Leader Resources Read in 9 mins How to Elevate Volunteers From “Helping” to Leading How to elevate your volunteers from “just helping out” to leadership roles in your ministry. Just uttering the words “we need leaders” in the church is likely to send people… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 6 mins 10 Best Ways to Ask a Volunteer to Serve Check out the 10 best ways to ask a volunteer to serve—from an experienced advertising director. You’ve scouted the best prospects for your volunteer positions, you’ve made lists and organizational… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 4 mins Teenagers May Just Be Some of Your Best Children’s Ministry Volunteers Short on volunteers? Wondering where you’ll find people that younger kids really connect with? You may just have an entire group of these wonderful folks right in front of you:… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 5 mins 7 Tips for Recruiting Volunteers We Can Learn From Jesus Ask children’s ministers what their top three ministry needs are and 99.9 percent will list volunteer recruitment as one of those three needs. It’s painfully difficult to capture busy people’s… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 6 mins 8 Tried and True Recruiting Secrets for Children’s Ministry Veteran children’s ministers share what really works when it comes to recruiting a great volunteer team. What if recruiting enough capable, eager volunteers for your children’s ministry was as simple… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 1 min Desperate for Volunteers? Here’s What NOT to Do. Here are five things you shouldn’t do when you’re desperate for volunteers. I know. You need more volunteers. So do I. And we always will. Building a volunteer team is… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 7 mins How to Equip Your Teen Volunteers to Take the Lead in Children’s Ministry Looking to expand your children’s ministry volunteer team? Learn how teen volunteers can take your ministry to the next level. When kids finally graduate to a church’s junior or senior… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 4 mins How to Use Network Recruiting to Staff Your Vacation Bible School Need help recruiting for your vacation Bible school? The three tips can help! Let’s face it, the most dreaded part of vacation Bible school and almost every other children’s program… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 5 mins 7 Ways to Maximize Your Small Volunteer Team This Easter Lacking lots of Easter volunteers this year? These seven ways to maximize a small volunteer team will help children’s ministry leaders overcome volunteer recruitment challenges and embrace new opportunities for… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 6 mins 10 Recruiting Mistakes to Avoid in Children’s Ministry As a volunteer recruiter, you think you’ve done what’s necessary to win and impress. But then you discover that your words or actions sent the potential volunteer running for the… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 5 mins The Minute-by-Minute Volunteer Recruitment Strategy You Need Are people running from you in the church halls again? Before you invest in a new box of Altoids, consider if your ministry recruitment techniques are responsible for the cold… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 3 mins 7 Benefits of Recruiting Parents to Help in Your Children’s Ministry We created a Parent Partners program to help parents get involved more easily in our children’s ministry. It’s a great way for recruiting parents in children’s ministry. We actually began… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 8 mins 11 Ways to Recruit Volunteers That Stick The two most common complaints from children’s ministers everywhere are along the lines of either “I need more volunteers” or “How will I ever get my existing volunteers to stick… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 8 mins 200 Volunteers Spill the Beans on Effective Recruiting Effective Recruiting: Find out what captures and keeps volunteers with these exclusive survey results. Learn from real experts on volunteering — volunteers themselves! If you oversee a team of volunteers,… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 7 mins Tips for Effective Volunteer Recruiting In a volunteer recruiting rut? Join our conversation with veteran recruiters to discover their secrets for effective recruiting that stands the test of time! Will the kids in your ministry… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 1 min Where Do I Find Great Volunteers for Special Needs Classrooms? Finding volunteers called to service in special needs ministry may be one of your most difficult tasks. In my experience, I’ve found volunteers who are a great fit through the… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 4 mins Top 10 Behind-the-Scenes Children’s Ministry Volunteer Roles Consider recruiting these 10 behind-the-scenes volunteer roles to serve in children’s ministry at your church. When you picture “children’s ministry volunteers,” you may see teachers, worship leaders, and classroom helpers.… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 3 mins 3 Key Steps to Solve Your Volunteer Crisis Do you have a volunteer crisis? Is your children’s ministry in a state of chaos because you don’t have enough volunteers? Take this quiz. Volunteer Crisis Quiz Do you ever… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 7 mins Volunteer Myth-Busters: 7 Things You Thought You Knew About Volunteers When’s the last time you talked to a fellow children’s ministry director who said, “I’m all set with volunteers! My roster is full, with eager back-ups for emergency substitutes. My… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 9 mins How to Find Service Opportunities for Out-of-the-Box Volunteers Your guide to alternative service opportunities for volunteers who don’t fit the mold… Samantha is a young, single mom who began attending your church two years ago. Her children love… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 4 mins How to Recruit for a Successful Ministry One of the biggest pain points children’s ministry directors face is how to recruit volunteers that love children, want to serve, and will stick around. To help ease the pain… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email