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Churches and Christians crave mentorship community, but we need your help to let them know we exist! We created this template email and text to make it simple and easy to share our project and get the mentorship you need.

 

Instructions

  1. See which area(s) you're most interested in for mentorship.

  2. Copy and paste the email template into your email app.

  3. Modify the subject and body with your needs and info.

  4. Send it to your church!

Contact your Church via Email

Subject: Looking for Mentorship at [CHURCH NAME]

 

Hi [CHURCH CONTACT],

 

I hope you’re having a great week. I’m writing to you because I’m currently walking through a season of navigating [AREA], and navigating it alone has been tough. I am deeply craving mentorship and guidance from a more mature Christian who has walked this path before. I know the wisdom and expertise exist right here within our congregation, but because of our size, I have no idea how to find or connect with those people. I love our small groups, but they aren't designed to address specific, personal life needs like this. It’s actually forcing me and probably others to look outside the church for guidance and secular coaching, which breaks my heart because the Body of Christ should be our first stop.

 

I actually just ran into the founder of a Christian company called Mustard Seed Labs. They build the technology that helps churches like ours bridge this gap—safely connecting members with specific needs to the mature wisdom already sitting in our pews.

 

If you happen to know of a mature believer in the church who has walked through [AREA] and could mentor me, please let me know. But more importantly, because I know I’m not the only one fighting silent battles or looking outside the church for guidance, I really think it’s worth reaching out to Mustard Seed Labs to see how they can help us mobilize mentorship across the whole church. You can check them out at their website or shoot them a note at mustardseedlabs7@gmail.com.

 

Thank you!

 

[YOUR NAME]

Share with a Friend

Hey! I just ran into a Christian startup called Mustard Seed Labs. They built a service that connects Christians looking for guidance in specific areas (like career, marriage, or tough life seasons) to other Christians who have actually been there. It's not just generic areas like "be a better Christian", but actual, real life challenge that people have to navigate. Check out their site, I feel like this would be awesome for you: https://mustardseedlabs7.wixsite.com/orchard.

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Mentorship Areas

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Youth, Maturing Adults, Education

  • Moving

  • Moving schools

  • Moving from middle school to high school

  • Moving from high school to college

  • Sports

  • Gap year

  • Difficulty in school

  • Graduating college

  • Choosing a career path

  • Moving out of the parents' house

  • Understanding/navigating societal news, issues: politics, social stuff

  • Graduate degrees and going back to school

Professional Life and Career

  • Mentorship in being a godly man, woman

  • Beginning a career (generic, or specify industry/job)

  • Changing careers

  • Toxic work environment

  • Losing a job

  • Starting a business

  • Financial hardship

  • Serious legal issues

  • Managing/planning a financial future

  • Beginning a leadership role

  • Retirement

Relationships, Love, and Marriage

  • Starting dating

  • Dating to marry/seeking a spouse

  • Getting engaged

  • Getting married

  • Dealing with marital troubles

  • Managing sexuality issues: yourself, friend, child, parent, sibling

  • Mentorship in being a godly husband, wife

Family, Parenting, and Generational Events

  • Planning for kids and getting pregnant

  • Pursuing adoption

  • Having fertility issues

  • Mentorship in being a godly father, mother

  • Raising kids: babies, toddlers, kids, young teens, old teens, adults

  • Foster kids

  • Blended families

  • Families with special needs, disabilities

  • Starting kids in school

  • Becoming an empty nester

  • Adult child's marriage

  • Becoming a grandparent

  • Caring for aging parents

Faith and Ministry

  • Mentorship in deepening and maturing your theology and faith

  • Becoming a believer as an adult

  • Entering service in the church

  • Doing mission work

  • Assuming church leadership roles

  • Entering life in ministry

  • Experiencing a season of spiritual darkness

  • Disagreements with the church

  • Being wounded by the church

  • Experiencing a church split or ministry failure

  • Evangelism

Health, Life Events

  • Dealing with medical issues

  • Managing a disability

  • Menopause

  • Health challenges relating to natural aging

  • Life burnout

  • Depression/mental health issues

  • End of life planning: for yourself, for others

  • Death of family members: parents, spouse, siblings/friends, children

Crises, Trauma

  • Losing a friend

  • Extremely difficult relationship: child, parent, sibling, friend

  • Experiencing trauma/a traumatic event

  • Addiction, drugs, substance abuse by yourself

  • Addiction, drugs, substance abuse by a loved one: friend, child, parent, sibling

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