VOLTS

Each leader
to pray and identify
three leaders to
develop on his/ her
leadership
tree

Each leader,

VOLTS
VOLTS guided by his or
VOLUNTEER her team leader is
commissioning to develop
and sending LEADERS their VOLTS
TRAINING & trainees
SENDING

Those trained on VOLTS

are guided to reset
their map, tree and l ist,
and trained on what to
do where they will be
strategically sent

TRAINING HANDBOOK
 TABLE OF CONTENT
Introduction to VOLTS 3
Session 1: Personal relationship with Jesus 4
Session 2: Reaching out to the lost teenagers 4
Session 3: Organizing and facilitating a club Session 5
4: Conducting campaigners' sessions Session 5: 6
Leading teenagers to and in the camp Session 6: 6
Adult prayer partners' engagement 7
Session 7: Involving yourself in recruiting leaders 8
Session 8: Map, tree, and list implementation 9
Session 9: Non-negotiables culture of Young Life in Africa 11
Session 10: Developing and establishing a new ministry 12
Session 11: Necessitating the spirit of volunteerism 12
Session 12: Guidance on where to be sent 14
 INTRODUCTION TO VOLTS

PURPOSE: Volunteer leaders movement development plan

PROGRAM: Volunteer Leaders Training & Sending ( VOLTS)

MISSION: Movement of leaders developing leaders

who are disciple makers.

Each leader, guided by his or her team leader is

ACTION: to identify and develop their VOLTS
trainees and bring them for commissioning
and sending
SESSION 1: PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH SESSION 2 : REACHING OUT TO THE LOST
JESUS TEENAGERS
1.Methodology of reaching out to the lost
How to grow in relationship with Jesus Christ as a
leader - 1st Peter 2: 2-10 teenagers -John 1: 14, Luke 19:10
2.What is contact work? Contact work is going
Setting time of spending time with the where teenagers are with the aim of
Lord (Quiet Time) establishing and building friendships with them
Prayer life
with the purpose of introducing them to Jesus
Involvement in Sabbath /Sunday service
Christ.
worship Reading, meditating, living and
sharing the word of God 3.Why do contact? It gives one an opportunity
Involve yourself in church spiritual to mentor positive change among adolescents
peer fellowship group in Jesus Christ.
Tithing
The three levels/steps of contact work
Using your talent to serve God and others
Level One; Be seen; Where:
Attending spiritual renewal/enhancement
events Homes
/ activities Activities in the neighbors like
Leading others to Christ. burials Non formal base
Grounds of
support Ongoing
youth
Undercover
bases
Time for sports in
schools Street
The three levels/steps of contact work Cont. SESSION 3: ORGANIZING AND FACILITATING A CLUB

Level Two: Talk - Steps of doing a one-on- What is a club? A club is a weekly meeting where each
one session with a teenager/ kid- Luke leader mobilizes all their contacted teenagers and their
24:13-32 friends to come for meaningful fun, laughter and life
changing message of Christ
Start up interaction
Highs and lows since the last
meeting Attending to the Highs
Role of a leader in a club (Psalm 126: 1-3)
and Lows Relationship building
discussions/sharing Finding and inviting teenagers in a club
Engage in inviting him/her to Arranging and facilitating indoor games
come to club before club for those who arrived earlier.
Level Three: Do; What to do Creating fun songs and games for the

Family club. Initiating an atmosphere of

involvement Eat welcoming as the teenagers arrive at the
outs club
Learning Leading assigned club activities
together Identify and reach out to the teens who feel
Listening to lonely and helping them to participate fully in
music together
the club Taking initiative to energize teens
Ongoing weekly one-on-one with the
during club.
teens Watching movies together
Audience management
Sports
Time management during club activities
participation
Engaging in meeting your teenagers
Hangout
after club
connection
Involving yourself in supporting
SESSION 4: CONDUCTING CAMPAIGNERS SESSION 5: LEADING TEENAGERS TO AND IN THE CAMP
SESSIONS - 2nd Peter 3:18
What is a camp- a camp is an adventurous event
What is campaigners? Campaigners are the where leaders and teenagers go for one or more
teenagers who have given their life to Jesus days to have a meaningful fun experience
Christ either in contact work, club, camp, together as well as hear a complete message of
crusades or their churches and meet weekly Jesus Christ and have an opportunity to begin a
for Bible study sessions aimed at helping them relationship with Jesus Christ
to grow in their faith.

