The Alpha Course

If you are running a medium to large sized course, you may find it helpful to allocate roles to everyone in the team. This will help make sure that every part of what goes into the course is taken care of, and hopefully ensure that you are not too overwhelmed!

If you're running a small course you're probably doing most of these roles, though ideally you'll have one other person helping. The less you have to worry about, the more fun it will be to run the course!

Alpha Course Administrator

The person responsible for arranging all the work behind-the-scenes for the course. Ideally, the administrator is well-organised, outgoing and friendly.

Alpha Course Leader

This person does the introduction to each session, and is prepared to take on pastoral responsibility for guests of the course.

Task Force

This is the person or team overseeing behind-the-scenes activities (room set-up, catering, coffee, clear-up). 

Group Hosts & Helpers

These fun, friendly people host the group and the discussion after the talk. Encourage your hosts & helpers to be confident in their role with our easy-to-run team training.

Worship Leader

If you include worship in each session (usually works with a course of 25 people or more), a worship leader might come in handy. Read our expert info from the Worship Central team on how to lead worship on Alpha.