YOUTH WORKERS LUNCH (March 24th):
Are you all available for a brief lunch meeting for Sunday, March 24th? It's been awhile since we've been able to chat together. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU ARE AVAILABLE BY REGISTERING HERE
Meeting Topics...
Master Teacher Evaluation
A few goals I'm focusing on for our Student Ministry for 2019
Inform you of two gender specific events in April
General feedback on your groups
Whenever we made the switch from paper attendance to online attendance we have encountered several hurdles. Some becasue of faulty technology and some due to human error. This is all understandable and I have realized I need to do a better job of communicating what is expected and how to fulfill those expectations. Attendance is VERY IMPORTANT and it's not just about the "numbers" but a way to track people and help us know who to encourage and minister to.
The issues I've seen have actually been widespread across multiple classes not just one or a few. I interpret this a failure on my part. Here are the issues I've seen that we need to address.
1) Forgetting to take roll.
2) Students not being checked who are in attendance.
3) The wrong students being marked present.
4) Adult workers not marking themselves present in both class rolls.
5) Having new guests fill out a guest card.
6) Not typing in names on the class roll when names do not appear on the attendance.
I know taking attendance must feel petty in the grand scheme of all the things you do as a Student worker, but neverhteless, it is important. I hope to create a checklist to help with the routine of taking attendance.
MONTHLY
At the beginning of each month I will email you a class roster for each grade that you oversee. On this roster will include basic details like name & contact info. I also will include helpful details like Last Attended Date & Birthday.
Remember what we talked about at our Leader Lunch. Will our students know that we genuinely care about them? Please use these tools to help you & your coteachers pray for and reach out to your students on a regular basis.
WEEKLY
Each Tuesday you will receive via email a list of guests that have attended throughout that particular month. Please access this info and see if any of the students on your list were in your class so you can coordinate with your coteachers to decide who can contact these individuals personally through phone/text to thank them for visiting and invite them back. After these students visit again we will move them into your class roster.
On these emails you will be able to view these in different formats. Just click the appropriate link for how you prefer to view it.
WHAT ABOUT SUNDAY NIGHTS???
With our freed up schedule this is a great opportunity for your class to schedule a few fellowships and/or service projects this semster on Sunday nights. Collaborate with your kids to help plan/schedule it!
Here are some dates to avoid...
EmmauStudent Worker Hangout :: ???
The LOOP :: Jan 13, Feb 24, Apr 14
Mission Trip :: Mar 17
Easter :: Apr 21
March
Sat-Wed Mar 16-20 :: Spring Break Mission Trip
April
Fri Apr 5 :: Dudes Retreat
Sat Apr 6 :: Girls Discipleship Summit
Sun Night Apr 14 :: EmmauStudents/50+ Bunco Night
May
Sun May 5 :: Grad Day
Sun May 5 :: Girls Coffee & Convo
Sun May 5 :: Beef & Bro's
www.emmausokc.org/studentworkers
One of the many responsibilities I have as a Student Pastor is communication and leadership. I'm always looking for other ways to help me gain ground in these endeavors. One of the ways to do this is having a website dedicated to us as EmmauStudent Workers. It basically will be a central online location for you to access important information and/or resources for your ministry to students. Currently there is a link to always find our current EmmauStudent Worker Newsletter. I also hope to get some other resources for you to help you in your role whether it is articles, blogs, or even helpful stats about your class's attendance, etc...
Please visit www.emmausokc.org/studentworkers to see this information.
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