How to Prepare for Your Partnership This Summer
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How to prepare for your school partnership in the ’24-’25 school year:
- Pray. Ask God for open doors at the school and hearts willing to serve at your church.
- Budget. Meet with your church leadership to align on your church’s capacity and commitment for this school year.
- Plan. Get an appointment with your school liaison to begin outlining the plan for your partnership. (July is often a great time to meet!) Ask about summer and back-to-school opportunities that can serve as a gateway into the school year.
- Recruit. It’s never a bad time to recruit new volunteers, but we’ve found that often people are most enthusiastic headed into a new school year!
- Promote. Think of how you can market United4Hope opportunities to your church body. Are there pre-roll slides running before Sunday morning worship? What kind of e-newsletters or internal church communications could you utilize? Would your church leadership be open to promoting United4Hope opportunities during a worship service?
- Prepare. Summer is a perfect time to have your volunteers register with United4Hope and submit their annual background checks. Consider running a short orientation after a Sunday service to encourage the completion of these tasks and generate excitement for the upcoming school year.
- Keep praying! There is nothing more important. Our endeavors succeed only because the Lord is with us.