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.
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.
For even more expert advice on volunteer management, subscribe to Children’s Ministry Magazine today!
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…
Your hard-won volunteers will serve—for a while. But then they’ll go. Here’s world-class advice on managing volunteer turnover. 1. Appreciate everyone, but focus on your core. Appreciate everyone, but focus…
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. You’ll need:…
Someday, your name will be hailed as the one who changed a life. Here’s why everything you do in children’s ministry everyday matters — a lot! In the busyness of…
Being a ministry leader is a lot like being a salesperson. Here are eight critical roles you play in selling your ministry to your volunteers. Believe it or not, you’re…
Have you scheduled training only to have no one show up? Training can be tough—so use these no-fail tips to get volunteers to attend. Why do we need another meeting?…
Share a light-hearted moment of joy and discovery with the volunteer devotion for Christmas. You’ll need: a small matchbox stuffed completely with tiny items such as a staple, paper clip,…
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…
Looking for the perfect gift for a volunteer? Look no further! Here are some tips for finding the right way to say express your thanks. My husband, Dan, is a…
Here’s a simple nativity affirmation for your volunteers during Christmas parties or training times. Nativity Affirmation for Your Children’s Ministry Team Explain that your group is going to step into…
Childrensministry.com is your #1 source for practical, authentic ministry ideas to help you become even better at what you do best—lead kids to Jesus. Sign up for this weekly e-newsletter to get sound advice and encouragement from today’s children’s ministry experts and hundreds of ideas that’ll have kids begging to come back!
