“Thanks so much for all you did.” “I learned so much.” “The sessions were so helpful.” “We really felt taken care of.”
These and many other comments reflected the feelings of attendees to our annual Team Leaders Forum held the beginning of June - where we here at En Gedi help prepare our future TIMO Team Leaders by providing instructive sessions on everything from Logistical set up of the teams and finances to Fruitful Practices in Church Planting, curriculum updates, and so many other topics as well.
One of the main points of the Forum is to offer our future …
team leaders a chance to rub shoulders and learn from those currently leading teams and those who’ve gone before to find out what’s proven effective in the areas of training team members, team dynamics, and ministry. It’s a great week where we get to bless our team leaders a bit and we also get a chance to spend time with each of our leaders one on one to talk through issues specific to their circumstances.
In addition to the training, however, is the family feel that’s always been a part of TIMO. Often the Forums feel more like Family Reunions where you get to enjoy great food and fellowship and catch up with the rest of the extended TIMO family. That leads to a bit of fun, of course, and with a trip to a nearby hot spring, some pampering for the ladies, and some sports during the week, it allows us to just enjoy being together. It allows our team leaders to just relax and be taken care of for a while.
It is a lot of work, and our short-termers here at En Gedi displayed that in putting together a great program for the children. We were blessed by some great worship and devotion times as well brought to the Forum by Team Leaders, but it’s all worth the effort when comments come like those above. As for us here at En Gedi? We can’t wait ’til next year!