The Mentor Training Library

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Mentoring basics

January 2017 - Upgrade Your Mentoring - The 45-minute seminar by Jason and Mark
August 22, 2018 - Upgrade Your Mentoring 2 - The 45-minute seminar by Jason and David
August 2018 - Mentoring Sermons
- - August 12, 2018 Sermon, Mentors Shape the Future
    - - David
      - Jason
  - August 19, 2018 Sermon, You Don’t Have to be a Superhero to Mentor
    - - David
      - Bob
March 3, 2019 - The “first date.” - How much should the mentor talk during the first meeting, and what should the mentor say?”
September 6, 2018 - Jim Mason Tips 1 of 3 - My Ten Commitments as a Mentor
September 25, 2018 - Jim Mason Tips 2 of 3 - Top 10 High Impact Questions
October 18, 2018 - Jim Mason Tips 3 of 3 - Mentor Questions
March 27, 2019 - Disciple’s Toolkit - Many growth tools for different personality types
- - Print Version
  - Digital Fillable Version
April 25, 2019 - ESDA, Evangelical spiritual directors association
- - “The brain is a scary place, don’t go in there alone.”
  - https://www.graftedlife.org/spiritual-direction/find-a-spiritual-director
June 17, 2019 - Colette’s book Review of Helping Others on the Journey
December 16, 2019 - Help for an Abuse Victim
- - June 2018 Kirk and Brenda Johnson story and training -Youtube
    - Part 1: Abuse Panel - Part 1
    - Part 2: Abuse Panel - Part 2
    - Part 3: Abuse Panel - Part 3 (Q&A)
  - Harmony House is for abused women and men, 417-837-7700
  - Dynamics of Violence (DOV) is for abusive men, 417-869-8332
    - They meet at Macedonia Baptist Church on Sunshine
    - Monday and Tuesday nights, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
    - You can attend the first session for free to check out what they do
  - Two Helpful Handouts with phone numbers of helpful organization
    - Is It Really Abuse
    - Power and Control Wheel
February 18, 2020 - Mentor in Waiting
April 22, 2020 - COVID19 Creativity
May 11, 2020 - Grieving - You can help your mentee down the road to healthy grieving just by mentioning the basic principles of grieving and asking if they might be grieving.
June 23, 2020 - Signs of Emotional Unhealth
- - 5-Minute Quiz referenced in the video
July 19, 2020 - End of this Season of Mentorship?
October 11, 2020 - Janet Price’s Story
January 12, 2021 - H.O.M.E. for Change

Prayer

November 6, 2018 - Pray when feel anxious in conversation - Phil 4:4-8
August 12, 2020 - Pray for your mentee when your mentee is not around
September 20, 2020 - Solution Finding Prayer

listen

November 27, 2018- Listening Part 1 - “When you speak what do you want others to do?” Put their thoughts aside to give your thoughts equal consideration in their mind; painting the picture you are describing.
December 18, 2018 - Listening Part 2 - Breathing, the main challenge - control the mind and adrenaline dump.
- - The training video referenced has been replaced by a series of shorter videos, available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46sTFACq1yQ&t=14s. For more training on listening and controlling the mind's adrenaline rush freak out, watch videos 3 (Adrenaline) and 7 (Love the Lore Your God).
January 15, 2019 - Listening Part 3- The Fundamentals
- - The Equipping Ministries Listening Sheet mentioned in the video
February 6, 2019 - Listening Part 4 - Practice, practice, practice
May 6, 2019 - Save the Date - Relationship Revolution June 5, 2019
November 18, 2019 - A Framework for understanding poverty, middle class, and wealth
- Class Rules chart
- Class Rules Quiz
March 9, 2020 - Lens or Eye? - where do you look during a video meeting?

Emotional Bank account

July 15, 2019 - Advice vs Encouragement 1 of 3 - the basics
August 8, 2019 - Advice vs Encouragement 2 of 3 - when to give unasked for advice
August 26, 2019 - Advice vs Encouragement 3 of 3 - How to respond when mentee, or anyone, asks you for advice
January 6, 2020 - Forgiveness
- - Link to 12-minute training video for asking and giving forgiveness

spiritual formation

March 1-2, 2019 Spiritual Guide Training
- - Six Stages of Faith from Hagberg’s Critical Journey - Bob Casady
    - PDF Six Stages of Faith – Clean Copy
    - PDF Six Stages of Faith with Bob’s 2019-03 Teaching Notes Six Stages of Faith
  - Faith Traditions from Foster’s Devotional Classics - Bob Casady - up to minute 23:38 in the video
    - PDF Faith Traditions - Blank Copy
    - PDF Faith Traditions with Bob’s Teaching Notes
  - Temperament Type/God Language - Bob Casady - Minutes 23:38 to 39:12 in the video
    - PDF Temperament Type/God Language - Clean Copy
    - PDF Temperament Type/God Language - Bob’s Teaching Notes
  - Experience with Different or Similar Types in Mentor Relationship - Bob Casady
  - Mindfulness Exercise - Bob Casady
    - PDF Mindfulness - John Michael Talbot
  - Monthly Personal Examen - Bob Casady
    - PDF Monthly Personal Examen Blank
    - PDF Monthly Personal Examen Bob’s Examples
  - Our Search for Identity - Linda Harper
  - Mansions of the Heart Summary - Colette Freeman
    - PDF Colette’s Notes on Mansions of the Heart
    - PDF Clay Parton’s Mansions of the Heart Summary Chart
September 16, 2019 - Celebration of Discipline - Teaser quotes from Richard Foster’s spiritual formation classic.
October 7, 2019 - Questions for Jesus App Recommendation by Colette Freeman
- - - The app link - http://www.questionsforjesus.net/app.html
October 28, 2019 - You need less willpower - Habit trumps willpower
- - - The article referenced in the video is, “Why Willpower is Overrated.”
January, 28, 2020 - Mansions of the Heart Summary and Chart
- - - - Clay Parton’s Mansions of the Heart Summary Chart mentioned in the video.
June 2, 2020 - Sloths and Reservoirs
- - - 1 of 2 articles referenced in the video - Don't Give Away What's Meant for You
    - 2 of 2 articles referenced in the video - The Noonday Demon in Our Distracted Age
August 26, 2020 - Holiness - 7-minute Seminary
November 17, 2020 - Abundant Life Looks Boring