Training

In addition to training events listed on our EVENTS page, we offer the following in person or online training opportunities for your youth leadership team:

Triple Training

Triple Training is a training programme for volunteer leaders consisting of three modules each with three topics. We can present any three topics to your team as three one hour teaching sessions. You decide what time best suits: a Saturday morning, Sunday afternoon/evening or squeezed into a single evening. All sessions are not only informative: they are interactive and creatively taught.

MODULE I: Leadership Essentials

These topics help leaders understand the unique dynamics of youth leadership and the expectations and pressures that come upon them as they lead.

1. Understanding Leadership

What a call to leadership means
How God views leadership
What God expects of us as leaders

2. Relational Leadership

Connecting with young people
Motivating and inspiring young people
Positive discipline with young people

3. Leadership Pitfalls

Motivation for leadership
The cost of leadership
Obstacles to effective leadership

MODULE II: Leadership Skills
These topics equip leaders with the essential skills they need to lead effectively in youth ministry.

1. Leading a Small Group

Preparing good questions
Group dynamics
Pray ministry

2. Discipleship

The call to make disciples
Elements of discipleship
Indwelling discipleship

3. Programming Principles

Effective planning
People focussed programming
God focussed programming

Pastoral Care
These topics help leaders understand teenagers and how best to care for them, listening and helping them overcome challenges as they grow in their faith.

1. Understanding Teens

Adolescent development
Adolescent needs
Adolescent culture

2. Helping Skills

Preparing to help
Listening skills
Asking good questions

3. Resolving Skills

Reframing the problem
Goal setting
Follow up

Contact the youth enabler if you'd like to explore the possibility of hosting a training event or seminar.

Online Training

To maintain a consistent level of competency for all our youth leaders we recommend the option of online training, which all leaders can do in their own time on their own phone or device. Training includes downloadable content which key leaders can use with their teams to further enhance and reinforce what was learnt.