Adult Volunteer Evaluation Form

Name [first name, last name, pronouns]

This address will receive a confirmation email

TRAININGS: We would like to have a shared language across adult volunteers, so we'd like to require some trainings. What specific topics should we revisit every year? (There will be an opportunity to suggest new topics later in the form.)

Back to basics + safe church refresher Open topic about sex, sexuality, and dating Liberating Disciplinary Methods Bystander Training Mental Health How to Support a Survivor of Sexual Assault Queer Theology

TRAININGS: We invested a lot of things into the advisor trainings throughout the year. Please check off the things we should repeat next program year.

follow-up resource emails guest speakers use of Prezi/visual aids small group time inclusion of other leaders in the community (staff, Session, Deacons) 2 hour training time

TRAININGS: We had good attendance throughout the year, and are inclined to keep the same schedule; do you have any comments on the scheduling or on whether we should offer in-person versus online? (Hybrid is not being considered at this time due to capacity.)

TRAININGS: Do you have any other feedback to offer about the experience of adult volunteer trainings?

COMMUNICATION: Please check the ways you view news about SVPC youth programming.

SVPC youth website CLUE/FLASH e-newsletters (sent Sunday mornings) SVPC Youth Instagram weekly Sunday adult volunteer emails individual emails from Addie, Mia, Karyna or Celina Blit (mass texting platform) individual texts from Addie, Mia, Karyna or Celina from a friend or other SVPC member

COMMUNICATION: We use instagram a lot to publicize events. If you have IG, can we have your IG handle?

LOOKING AHEAD: We value the experience and wisdom of our adult volunteers. Do you have any programmatic suggestions as we begin to plan for the next program year?

LOOKING AHEAD: Do you want to continue serving SVPC Youth intermittently over the summer?

Yes, count on me! Not this year.

LOOKING AHEAD: Do you want to serve during the upcoming program year?

Yes! I'm prayerfully considering and would like some time to think about it. Please revisit me in August! Not this year.

Which area(s) would you be interested in serving for the upcoming program year? FLASH (middle school) Sunday - attend Sunday night meetings from 6:30–7:45 p.m. CLUE (high school) Sunday - attend Sunday night meetings from 6:30–7:45 p.m. The Well - Wednesday evening sabbath/self-care program from 7:15-8 p.m. Small group adult volunteer - attend and lead a 6-10 week small group Monday nights Youth Ministry Advisory Team • YMAT is a volunteer advisory team of parents who help support our programming. We meet once monthly and are moderated by our Lead Elder for Youth Ministry. [around a 3-hour monthly commitment] Youth Ministry Hospitality Team - make or purchase snacks or meals to bring to Sunday night FLASH (middle school) and CLUE (high school) meetings

RSVP: Can you attend the adult volunteer program planning retreat on Aug 20? (10a-7:30p; we can invite volunteers in shifts depending on which area you serve if the entire day does not work for your schedule).

I can attend all day. I can attend part of the day. I cannot attend the retreat on Aug 20.

RSVP: Adult Volunteer Planning Retreat | Do you have any dietary needs we should know about for the Adult Volunteer Planning Retreat?

Adult Volunteer Expectations

● Strive to live a life that reduces harm to others, seeks the liberation of God’s people, and mirrors radical grace and radical hospitality to the young people you encounter in this position

● Attend a part of SVPC community regularly for 6 months prior to working in the youth programming

● Agree to attend AT LEAST five adult volunteer trainings

● Agree to serve for the length of a school year

● Agree to communicate clearly with SVPC youth staff when events change in your schedule, when life interferes in your ability to serve, or when the load seems to heavy rather than “trying to do it all”

● Maintain Safe Church compliance throughout your time in the youth programming:

Our church is faithful to the mission of discipling students in part by keeping them safe. SVPC has a robust program, including an application process, background checks, training, and guidelines for interactions with students. We call this program Safe Church. Advisors commit to both following the Safe Church, and helping to interpret and apply its principles in unforeseen circumstances.

If you are chosen to serve as an adult volunteer for the next program year, would you adhere to the above Theological Expectations and Community Norms? If yes, please "sign" your name in the answer box.

Theological Expectations

We seek to always make God bigger, our theology deeper, and our love for the world wider.

We agree to use expansive language about God.

We agree to see each child in the programming as a child of God.

We agree to model adulthood authentically. We consent to learn in public and be honest about our doubts. We don’t have all of the answers and we know faith is often messy and ambiguous.

Use a restorative (not punitive) justice model when it comes to discipline: we repair where harm has been done and heal together as a community.

We agree to honor difference and mystery in our theology.

We reject all forms of language about people that is ageist, racist, sexist, and othering.

Adult Volunteer Evaluation Form

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