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MENTORING PROGRAM



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		You are a mentor. Whether you like it or not, others with less experience have looked at you as an example. Whether you knew it or not, you have impacted those around you, whether they be children, teenagers, adults, coworkers, fellow students, or family members. Whether you think so or not, you have a lot to offer. The Called to Serve Program will help you become a more intentional mentor. What we mean by �intentional� is that we want you to be purposeful in your mentoring relationships. As mentioned, you mentor without realizing it. With the help of the Lord and some of the tools here, you will be able to take mentoring to the next level. You can understand the impact you are having on others and make the conscious choice to reach out and lend a hand to someone walking the path behind you.			You have been mentored. Whether you realize it or not, whether you can point to an individual and say, �That person has mentored me,� or whether you have received assistance from time to time from many different people, others have guided you, modeled for you, and instructed you. We are never too old or too experienced to be mentored. Whatever stage of life we are experiencing, we can all use advice from someone who has traveled that road already. Sadly, most people must seek out good mentors, and this is where the Called to Serve Program can help. We connect people who want mentorship with opportunities.

		Frankly, we hope that this program doesn�t stick around for long. We pray that it will quickly become obsolete. Don�t get us wrong, our wish is that the program will foster a spirit of mentoring in the church to such a degree that we won�t need a program to facilitate it. When we say that we hope people will develop a �spirit of mentoring� we are talking about a passion for reaching out to others. This is two-fold; 1.) the desire to teach, train and mold those less experienced; 2.) the desire to learn from those with more experience. Bottom line, it�s the passion for learning, blessing, loving, and growing by interacting with others. Satan and our society would much rather us be alone, striving in darkness than surrounded by a loving support group helping us develop into the Christian that we long to be. Our prayer is that the great things this committee has to offer would sink into your hearts and become part of who you are. That is what being a mentor means.