A Lead Team is a group of students and adults who volun-

teer for a specific activity or event for which they assume

responsibility.

(Parents of teens gain a greater sense of

ownership by becoming involved in a Lead Team Ministry)

The idea behind “Lead Teams” is to provide a sharing or

ownership of the youth ministry among a broader base of

people and create a more dynamic ministry activity or

event because of the specific concentration of a group of

people on that activity or event. A youth minister or leader

on his/her own can only do so much promotion, so much

enlistment, so much registration and so much whatever…

but through developing Lead Teams he/she multiplies the ministry opportunities,

multiplies the work force necessary for carrying those ministries out, and multiplies

the reaching, teaching, and effectiveness of those ministries.

Putting together “Lead Teams” is simple.

Make a list of the youth ministry ac-

tivities or events that your church plans to

do for the calendar year, such as…

DiscipleNow, True Love Waits, Priority

Week, Super Summer, Youth Missions

Trip, Falls Creek, Youth Evangelism Con-

ference, Back to School Bash, Fall Re-

treat, 5

th

Quarters, Lock-Ins, etc

. Promote

within your church that you will be hav-

ing a Youth Ministry Fair where adults and students can sign-up to be a part of a

ministry team that will be responsible for a specific youth ministry event or events.

At the Fair describe each event or activity by giving general information about it, so

that those in attendance will know from what there is to choose. After people have

signed up for one or two teams

(signing up for more than two may defeat the pur-

pose of having Lead Teams)

, collect the information and determine a chairperson for

each team. Have the teams meet according to the needs and date of the events. The

youth leader should meet with each lead team if possible, to give guidance, helps,

and full support.