Role of a leader towards taking teenagers to camp

Role of a leader to campaigners
Taking the initiative to find 5 to 8 teenagers
Having weekly bible study sessions
and start building a relationship with them
Enabling them to do practical sessions
Asking your prayer partners to pray for them
after some sessions
Keeping/having weekly bonding sessions with
Leading them to do charity work
them atleast four times before camp
occasionally Planning adventurous
Enabling and engaging parents in
activities for them.
preparations for the camp by letting them
know that you are taking their teenagers to
camp
Taking the time to remind them about the
camp each day
Helping/ guiding them to raise the required
camp fee Encouraging them to participate in
camp activties during the camp
Meeting one on one with each one of them
during the camp
 SESSION 6: ADULT PRAYER PARTNERS SESSION 6: ADULT PRAYER PARTNERS
ENGAGEMENT ENGAGEMENT Cont.

Who is a prayer partner? Prayer partners

Role of adult prayer partners in ministry
are adults who support and counsel a
leader through prayers and resources to
Spiritual direction - offering spiritual
reach out to the lost teenagers with the direction and counseling to a leader
gospel of Jesus Christ. Understanding when a leader is doing
his/her ministry and praying for them
during that time Participating in ministry
Role of a leader towards prayer partners activities when invited. Praying for
teenagers by name and ministry activities
Recruiting at least 3 to 5 adult people who Organizing time to pray for leaders
are 5 years older than you and active in Raising resources to support ministry
their church. Enable them to understand activities from either their friends, church,
what is Younglife and how we minister to or organization
teenagers Taking the initiative to advocate for
Planning and inviting them to come and ministry in the community.
see Younglife activities and share an
impact report with them after the end of
each event.
Organizing monthly meetings with all of
them in one of their houses.
Reminding them to pray for upcoming
events Taking initiatives to request them
to support financially.
SESSION 7: INVOLVING YOURSELF IN SESSION 7: INVOLVING YOURSELF IN
RECRUITING LEADERS RECRUITING LEADERS ... Cont.

Steps of recruiting and developing Step 2: Enabling them to come and see
leaders ministry activities.

Step 1: Reaching out to people who can Step 3: Communicating to them why we do
each activity.
be possible leaders from:
Step 4: Request them to participate in weekly
Church new leaders training.
Organizatio
Step 5: Understanding and clarifying their
n
fear of being young life in a creative way)
Movements in your church e.g.
Youths, Women, Men. Step 6: Interceding for them
Members of Christian groups in
Step 7: Training them through HOT
your Neighborhood
training methodology for a period of 12
Undisputed Young Society Leaders.
weeks.
Noticeable people with Leadership
ability Inspired Friends Step 8: Make them do practical’s what they
Transformed campaigners have learnt.
Youth friendly adults with passion of
service. Step 9: Empowering /Commissioning them

Step 10: Nurturing them to grow in ministry

Step 11: Taking initiatives to assign them in

Clubs
SESSION 8: MAP, TREE AND LIST IMPLEMENTATION
COMPONENTS
NECCESSITATING IMPLEMENTATION OF MAP Number of villages/ schools in the area
The number of villages that have
A map is a vision tool that indicates where the ministry and those that do not have
ministry is currently and where it intends to go in ministry.
the future. Scripture text Acts 1:8 The number of schools that have
ministry and those that do not have.
PURPOSE The target area you Intend to go to next
and by when.
Enables you to think strategically, about Resources needed to establish that map
where you are now, where you intend to move area Population of adolescents in that
next, and when, for the next kid area
Helps you to have a clear vision and ministry The Number of churches
growth plan Authority
WHAT TO DOor administration
WITH MAP structure of
Helps you to know where you have reached the area
and the significant areas you have not Step 1: Formation of intercessors/supporters
reached yet. group Step 2: Organizing either weekly or
Helps to set a target growth of ministry in monthly quarterly prayer sessions with
your area of responsibility intercessors /partners
Reminds you where you have not reached yet
Step 3: Leadership identification and training
Step 4: Leadership hot training in a successful
ministry area
Step 5: Organizing resource mobilization
sessions to raise resources by establishing set
map areas
Step 6: Walk through prayers in the map set
area
SESSION 8: MAP, TREE AND LIST IMPLEMENTATION

LEADERSHIP TREE LIST

Leadership tree is a tool that enables one to It is a tool that a leader writes down names of
develop at least 3 people to become servants and people of interest in the ministry; that is kids he
transformational leaders in God’s kingdom. wants to reach, kids that he wants to disciple,
Scripture text – Matthew 17:1-8 leaders that he intends to develop, and adult
Mark 5:36-40 prayer partners he intends to pray with.
Matthew 6: 36 – 38
PURPOSE Scripture text – Matthew 9:37-38
To develop kingdom leaders who are
servants and transformed. PURPOSE
To pass on your leadership gifts and Helps you identify specific people of interest
ability to multiply yourself to others to you in the ministry

