Training Schedule
Instructors arrive one day early to prepare and set up the training. We are constantly developing new leaders, so team members may be new to one another, and skills may need to be honed during the preparation day.
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STS workshops are composed of two parts. Instructors first train a small group of attendees who are interested both in learning STS and in being taught how to train others. In 18 hours of interactive teaching, small group discovery and personalized hands-on STS coaching takes place. Attendees learn and prepare a Bible story, and lead others in a discussion of the story. They also learn how to lead others in small group preparation of a story for ministry. After the full week of training, many attendees are ready to be STS Provisional Instructors in other workshops.
For the second part of the workshop, new people join the training. Up to 5 new attendees can join for every person just trained. In the next 19 hours, these new attendees learn to tell Bible stories while the pre-trained attendees gradually move into leadership by assisting our instructors. Many of the new attendees also have opportunities to deliver a Bible story in a discussion style and receive personalized coaching. They become STS Practitioners.