Finding Time for Leaders Meetings Training and brainstorming together can truly be gifts for club leaders. But sometimes it’s tough to coordinate schedules so everyone can meet. Here’s what two coordinators have tried: On club night. We finish club at 8 p.m., so it is not too late to hold a leaders meeting. To make it more fun and almost always ensure a perfect turnout, we meet at a restaurant for “appies” or dessert during our meeting. Instead of club. We have also cancelled club (once or twice a year only) and held a fun night for leaders, such as bowling. We have a leaders meeting during refreshments. During multiple Sunday services. Sometimes we’ve scheduled a leaders meeting during a Sunday service. The leaders were at church anyway, and because we have multiple services, they didn’t have to miss church to attend. -Eileen Ternier, Coordinator, Kamloops Alliance Church, Kamloops, British Columbia During “fifth-week” club meetings. Every fifth week we hold an Award Celebration Party. Our “relief crew” of leaders takes over for the regular leaders that night. I use this time for leader training and ongoing evaluation and “tweaking” of the club program. -Donna Richardson, Epworth United Methodist Church, Newburgh, Indiana |
