ARE YOU READY TO TRAIN WITH ALONGSIDERS?

Before you launch your Alongsiders movement we will train you and your inner circle of leaders. Don’t worry we will hold your hand through the process. By the end of this training phase you will know how to launch an Alongsiders discipleship movement in your community and your team will be excited to start!

There are three steps to this training.

STEP 1: REVIEW THE CONTENT YOURSELF

During this step you will review all the training content yourself together with our Training Coordinator, Dr Hitomi Gray.

You can work through this as fast as you like. We just want you to be prepared when you lead the training with a group.

Reviewing all 8 modules will take about 45 minutes per module.

STEP 2: GROUP TRAINING FOR LAUNCH

This is the most important step. You will gather 3-5 leaders who are from your community and guide them through the training using the Starter Kit we send you.

Plan to spend at least one hour for each of the 8 modules and don’t try to cram it all into one day. We recommend at least two days. Alternatively you can conduct the training with one or two modules per week, over several weeks.

Please note - this is the training for leaders in the movement. NOT the training you will do with youth, which is much simpler using the flipchart!

HERE’s WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE IN YOUR STARTER KIT

The Starter Pack includes the Mobilizer 101 Training Workbooks for your group to work through. (We also have an online training, which is the same content as the Workbook) Every person in the Group Training will receive the Workbook. Let us know if you need more copies.

You will also receive a Flash Drive with all the videos you need to watch. All you will need to do is follow the Workbook through with your group and watch the videos together.

This Flash Drive contains all the videos you will need to watch during your training course.

You will also receive these samples of the curriculum that will help you present Alongsiders to pastors and youth…

How to PREPARE

You will need to prepare the following:

  1. LOCATION
    Find a place to train for two days. This could be your church or your home, or anywhere quiet enough to learn.

  2. FOOD
    Organize some lunch or snacks for the training. Often your local church supports the training in this way.

  3. SCREEN
    Prepare a way to watch the videos (eg. laptop or mobile phone).

  4. PENS
    Ask your attendees to bring a pen each so they can write in the workbook.

  5. WORKBOOKS

    Make sure you have enough workbooks for the training - one per participant.

WHO TO INVITE

You should invite key stakeholders and potential leaders to the training. These trainees may become future Area Reps, Elders, or Alongsiders. Look for those who are most passionate about the vision! They may be pastors, children or youth workers, older youth who are mature and ready for leadership. We recommend between 3 and 5 trainees. This first training is for potential future leaders in your movement - not the youth themselves.

WHAT TO DO AFTER THE TRAINING

  1. PHOTOS
    When the training is complete. Send some photos of the training to Dr Hitomi Gray and take a photo of each page of the completed workbook (choose one workbook only). All these photos can be sent via WhatsApp.

  2. CERTIFICATES
    You can apply for certificates for all who have completed the course. www.alongsiders.org/request

  3. PARTNERSHIP COVENANT

    Sign the partnership agreement with Alongsiders International to make our partnership official.

  4. LAUNCH YOUR MOVEMENT & FOLLOW THE ROADMAP

    Now you have all the training you need to launch. After a zoom call, we’ll walk with you each step of the way as we follow the Roadmap - an official guide to the milestones of a growing movement!

 

Future Learning: TRAINING FOR TRAINERS MODULE

Are you tired of training that does not result in change? We are too!

In the Alongsiders movement, we have developed a special approach to learning that is much more likely to lead to change. The key is ownership - which is a core value of the Alongsiders movement.

When learners truly own both the problem and the solution (that means they believe it is important and affects them) - they are much more likely to take action. This is a special module for you as a leader in the Alongsiders movement.

This special module will take about 45 minutes to complete.