Leading while bleeding Soul Care

Jeffrey J. Wallace

Leaders Categories• Preparation for and leadership programs:

Communication – Planning – Team Meetings – Programming

• Mentoring/Relational Ministry: Student Discipleship and Development and Adult Leadership Training

• Personal Development: The “behind the scenes” refining of self that continually prepares you for leadership.

Boss vs. Leader

Job of the Leader• Ministry Team (5%): Recruit, train, lead, shepherd,

provide vision & direction, encourage, motivate and pray for the volunteers, enabling them to do the work of the ministry

• Students (35%): To pursue meaningful time with students on a consistent basis. To provide individual biblically based counseling/care-given about specific life issues as they arise. This process will include volunteers whenever possible and appropriate

Job of the Leader• Teaching (20%): Weekly communicator/point

person. To coordinate and oversee content, scope & sequence, and intent of all teaching, discipleship, and small group materials.

• Administration (15%): To provide the necessary planning, both in over all direction and specific event details, to accomplish the ministry effectively. Events, fundraising, retreat, Field trips, etc.. To oversee and manage the finances and budget on an overall basement and for specific events. To create and manage multimedia presentations and the actual set design to complement the educational topics and concept presented week. To develop, Courtney, and present musical programs needed by enlisting volunteers, musicians, and self delivery.

Job of the Leader• Communication (5%): To provide consistent

and effective communication to students, parents, and ministry teams. To oversee and ensure communication by adults regarding specific events, groups, etc. Through the use of website, bulletins, newsletters E-mail, Social media, And other defective means

• Parents (10%): To maintain regular, intentional, and meaningful connections with parents who have students involved in the ministry and program. To coordinate, at a minimum, an annual meeting with all parents.

Job of the Leader• Partnerships (10%): To partner with the

adult leadership teams and ministry leaders for overall direction, philosophy, and evaluation of church. To partner with other outside organizations as well as inside organizations and ministries to build bridges throughout the community when it relates to youth programming.

Questions for Leader1) Think About the Things that Matter Most to

You in Life

2) Make a List of the Top 3 to 5 Things that Matter Most to You

3) What Barriers or Hurdles in Your Life are Preventing You From Optimally Enjoying These Things?

4) If You Had the Capacity to Instantly Change Your Current Reality, What Would Be Different?

5 areas of influence1. Personal

2. Family

3. Career

4. Church

5. Community

In order to stop the bleeding, you are going to have to figure out how to efficiently balance and leverage these 5 areas of influence.

The power of PerspectiveLet’s put it all in Perspective:

•What’s RIGHT in your life?

•What’s WRONG in your life?

•What’s CONFUSED in your life?

•What’s MISSING in your life?

The 168God’s given us 168 hours per week to steward. What are you doing with your 168 currently?

•Profession/Work

•Sleep

•Family

•Church

•Community

•Exercise

•Self-Development

The 168• Are you: Deeply Satisfied, Moderately Satisfied,

Moderately Dissatisfied, Deeply Dissatisfied?

• What would you like to see change? Be specific about why.

• If you were to free up some time, what would you do differently?

• Describe some things you would like to do differently with your time.

Dare to dreamDreams presume exciting possibilities; they anticipate that the best of life is not merely past, but future as well!

Dare to DreamWhat are your top 5 Dreams for each of the following areas:1. Your Marriage2. Your Family3. Your Career4. Your Calling5. Your Desires

Work it out • Use teaching curriculum: Don’t try to

reinvent the wheel, just tweak it.• Recruit adult leaders and interns: Many

hands make work light• Invest in a youth ministry student

management system• Delegate ministry task to students: They can

handle it• Set up meetings that require action points:

Say NO to people who want commitments that don’t contribute enough value to the youth ministry mission.

Work it out

• Beat the alarm clock: The early bird get’s a jump on being organized!

• Build youth ministry alliances and partnerships

• Outsource youth ministry administration and errand tasks to parents or to the “retired” people in your church. ***If possible

• Work remotely• Reduce email addiction: 6 am – 10 am – 2

pm – 4 pm