What is QUICK START?

Problems and Opportunities

Problem: Out of a class of 20 students …

How Do Students Learn Today?

Therefore, in general there is a lack of enthusiasm because:

The Results?

In Youth EE we have begun a program that attempts to address these problems

Here’s how we’re trying to address them …

QUICK START

What does the presentation look like?

The Training Sessions

The heart of the matter: sharing the Gospel through the telling of stories

What results have we seen from our field-testing?

What happens after the first 6 weeks?

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Problems and Opportunities

We’re doing well in Youth EE, but can get better

Not getting as many new churches implementing

It’s a “hard sell” and perceived as a complicated program. Many reluctant to commit to 13 weeks

We find young people struggling to learn the Gospel more than even a few years ago

Problem: Out of a class of 20 students …

5 will drop out before 13 weeks

15 will stay the course and learn the material … of those 15 …

5 will complete the semester but will never return

5 will return but will require at least another semester as a trainer

Of the 20, 5 will complete the training and move on to be a trainer in the next semester

How Do Students Learn Today?

Young people are not as used to a linear-progressive style of learning material, memorization from A to Z, as they used to be

Educational techniques today emphasize a more interactive style of teaching. That’s how students are used to learning in the classroom

Therefore students are more “hands on” in the learning process.

Yet in the past Youth EE has not emphasized that type of teaching as much as we should

Therefore, in general there is a lack of enthusiasm because:

They don’t see results in their own life soon enough to get their attention

Too much time between starting and seeing personal success

They’re too intimidated to begin sharing the Gospel

Feel overwhelmed by the complexity and commitment involved

The Results?

Many get discouraged as the semester progresses, feeling that they can't meet the standards

They drop out, or even if they stay the course, many leave discouraged and never return as trainers

Easy to point out problems, how about some solutions?

In Youth EE we have begun a program that attempts to address these problems

Here’s how we’re trying to address them …

QUICK START

Instead of a 13-week commitment we ask for 6 weeks.

We teach a shorter, much more easy-to-learn Gospel presentation

We emphasize a “ Zoom ” approach, learning the basics first, then later zooming in on more detailed learning

We minimize our lecturing in class and emphasize a more interactive, hands on approach to teaching

We do OJT five of six nights (Note: OJT is On-The-Job Training. We take students out on real life witnessing situations

What does the presentation look like?

Brief introduction, shortened testimony, and 2 diagnostic questions

Five points of the Gospel

2 sub points for each part, one story and one scripture

Commitment

The heart of the matter: sharing the Gospel through the telling of stories

We have one story for each of the 5 main points of the Gospel.

We teach simple transitions that move from one section to the next.

Each story we use is already being used in the full Gospel presentation. In fact, there is nothing taught that does not already exist in the full presentation.

On OJT, we share the Gospel only using the simpler presentation.

What results have we seen from our field-testing?

Because only a 6-week commitment is required, more students sign on

The drop out rate is lessened

Students are less intimidated in learning the briefer outline

Because each section is little more than telling a story, students are much more willing to begin sharing on OJT

Because they can master the outline much earlier… they have “success” much earlier

Because of that, they are less discouraged and more likely to return for the next semester

What happens after the first 6 weeks?

We invite them to come back and “learn more”, zooming in on more details

How they can add to the outline to make it even better

Then we teach the remainder of normal full 13-week semester materials in the second 6 weeks

Certification as a Trainer, etc. returns to “normal” after the second semester