• Prayerfully consider what the vision for your church’s Fine Arts ministry will look like this year.

• Pray for God to help you identify gifted leaders who can lead your young people in the Fine Arts Festival season.

• Plan out what group categories you want to offer students & coaches for this year.

• Familiarize yourself with the Fine Arts Festival Rule Book found online.

  Contact your FMD District Fine Arts Coordinators with any questions

• Have a student led service and have a student share a spoken word about school starting or any other performance you can have with your youth.

• Recruit coaches for your desired group categories

• Have a meeting with your new coaches to express your heart of how to teach and your vision

• Create a Fine Arts budget and reach out to your pastor for any budget allowances or scholarship potential

• Create a Fine Arts Informational Packet for students and parents. (with categories offered in fine arts)

• Recruit students for a student-led service in January

• Reach out to FMD Fine Arts Coordinators for any questions you have about the rulebook

• If you have a fall outreach at your church, incorporate your students’ entry to share the gospel

• Begin showing Fine Arts Festival videos to your students individually or in the weekly youth service to build anticipation

• Distribute informational packets to students and even have a student create the graphics for it to incorporate student participation

• Host a Fine Arts parent & student meeting. (introduce Leaders, vision, coaches, categories, budget, plans, and distribute commitment forms)

• Provide the link or distribute copies of the FAF categories and rulebook to your youth and parents

• Reach out to gifted leaders in your church who might serve as evaluators or volunteers for the Fine Arts Festival and direct them to the Florida Multicultural District Fine Arts Coordinators.

• Showcase a student category on a Sunday morning

• Collect commitment forms and put teams together. Then have a meeting to create a plan for what the presentation will look like. 

• Have a Fine Arts Christmas Party with all new members joining to fellowship

• Invite an experienced FAF youth group nearby to showcase their entries during a youth service at your church.

• Have your students participate in your church presentation for Christmas

• Set up a Fine Arts fundraiser. (this could be once a month depending your budget)

• Have a student-led service.

• Recruit students for student-led service in April.

• Do a mid-season check-in with students doing individual categories. Midseason check-in consists of meeting with students doing individual categories and making sure that they know the rules, have a plan, and are staying on track to have their entry ready for March.

• Ask your lead pastor to have a service where your youth can join the Sunday morning worship team.

• Start rehearsals for all group entries.

• Collect payment & register your students for Fine Arts early bird pricing. It is vital that the main youth pastor register their students.

• Collect payment & register your students for Fine Arts if they haven't done so already. It is vital that the main youth pastor register their students.

• Continue practices for group categories.

• Be on the lookout for the “Group Confirmation Email” from FMD. This email is to ensure all of your presentations are registered properly.

• Partner with your Kid’s Pastor to have your students lead a portion of Sunday morning Kid’s Church.

• Host a showcase night where students can show off their Fine Arts entries, usually National Youth Day at your church.

• Continue practices and ensure your presentations follow the rule book.

• Reach out to your FMD District Fine Arts Coordinators with any last questions.

• Prepare your students for last preparations on all their presentations.

• Travel to Orlando for the District Fine Arts Festival.

• Celebrate with your church the impact Fine Arts Festival had on your students’ lives

• Have a student led service and highlight a specific category

• Connect with your students who received an invitation to the National Fine Arts Festival and discuss your plans to attend.

• Invite students who did not advance to come and participate in the National Youth Conference and support their fellow student artists.

• Finalize plans for NFAF

• All categories are paid for your students' qualifying categories.

• Make sure all registrations are sent in and travel accommodations are set

• Continue group practices for NFAF

• Have a student-led service or presentation window during your service

• Ask your District Fine Arts Coordinators how your Fine Arts presentations can minister at Summer Camp/Convention.

• Lead a fundraiser for NFAF

• Recruit students for a student-led service in September

NATIONAL FINE ARTS FESTIVAL/NATIONAL YOUTH CONFERENCE MONTH

• Hold a community outreach or back to school bash with your church where you can use student artists to share the gospel

• Have a student create a promo video for your youth group to share on social media or on a Sunday morning