Youth Mentor Program

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The motley 2014 Youth/Mentor crew!
The Covenant mentoring program is an opportunity for youth and adults in the congregation to develop meaningful relationships beyond their family circles.  Since a youth may enter the program in the sixth grade and continue each year until graduation from high school, the mentoring experience is, potentially, a seven-year journey—an opportunity to know seven adults in the congregation as trusted friends.  It is also an opportunity for the youth, as he/she journeys toward maturity, to become more and more familiar with Covenant.
 
Many of the experiences shared with mentors and their youth are:
  • Share personally meaningful Bible verses or passages together.
  • Sit together in a Sunday worship service and discuss it afterward.
  • Plan a worship contribution together.
  • Participate in a service project together with other mentors and youth.
  • As the need arises, discuss possible questions such as what it means to the mentor to be a liberal, a Christian, a Baptist.  Other topics may be the roles of the deacons, council, and committee members.
  • Discussing the aspects of the mentor’s faith in her/ his daily activities and/ or work place, perhaps involving a visit to the workplace.
Mentor/Youth Information Sheet
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Details:
  1. The mentor/youth program kicks off in September and runs through August.
  2. The mentor/youth program includes a meeting in September for the mentors, youth, and parents to go over the program.
  3. The mentor/youth program contains at least 4 church-sponsored mentor/youth activities throughout the year: 2 service projects and 2 social outs. 
  4. Mentors and youth commit to a joint Sunday School on the first Sunday of each month.  The group will discuss topics like prayer, communion, unique Biblical stories, and other topics of interest to the group.
  5. the Information Sheet will be used to help everyone understand expectations and to aid the mentor and the youth in knowing more about each other as they begin a mentor/youth relationship.