consequences to all our actions - good or bad, helpful or unhelpful, joyful or sorrowful.
• Know your own limitations - act as a bridge to specialised resources
• Engender respect for your boundaries
• Limit the time-span of your relationship
• Learn to let go– Endings are a natural part of any relationship.– Use a simple closure strategy
Setting Boundaries cont...
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1. Read the section
2. Discuss in pairs• What is new?• To what do you need to give more attention?
– Why, and how?
3. Plenary: Feedback, Questions, Discussion 4. Group Work• Discuss question given to your group• Plan a role play
5. Plenary• Performance of role plays• Discussion
Boundaries
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ASK GOOD QUESTIONS
Questions are enormously important.
The art of asking good questions is a major factor in effective mentoring. Some say it’s the most important tool.
Spending more time asking good questions, and listening rather than talking, is a good rule to follow
………………Asking good questions…
• gets the mentoree thinking for themselves
• builds confidence as they have an active and not a passive role
• gathers useful information and clarifies issues
• encourages reflection, and promotes future action
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Mentoring to Develop Disciples & Leaders
contains
247 Questions !! For reflection For the first or early mentoring sessions For ongoing mentoring sessions - Reporting back - Aspects of personal & spiritual life & ministry - Thinking through issues - Making action plans - Appraisal of relationship For peer mentoring For spiritual director’s issues For spiritual formation groups
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Active Listening
‘Seek first to understand’
Sensitive, empathetic, concentrated listening
to discover what people are really trying to communicate
is essential
in a mentoring relationship.
Indeed it is one of the most important aspects of good mentoring.
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Listening in dialogue is listening more to meanings
than to words… In true listening, we reach behind the
words, see through them, to find the person who is
being revealed. Listening is a search to find the
treasure of the true person as revealed verbally and
nonverbally. There is the semantic problem, of
course. The words bear a different connotation for
you than they do for me. Consequently, I can never
tell you what you said, but only what I heard. I will
have to rephrase what you have said, and check it out
with you to make sure that what left your mind and
heart arrived in my mind and heart intact and without
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Silence of Love
This silence of love is not indifference;
it is not merely poverty of something to say.
It is a positive form of self-communication.
Just as silence is needed to hear a watch ticking,
so silence is the medium through which heartbeats
are heard.
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Lord, grant me
the grace of silence
that I may refrain from
hasty or prolonged speech.
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How To Listen Actively
• ‘User Friendly’ Environments– Noise can hinder
– Switch off your mobile phone or pager
– Lighting
– Seating arrangements
– Space
• Use Appropriate Body Language– Posture
– Make appropriate body movements
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• Give Feedback- Paraphrase
- Perception check
- Behaviour description
- Summarise
• Let The Other Person Lead- Invitations to talk
- Avoid overtalk
- Restrict story-telling
• Other Skills- Use ‘I’ messages
- Indicate you are with them, using ‘little words’ and ‘non-words’
- Infrequent questions
- Responsive silence
How to Listen Actively cont...
Reflect feelings Accept the feelings
being expressed Describe your own
feelings
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Active Listening
The Importance Of Listening
True Listening
• Paraphrasing• Perception check• Behaviour description• Summarise• Reflected feelings• Accept the feelings being expressed• Describe your own feelings
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Feelings People Experienced
When They Were Heard
• Accepted• Valued• Encouraged• Motivated to be open• Supported• Significant• The relationship deepened
Active Listening cont...
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Non - Verbal55-65%
Vocal38%
Verbal7%
(Tone, Emphasis, Inflection)
(Facial Expression, Body Language)
Verbal & Non-Verbal Communication
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Reverse roles when first speaker
satisfied he/she has been heard
Listener Speaker
I understood you to say…
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Let anyone with ears to hear…
Listen! Mark 4:9 (NRSV)
Listen to advice and accept instruction,
That you may gain wisdom. Prov 19:20
(RSV)
Hear that your soul may live. Is 55:3 (RSV)
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‘‘Let everyone be:Let everyone be:
Quick to hear
- slow to speak’
James 1:19
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• Take The Responsibility Seriously– Mentoring is a sacred responsibility– Seek to be accountable– Prepare for each mentoring session
• Degrees Of Intensity Vary
• Practise Mutual Accountability
• Seek Out Their Real Needs
The presenting need may not be the real need
More Guidelines For MentorsMore Guidelines For Mentors
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• Setting Assignments– Mentorees work between meetings– Enable mentorees to set goals and actions during
most meetings– Sometimes be directive, giving them an assignment
• Goal SettingGoals should be: – clear and understandable– measurable– achievable– have a realistic time frame– state the desired outcome
• Be Open And Honest
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• Be Prepared To Be Firm
Don’t lay unnecessary burdens on others.
