Low Courses

The Low Course is designed to bring your entire group together in a series of game-like tasks that exercise the mind and body. Light warm up activities encourage participants to have fun, learn, and take care of each other. Through learning to depend on each other and communicate with each other, your group will learn how to value each individual's unique input to the group while creating an integrative whole. By cooperating as one unit and taking care of each individual, the Low Course will reinforce levels of trust and respect, and increase the problem solving skills of the group.

High Courses

The High Elements involve two to three people working together at a time to overcome a problem 30 to 75 feet high, while the rest of the group is responsible for their safety using a rope and harness system. Learn hands-on about group and 1-to-1 communication, leadership, teamwork, trust, planning, risk taking, group and individualgoal setting, and adapting to change.

After completing each activity on the high ropes course, you and your group will analyze your roles and the reasons why certain strategies did or did not work. Your participants will see how each individual deals with stressful situations and utilizesinnovative and new solutions. Throughout the day, metaphors and analogies are drawn from the activities and your group will discuss how they can apply the principles you've learned to their everyday life and learning situations.

Program Menu

Youth Group Leadership Programs

Youth Leadership is easy to talk about, and really hard to do. Many youth want to be leaders, but how do they learn and practice leadership skills? This program will help your students explore leadership styles and principles and how to use them in everyday situations by getting a chance to practice and see the principles in action.

Your students will:

Develop an understanding of several leadership styles
Be challenged to put the theory into action through challenging activities and group feedback.
Explore ways to use their leadership skills both at church and in other aspects of their lives
Find unique ways to build and strengthen your youth team so that they eventually become committed and contributing church members
Learn to work with other youth leaders rather than against them.

Pastoral Teams

Pastors are in a very unique and sometimes challenging situation. When your profession and lifestyle are mixed together you can sometimes be faced with a varying degree of challenges and blessings. How do you as a pastor provide leadership to the church when you also desire to develop your leadership skills and strengthen your abilities? This program will help your pastoral leadership team find a safe place to explore leadership styles and principles and how to use them in everyday ministry situations by getting a chance to practice and see the principles in action.

Your pastors will:

Develop an understanding of several leadership styles
Be challenged to put the theory into action through challenging activities and group feedback
Explore ways to integrate new skills into their daily work
Find creative ways to provide leadership to the pastoral team, church body and community around you
Learn to work with other pastors rather than against them

Church Boards

Church Boards are in a unique situation as they are the group responsible for church accountability, financial responsibility and church governance all with Ministry in mind! This program will help your church board explore leadership styles and principles and how to use them in everyday ministry situations by getting a chance to practice and see the principles in action.

Your church board will:

Develop an understanding of several leadership styles and how to use them effectively within the guidelines set up for them
Fine tune their focus by working on such critical tasks such as church Mission Statements, Vision, and Core Values
Strengthen their Board expectations and responsibilities as they keep the needs of the church in mind
Be challenged to put the theory into action through challenging activities and group feedback
Learn to work with the pastoral team rather than against them
Develop a deeper sense of unity within the Board as you laugh and have fun with each other

Missions Teams

Every year hundreds of churches send out Missions Teams across the country and into the international community. This program will help your Missions Team explore leadership styles, roles, and principles and how to use them in everyday ministry situations by getting a chance to practice and see the principles in action.

Your Missions Team will:

Develop an understanding of several leadership styles and how to use them effectively within the guidelines set up for them
Explore each person's role in the group in order to establish a successful team
Be challenged to put the theory into action through challenging activities and group feedback
Learn to work with each other rather than against them in order for the Mission to be successful
Develop a deeper sense of unity within each other as you laugh and have fun with each other

Specific Ministry Teams

Do you have a unique Ministry team that is responsible for a singular church mandate? Does your team focus on Music, Youth, Community, Family or the city in which you serve? This program will help your Ministry Team explore leadership styles, roles, and principles and how to use them in everyday ministry situations by getting a chance to practice and see the principles in action.

Your Ministry Team will:

Develop an understanding of several leadership styles and how to use them effectively within the guidelines set up for them
Explore each person's role in the group in order to establish a successful team
Be challenged to put the theory into action through challenging activities and group feedback
Learn to work with each other rather than against them in order for the mandate to be successful
Develop a deeper sense of unity within each other as you laugh and have fun with each other