Miami Whitewater United Methodist Church

9400 Dry Ridge Road

Harrison, Ohio 45030
(513) 367-4990

Mentoring Program

Purpose of the Mentoring Program

The Mentoring Program is designed to be a mutually beneficially

partnership in which the Mentor offers time, wisdom, prayer,
encouragement and a ministry context for the spiritual growth of a
Mentor/Intern. The Mentor/Intern offers a willingness to learn, a
teachable spirit and a partner for one-on-one discipleship. The mentor-
mentee relationship will work together for the good of the Kingdom of
God, for the betterment of a spiritual relationship for the mentee. The
details that follow will provide clarity both for expectations and
evaluation. The covenant for the mentor/mentee relationship is
attached is designed to be mutually negotiated and accepted, please
complete and return.

What is a Mentor?
A mentor is a friend and a guide. Jesus spent three years being a
mentor to the twelve disciples to prepare them for leadership. A
mentor is not a teacher that tells you, a mentor is someone who shares
your life journey. A Mentor is:
• First and most importantly, a spiritual role model.
• A friend that will dream with you and pray with you.
• Be authentic and open, sharing their journey.
• Be a listener, and is more willing to listen than to talk.
• Be an encourager.
• Be caring and full of unconditional love.
• Be prayerful, knowing the only way is to trust and
communicate with God.

Expectations for Mentor/Interns

• Maintain a posture of learning about God, Christ and the
Bible
• Meet regularly with Mentor (once per week) THIS IS A
COMMITMENT FOR YOU AS WELL AS THE MENTEE.
• Demonstrate faithfulness and promptness to meetings
• Be committed to Bible readings, prayer and research.
• Be open and authentic with Mentor
 • Willingness to commit one year

Expectations for Mentors

• Prepare topic of discussion each week for Mentee
spiritual growth objectives (Growth objectives should
include knowledge, character, relationships and skills)
• Meet regularly with Mentee (once per week)
• Prepare to set and evaluate goals with Mentee
• Pray for Mentee daily
• Role Model Christian behavior and attitude
• Observe and evaluate growth of Mentee
• Act as a coach and guide to provide continuum of
spiritual growth
• Willingness to commit one year.
• Evaluate progress of Mentee

Each Week a Mentor will prepare:

• Find out what has been happening in the Mentee’s
week.
• Begin with a word of prayer and pray for God to use you
and the Mentee to be receptive.
• Be open and honest about experiences that you have
had similar to the Mentee’s and how God helped you
work through it, IF THE MENTEE IS INTERESTED IN YOUR
EXPERIENCE. SOMETIMES THE MENTEE JUST NEEDS TO
TALK.
• Find out how much time the Mentee spent with God in
prayer or in the Word.
• Prepare to share information or an activity to develop or
discuss a Christian discipline and set a goal with
mentee for practice.
• Find out concerns for the mentee and spend time in
closing praying for those concerns.
• Confirm the time and place for the following week.

The Mentee will have the opportunity to determine when they are
ready to move forward. This will typically be demonstrated by their
willingness to be involved in serving in some capacity. When you hear
this interest, it is time for the Mentor to evaluate the Mentee.
Building Christian Disciplines:

Some of the sessions you spend with your mentor should discuss and
set goals to develop Christian Disciplines. The following is a list of
Disciplines that should be developed to become spiritually mature:

• Prayer
How
Why
When
Effective Prayer/Fasting
Prayer Journaling
Silence and listening

• Reading the Word

How
Why
When
Effective Bible Reading
Supportive Tools to Understand what you have
read.
Journaling
Silence and Listening

• Forgiveness
How
Why
When
Restoration
Journaling

• Unconditional Love
What is unconditional love
Why is it important to our walk with Christ?
How do you do it?
Who does this apply to?
When did Jesus love unconditionally?
Journaling

• God’s Grace
 What is God’s Grace?
Why did Jesus provide it?
Who can get grace?
When do you get grace?
Journaling

• Authenticity
What does that mean?
Why is authenticity important?
What happens when you are authentic?
How much authenticity is important?

• Becoming a Disciple of Jesus Christ

What does that mean to me
How do I become a disciple?
What is expected of me?
What is my story?
When do I share?
Who do I share my story with?
Why do I share?
What if they do not want to listen?

• Worship
Sunday worship
Daily worship
Honoring God

• Baptism
Why
When
Where
Who

• Membership
Why
When
How

• Evangelism
Telling your story
When
Why

• Gifts
What
 Why
When

• Serving Others

• Forever learning

Mentor’s Evaluation

This evaluations is based solely upon the Suggested Growth

Objectives. Please place the appropriate letter(s) in the right hand
column. Use the space provided at the end of this evaluations for
comments. In the case of a NA, the mentor/intern may benefit from
some clarification, use this form for dialogue before, during and after
mentoring relationship.

CHARACTER

Is committed to a growing relationship with Jesus Christ……….

__________
Manages bitterness and relational trauma carefully……………..
___________
Handles criticism with grace and engages in accurate self
assessment………………………………………………………………..
___________
Is a person of integrity in both the public and private spheres of
life…………………………………………………………………………….__________
Is trustworthy………………………………………………………………__________
Will be faithful in commitments…………………………………………
__________
Is teachable and open to change………………………………………
__________
Strives to live a self –controlled life……………………………………
__________
Will speak the truth, but in love…………………………………………
__________

RELATIONSHIPS

Can help people in small groups develop deeper faith in

Christ..__________
Is learning to develop healthy conflict resolution tools…………..
___________
Learning to communicate effectively…………………………………
__________
Is building spiritual friendships………………………………………...
__________
Works at being approachable and non-threatening…………………………
……………………………………….__________
Has leadership skills in groups…………………………………………
__________

KNOWLEDGE

Understands the basics of being a Christian………………………..

__________
Recognizes the stages of Christian development………………….
__________
Is able to balance time allowing time alone with God……………..
__________
Daily prayer life……………………………………………………………__________
Daily Bible readings………………………………………………………__________
Understands sin and it’s bondage…………………………………….
__________
Ability to lead in prayer…………………………………………………..
__________
Understands how to pray………………………………………………..
__________
Understands key parts or stories of the Bible………………………
__________
Recognizes spiritual warfare…………………………………………..__________
Understands how to overcome spiritual warfare………………...__________

Skills

Administrative……………………………………………………………….
_________
Organizational……………………………………………………………….
_________
Leadership……………………………………………………………………_________
Influential……………………………………………………………………..
_________
Preparedness……………………………………………………………….._________
Time Management skills……………………………………………………
________
Caregiver…………………………………………………………………….._________
Evaluation Table:
1. Outstanding performance
2. Very Good performance
3. Mediocre performance
4. Poor performance
5. Unable to performance