However there are times when we need to be firm.Timothy was instructed by Paul to ‘correct, rebuke and encourage’ (2 Tim 4:2)
• Keep Records/notes
• Build In Some Serendipity
Plan some happy surprises!
• Take An Interest In Their Spouse And Family
• Be Willing To Receive
More Guidelines For Mentors cont...
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• Do your follow-up
• Learn to use your phone
(Emails have limitations)
• Celebrate wins
• Trust them to God
More Guidelines For Mentors cont...
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The First meeting A time for assessment
• Begin by getting to know each other• Share your understanding of the aims
and purpose of mentoring• Understand what is expected of you• Assess whether you are meant to continue• Setting a time frame
– for frequency of meeting– for the initial length of the relationship– agree on some guideposts
More Guidelines For Mentors cont...
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Designs For Mentoring Sessions
Initial Inquiry‘Would you be willing to be my mentor?’
‘Let’s meet to talk about it and see how we both feel’
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Assessment SessionAssessment Session
• Get Acquainted
• Explain your understanding of mentoring
• Identify needs
• Agree on a time frame
• Introduce other matters
• How can I help you now?
• Agree on an assignment
• Pray together
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Ongoing Sessions
• Start where they are
• Report on assignment
• Discussion of ongoing or new areas of need
• Begin to help them build a prayer base
• Agree on a new assignment
• Pray together
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AccountabilityThe support that helps keep the leader and group focused. Involves oversight of attitudes, values, behaviour, spirituality and performance .
Based on the Biblical teaching of "covenant".
Ultimate accountability to God. (Romans 14:10-12)
Membership of the 'Body of Christ'- Members one of another. Need each other. ('One another’, 'each other' and 'together' passages in N. T.)- Need to moderate our individualism- Must work at maintaining unity within the ‘Body‘
Obedience and submission to leaders (Heb. 13:17)
Must reflect spirit of the Divine covenant…..Must reflect spirit of the Divine covenant…..Grace not law
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At the heart of good mentoring
AccountabilityAccountability
– Nudging in love– Openness and honesty
Avoid creating unreal guilt
In framework of
GraceGraceNot lawNot law
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PAUL’S ‘PARENTING’ OF NEW BELIEVERSPAUL’S ‘PARENTING’ OF NEW BELIEVERS(1 Thess 2)
As a ‘MOTHER’ (v.7) – ‘gentle’, ‘caring’
• We LOVED you so much
• Delighted to share with you
not only the gospel of God
• our lives
As a ‘FATHER’ (v.11)
• Encouraging
• Comforting
• Urging you to live lives worthy of God
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“Parenting” New Christians“Parenting” New Christians
What can we learn from Paul's nurture of the new Christians at Thessalonica (2:6-12) about our own attitude, behaviour and help offered when working with beginners in the faith?
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Mentoring New Christians
• Which one or two have been most helpful to you personally, in your early Christian development?
• Which do you consider to be the four most important in this list?
• With which would you begin when working with a new Christian?
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Mentoring In Small GroupsMentoring In Small Groups
Support And Development Of Leaders
Each leader:
• A Mentoree - On own (with exp. leader)
- In leaders’ group
• A Co-Mentor - With another leader
- One to one
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Coaching Small Group Leaders
• One-to-one meetings with co-ordinator
• Leaders' support group
• Informal mentoring among the leaders themselves
• In large networks
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Mentoring Leaders Of Small Groups
One-to-one Meetings With Co-ordinatorFocus is upon
– leadership style– keeping the group life vital – understanding and helping group members– helping members to learn and keep growing, etc.– the leader’s personal life
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Mentoring Leaders Of Small Groups cont…
Leaders’ Support GroupFocus is upon– ongoing development of group and leadership
skills– difficulties encountered– celebration of successes– sharing of ideas, resources, new insights
gained– caring for one another– worship and prayer together
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• Informal Mentoring Among The Leaders Themselves– in pairs to co-mentor each other
• In Large Networks– leaders are grouped in fives (‘Tree’ structure)
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• Difficulties discussed
• Successes celebrated
• Ideas, resources, insights shared
• Evaluation & planning
• Pastoral care
• Peer mentoring
• In-service training
Leaders’ Support GroupsLeaders’ Support Groups
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Mentoring In Large Networks(Tree Structure)
G roup Leaders
G rou p L ead er 1 G rou p L ead er 2 G rou p L ead er 3 G rou p L ead er 4 G rou p L ead er 5
Co-Ordinator
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Network Leadership Team
Level 1 Coordinator
Level 2 Leadership
Level 3 Leadership
Coordinator Level 2
Level 2 Level 3
Mentoring
Network Leadership Team
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Mentoring Emerging Small-group LeadersMentoring Emerging Small-group Leaders• Healthy, growing groups are seedbeds
for identifying and beginning to develop new leadership.
