A ministry of the pastor to help influence believers considering
full-time church and missions ministries for their lives
Informal meetings: once a month, led by the pastor
Target: any age men and women interested in church or missions
vocations as a way of life!
Purpose: encouragement, prayers, guidance, information; fulfilling one of the important pastoral responsibilities, to raise up future leader-servants. It has to be one of the purposes of church leaders/pastors to help to raise up more of the same. It is not an easy matter, But surely one help is to pursue some people who ought to pursue full-time ministry assignments, and to encourage them. And why not all at once, and not just individually?
A TYPICAL HOUR TOGETHER
* Greetings and opening and prayer
* Updates and personal events from participant, helping all feel at home
* One presents, “The Ten Biggest Events or Decisions of My life” — a planned presentation that helps the presenter and the group understand what influenced them and why they are the way they are. Must be presented in seven minutes! (A great way to really know someone, and in this case to help to understand what inclined them toward ministry as a vocation.)
* Pastor: “Another reason why I love my job!” — a regular feature of the informal meeting of a few or a dozen! (If the pastor does not love his job he will not be searching for and convening this group in the first place!)
* Discussion and updates and questions and encouragement and prayers for each other! This normally includes thoughts about schools, internships, obstacles, goals!