Every year, student ministries are forced to rebuild. That is because every year, the ministry loses 8th graders and 12th graders to their next stage of life. So when you lose people, you need to be able rebuild what you had the year prior(s) with a whole new crop of students.
So how can you turn your rebuilding mentality from being a “negative” to a “positive”?
- Keep your Leadership Team updated on what you are experiencing. Let them know you have lost x amount of students and are bringing in x amount of new students. If the Leadership Team of your Church sees a drop in numbers, they may wondering what you are doing wrong instead of knowing that you are experiencing a normal pattern in your ministry. That is why it’s very important to keep them updated on what is happening.
- Make sure you are targeting and investing in the right students coming in. You need to find your fast ships. With every new class there will be students who are destined to be leaders. Find those students and run with them, give them vision and help them become the leaders you know they can be.
- Keep your Volunteer Leaders focused. When key leader students leave the program, it can be easy for volunteers to be down in what was lost. Although leaders have left, if you mope around and focus on what you’ve lost and not what is in front of you and the new possibilities that lie ahead, then