To have more God-fearing leaders in the Helps you to pray intentionally for people of
interest in ministry
business, leadership, church, organization
Enables you to minister effectively to your
etc.
people of interest in the ministry
WHAT TO DO WITH YOUR LEADERSHIP TREE,
Enables you to be focused on people of
Find 3 people with potential leadership interest to you in the ministry
abilities among your campaigners or in the Helps you to evaluate and know if you are
community. Organize weekly leadership really ministering.
development sessions with them.
Responsibilities – give them some leadership
tasks to do.
Make them start their own leadership
tree formation.
SESSION 8: MAP, TREE AND LIST IMPLEMENTATION SESSION 9: NON- NEGOTIABLES IN CULTURE OF
YOUNGLIFE IN AFRICA
LEADERSHIP TREE Cont.
The culture of Younglife has been Pamoja
Components Pamoja which means going together in
everything we do
Leaders being developed for the
Map Planting Mango tree-type
Intercessors leaders/Ministry, not Tomato type
Supporters/Partner leaders/ministry
s Teens to be Advancing our spiritual growth through
What discipled
to do with people on your list discovery bible study sharing at all leadership
levels/ meetings Map, Tree, and List
Set days for praying for each group
implementation is our main strategy
Minister to each of them as per
Our standards of leadership
Young life methodology
positions and opportunities are a
Call them regularly to understand how
50/50 gender balance
they are doing
Jesus is the center and focus of everything
we do Accelerating women's leadership at
all levels Plans and strategies are from
listening from the listening to the lord's
spiritual discipline Accepting and learning
songs from different countries and ethnic
groups
Managing the growth of ministry through the
spirit of volunteerism.
Offering leadership empowerment through
hands- on training (HOT Training)
Journeying together as a team
SESSION 10: DEVELOPING AND ESTABLISHING A NEW SESSION 11: NECESSITATING THE SPIRIT OF
MINISTRY VOLUNTEERISM

Steps of developing and establishing a new a) Characteristics of the spirit of volunteerism-

ministry- Mark 15: 16 Mark 10: 45, Matthew 25: 40 , Colossians 3:23-24

Draw the Map of the place Serving wholeheartedly without expecting

Engage in indicating on the Map to be paid.
where the ministry is currently Addressing the need for teenagers to know
Vision place – Indicate on the Map Jesus Christ
where you intend to begin ministry Choosing to offer your time and resources
Establish a team of 5 adult prayer partners for the sake of transforming the lives of
among pastors from that area and organize teenagers Raising resources to support
weekly prayer sessions with them to pray for ministry activities
the map. Influencing others to join you in the noble
List down 5 leaders of the place you want to course of transforming the world through the
start a ministry gospel
Organize ongoing MILES training with 5 Finding time in your busy schedule to
identified leaders of the place minister to teenagers
Plan HOT Training for 5 identified leaders and Impacting the lives of teenagers positively by
their prayer partners in a well-established being a great example to them
ministry. Commitment yourself to share the gospel
with the teenagers
Encourage and motivated by a desire to help
others
SESSION 11: NECESSITATING THE SPIRIT OF
VOLUNTEERISM

b) The Benefits of Volunteerism

Brings a sense of belonging and joy to your

life by being part of a community
This leads to a reduction of an isolated
lifestyle and boosts your mental well-being
Encourages active lifestyle and reduces the
risk of chronic illnesses
Social and economical
connections and opportunities in
your life
Strengthens and enhances your skills.
Increases the capacity of innovation and
fresh ideas.
Nurtures a sense of purpose and
personal satisfaction
Grows your support network
Sets you up for emerging
opportunities.
 SESSION 12: GUIDANCE ON WHERE TO BE SENT
Name of the leader Ministry to be sent to
Strategic place to be What to train the
(Indicate name below) (Indicate ministry
sent leader to be sent
below)

Starting new ministry MILES training

Train the leader on characteristics

To strengthen a
of a healthy club and how to
struggling club
manage leaders and care for
leaders

How to do SWOT analysis and

Reviving the closed clubs
develop a strategic plan

Areas of need in the

MILES training
neighbourhood/schoo
l

Teaming up with Teach him/her on how to

other leaders in encourage, motivate and support
active clubs one another

Enhancing the Empower him/her on how to use

required talent in a their talents to grow others in that
club club

Growing the number

How to recruit and train leaders
of leaders in the club

Your Map
MILES training
development area