Discipleship at CVC (12)

Since the mentoring meetings between disciplers and disciplees are so key to our process, what will the Mentoring Meetings look like?

These one-on-one meetings can take place at any time and at any place as long as they are mutually beneficial for the mentor and the Community Group leader.

We are working hard to make sure that we utilize existing relationships between mentors and Community Group members. We want this discipleship process to nurture heart-to-heart relationships.

A set of questions have been prepared that will be used to guide the conversations. While not every question will be asked every time the mentor and the Community Group leader meet, over the course of the year, each question will be addressed.

Mentors will seek to know the heart of the person he or she is discipling. Mentors will let the Community Group leaders know that he or she will do his or her best to listen with curiosity before offering advice or correction. Mentors will say things like, “I am on this journey with you and I do not see myself as an expert. You can ask me anything that I ask you. Everything we say and do will be done in the context of safety and confidentiality. I will not report anything you say without permission (unless it is a safety issue). I will commit to pray for you and your heart. Please pray for me and my heart as we seek to connect.”

Again, the goal is not to get through every question at every meeting. But mentors will let the Community Group leader know that he or she is committed to helping the leader grow in his or her love for God, one another, and the world.