Posts Tagged ‘Church Volunteers’
Why People Don’t Want to Volunteer at Your Church (Part 1)
If you have been in church work for very long at all then you have felt the need for more volunteers. You know who you are. You need more teachers to teach, more greeters to greet, and even more ushers to well, ush. …whatever that is. I have been around some really small churches with…
Read MoreDo This at Your Next Volunteer Training Meeting or Appreciation Event
Most churches are fueled by volunteers, depending on people to do the work of the ministry. In fact, God designed the church to need all kinds of people. That’s why you’ll never be able to hire people to do everything, and it’s why you will always need happy and healthy volunteers. When I was leading…
Read MoreThe Key to Preventing Volunteer Burnout
Volunteers should be the MOST inspired people in your church. Sadly, many volunteers in the church are on the fence and on the verge of burnout. Volunteer positions that are unfilled, cause a select few to do double or triple duty. This leads to burnout and the whole cycle is stuck on repeat. Why do…
Read MoreIt’s Thursday and I Don’t Have Anyone to Work in the Nursery on Sunday
I bet you know the feeling. It’s Thursday afternoon and you get a text or an email from a key volunteer saying they can’t make it. Even though the trip has been planned for a few weeks, they just remembered to tell you they can’t serve on Sunday. “Hope you can find someone to fill…
Read MoreThe Seven Deadly Sins of Volunteer Ministry
Does your church depend on volunteers to accomplish the work of the ministry? Wayne Corderio said this (and it’s really, really powerful): I’m convinced that the influence of a church has on its community will be determined in large part not by the personality of the pastor, the size of its building or how long…
Read MoreHow Church of the Highlands Gets 33% of their Attenders to Volunteer
In the process of creating Volunteer Rocket, we talked to seven churches who were doing a great job gaining, training and retaining volunteers. Here’s a profile of Church of the Highlands in Birmingham, Alabama. Church of the Highlands began in 2001 with pastor Chris Hodges and a small group of people committed to launching a…
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