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Facilitator Recruitment

Process: Facilitator Recruitment

Overview

Facilitator recruitment runs from January through early March, moving from identification through personal invitation to finalization.

Timeline

January: WSLT hosts check-in with current facilitators. Begin discerning which participants might serve as facilitators. Apprentices practice facilitation in their own groups.

February:

  1. WSLT and current facilitators identify candidates.
  2. Ministerial staff lead sends email to current and past Sources participants inviting them to consider facilitation.
  3. WSLT and/or current facilitators extend personal invitations.
  4. During a Sources session, invite participants to write down 1-2 names of people from their group who they think might be a good facilitator.
  5. Volunteers fill out the Serve Form under "Adult Spiritual Deepening."

Early March: Facilitators are finalized. They identify preferred time slots and retreat date.

March: The Wellspring Annual Gathering also serves as a facilitator recruitment opportunity.

April: WSLT identifies mentors for new facilitators and begins onboarding.

Key Principle

Over 1/5 of people at Foothills have been through Wellspring. The best recruitment comes from 1:1 personal invitations from current facilitators and WSLT members who have seen potential in participants.

Requirement

Participants being considered should have been active at Foothills in attendance, small group, or volunteer capacity. This requirement needs to be faithfully adhered to. (Lesson from 2023-24: two newcomers to UU faith in one group was viewed as an impediment to full participation.)

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