3 Devotions to Encourage Your Volunteers
Use these 3 devotions to encourage your volunteers in a brief team meeting or full training. On the Spot Encourage your volunteers in the amazing ministry they have to children.…
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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About Volunteer Management
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Your 3 Biggest Volunteer Problems—Solved!
No ministry is immune to challenges. And when working with people in your ministry, volunteer problems can multiply if not dealt with. When I reviewed these three volunteer ministry dilemmas,…
Using Teenagers in Children’s Ministry
Beyond their ability to double as playground equipment, familiar teenagers can ease separation anxiety for young children… When you think of teenagers in your church, what comes to mind: a.…
4 Ways to Build an Unstoppable Volunteer Team
Do-it-yourself strategies on building an unstoppable volunteer team—straight from the Carpenter. Have you ever wondered what ministry would be like with a dedicated and faithful volunteer team—a team filled with…
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…
Get Your FREE Complete Volunteer Training Plan: Connect the Dots
Use this fun, unusual training event to make a yearlong impact on your team of volunteers. Looking for a fantastic volunteer training and affirmation event people will actually attend? Why…
8 Tried & 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…
3 Ready-To-Go Substitute Survival Kits
When an absence calls for a sub, we’ve got you covered with these full lessons based on the song Jesus Loves Me. Emergencies happen. Volunteers call in sick. Lessons fall…
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…
