Personal Hours

The heart of mentoring is a personal relationship in which the mentor coaches and trains the individual mentee to address challenges and be more effective in their personal life and ministry.

As part of the Leadership Cohorts and Fellows Program, Linden Grove offers one-on-one Personal Hours to complement the group teaching and discussion times.  The mentor is also available in real-time to support and advise the mentee through difficult situations that arise in their ministry.

In this short video, imagine how beneficial it would have been for Pastor Myles to have a mentor that he could have called, either Thursday evening or Friday morning. (Transcript below.)

“Pastor Myles sat alone in his office. 12:43 Friday morning. Sermon preparation morning. And there he was: angry, disillusioned, hurt. The elders meeting had not gone well. Things had been said. Tensions had flared. The Board was split. 

“Why didn’t seminary teach me how to handle this,” he cried. 

Myles needs a mentor. As he later realized, Myles needed a mentor when he was at seminary. He needed a mentor when he was deciding if he should become pastor of this church. 

God has called Linden Grove Ministries to this very purpose. We are building a community of godly mentors who will come alongside church leaders like Myles and listen to them, champion them, coach, train and shepherd them.”