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Peer Ministry Leadership

Leadership Training

PLAN-IT

WHAT IS THIS?

This is a one-day guided planning and sharing experience for those responsible for churches faith formation ministries. Review essential ministry lenses, planning tools, and usable templates. Participants design a well-balanced, one-year plan, with an emphasis on self-care and building a leadership-producing culture.

Simply put,

BETTER PLANNING = BETTER MINISTRY!

VIDEO

Two minutes and 13 seconds to explain PLAN-IT!

RESULTS?

  • Plan your calendar 12 to 18 months ahead.
  • Sharpen your faith formation ministry’s vision through our specialized ministry lenses.
  • Organize your ministry systems. 
  • Take better care of yourself. 
  • Develop a strong leadership team.
  • Create a more effective and efficient youth ministry.
  • Give you our top ten time saving tips.
  • Collaborate with other churches wisdom and resources.
  • A plan for including active and inactive youth. “Leave no youth left behind.”

CAMPS? JUDICIARY? NETWORKS?

IMAGINE! all the advantages of being on the front end of the planning for the churches you serve. No longer will the success of your organization offerings get lost to a blurb in a news letter. Imagine your camp, your judiciary, your network being the key resource group for helping churches plan successful ministry. Imagine helping your people work together to share resources, programmatically collaborating as well as learning from each other’s wisdom.

PLAN-IT OPTIONS

YOUR SITE: We train and equip you to facilitate your own

Want to lead your own PLAN-IT? We will supply you with everything you need, plus connect you with a PLAN-IT coach to get you ready.  Contact us to talk through a licensing plan that fits you and your group!

Licensing, Resources and Coach for only $750 for the year.

CONTACT peermin@peerministry.org

YOUR SITE: Bring in a facilitator

We send a PML Facilitator to you. Our people are experienced and darn good at leading. You provide the place, set up some coffee and a few snacks, and we will lead. You will join in passing on your groups vital dates and interact with each church!  

ONLY $750 for your entire network of churches (plus expenses for one facilitator).

YOUR GROUP: Zoom when your group is geographically spread out!

Sometimes your synod, diocese, or network is too spread out to come together. We can work with you to deliver an innovative PLAN-IT day. The results are the same, it is just that each church works remotely at their own table. We can provide a facilitator to lead the day, even doing personal check-ins with each participants.  Contact us to talk through a plan that fits you and your group!

Facilitating and Resourcing for only $600.

DETAILS

Typical PLAN-IT SCHEDULE

We will adjust to fit your group’s needs.

9:30 am – 1 hour beginning

10:30 am – Church planning time

Individual check-ins and coaching with facilitators, or request a to meet with and learn from the expertise of other attendees.

12: pm Lunch

12:30 pm – check-in with everyone

1:15 pm – Afternoon church planning time

Individual check-ins and coaching with facilitators, or request a to meet with and learn from the expertise of other attendees.

3 pm – Final words, Blessings and Prayers

3:30 pm – Fireworks and clanging symbols. We are all done!

PARTICIPANTS ARE SAYING

“I go to workshops, I come home with one or two usable ideas. I went to PLAN-IT… everything was usable!” 

“Better planning, planning further ahead, results in more face-time with kids! “

“I am walking away with a calendar. I have a plan for a whole year! “

“PLAN-IT removes a lot of guilt. I’m able to see everything in advance and set priorities.“

“It was really nice to do the task of planning along side my peers.“

“It helped me reframe how I think about doing youth ministry.”

“This is one of the most strategic, supportive and helpful times for me to have my pastor with me!”

“Plan-It is very affirming, relieving anxiety!”

“It helped me reframe how I think about doing youth ministry.”

RESOURCE

PLAN-IT: better planning, better ministry

PLAN-IT, the online book

Better Planning, Better Ministry – A read-and-do book! Use everything. Learn and teach key youth ministry lenses, implement planning tools, use templates, design a balanced one-year calendar, better plan your self-care, and develop an effective leadership plan.

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PML works with all denominations. The theology is Christian, and flows from the Good Samaritan Story, with an emphases on relational caring, welcoming and affirming skills. PML is a good fit for many denominations and adapts well for various settings.
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