• Group leaders need to know :– how to recognise potential leadership– how to nurture their potential.
• Leaders should consult with their own personal mentors and leaders’ group
• Identify, affirm, develop and use the new potential leader’s gifts, provide needed support and ongoing mentoring
• The emerging leader will be given increasing responsibilities– a potential leader first needs to
learn to servebe affirmed and endorsed as an apprentice leader
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Mentoring In Small Groups cont…Mentoring In Small Groups cont…
Development Of Emerging Leaders• Identification - By Group Leader
- Confirmed by other leaders
• Development - In group
- Mentored by leader
- In Leaders’ Community• Affirmation by their own group
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- By group
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• Issue (or acknowledge) call• Discernment, affirmation &
development of gifts• Personal & spiritual development• Skill development• Involved in leadership (support in
preparation)• Reflection on performance• Pastoral care• Sponsoring
(consultation with mentor/coordinator)
Group Leader Mentors Emerging LeadersGroup Leader Mentors Emerging Leaders
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Note needs, concerns, etcShared by partner in group
Support between meetings
Group Members Peer MentoringGroup Members Peer Mentoring
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Mentoring In Discipleship Groups
• Keep small enough to permit the leader to mentor
each member individually
• Follow a planned series of topics
• Be sensitive – this is a “kindergarten” class
• Allow time to deal with immediate issues
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Mentoring In Spiritual Formation Groups
Groups of three or four people
• Seek to take their discipleship more seriously.
• Make a simple covenant to ‘watch over one
another in love’.
• Choose a few questions to keep asking each
other.
• Be “grace-givers”!
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Renovare Groups (‘to renew’)Renovare Groups (‘to renew’)
• contemplative (the prayer-filled life)
• holiness (the virtuous life)
• charismatic (the Spirit-empowered life)
• social justice (the compassionate life)
• evangelical (the word centred life)
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Life Transformation GroupsLife Transformation Groups
Focus:– peer mentoring – discipling of pre-Christian friends
• Two main elements of accountability– open, honest sharing based on the Ten Questions of
Accountability– reporting on how God has gained each person’s
attention through Scripture.
• Each identifies two not-yet Christian people who
become a prayer focus
• A specific prayer guide
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MENTORING A MINISTRY TEAM
• Ministry Team (Peer) Mentoring
– Team in Pairs to Build a Supportive Team Spirit
– Regular Meeting Times
– Occasional Retreats Away
– To Encourage and Learn From One Another
to Build a Supportive Team Spirit
• Attitudinal Mentoring
Attitude of the Team Leader Critical to
– Affirm and Build Self Esteem
– Maximise Potential
– Facilitate Growth
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• Formal MentoringWeekly or bi-weekly by leader with each member
• Resource MentoringBooks, casettes, videos, seminars
• Sponsorship MentoringOpening doors to key leaders and ministry opportunities
• Personal MentoringTeam leader’s accountability to:– church council– the team
• Reciprocal Mentoring
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?When working in a team, in what ways did
you experience:
• Personal growth• Development of knowledge/understanding• Development of skills• Support and encouragement
What can we learn from Rod Denton’s model for Mentoring a Ministry Team?
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Each Life Stage A Mentoring OpportunityEach Life Stage A Mentoring OpportunitySIGNIFICANT LIFE STAGES• Childhood• High School• Puberty• First date• Commencing university• Entering the workforce• Leaving home• Singleness• Becoming engaged• Marriage• First child• Unemployment• Coping with divorce• Middle age• Retirement• Loss of a partner or life long-friend
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Mentoring NewlywedsMentoring Newlyweds
Older married couples help newlyweds
during their first year of married life together.
The amount of time the couples spend together
is not prescribed.
(Doctors Les and Leslie Parrotts’ resources)
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Life StagesLife Stages
Focus on the period assigned to your group:
a) 0-25 b) 25+ or
1) 0-16 2) 16-35 3) 35-50 4) 50+
• What additional stages would you add to the list on page 161 for the period with which your group is dealing? (List these on the worksheet provided.)
