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Thank you for your willingness to take on this important
aspect of our ministry at Calvary Lutheran Church. Your time
and commitment to this outreach is vital to the strength of our congregation.
The central goal of Mentoring New Members is to help them become
active in and committed to the ministry and mission of Calvary. This
goal can be reached through the following activities:
- Come to the New Member Orientation. You will have an opportunity
to meet with your mentoring family and help them with the Time and
Talent Sheet & Pledge Card.
- Track your mentoring family for 6-12 months or until you are certain
that they have become regular participants in the ministry opportunities
of the congregation.
- Greet them each week in worship and invite them to sit with you,
or go in and sit with them. Call them if they miss worship
more than one week in a row. Check to see if there is an issue
with rides or work schedules. Remind them of the Thursday
evening worship if Sunday morning doesn’t work for them. Visit
if the family or members of it have been sick (or let pastor know
so she can visit). Help them to find a means to get back to
worship.
- Connect them to areas of interest to them - Sunday School & Vacation
Bible School for children, Quilters, Adult Bible study, Choir, various
service areas, etc.
- Call to remind them of special events, especially if the event
hits their areas of interest - such as a spring clean-up day,
a picnic or youth event, etc.
- Invite them over for lunch or dinner, or out for a day at the
beach, something to show that you are interested in their welfare. Introduce
them to people in the congregation who have things in common with
them.
- Whatever else comes to mind that you feel is appropriate.
- Make pastor aware of any situations that may need extra attention
- a child of confirmation age who doesn’t seem to be coming,
an older child who has returned home and may need some special encouragement
to become involved in the congregation also, illnesses, marriage
issues, the birth of a child, child getting engaged, etc.
If you have questions or concerns, contact Pastor Kay and she will
help you to discern what your next step should be or what actions
might be appropriate to the situation.
Evangelism Committee & Pastor Kay Richter
April 2002
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