Planning the Year:
Campaigners/Discipleship Ministry I. Every Group is Different: EVALUATE YOUR NEEDS a. What is your overall goal? The primary goal of Campaigners is to help students love God with all their heart, soul, mind, and strength and to love their neighbors as themselves. OTHER GOALS: • Informational Goal: If we can just get Campaigners to read the Bible and learn biblical truths, we have succeeded. • Sharing Goal: We need adults to create a safe place for kids to be able to talk about what they are feeling in a non-judgmental way. • Building Goal: Kids need a form of outreach to learn how to serve the Lord among their peers, and club provides this opportunity.
b. What are your current numbers and meetings? • Campaigners only? • Small groups plus Campaigners? • Small groups only?
c. Where are your kids spiritually? Consider these factors: • Young Life background • Church background • Age • Type of community
d. What are your practical goals? • Start small groups. • Start a new club. • Increase club numbers. • Increase Campaigners attendance. • Split a combined Campaigners (cast a school vision). – The answers to the above questions will help guide your plan for the year, how you lead individual Campaigners and small groups, and what topics you decide to emphasize! II. A 12-Month Plan: SEASONS OF DISCIPLESHIP a. SUMMER: Immediately after summer camp — THE START OF THE DISCIPLESHIP YEAR! Reasons: • More new Christians • Typically, the core of the next year’s Campaigners begins attending the summer before that school year. 70