2006 Staff Email #2

All past PVM staff: You are welcome to respond to any of the questions (especially #5) to help make this year's staff training as beneficial as we can!

Sent 4/12/06
2006 PVM Staff,

I'm in the process of planning 2006 staff training week and assembling pre-training packets to be mailed next week. The following 5 quick questions (below) will help me decide what areas to focus on during staff training. I would appreciate any input in order to make our time together as most beneficial as possible! If you have any options on these topics, please reply via email. Thanks!

Pre-Training Survey
1) Which 2 or 3 spiritual topics/ disciplines would you most like to work on together during training?
- Communicating your faith
- Leading camper devos/ Bible study
- Leading someone to Christ
- Discipleship/ mentoring relationships
- Christianity and American culture/ youth culture
- Christianity and world cultures/ religions
- Christianity and science
- Chrisitanity and the arts
- Apologetics (tools to defending Christian faith)
- Discerning God's will
- Dealing with doubt
- Dealing with pain
- other: _____________________

2) Which 2 or 3 skills or topics relating to campers would you most like to address during staff training?
- Creative "off the cuff" games and activities
- Understanding child/teen behavior characteristics
- Counselor role in camper discipline
- "Counseling" skills (listening, helping campers through problems)
- Understanding bullying
- Understanding eating disorders
- Understanding depression
- other: _______________________

3) What (if any) aspect of camp are you most nervous about?

4) What aspect are you most excited for?

5) What was the most beneficial part of staff training in years' past (or if this is your first summer at PVM, do you have suggestions from a similar type training or conference)?

in His service,
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