Hey leaders, welcome to the PursueGOD Training Podcast. Today we’re going to give you a complete roadmap for leading the SALT program—from the big picture 9-month journey to the nightly flow that makes every meeting meaningful, fun, and spiritually powerful.

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If you’re leading SALT, this is your playbook.

SALT is a 9-month student leadership program that helps high school students:

• Grow in their faith,
• Serve consistently, and
• Lead by example in their local church.

It comes straight from Jesus’ words in Matthew 5:13: “You are the salt of the earth.” SALT students learn to be distinct, purposeful, and impactful in a world that needs Jesus.

The program centers on three core habits:

1. Read daily through the Bible plan.
2. Serve weekly on a ministry team.
3. Meet monthly for teaching, discussion, and accountability.

Your job as a leader? Guide students through these habits, cheer them on, and make it relational, consistent, and fun.

Here’s the program flow:

• Boot Camp (Weeks 1–6):
• These first weeks set the tone. Students meet each other, start the Bible reading plan, find a serving role, and learn the rhythm of SALT.
• Monthly Meetings (Months 2–8):
• After Boot Camp, you meet once a month for a leadership lesson, Bible and serving check-in, group discussion, and prayer.
• Graduation (Month 9):
• The final meeting celebrates growth, shares stories, and launches students to keep living out their faith.

Every meeting follows a similar rhythm—but the first few weeks focus on relationships and introductions, while later months focus more on leadership growth and consistency.

Here’s what leaders should do before every SALT meeting:

• Watch the lesson video/podcast and review the Talking Points and discussion questions.
• Listen to this leader podcast so you feel confident about the plan.
• Set the atmosphere: Whether you meet at someone’s home or the church, make it welcoming. Play music, have snacks ready, maybe even start a game while students arrive.
• Plan the fun: Bring icebreakers or simple games like Uno or Play Nine to make it easy for students to connect.

The goal is for students to show up feeling like this is their space—a place they want to be.

Okay, let’s get practical. Here’s a simple outline for each SALT night:

1. Food and Fun:...

In today’s leadership episode, we talk about how small group leaders can create a culture of care where everyone participates. We’ll explore why care starts with the leader, how to move your group from consumers to contributors, and practical ways to equip others to carry both spiritual and practical burdens—so your group becomes a true family that reflects Christ’s love.

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• Create a Caring Group | pursueGOD.org

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Find it here: https://www.pursuegod.org/create-caring-small-group/

Welcome back to the podcast! In today's episode we'll finish up our Oversee Training series, discussing the responsibilities of a church leader.

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Find resources to talk about these episodes at pursueGOD.org/training.

Help others go "full circle" as a follower of Jesus through our 12-week Pursuit series.

Click here to learn more about how to use these resources at home, with a small group, or in a one-on-one discipleship relationship.

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Responsibilities

• Pray for your campus regularly
• Prayer doesn’t get us ready for the bigger work. Prayer is the bigger work.
• Swan - If we haven’t prayed we haven’t started.
• All overseers should be on campus prayer team
• Be an active participant in overseer meetings
• Come prepared, review agenda doc beforehand
• Be ready to give an update on the serving teams you’re overseeing
• Listen to any podcasts, read any articles that are going to be discussed in the meeting
• Monitor progress of the campus
• Attendance
• Mentoring handoffs
• Giving
• Small Group attendance
• Decide on issues of church discipline
• Decide on issues of benevolence
• Financial Help Request Form
• Assist campus pastor in leading the discipleship efforts at the campus
• connections/handoffs
• Baptism requests, prayer requests, wedding requests are all opportunities to make a handoff for mentoring
• Tracking them in Planning Center
• Being diligent in following up
• Oversee at least one serving team/serving team leader at the campus
• Check in monthly
• Report needs and health of team during monthly overseer meetings
• Assist in recruiting volunteers for teams you oversee