20 Ways to Promote Serving and Recruit Volunteers in Your Church
Recruiting volunteers doesn’t always come easy. So consider these 20 ways to promote serving in your church! In most churches the congregation seems to be struck by blindness when it…
Volunteer Management
Leading a team of ministry volunteers can be challenging and rewarding. How do you recruit a quality team? Train volunteers? Keep them around? Manage different personalities? Our children’s ministry experts share key insights so you can encourage, equip, understand, and care for your volunteers.
What You’ll Find
In this section, you’ll find expert advice, tips, and ideas for leading and managing the volunteers in your ministry. Perhaps you’re looking to build your volunteer team. Check out these recruiting tips, or learn how to get more men involved. Maybe you want ideas for encouraging and caring for your volunteers to let them know how much you appreciated them. Or you might find yourself in a situation where you need to fire a volunteer or deal with difficult personalities—we can help with that, too.
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Someone once asked this question on childrensministry.com: We have an older congregation and frequently hear “I taught Sunday school for 30 years, I have done my time.” How do we…
How to Thank Your VBS Volunteers (Without Breaking the Budget)
Check out these fresh VBS volunteer appreciation ideas! And thank YOU for impacting so many lives this summer! Vacation Bible school (VBS) is one of the most joyful—and volunteer-intensive—events your…
5 Ways to Grow a Healthy Culture in Your Ministry
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A Solid Strategy to Keep Your Volunteers After VBS
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3 Ways to Treat VBS Volunteers Like VIPs
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4 Tips to Strengthen Ministry Relationships Within Your Church
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12 Ways to Develop Friendships With Kids
Mentorship studies show the power of kids having at least one Christian adult friend in their lives. Share these 12 friendship tips with your volunteers that will help kids form…
3 Ways to Make Life Easier for Your VBS Volunteers
From Group’s vacation Bible school editors, check out these 3 ways to make life easier for your VBS volunteers! We know that volunteers are vital to making VBS a great…
Creative Ways to Find VBS Volunteers!
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How to Use Network Recruiting to Staff Your Vacation Bible School
Need help recruiting for your vacation Bible school? These three tips can help! Let’s face it, the most dreaded part of vacation Bible school (VBS)and almost every other children’s program…
Giving Volunteers Better Than 20/20 Vision
If you want to be an effective recruiter who retains volunteers from year to year, you must give them vision for your ministry. There are two kinds of streams: one…
7 Summer Staffing Solutions to Maximize Your Ministry
Great news! We scouted the best ways to get temporary summer staffing — tried and true ways to maximize all the human resources surrounding you. 7 Summer Staffing Solutions to…
Tips for Effective Volunteer Recruiting
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4 Practical Tips for Building a Strong Sunday School Team
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FREE Download: Overflow Volunteer Recruiting Package
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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,…
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…
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…
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…
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