By Jamie Starrett
In planning a Disciple Now weekend one of the first things that you will discover is that there is never a perfect weekend. No matter when you schedule your event some students will have a scheduling conflict and will want to use it as an excuse not to come. But when handled properly you can get around these scheduling conflicts so that as many students as possible attend in your weekend event. In this article I want to share three strategies with you that can help you to handle these conflicts so your event can be a great success.
The first strategy is prevention. In planning your event you need to do everything you can to try and choose the best weekend possible. Again, no weekend will ever be perfect but the fewer conflicts the better. One way to do this is to get access to the school event calendars in your area. This may be time consuming if you live in a large city with many schools, but even then most of these are available online and are very easy to access. This way you can look and plan when the least amount of students will be affected by the scheduling of your Disciple Now weekend.
The second strategy is to offer time away cards. This is simply a card that the student and their parent or guardian fill out where they give you the info of where the student will be and when. The parents or guardians can then sign acknowledging that they are aware of this and giving permission. You then give this card to the host home so that they know what to expect. The great thing about this is not only that it removes a lot of the administrative hassle since it is a very simple process, it also removes many of the excuses that students want to give. This way the second they say they cannot attend your event because of a conflict you remove the excuse by telling them they can do both.
The final strategy is to just be straight forward and stern with them and tell your students they need to make sure they have the right priorities. This is because some students may have legitimate excuses and conflicts but some students are just trying to get out of coming. This is often because they do not want to grow in their faith and hear what God wants to tell them. It is in these cases and even some others where you need to tell your students that they need to choose what is most important to them, their faith or their activities. These conversations may not be fun or easy but they are quite often necessary.
Disciple now is fun and important event so you want as many students as possible there. While you can never schedule your event perfectly to where all students can come, hopefully these strategies will help you deal with the scheduling conflicts that do arise.
Find other great info about Disciple Now that student pastors use to reach students everyday.
Drop by our site http://disciplenowcurriculum.com
Jamie Starrett is a passionate student pastor with reaching students in his community. He is also a loving husband and father.
In planning a Disciple Now weekend one of the first things that you will discover is that there is never a perfect weekend. No matter when you schedule your event some students will have a scheduling conflict and will want to use it as an excuse not to come. But when handled properly you can get around these scheduling conflicts so that as many students as possible attend in your weekend event. In this article I want to share three strategies with you that can help you to handle these conflicts so your event can be a great success.The first strategy is prevention. In planning your event you need to do everything you can to try and choose the best weekend possible. Again, no weekend will ever be perfect but the fewer conflicts the better. One way to do this is to get access to the school event calendars in your area. This may be time consuming if you live in a large city with many schools, but even then most of these are available online and are very easy to access. This way you can look and plan when the least amount of students will be affected by the scheduling of your Disciple Now weekend.
The second strategy is to offer time away cards. This is simply a card that the student and their parent or guardian fill out where they give you the info of where the student will be and when. The parents or guardians can then sign acknowledging that they are aware of this and giving permission. You then give this card to the host home so that they know what to expect. The great thing about this is not only that it removes a lot of the administrative hassle since it is a very simple process, it also removes many of the excuses that students want to give. This way the second they say they cannot attend your event because of a conflict you remove the excuse by telling them they can do both.
The final strategy is to just be straight forward and stern with them and tell your students they need to make sure they have the right priorities. This is because some students may have legitimate excuses and conflicts but some students are just trying to get out of coming. This is often because they do not want to grow in their faith and hear what God wants to tell them. It is in these cases and even some others where you need to tell your students that they need to choose what is most important to them, their faith or their activities. These conversations may not be fun or easy but they are quite often necessary.
Disciple now is fun and important event so you want as many students as possible there. While you can never schedule your event perfectly to where all students can come, hopefully these strategies will help you deal with the scheduling conflicts that do arise.
Find other great info about Disciple Now that student pastors use to reach students everyday.
Drop by our site http://disciplenowcurriculum.com
Jamie Starrett is a passionate student pastor with reaching students in his community. He is also a loving husband and father.
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