Session 2 - Expectations
What to Expect from Us
The staff devotes a significant amount of our time, energy, and emotion to the training and care of this team. We believe that as we encourage and teach you, you will be better equipped to encourage and teach those in your core. Our calling is to walk alongside you, so that whatever you feel about your experience, you won’t feel alone or in way over your head without anyone to help you out.
We do this through:
We do this through:
- Staff one-on-ones
- Phlock & D-Team meetings
- Other pastoral counseling as needed
What We Expect from You
You are willing to GROW
A. You are growing in your RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS
B. You are growing in your SKILLS
C. You are growing in your ability to CONNECT
D. You are growing by REPLICATING
E. You are growing by SERVING
You are abiding by your COMMITMENT
You are willing to be held ACCOUNTABLE
You are willing to give up your RIGHTS
A. You are growing in your RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS
B. You are growing in your SKILLS
C. You are growing in your ability to CONNECT
D. You are growing by REPLICATING
E. You are growing by SERVING
You are abiding by your COMMITMENT
- To God
- To GBXA
- To each other
- To your Core Group
You are willing to be held ACCOUNTABLE
- Meeting new students & following up with them
- Acting as a SENT one on campus
- Reading and responding to messages
- Planning your Core Group & one on ones with intention and care
- Showing up when you're expected to
- Large Group
- Core Group & One on Ones
- Fall Retreat & SALT
- Mission Trips
- Giving
You are willing to give up your RIGHTS
- To always have it your way
- To pout and complain
- To have complete control over your schedule
- To break the rules
- To look the other way
- To not go first
- To compare your fruit to other people's fruit
- To neglect your own spiritual walk
How Can You Expect to Feel This Year?
This is going to be HARD and it’s going to be FUN!
It will take:
It will also take JESUS, MORE JESUS, A LITTLE MORE JESUS
What seems EASY for everyone else, will take a lot of WORK for you.
Throughout the year you might feel:
* Burnout
* Exhaustion
*Overwhelmed
*Attacked by the enemy
* Frustration
* Uncertain
And you will probably also feel:
* Joy
*Friendship
*Empowerment
*Certain of your mission & calling
*Upheld & supported by God
REMEMBER! You are not ALONE! Don’t WITHDRAW but lean into COMMUNITY.
It will take:
- WORK
- MORE WORK
- A LITTLE MORE WORK
It will also take JESUS, MORE JESUS, A LITTLE MORE JESUS
What seems EASY for everyone else, will take a lot of WORK for you.
Throughout the year you might feel:
* Burnout
* Exhaustion
*Overwhelmed
*Attacked by the enemy
* Frustration
* Uncertain
And you will probably also feel:
* Joy
*Friendship
*Empowerment
*Certain of your mission & calling
*Upheld & supported by God
REMEMBER! You are not ALONE! Don’t WITHDRAW but lean into COMMUNITY.