Last week we talked about debriefing your summer calendar, and we got a great response from it (largely asking the question, “how?”) and thought it might be good to devote a whole article on the topic. So today we’re going to list 20 questions to help you begin to evaluate your summer youth ministry calendar:
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· What did we plan that was a success?
· What surprised us that was totally awesome?
· Where did we get blindsided?
· Was there a good balance of evangelism, fellowship, discipleship, ministry and worship?
· Did we lose/gain momentum at any time this summer?
· What was an epic fail?
· Where were the wins with parents?
· Is there an event we need to move to a different place in the calendar?
· Was the format of our website/Facebook/blog/printed calendar clear?
· Was there enough promotion for our events? How could we make it better?
· Is there a sacred cow we need to shoot?
· Where were our leaders unprepared?
· Are there opportunities to integrate our students into the church body we should consider next year?
· What event should we never do again?
· Were there any surprising turnouts in numbers?
· Where did we communicate poorly?
· In what circumstances did parents contact us?
· Who is a key volunteer we need to circle back with now that summer is over?
· Was it easy for parents to find out information/download forms/get a registration packet?
· Were entry level – core students challenged this summer?
· What was so great we need to consider making it an annual tradition?
· Which volunteer was incredible and needs to be challenged to be a small group leader this school year?
· What events seemed best to invite friends to?
· Where did I as the leader have the most fun relationally hanging with students?
· Where did we see the most decisions made for Christ?
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Equip your adult volunteers & students to grow as leaders in your ministry.
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There are 25 to get you started…get rid of some, add some of your own and start asking away!