POP Mentoring 2022

  For partners that  DON’T  know each other yet! Week 1 - (March 2) Mentors and Mentees: Start your meeting together by introducing yourself &  sharing your highs and lows from as far back as the new year up til now. What have been some of the best things happening so far this year? What about the not so best?   Then take a few minutes and get to know each other with the following questions.  You don’t have to answer all of them, but pick and choose ones that you are interested in asking and answering…  There’s also a prayer outline on back if you wish to pray together… v    Where are you from? ·           Where do you live? ·           Have you always lived there? ·           What school do you go to? ·           What do you like/dislike about where you are? ·           What’s your family like? ·           The best and worst thing about being in your family is… ·           If there is one thing I should know about your family, what should it be? v    How about hobbies? ·          

  Hello Again! For partners that know each other Week 1 - (March 2) Hello again! Start your meeting together by sharing your highs and lows from as far back as the new year up til now. What's been the best thing & worst thing that's happened for you?  Then take a few minutes and get reacquainted/catch up. You don’t have to answer all of the questions, but pick and choose ones that you are interested in asking and answering… Also included is a Bible reading & some questions if you'd like to go that route. Just make sure you get in to the Ash Wednesday service by 7:00! v    How's your family doing? ·          Any recent joys or celebrations? ·          How about struggles or difficulties happening? v    School & work: These take up the majority of our time don't they? ·          What are your classes right now?                                ·           How's the environment around school? (i.e. morale, big events, disturbances, etc) ·          Mentors

  Mentoring 101 Why? Our Lent mentoring ministry exists to give kids one more adult/caring relationship in their lives that they can talk to, trust, and by whom to be guided in their faith journey.  In the words of Hebrews 12:1, to add to kids’ “cloud of witnesses.” Mentoring is how we choose to be intentional about the more reflective season of Lent while maintaining our focus on relational ministry. Who? AAA adults!  Authentic – Be yourself. Available – Outside of church if able, but with appropriate boundaries. Affirming – Be a voice of encouragement & support What? One-to-one mentoring conversations.  These will focus on relationship-building and the Lenten series theme. You will be given a discussion guide each week. Conversation tips and best practices are below as well. This Lent our theme is “Metanoia”.    Ash Wednesday will be a traditional service with an introduction to the theme and then we’ll spend the next five weeks hearing different stories relating to the theme.  A