Mentoring

Mentoring relationships come in many shapes and forms. Ultimately, they are relationships built on the desire to walk together towards Christlikeness as we navigate everyday life. The mentor inputs into the life of the mentoree, as the mentoree shares time with their mentor. This could happen over a coffee, a shared hobby or project, or in any space that helps facilitate a healthy level of sharing together.

As a church, we’ve used the Te Reo word Kaiārahi, which can be defined as a guide, counsellor, conductor, leader, mentor, pilot, usher... All of these speak of relationship — one that may take different forms as we grow together, guiding each other to be more like Jesus.

Whether you are seeking a mentor or a mentoree, the process is the same:

1. First, we would ask you to prayerfully consider who already exists in your life that you could approach about being a mentor for or mentored by. Established relationships and already formed connections can easily allow for organic mentoring relationships to develop.

As a potential mentor, this could be having what we refer to as an 'I see in you’ conversation.

It can be incredibly empowering for a younger person to hear from someone older that you see great potential in them and that you would like to invest in them.

As a potential mentoree, it could come in the form of approaching someone older in your life and asking them to invest their wisdom into you as your mentor. Doing so can be highly honouring and potential mentors are often keen to commit, knowing that you as the mentoree have specifically desired life input from them.

2. If you don’t have someone in mind that’s totally fine, we are keen also to connect mentors and mentorees together. Just fill out the section below; enter your name, and whether or not you’d like to be a mentor or mentoree and we’ll prayerfully consider who on the adjacent list would be a compatible fit. We will then arrange for the two of you to meet and go from there.