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 2 mins 12 Ways to Develop Friendships With Kids Mentorship studies show the power of kids having at least one Christian adult friend in their lives. To help your volunteers form friendships with kids, share these 12 friendship tips… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 5 mins 3 Easy Children’s Ministry Teacher Training Meetings Looking for teacher training meetings your teachers will enjoy and come back to? Use these three easy-to-prepare training meetings! Teacher Training Meeting #1: Know the Goal Unite your children’s ministry… 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 3 mins What the Bible Says About Casting Your Recruiting Net Recruiting volunteers can be the most difficult and discouraging area of volunteer management—if we try to do it in our time and by our plans. But in God’s time and… 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 5 mins 10 Out-of-the-Box Ways to Train Your Ministry Team Forget meetings no one comes to! Here are 10 out-of-the-box ways to train your volunteers. The last time you had a training meeting, how many seats were empty? More than… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 4 mins 3 Ways to Treat VBS Volunteers Like VIPs As summer approaches, is VBS on your mind? Perhaps you’re asking yourself a question nearly as old as ministry itself: “How do I hang onto good volunteers?” You certainly aren’t… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 2 mins 5 Ways to Grow a Healthy Culture in Your Ministry Here are five ways you can begin to grow a healthy culture within your church’s children’s ministry. Simply put, culture is “the way we do things around here.” A healthy… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 2 mins 3 Reasons It’s Important to Communicate With Others Can we talk? Maybe a cat’s got your tongue, but we’re here to help. Here are three reasons it’s important to communicate with others! 1. It’s important to communicate with… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 2 mins A Solid Strategy to Keep Your Volunteers After VBS Once the dust settles following VBS, you may worry about whether your weary volunteers will stick around. Never fear! They will continue serving when you employ a strategy for volunteer… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 1 min 10 Ideas for Team Bonding With Your Volunteers 10 Ideas for Team Bonding Use these 10 ideas to bond your volunteer team together and create lasting relationships. 1. Affirmations Regularly share great qualities you spot in each volunteer.… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 6 mins 5 Critical Ways to Keep Your Volunteer Team From Fraying Is your volunteer team running ragged? Read more to discover ways to maintain the fabric of volunteers’ spiritual lives. A beautiful tapestry is so well-made that rather than looking at… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 1 min Children’s Ministry Volunteer Devotion: What We Offer Use this quick devotion to remind volunteers that God can do miracles with what they offer kids each week — even when it doesn’t feel like a lot. Scripture: Matthew… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 6 mins How to Recruit Bench-Sitters Into Your Ministry Looking for creative ways to get people off the bench and into your children’s ministry? Try these practical recruitment ideas! “Play ball!” When the umpire calls out this familiar refrain,… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 4 mins Good, Better, Best: 6 Creative Ways to Affirm Volunteers Use these six creative ways to affirm volunteers. You’ll find a good, better, and best option for all six! Good, Better, Best: 6 Creative Ways to Affirm Volunteers 1. Living… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 3 mins 3 Ways to Keep Learning as a Leader One of the most critical things you can do as a leader is to keeping learning. Here are simple ways you can do that with your team. 1. Reflect Leaders… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 7 mins Expert Advice on Shepherding Your Volunteer Team What’s your role when it comes to shepherding your team spiritually? The health of a volunteer team determines the health of a ministry. If your volunteer team isn’t personally pursuing… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 1 min 4 Ways to Develop an Irresistible Culture in Your Ministry Culture is your brand. The way your team greets people, deals with challenges, ministers to kids and families, and even says goodbye. The look and feel of your ministry comes… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 5 mins 10 Outstanding Ways to Thank Your Ministry Volunteers Use these 10 creative ways to thank wonderful volunteers and let them know you appreciate them! Your volunteers go above and beyond their calling by faithfully serving—often without anyone ever… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 1 min The Most Effective (and Most Unused) Volunteer Tool Are you tapping into the most effective—and most unused —volunteer tool to connect with your ministry volunteers? Try these three easy tips to make a powerful impact. Stories. They’re powerful… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email