Last March I explored the idea of developing a one-on-one mentorship program for those who have been in youth ministry for two years or fewer. The response was overwhelming! After sifting through over 200 applications, I choose two individuals and went through the one-on-one mentorship program with each of them. They were great guinea pigs because since then I’ve developed the program a bit further to create what I think is an incredible learning and growing experience for new youth workers.
The Mentor Team
The mentorship program is opening up once again starting right now! But this time I have a whole team of youth ministry veterans on board. I’m very excited about this Youth Ministry Mentor Team because most of them have been in youth ministry for over a decade and are passionate about teaching and training other youth workers like yourself. Their backgrounds range from volunteer to full-time paid youth pastors to even a sr. pastor.
Apply!
If you’ve been in youth ministry for 2 years or fewer and would like to have a FREE one-on-one youth ministry mentor for 10 weeks, read the official Youth Ministry Mentorship page. The link to the application is there. It’s open to anyone who serves in youth ministry in any capacity, whether that be on a volunteer basis or as a full-time youth pastor.
The application period is open for only 2 weeks. After Tuesday, September 9, no further applications will be accepted. Read an overview of the mentorship and apply there.
As you can understand, we have a limited number of mentors, so you may not be one of the 10 chosen this time around, but keep your eye on this site because we plan to make this an on-going program. The next round will be in January 2009 sometime. Subscribe to the RSS feed or by email to stay up-to-date.
The sponsor who makes this FREE!
Thanks to YouthBytes.org’s sponsorship, this program is offered free of charge to everyone who participates! They’re covering the cost of purchasing and shipping all the necessary books and resources you get as an accepted participant of the mentorship.
YouthBytes.org creates video curriculum for youth groups that contains some of the most outrageous stunts I’ve ever seen, all for the purpose of illustrating Biblical truth. Check out some of these crazy video clips to see what I mean.
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September 1st, 2008 at 11:04 pm
I’m from Singapore and I wonder if I can qualify for the programme. Instead of a phone call, how about skype? =)
September 2nd, 2008 at 4:37 am
@ Benji: Unfortunately I do not have any mentors on the team from Singapore or anywhere else around the world except for the U.S. Hopefully this will change in the future, but right now it’s not open to Singapore. Sorry.
September 13th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
I was wondering if you have already sent out the emails to those that you have chosen for this program? I applied the day you posted this and am eagerly awaiting to hear who was chosen. Thank you!
September 13th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
@ Kelli: Yes, those who were chosen have been notified. I haven’t emailed the ones who were not selected yet because there are more mentors joining the team last minute, which means more people are getting mentored! I’m gonna email everyone soon, though.