Recruiting and Developing
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The number one reason why people do not serve in Sunday
School- _____ ______ ______ _________ ________ _______.
Remember the Matthew 9 Principle
Three steps to enlistment:
1. Pray publicly and privately for workers.
2. Make a list of prospective workers.
3. Talk to the one you are led to.
• Enlist with integrity/
• Have a _________ _____ _________ conversation.
• Between Sunday School and Worship is never acceptable
• Describe what they can expect from _________.
• Describe what you expect from _________.
• Give them time to pray and respond.
• Don’t say ‘______’ for someone else. They can’t consent if they
aren’t asked.
• TNT’s (Teachers iN Training)
– Teacher acts as primary _______________
– Opportunity to discover _______________and develop skills and
abilities over _______________
The bottom line is that you can’t _______ ________ _______________. If you
really want to be a successful leader, you must develop other leaders around you.
You must find a way to get your vision seen, implemented, and contributed to by
others. The leader sees the big picture, but he needs other leaders to help make his
mental picture a _______________.
Most leaders have _______________around them. They believe the key to
leadership is gaining more followers. Few leaders surround themselves with other
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_______________. Not only is their burden lightened, but their vision is carried
on and enlarged.
Identifying potential leaders
Carnegie replied, “Men are developed the same way gold is mined. Several tons
of dirt must be moved to get an ounce or gold. But you don’t go into the gold mine
looking for dirt. You go in looking for gold.”
Look for _______________, not the dirt; the _______________, not the bad.
Selecting the Right Team Members
Putting together a team needs to be done _______________.
Once you’ve made the decision, your options are few.
The key to making the right choice depends on two things:
1. our ability to see the _______ ______________, and
2. your ability to judge _______________team members during the
selection process.
Qualities to Look for in a Leader
 _______________There is nothing more important than character.
Character flaws should not be confused with _______________. They can
be overcome through training or experience. Character flaws cannot be
changed overnight.
 _______________ _______________ The positive person understands that
the _______________is as enjoyable as the destination.
 Excellent _______________ _______________
Excellent people skills involve a genuine _______________for others, the
ability to _______________people, and the decision to make positive
_______________with others a primary concern.
 Evident _______________
Every Christian has gifts. One of our jobs as leaders is to make an
assessment of those gifts when considering a person for a leadership
position.
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 Proven _______________ _______________
Poet Archbald MacLeish once said, “There is only one thing more painful
than learning from experience, and that is not learning from experience.”
 _______________
People will not follow a leader who does not have confidence in himself. In
fact, people are naturally attracted to people who convey confidence.
Confidence is characteristic of _______________ _______________. The
greatest achievers and leaders remain confident regardless of circumstances.
Confidence is not simply for show. Confidence _______________. A great
leader has the ability to instill within his people confidence in themselves.
 _____________________
When it comes to self-discipline, people choose one of two things:
1. the pain of _______________which comes from sacrifice and
growth or
2. the pain of _______________which comes from the easy road and
missed opportunities.
 Effective _______________ _______________
Without the ability to communicate, a leader cannot effectively _________
______ _____________ and call his people to act on that vision. President
Gerald Ford once said, “Nothing in life is more important than the ability to
communicate.”
 Discontent with the __________ _________
Leaders see ___________ _____, but more important, they have a vision for
___________ ___________ ____. They are never content with things as
they are. Donna Harrison said, “Great leaders are never satisfied with
current levels of performance. They constantly strive for higher and higher
levels of achievement.” They move beyond the status quo themselves, and
they ask the same of those around them.
Good leaders deliberately seek out and find potential leaders. Great leaders
not only find them, but transform them into other great leaders.
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Why Leaders Need to Reproduce Leaders
Great leaders produce _______________leaders.
Those closest to the leader will determine the _______________
level of that leader.
AND
Those closest to the leader will determine the level of
_______________ of that leader.
A potential leader is either an _______________or a _______________to your
Sunday School.
The strength of any class is a direct result of the strength of its _______________.
Everything rises and falls on leadership.
The leaders around you lift your load in many ways. Here are two of the most
important ones:
1. They become a _______________ _______________for you.
Followers tell you what you _______________to hear. Leaders tell you
what you _______________to hear.
2. They possess a leadership _______________.
Fellow leaders do more than work with the leader, they ____________
___________ the leader. It gives them the power to lighten the load. This
becomes invaluable in areas such as decisionmaking, brainstorming, and providing
security and direction to others.
Leadership Lessons from Geese
 People who share a common _______________and
sense of _______________get where they are going
more quickly and easily because they are traveling on
one another’s thrust.
 If we as people have as much sense as a goose, we will stay in formation and
so will those who are headed the same way we are.
 It pays to ___________ ___________doing hard jobs.
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 What do we say when we honk from behind?
 If we have the sense of a goose, we will _____________ _____ each other like
that.
Summary:
 Pray! Pray! Pray!
 Set people up for success not failure.
 Encourage! Encourage! Encourage!
 Set up an accountability system.
 Praise! Praise! Praise
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John C. Maxwell, Developing the Leaders Around You (Nashville, Thomas Nelson, 1995) 1-8.
Tom Worsham, “Are You a Goose?” The Arizona Surveyor, 1992.
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John C. Maxwell, The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork (Nashville, Thomas Nelson, 2001) 248-252.
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Maxwell, Developing the Leaders Around You, 37-60.
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