Mentoring can happen in the home, small group, team or one-on-one.
Talking Points:
- Environment #1: The home. Parents are mentors to their children, intentionally transferring their values and consistently teaching the truth of God’s Word.
- Environment #2: The Small group. Well-trained group leaders can model what it looks like to share the truth in love on a consistent basis, and those leaders can challenge group attenders to go home and do the same thing in their spheres of influence.
- Environment #3: The Team. Ministry teams are a natural place for mentoring to happen in the local church, whether it be worship teams, ministry teams or elder boards
- Environment #4: One on one. Not everyone will be a parent, lead a group or lead a team. But everyone can mentor someone one-on-one.
Discussion:
- Initial reactions to this topic? What jumped out at you?
- In your own words, explain what “mentoring” is and how to use the PG tools to do it. Have you ever experienced it?
- What was your home environment growing up? Did your parents intentionally mentor you? How did they do it?
- What is the difference between small group mentoring and team mentoring? What are some topics you might cover in a team setting that you wouldn’t cover in a small group setting?
- Who mentored you – whether in faith, sports or business – and how did they do it?
- Which environment for mentoring seems most do-able for you? Is there someone you need to start mentoring? To get started, go through the Pursuit.
- Is there a step you need to take based on today’s topic?
