Wendy's Workouts

Wendy's Workouts were classes conducted by Rev. Wendy Craig-Purcell for Sevice Ministry volunteers at the Church of Today once a month on Saturday mornings. The purpose of the classes was to train volunteers in such areas as leadership, integrity, to treat new people, how to keep improving, etc.; to provide opportunities for teams to meet together; and to help people get to know each other better and become more effective in ministry.

In this section we have included many of the scripts Wendy used to teach the classes. She used two scripts for each session, one with the words filled in, which was hers, and one in which a word or phrase had been omitted from each of the points she wanted to make about the various topics. The latter was given to each participant. As she came to each point, she would read it, then let people know what the word or phrase was, and while people were writing it in, she would explain or elaborate on the point.

This method of teaching helped people to remember the lesson better and kept people's attention focussed on what she was saying, since no one wanted to miss filling in a blank.

On the following pages is a selection of Wendy's Workout lesson scripts (with the words filled in). The words in light blue are the ones that were left out of participants' handouts. The ones in light green are additional points she wanted to make, but not include in the handout.