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LITERACY MISSIONS

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WORKSHOP

Daytime workshop:

4 days - 9:00 am – 1:00 pm (no lunch break)

3 days - 8:30 am – 2:30 pm (30-45 minute lunch)

Night and/or weekend workshop:

2 weekends – Friday 6:30 – 9:30 pm and Saturday, 8:30 am – 2:00 pm, each weekend.

2 nights and 1 weekend – Thursday and Friday,

6:30 – 9:30 pm and Saturday, 8:30 – 4:00 pm, and Sunday, 3:00 – 6:00 pm.

  Select at least three possible dates for the workshop to increase the possibility of a workshop leader being available.

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6.  Make arrangements with the literacy missions workshop leader.

  Select your workshop leader. Contact your state convention or NAMB for names of Literacy Missions Associates (LMA) in your area. A LMA

is a volunteer who has completed the NAMB sponsored Literacy Missions Leadership Workshop and requirements.

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  The LMA’s expenses should be paid by the sponsoring church, association or state convention. It is customary to give an honorarium to a volunteer.

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  Set a firm date and location for the workshop.

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  Ask the LMA which materials to order. The workshop sponsor not the LMA should order them.(see #7)

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  Have the LMA send handouts to be copied.

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  Determine what equipment will be needed for the workshop (overhead projector, VCR, etc.)

 Discuss travel and housing arrangements.

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7.  Order the necessary books and materials.

  The LMA will tell you what is needed and provide addresses of publishers. Allow five or six weeks for delivery of materials. Workshop participants usually pay for their materials.

  Determine the cost for each workshop participant.

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8.  Enlist people for the workshop.

  Enlist as many people as possible for the workshop. Pre-registration is recommended if feasible. An ideal number is 10-20. If more than 3 0 pre-register, you may want to divide the group and have two workshops.

Note: Enlisting a minimum of 12 people increases the possibility of having an effective workshop. Many workshops have fewer than 12 attend. However, experience has shown that workshops with only a few people often lack the interaction and enthusiasm necessary to begin a ministry. Experience has also shown that about half the people

who say they will come to a workshop will actually attend; and not all who receive training will teach.

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  Personally contact those who have expressed interest in the ministry or those who would be suitable. This is your best source of volunteers. People usually have questions and contacting them gives them a chance to ask these questions. Ask others to help you with contacts.

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  Speak to Baptist women’s and men’s groups, Sunday School classes, senior adults, and other church/associational groups. Always have a sign-up sheet or registration form when you speak about the workshop.

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  Make the workshop a weekly prayer request at Wednesday night prayer meeting. Have a sign-up sheet available.

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  Include in your workshop publicity:

  Ÿ dates, times, place, cost.

  Ÿ telephone number of contact person (if the church or associational telephone number is given, be sure office personnel have complete information about the workshop. Many potential workers and students have lost interest because they did not receive adequate information.

  Ÿ sign-up sheet or tear-off registration form.

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  Send or give fliers to church members, pastors, and key leaders of the church and association.

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  Promote the workshop in church and associational newsletters. However, do not limit your publicity to this form of advertising.

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  In the churches, place posters where people often pass. An excellent location is where the line forms for the Wednesday night supper.

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9.  Begin to enlist potential students.

  A workshop participant is more likely to use the training if there are students available soon after the workshop. The longer the time between the workshop and the opportunity to teach, the less likely the volunteer is to follow through Use “Local Church Literacy Missions Needs Survey,” (0840089872) free from Customer Services to locate students especially ARW.

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The month before the workshop.

  About four weeks before the workshop, arrange with the host church for childcare, if needed, and break and lunch refreshments. Usually, the sponsor provides drinks and the participants bring sack lunches.

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  About two weeks before the workshop, make final arrangements with the LMA. Ask how to arrange the room. Give the LMA the address and telephone number where he or she will stay

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A week before the workshop:

  Send a reminder to those who have enrolled.

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  Verify that audiovisual equipment needed by the LMA will be available.

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  Arrange for the building where the workshop will be held to be open for setup at least an hour and a half before the workshop begins.

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After the workshop:

  Organize to begin the ministry. Within the week following the workshop, hold an organizational meeting. Organizational guidelines will be presented in the workshop. Plan to begin the ministry within two or three weeks. It is best to start the ministry while workshop skills are still familiar to participants.

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