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About Mentoring:

Each year during Lent, our Axis kids partner up with a caring adult for intentional 1-1 conversations on life and faith using a guide based on our Lent theme.  As we state at the beginning of Axis every year, we believe that relationships are essential to our faith journey.  Mentoring is one of the ways through which we add to these relationships. NOTE- As we are still in unusual circumstances, doing these mentoring conversations within/as a household is great too!

 

The goal of mentoring is to give our young people just one more faith-centered adult in their life with whom they can connect.  To put it another way, we want to empower and equip intentional, life-affirming, faith-nurturing relationships in our young peoples’ lives. It is our intention that once kids get a mentor in their first year of Axis, they will keep that mentor each year and hopefully stay in touch well into the future!

 

Mentoring sessions happen Wednesdays during Lent. 

Mentoring sessions begin on Ash Wednesday and go through the week before Holy Week.                 2022 dates; Ash Wednesday Mar. 2 – Apr. 6. Yes, Zoom/FaceTime mentoring is allowed! 


 

 

Eligible mentors would be:

Any trusted, caring adult or congregation member that is NOT their parent, small group guide or staff member*. Ideally, 7th & 8th graders can continue with their same mentor from the previous year. If not (life happens!) follow along as when selecting your first mentor. 

 

Ideas for mentors*:

Godparents/baptism sponsors

Extended family member

A small group member’s/friend’s parent

An approved high schooler (ask Brent)

The people you sit next to in church

Someone from the worship band/choir or other church group

 If your child feels a special connection with a staff member or wants to ask a high school’er to be their mentor, they must ask Brent first. We have great staff and high school kids, but we just need to double check that this would be a good fit.

*NOTE- As we are still in unusual circumstances, doing these mentoring conversations within/as a household is great too!

 

Please notify the person your child picks that all new mentors must participate in a mentoring training session, details will be emailed to you as a family, then have your child's mentor email me to "check in."

 

 

If you have any questions, or once your child has found a mentor, please contact me to confirm.

Read on for a mentoring job description you can share with your child’s mentor/potential mentor.

 

 

 

Dear (potential mentor),

            What an honor that you have been asked to be a mentor for a young person! If this comes as a surprise to you, do not be afraid, this is a good thing! At Prince of Peace we believe that relationships are essential to our faith journey. Mentoring is one of the ways through which we hope to add to these relationships in young peoples’ lives. It means a lot that this person has identified you as a caring adult in their life.

The goal of mentoring is to give our young people just one more caring & faith-centered adult in their life with whom they can connect.  To put it another way, we want to empower and equip intentional, life-affirming, faith-nurturing relationships in our young peoples’ lives. It is our hope that once kids get a mentor in their first year of Axis, they will keep that mentor each year (Axis runs three years) & perhaps stay in touch well into the future!

 

The basics:

 

Mentoring Conversations & Lent Worship: Wednesdays, Mar. 2 – Apr. 6

6:30-7:00, conversation with your mentee. Discussion guides will be provided & available on popyfm.blogspot.com.

-          There is not a lot you need to do to “prepare” each week. A little look over the discussion guide & any accompanying scripture is all you need. Discussion guides are posted/sent out before each Wednesday.

-          If you can’t make it every Wednesday of the Lent season, you can always double up on sessions the following week or meet on Sundays, or at the family’s permission, a time that works for you.

 

 

 

Feel free to contact me for conversation &/or questions.

Brent Haglund, Director of Youth & Family Ministry

brenth@princeofpeacechurch.org

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