D Now- Training your leaders

I mentioned in my last post that in order for your D Now to have its full effectiveness you must spend some time training your leaders.  But I realized that I kind of left you hanging with exactly how to go about that.  I'd like to try and right the wrong in the next few words here.  When it comes to training your leaders for this great event you do not have to take a lot of time.  I usually do an hour or two.  You are busy and so are they.  Plus many of them do not actually live in your community so they may be having to travel in.  The next key to training your leaders is to clearly communicate your vision.  Let them know exactly what you expect of them and exactly what you want out of this weekend.  Tell them what God has been speaking to you and how you have been planning accordingly.  Finally, walk through the logistics.  Walk them through the schedule, the events, rules you want them to have, the basics of the curriculum, and just exactly how much freedom you want to give them to get away from it.  As part of this you may also want to discuss what to do if a kid shares something very serious that needs to be reported and other issues of that nature.  I would do all of these things thoroughly but efficiently so you can devote more time to prayer as a group.  If you will do these things you should be able to sleep well knowing you have done all you can to make this D Now week