Leader Resources Read in 3 mins 10 Best Ways to Ask a Volunteer to Serve Check out the 10 best ways to ask a volunteer to serve—based on concepts from the world of marketing and sales. You’ve scouted the best prospects for your volunteer positions,… 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 5 mins 5 Surprising Ways to Drive Away a Volunteer You’ve likely read the tried-and-true volunteer recruiting secrets. And all the ways to make your volunteers feel appreciated. So why is it you’re still losing volunteers? Sometimes losing your leaders… 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 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 5 mins 4 Reasons Why Your Children’s Ministry Volunteers Quit What’s causing your children’s ministry volunteers to quit, to slip out the door of your ministry? And what can you do about it? Children’s ministry volunteers are loving, caring people… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 2 mins The 5 Keys to Recruiting a Strong Sunday School Team You want to build a safe, reliable ministry team, yes? Start with these five keys to recruiting a strong Sunday school team. 1. Build the team you want. Whether you’re… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 4 mins Confessions of a Children’s Ministry Volunteer What are your volunteer team members not telling you? Let’s put ourselves in volunteers’ shoes and consider what they need most from our leadership. Read these four volunteer confessions and… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 8 mins 4 Children’s Ministry Teacher Training Meetings Your Team Will Love Your children’s ministry team won’t want to miss your meetings with these fun and creative teacher training meetings! Ahhh…training meetings. You plan and show up early. You wait and watch… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 3 mins The 5 Love Languages of Volunteers (and How to Use Them!) Become fluent in the five “love languages” so your volunteers feel just how much you appreciate them! We asked our staff and friends in ministry about their primary love language… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 1 min 5 Positive Affirmations to Share With Your Team Boost your team’s spirits and show them what they do matters with these five positive affirmations. 5 Positive Affirmations to Share With Your Team 1. Though you may not often… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 4 mins 7 Tips for Jesus-Style Volunteer Training and Leadership Here’s how to do volunteer training and leadership following in Jesus’ footsteps—regardless of your budget. “All power has been given to me in heaven and earth, therefore go and fill… 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 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
Leader Resources Read in 4 mins 2-4-6-8 Who Do We Appreciate? Volunteers! What do you appreciate? In children’s ministry we already know who we appreciate—our volunteers. We can’t function without them, and, if we’re honest, we’ve probably awakened in a cold sweat… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 5 mins Reach Volunteers With These Digital Resources Whether you’ve been in ministry for 30 years or 30 days, it’s likely that volunteers are high on your list of challenges. You may wonder how to recruit new leaders… 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 Creativity Rules: 4 Creative Exercises to Do With Your Team Here are four creative exercises to do with your team that’ll help you refresh, revitalize, and reimagine your ministry. Back in the old days, the most popular way to get… 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
Leader Resources Read in 1 min Top 10 Ways to Love Your Volunteers This Valentine’s Day Valentine’s Day isn’t that far away so get ready to use these top 10 ways to love your volunteers. Plan ahead and use one of these super simple ideas to… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email
Leader Resources Read in 6 mins 8 Critical Principles Every Person in Leadership Should Know Much of learning seems to happen through trial and error, and that’s true of learning to be a leader. We know when something hasn’t gone well, but often we aren’t… Read More Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email