Peter Vanacore, MSWExecutive Director

Juergen Kneifel, MBACAYM Board

Christian Association of Youth

MentoringCAYM

Church-Based Mentoring

Goal of this session

To examine methods of building sustainable mentoring programs by greatly reducing

the cost per match through partnerships with churches.

Objectives1. To examine partnerships that will

motivate churches to engage in mentoring

2. To explore program models that reduce cost and increase sustainability through church-based mentoring teams

3. To present methods of supporting churches that will help sustain

mentoring partnerships and increase the effectiveness of mentoring relationships

Why Churches?

•Calling - many feel “called” to mentoring

•Needs - they see the need

•In the church

•In the community

•They respond diligently when led directly

50/50 PactCAYM asks churches to mentor kids in the

church and community

•50% of matches in the church

•50% in partnerships with the community

•Schools

•Juvenile justice

•Social Services

Church-Based Partnerships

•Volunteer-led teams

•Best practices

•Long-term support

How to Motivate Pastors and Church

Boards

•Local church “ownership”

•Meeting needs of the “flock”

•Reaching outside the church walls

•Living their faith - not pushing it

•Community resource

•Partnering, not affiliated with schools and government agencies

•Church-based is an option for parents/youth

Church & State

Building Church-Based Teams

•Team Preparation & Organization

•Church/board relations

Pre-training

Training and Materials

•Recruiting

•Screening

•Training

•Supervision

•Evaluation

Post-training

•Coaching - regularly scheduled

•Webinars

•Online resources

•Advanced training

Sustaining Church-Based Ministries

•Before starting: Pastor and board approval

•Consistent coaching

•Recognition and updates

•Continued training

•Evaluation

Management Tools

•eMentorLife

•Mentor application, screening and tracking

•Program evaluation and oversight

•GoToMeeting

•Online training

•Team meetings

Church-based savings

Cost/match

Churches pay between $375-$2300 for CAYM

training, materials and services

Sample of Sites

•Calvary Chapel - St. Petersburg, FL

•Perimeter Chruch - John’s Creek, GA

•Vision Urbana - New York City

•Calvary Chapel - Grass Valley California

•Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church - LA

•City of Refuge - La

•Contact us:

•Info@CAYM.org

•Peter@CAYM.org

•Juergen@CAYM.org

•www.CAYM.org