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Cadre: A small group of team-spirited people: a tightly knit, highly trained group of people.
(MSN Encarta Online)

Share your story to cadre@cadreministries.com!

You be the storyteller by writing your answer to one of the following questions and emailing it to your friends at Cadre. We want to hear about how training has made the difference in your life.
Pick one of the options below and tell your story--it doesn't need to be about ministry.
1. Tell about a time when the training you received really made a difference.

2. Tell about a time when you were asked or required to do something, but did not get the training you needed to succeed.

Where is the training genius of Jesus today?

While the speaking, teaching and preaching ministry of the church gets plenty of attention and play, we'd argue that authentic ministry training--in the model of the master trainer, Jesus--is conspicuously missing from most churches today.

The Volunteer Training Dialogues are designed to help you think and converse about what an Ephesians 4:11-12 approach could look like in your life and ministry.

He [Jesus] is the one who gave these gifts to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. Their responsibility [the apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers] is to equip God's people [including YOU & me] to do his work...
Ephesians 4:11-12 (NLT, brackets and bold ours)

What could an Ephesians 4:11-12 approach look like in your life or ministry?

Get Wet: Pray for the equipping ministry of your church and your youth group. List the names of thes people in your church that God has called to equip YOU below:

Pray for those you listed. Continue to pray weekly for them.
Pray for a teachable heart as you learn new ways that training makes all the difference. Thank God in advance for the joy you'll experience as he releases you into a life of ministry with your friends, co-workers and family.