Leadership Development 101 is a training course specifically designed for junior leaders aged 11-17, who are serving (or soon to begin serving), in an area of local church ministry. Whether you have junior leaders serving in children’s or youth ministry, worship ministry, welcoming, audio/visual or in any other leadership role, this course will develop their leadership as they serve in your church.
At the end of the course they will receive a certificate, but more importantly knowledge and insights that will be beneficial throughout their lives as they lead in ministry, school and workplaces. We are praying for this generation that they will find belonging and purpose as they follow Jesus.
Content
Leadership Development 101 is divided into 4 modules. Over 12 core lessons, and 11 skill-specific optional lessons, a wide variety of topics are covered from character, spiritual growth, teamwork, communication, spiritual gifts, skill development, safety, and much more.
Modules 1, 2 & 4 contain four lessons each, and are relevant to junior leaders serving in all church ministry roles. Module 3 contains eleven lessons, each focusing on specific skills that are relevant to junior leaders serving children’s ministry, youth ministry, welcoming, AV or worship.
Module One: Leadership
What is a leader?
The importance of character
Growing in your relationship with God
Joining in with God’s Mission
Module Two: Team
Your role on the team
Working under and alongside others
Communicating with your leader and team
Spiritual gifts God has given you
Module Four: Care
Keeping your ministry area safe
Creating a safe space for everyone
Taking care of yourself as a leader
Making a lasting impact
Module Three: Skills for Ministry
Children’s Ministry
Helping kids to engage
Telling a good story
Answering kids questions
Connecting with kids families
Youth Ministry
Leading great games
Facilitating small group discussion
Helping youth to engage
Sharing your testimony
Other Ministry Areas
Serving in Audio/Visual at church
Serving in Worship at church
Serving in Welcoming at church
For more information about Leadership Development 101, you can download the Leaders Guide.
Delivery
When you purchase Leadership Development 101, you’ll receive a link to all the online resources – the leaders’ guide & participant workbook, 23 lesson videos, and a downloadable certificate of completion which you can print and present to the participants at the end of the course.
Leadership Development 101 can be completed by individuals, or as a group experience. Individuals can use the Participant Workbook to access the videos via the QR codes, and then work through the activities and reflection exercises. If junior leaders are completing the course at home, it’s really important that they still have the opportunity to regularly connect with a leader for the “Talk” part of each session, to discuss and apply everything they are learning.
Alternatively, bringing your junior leaders together and facilitating Leadership Development 101 as a group experience is a fantastic way to guide junior leaders through the course content in a relational way that encourages discussion and interaction. Churches are using the material with groups in all kinds of ways – inviting all junior leaders to a course where one lesson is covered each week, including it as curriculum for an existing youth program, using the videos as training for a team of junior leaders all serving in the same ministry area, covering the material in a youth weekend away, and so many other ways.
Questions
If you have questions about Leadership Development 101, please contact Kaye at kryan@nswactbaptists.org.au.
