1. Pray. The enemy may use this time as a way to attack your identity in Christ. Read over these truths aloud, using them as an offensive weapon.

2. Find 3-5 people who will pray for you

Here are a few details on why and how to do this well.

3. Prepare for the training. Bring pictures to the training. Here is what you will need.

4. Create a Google folder to house your Partnership Development documents.

• This folder has most of what you will need. Download it to access the folder.

• To get access to edit the documents, go to “file” and then “make a copy”.

• As you personalize documents, keep them in this folder.

5. Meet with Dave Sherman of Stewardship Ambassadors to get to each other before you start his training. Jennifer will send you an email to connect you.

6. Attend Stewardship Ambassador training
   Print these notes before you do the training.

7. Create your Prayer Card.

1. Create your presentation.

• The Presentation Outline and Slide Presentation will help create a conversation.

• Here is a Presentation example for people who know about Adventures.

• Tip: Writing out an outline of your Presentation can be an easier way to start.

• For logos, go to kit.adventures.org.

• For pictures from Marketing to use in your presentation, go here.

• Use the PRAY GIVE GO cards (located in Jennifer’s office)

2. Learn How to Address the Hard Questions

3. Meet with Stewardship Ambassadors to review your slides.

4. Meet with Stewardship Ambassadors to practice your presentation.

5. Your Support Calculator will help you calculate gifts coming in monthly.

1. Identify potential Support Team. This spreadsheet will guide you well.

2. Log information: Use the “Partnership Development Tracker” in Asana to help you track your connections with your Support Team. The spreadsheet above can also be used for this if Google Sheets works better for you.

• Set Visits: You will communicate in person, through text, through phone calls, and other ways to set up meetings with potential people for your Support Team.

• Setting up Visits---Components is the structure of how to set up a meeting.

• Setting up Visits--Worksheet will help to make the structure work for you.

• Here is the script for Setting up Visits with Existing Partners & the worksheet.

• Here are tips on how to engage with a church.

1. Share: This is when you will share your presentation with friends and family to join you as a Support team.

• Presentation Beginning Script and one for Existing Partners

• Presentation Ending Script and for one for Existing Partners

• Wow, that much script

• You may need a sign-up list if you are sharing it with a small or large group.

2. Follow-up: You will be following up with your potential Support Team 3 days after you meet with them.

• Here is the 3-Day Follow-Up Call Script.

• Remember to send a thank you card to anyone you meet with whether or not they join your team. Here is a guide to how to thank them well.

3. Five down: Once you have had 5 meetings, set up your final meeting with Dave to review how your conversations are going.

4. Create a hard copy of your presentation. Here’s how.

5. Communicating with your Support Team is an essential piece of connecting them to the great work that God is doing through you and this ministry. We recommend that you send out snail mail quarterly including a Christmas card in December. In the months that you don't send something out notes physically, we recommend you send out a short email.

• Each quarter we will send you out a letter that you can send out in snailmail and Mailchimp. You can use this or create your own.

  • Here are The Powerful "P's" of Publications.

• Each month we will send out a short email for your partners. You can use this or create your own 3-Sentence Update

• Mailchimp is an email service that many of us use. Here are the basics.

• Prayvine is a good way to send out monthly prayer requests.

• Postagram-Send a real postcard using an App.