PROFESSION OF FAITH PROCEDURE
-
Student indicates to a leader of the Student Ministry a desire to publicly professing his/her faith to the church.
-
The student is given a form that gets contact information and who they would like to have as a Profession of Faith Mentor. That form is then sent to the Student Ministry Coordinator.
-
The Student Ministry Coordinator (Cindy Mulder) contacts the potential mentor to request that they partner with the student for a six week mentoring program
-
Once a Mentor is found, he/she is given a packet that details the program and then meets with the Student Ministry Coordinator to clarify any questions that may linger.
-
The mentor then contacts the student to schedule times to meet.
Note: Once the start date has been established between the mentor and student, it is expected that they will meet regularly in order to complete the program in a timely manner. In other words, it is important to meet at least once a week until the booklet is completed.
-
The student and mentor work through the 6 week program. Half way through the program, the mentor is to contact the Student Ministry Coordinator for an update on how it is going.
-
Once the 6 week program is completed, the mentor is to contact the chairman of the Shepherding Elders to arrange a time to meet. The mentor is expected to join the student at this meeting to continue to encourage the student.
-
After this meeting has taken place, the elders will contact the Sunday morning Worship Director to notify that the student is ready to be presented to the church.
-
The Worship Director will determine a date and communicate it to the Student Ministry Coodinator.
-
The Student Ministry Coordinator (Cindy Mulder) will communicate to the student and their family of the date.
-
The student will profess his/her faith on the scheduled Sunday morning.