• Discuss the needs and possible appropriate help for a few of the stages you listed (or for a few in the book).
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Mentoring at Various Life Stages
• Select one of the life stages discussed.
• Identify the specific needs and areas of vulnerability of that stage in life. (Make notes in column 2.)
• Discuss the role of a mentor in offering help to persons in this life stage. (Make notes in column 3.)
Major Stages Needs etc Help to Offer
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Life Stages
KindyPrimaryHigh schoolSibling issuesPubertyIndividualisationSex / drugs / music / alcoholDriving a carEmploymentUniversityIndependent livingMarriageStarting family (or not)UnemploymentParenting
Home ownership
Financial commitments
Promotion in work
Overwork
Divorce
Menopause
Grief and loss issues
Purpose of life (midlife issues)
Retirement
Transition in family structure
(From follower to leader)
Singleness
Major illnesses
Facing death
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Churches Mentoring ChurchesChurches Mentoring Churches
• Where A Church Plants Another Church
– The leader of the new group is in a mentoring relationship with the pastor of the mother church.
– There is a bonding between the new and the original administrative pastoral bodies.
• Adoption Of Small Or Ill-equipped Churches By Strong, Dynamic, Larger Church– The degree of support will vary. However, even
evidence of genuine interest, prayer support, encouragement and occasional provision of individuals and teams to share the ministry to assist them in teaching, evaluation and planning will be valuable.
– Whatever support is offered must be realistic and manageable.
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Implementing A Mentoring SystemImplementing A Mentoring System
• Model Mentoring Yourself
Practical demonstrations are a good way to help others catch the vision.
• Gather A Small Group Of Potential Mentors– Share your vision– Pray and think together– Get them reading this, and other mentoring books– Encourage the formation of peer relationships with each
other– Mentor a few yourself– Undertake training together– Use this book
• Determine The Areas Of Need
Consider the various ‘life stages’ represented
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• Promotion In The Gathered Life Of The Church– A sermon series– Studies in the regular small groups– Sharing of faith stories in regular acts of worship– Weekly news-sheet– Mention in the intercessory prayers
• Pairing Of Mentors And MentoreesAccording to common interest, passion, commitment, vision and ‘chemistry’.
• Mentors Support ClustersInclude: – relationship building– reporting progress– sharing of ideas and resources – mutual ministry
• Supervision And SupportBy a professionally trained carer (if available) with a passion for mentoring– meets with each mentor on a regular basis– available as a consultant
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A Mentoring Scheme Implemented In A Church
A Mentoring Scheme Implemented In A Church
• Practical training program of monthly workshops spread over one year plus a weekend retreat.
• Now each participant is mentoring one or two mentorees.
• All mentors are encouraged to have their own mentor.
• Program and individual mentors are supervised by the pastor and three elders.
• The three elders meet individually with the pastor for supervision.
• Each in turn supervises a few mentors.
• Mentoring done on gender basis; meetings usually monthly
• Social activities, sharing in ministry, attendance at training events and other special gatherings together are encouraged.
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A Simple Planning ProcessA Simple Planning Process
• Determine the ‘life stages’ groups represented in your church
• Identify the needs of each life stage group
• Identify your resources (potential mentors etc)
• Decide where you will begin?
• Build in support and supervision
• Plan training
• Undertake enlistment
• Set date for commencement
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Modelling Mentoring
Why is it essential for the person heading up the implementation of a mentoring system to model mentoring themselves?
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Support And Supervision Of Mentors
• Why?
• In what ways?
• By whom?
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Gathering Potential Mentors
• How would you select and enlist these people?
• Are there other things in addition to those suggested which you would seek to accomplish in these gatherings?
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Mentors' Support Clusters
Suggestions are made on p.172 regarding what to include in these meetings.
• How wouId you do what is suggested?
• What more would you include?
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Pairing of Mentors and Mentorees
• Discuss what is suggested on p.172
• What else should guide this process?
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Biblical Preparation
If you were planning a sermon series
and / or
studies for small groups,
what would you include?
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Prayer Preparation
What suggestions would you make
to the person leading the intercessory prayers
during the period in which you are seeking
to promote mentoring in your congregation?
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• Why?
• In what areas?
• What should it cover?
• By whom?
SupervisionSupervisionSupervisionSupervision
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Why?• Prevents excesses of controlling and
co-dependency, etc• Accountability• Guidance• Framework for reflection• Submission - Support• Biblical model of ‘Body Life’ (not solo
ministry)• Encouragement• Maintains momentum• Pastoral Care
Supervision cont...Supervision cont...Supervision cont...Supervision cont...
