We at
The God's Story Project want the understanding of
STS oral method of preparing sharing Scripture, and
of teaching others others STS, to quickly travel across
the world.
Two skills are
needed to accomplish this task.
One needs the skills of
being an STS Practitioner and of being an STS Instructor.
After attending an official 3-day STS workshop, nearly
all people are fair to good STS storyteller practitioners.
To then become a better storyteller takes time and
practice. To be able to train others well in STS takes
added skills; skills beyond those of a practitioner.
We are serious about producing well-trained STS
Instructors so that they carry everywhere the best of
what we offer. As stated, workshop attendees do
not automatically receive instructor certification. Those
who take part in a 2 or 3-day workshop are not yet ready
to become Certified Instructors. However, many who
participate in the trainers-track in a workshop are ready
to serve as Assistant Instructors (AI's) in a following
workshop. After AI's have lead well over a group of 3-5
new attendees in a 3-day workshop, they become
Provisional Instructors (PI's.)
We welcome, and need, these Provisional Instructors to
join our staff so they can help lead additional workshops.
In these additional workshops, PI's help others learn STS.
The Certified Instructors, with whom the PI's work,
continue to refine the skill's of the PI's and provide
more of the leadership information needed to become
Certified Instructors. Everyone who attends an STS
workshop is encouraged to go out and use their new skills
in ministry and relational witnessing.
STS workshops run on a one instructor to every three
attendees ratio in the 14-hour instructor's track and on
a one instructor to every five attendees in a 21-hour
practitioner's track. To thoroughly train and to groom
people for STS instructor certification takes time.
Interested parties go to a minimum of 4 days of training
and use STS in life. Plus, if invited, the applicant
assists and moves into leadership during 3 to 6 added
workshops.
To become an STS Practitioner applicants must be....
1. Able to tell
an assigned Bible story correctly to an instructor with
nothing added and nothing left out.
2. Able to tell the story in an
interesting manner
3. Able to lead listeners to a
reasonable amount of treasures (Spiritual Observations
and Spiritual Applications from their story using
questions.)
4. Able, in a kindly affirming
manner, to use discussion style teaching to lead people
to treasures according to the STS method.
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Provisional Instructors are
invited (and welcomed) to serve as staff for STS
workshops in USA and abroad.
To qualify as a STS Provisional Instructor the applicant
must be...
1. An STS
Practitioner
2. Able to find a reasonable amount of
original treasures in an assigned story
3. Able to formulate questions that
lead listeners to those treasures
4. Able to kindly lead attendees to
discovery in preparing a story (leading not preaching) in
an STS workshop setting.
5. Able to name, and explain the
reasons for, the parts of STS in Phase One and Two of the
Presentation..
6. Able to present "Windows,"
and know the workshop process for tribe preparation and
presentation as explained on the "gold" page.
7. Able to demonstrate understanding of
all 6 stories used for at least 2 of the tribes.
Certified Instructors are able and qualified to fully lead STS workshops
To qualify as an STS Certified Instructor the applicant
must be...
1. An STS Practitioner
2. Able to reasonably present and
give the reasons behind all of the information in the STS
workshop schedule.
3. Able to show ability, knowledge and
commitment to the STS requirements on the certification
checklist
4. Plan and host a workshop under the
supervision of a Senior Instructor.
Senior Instructors are able and qualified to lead STS workshops and certify
others
To qualify as an STS Senior Instructor the applicant must
be...
1. An STS Certified Instructor
2. Able to show spiritual maturity
and wisdom in leadership and skill in the training and
selection of others for certification.
We are happy that many attendees go out from the 2 &
3 day workshops and begin using the STS concepts in
their environments. Although these practitioners
are not qualified to train others in a workshop setting,
these perceptive learners utilize the concept and succeed
in delivering Bible information using the STS style. We
see that those who hear the stoires are able to learn the
tem and share the stories with others.
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