You can become a coach.

 

This track is for—

▪ Conference administrators and leaders who want to coach pastors, departmental directors, and local church ministry leaders

▪ Church planting directors who want to coach the church planters of their conference

▪ Pastors who want to coach their ministry leaders and to coach for discipleship

▪ Experienced church planters who want to coach budding church planters

▪ Anyone who wants to gain coaching skills

 

A coach doesn’t tell the other person what to do. A coach helps the person discover what God is calling him or her to do, helpsthe individual think through how to do it, helps him or her form action plans to accomplish it, and holds him or her accountable for completing the action plans to reach the goal.

 

Learn the basics of how to—

 

Relate                     Build relationship and agenda

Reflect                    Look for the issues and work through them

Refocus                  Determine priorities and action steps

Resource                 Provide support and encouragement, pray with and for

Review                   Evaluate progress, celebrate the wins, revise plans as needed

 

In addition, you will recognize your dependence on the Holy Spirit in coaching and in ministry, because coaching is not scripted. The Holy Spirit must be allowed to work through the coaching relationship if that relationship is to accomplish God’s will.

 

At SEEDS’ Coaching Track you will—

Listen and learn about coaching

Observe an unrehearsed coaching session

Experience coaching others and being coached

 

Presenters: Lyle and Runette Litzenberger, Walton Williams

 

Testimonies of recently trained coaches—

 

 ▪ "Taught me the importance of helping others discover God’s agenda for themselves

 ▪ Reminded me not to be the answer person

 ▪ Triads [coaching in groups of three] were amazingly helpful and inspiring”

 

“This coaching seminar woke me up! . . . As I felt the joy of having three people coach me during the seminar, experiencing self-discovery in what I need to do to move forward, I saw how valuable a friend can be who is simply available to listen with some interested questions. This seminar will have great impact on my role as a consultant to church plants, the church plant meeting in my house, and in my role as husband and father. I’m excited.”

 

“This seminar. . . has totally changed my way of thinking . . . realizing that there is a big difference between mentoring and coaching.”

 

“This conference has strengthened my confidence in my ability to help others.”

 

“This seminar has helped me see that instead of imposing myself onto people’s issues, I now realize that I should invite them to share and to come up with their own solutions.”

 

“The coaching class . . . has exceeded my expectations! I have learned how to better listen and truly hear. I have also learned what types of questions to ask to draw the answers out of the other person, rather than just telling them what I think. Thank you for shifting my paradigm!”

 

“This new insight in coach training has taken a lot of burden off me. With this new perspective, I can now relax and let the Holy Spirit guide the process of helping others to discover and determine God’s agenda for their lives.”