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Supervision cont...Supervision cont...Supervision cont...Supervision cont...
Areas Of Supervision• Promoting best practice• Enriching the process through
– providing resources– planning, and– reflection (evaluation)
• Ensures ongoing skill development
By Whom?• A key leader, with the appropriate gifts,
passion etc, for mentoring• A person skilled in counselling (to do
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Finding A MentorFinding A Mentor
AskAsk
Pray expectantly yourself and ask others to pray
SeekSeek– Identify your needs– Select some potential mentors– Make an optimistic list– Reflect on past or present relationships– Evaluate your list– Match to your needs
KnockKnock
Approach appropriate person
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• Further Suggestions– Follow up on offers of help– Use a referral approach - seek to find a person
in their network– Talk to key leaders as special events
• Beware Of The Obstacles– Being deterred by a person’s busyness– Procrastination– Being put off by the time it will demands– Distance– Fear of transparency– Unwillingness to be accountable
• The First Meeting With Your Mentor First impressions are important
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Being A Good MentoreeBeing A Good Mentoree
What Mentors Look For· Teachable spirit· Ability to reflect· Performance
Eagerness to learn Courage to take risks A growing maturing Readiness to take responsibility
· Growth in spirituality· Responsibility· Reliability· Appreciation
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Other Things To Do
· Celebrate surprises!
· Ask for extra support
· Have your mentor meet those close to you
· Introduce your mentor to your workplace
· Keep your mentor up-to-date
· Meet costs if possible
· Pastor your mentors
Being A Good Mentoree cont...Being A Good Mentoree cont...
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Spiritual DirectionSpiritual Direction
Attentiveness to the specific detail of everyday incidents,
the everyday occurrences of contemporary life.
… Eugene Petersen
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Spiritual Direction is:Spiritual Direction is:
What we are doing when we don’t think we are doing
anything important. It is what takes place in the
corners, in the unscheduled parts of our day. We do
less of it because most of us are so tightly scheduled
or so intently involved.
It had a much larger place in pastoral ministry in
earlier centuries.
… Eugene Petersen
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Spiritual Direction takes place when:
Two people agree to give their full attention to what God is doing in one (or both) of their lives and seek to respond in faith. More often than not these are unplanned; at other times they are planned and structured conversations.
Three convictions underpin these meetings:
1. God is always doing something; an active grace is shaping this life into a mature salvation;
2. Responding to God is not sheer guesswork: the Christian community has acquired wisdom through the centuries that provides guidance;
3. Each soul is unique: no wisdom can simply be applied without discerning the particulars of this life, this situation
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“Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ”- 1 Cor. 11:1
“Join in imitating me and mark those who so live as you have an example in us”- Phil. 3:17
“What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, do.” - Phil. 4:9
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You should do good deeds to be an example in
every way for young men. When you teach, be
honest and serious. And when you speak, speak
the truth so that you cannot be criticized. Then
anyone who is against you will be ashamed
because there is nothing bad that he can say
against us.
Titus 2:7,8
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“Consider your own call, brothers and sisters:-not many of you were wise by human standards,
-not many were powerful,-not many were of noble birth.
But God chose-what is foolish in the world to shame the wise;-what is weak in the world to shame the strong;-what is low and despised in the world-things that are not, to reduce to nothing things that are,
so that no one might boast in the presence of God.”
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‘Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion?Come to me! Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest.
Walk with me and work with me - watch how I do it.
Learn the unforced rhythms of grace.
I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you will learn to live freely and lightly.’
Matthew 11:28 (The Message)
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‘...in ALLALL things
Grow up into...Christ’
Eph 4:15
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‘We announce the message about Christ
and we use all our wisdom
to warn and teach everyone
so that all of Christ’s followers
may become mature
That’s why I work so hard
and use the mighty power he gives me.’Col 1:28,29 (CEV)
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‘There are different gifts and functions;individually grace is given to us in different ways...’
‘His gifts were varied...
His gifts were made that Christians might beproperly equipped for their service,that the whole body might be built up
until...we arrive at real maturity,- that measure of development which is meant by‘the fulness of Christ.’
Ephesians 4: 7, 11-13
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‘Two Are Better Than One, because they have a good reward for their toil.
For if they fall, one will lift up the other;
but woe to one who is alone and falls
and does not have another to help.’
Ecclesiastes 4:9-10
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‘Iron sharpens iron,
and
one person sharpens the wits of another.’
Proverbs 27:17
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