As the person with responsibility for adult formation, you are the "leading learner" and model practitioner in your congregation. Too often, a congregational educator has been expected to serve as the person with all the answers. But a mentor of a mentoring community should lead by example as well as expertise. After your theological, biblical, and spiritual formation (through formal or informal training), your first on-the-job learning task as adult formation director should be to learn about your congregation. Being able to read your congregation’s needs, problems, strengths, and languages enables you to develop processes that nurture a learning community.