Starting and running a mentoring group with students younger than you is easier than you think.
Key Steps:
- Get trained. Find a co-leader for your group and go through the rest of the Student Group Training Series.
- Invite a few students to your group. Groups with co-leaders can have 4-12 group members.
- Schedule your meetings. Hold your group every week or twice a month.
- Make it fun. Plan activities for your group so they’ll want to come back.
- FLEX. Find a topic from pursueGOD.org, learn about it through the video, and explore it together in conversation.
Talk About It
- Has anyone ever mentored you before? Explain what it was like.
- Do you believe students can disciple other students? Why or why not?
- What is a parent’s role in a student group, and why is it important?
- Start making a list of students who might be interested in joining your group. What activities would be fun for them? Which topics would they be interested in discussing? When do you think everyone could meet, and how often?
- Describe the FLEX method. How can this method take pressure off of you as a mentor?
