Lead Teams

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Lead Teams

• A Fresh, New Way to Empower
• Youth and Volunteers

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The Concept

• Instead of ONE group of youth, adults and youth
  workers implementing, the youth ministry
  programs
• These events and activities are divided up among
  several teams each given ONE event.
• The teams are made up of youth, parents, and
  youth workers. The teams are YOUTH-led, and
  adult-facilitated.

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A Basic Definition ofLead Teams
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Lead Teams

• A strategy for implementing all major events and
  several on-going ministries in the local church.
• Members of Lead Teams include youth, youth
  workers, and parents.
• Each Lead Team takes ULTIMATE RESPONSIBILITY for
  their specific project.

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Lead Teams

• Are groups of Christian assembled because of
  their complementary gifts and their shared
  passion for a particular ministry event, project
  or campaign.
• Are assembled to accomplish a particular task or
  mission and exist ONLY long enough to fulfill
  that objective and then DISBAND!

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Lead Teams

• Accept ultimate responsibility for their chosen
  ministry, event, project or campaign.
• Do NOT implement the dreams of the pastoral
  leadership team
• The pastoral leadership team assists the Lead
  Teams in making their dreams become reality.

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Lead Teams

• Serve to implement the events, projects, or
  campaigns according to a design and spirit
  affirmed by the YMC and consistent with the
  overall vision and direction of the congregation.
• The word Lead is more a positive word than
  other alternatives such as work. It is a
  reminder they do NOT do all of the work. They
  simply take the lead, coordinating role.

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Reasons to Organize Lead Teams

• In other wordsWhy should we implement the Lead
  Teams Strategy in our church?

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Lead Teams

• Assist the pastoral leadership in moving to a
  leadership style that emphasizes equipping church
  members to do the work of the ministry.
  (Ephesians 411-12).
• Enables the pastoral leadership to shift time
  from event and project management to roles in
  ministry more unique to their callings and gifts.

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Lead Teams

• Enable pastoral ministers to better balance their
  total work hours and weekly schedule.
• Provide more opportunities for key leaders to
  fully express their calling and giftedness in
  ministry.
• Deepen the sense of ownership in the youth
  ministry on the part of youth, parents, and
  leaders.

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The Process

• FIRSTthe Youth Ministry Council meets and plans
  the events and activities for the youth ministry
  for the coming year.
• Once these have been determined, the youth are
  invited to a PREVIEW meeting to learn the
  specifics about each of the events planned by the
  Youth Ministry Council.

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The Process (continued)

• Everyone is given the option to select his/her
  first, second and third Lead Teams choice.
• After this information is gathered, the youth
  minister/leader along with the YMC assigns
  interested persons to the various teams.
• A Lead Team planning night can then be set for
  ALL teams to meet at the church for a joint
  planning session.

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The Benefits of Lead Teams

• Youth, parents and adults are empowered to take
  ownership and leadership in the youth ministry.
• The youth minister/leader will have more time to
  minister to teenagers.
• There is intergenerational communication among
  the youth and the adults as the need or activity
  is planned, implemented and evaluated.

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The Benefits of Lead Teams

• The youth ministry will be more focused and a
  broader scope of people involved in the process
  of developing the youth ministry.
• More people are able to have a part in the
  success of the youth ministry without having to
  make a long-term commitment to youth ministry.

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Lead Team Structure(Larger Church Lead Team)

• Seasoned youth leader
• Youth leader
• Parent
• Parent

• High School Youth
• High School Youth
• Jr. High Youth
• Sr. High Youth

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Lead Team Structure(Smaller Church Lead Team)

• High School Youth
• Jr. High Youth

• Seasoned youth leader
• Parent

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The Planning Process

• Monthly
• Toward the end of the month, planning for the
  next month is coordinated. (Not the BEST option.
• Quarterly
• Toward the end of a quarterly cycle, planning is
  coordinated for the upcoming months. (Still, not
  the BEST option.)
• Annually
• We have a winner! This option focuses yearly
  with quarterly coordination as an entire youth
  group!