Posts Tagged ‘Volunteers’
5 Steps to Effective Delegation
How to Delegate for Better Results by Ben Crawshaw There’s a difference between being a DO-er and getting things DONE. And sometimes that difference is in effective delegation. Now before you say something like, “Look Ben, I’m the only official paid staff member at my church,” lemme say … “Hold on, pastor… because the principles…
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The ABCs of Finding Volunteers
How to gain, train and retain volunteers by Ben Crawshaw We’ve made the system easy to remember (if you know your ABC song). 1. ATTRACT: You have to attract the right kind of volunteers into your ministry. Some people may use the word “recruit” or “persuade” or “guilt”. Whatever the language you use, I think…
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3 Ways To Make A Difference As Small Group Leader
We moved to a new city when my oldest daughter was in Kindergarten. And when we looked for a church home, one of the most important things for us was location. We wanted a church close enough that it wouldn’t be intimating to invite our neighbors. Now, while this effort was noble, I didn’t take…
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Avoid the Summer Volunteer Drain
The only thing worse than a sparse auditorium on a summer Sunday morning is a sparse volunteer team at the same time. So how do you avoid a drain of summer volunteers ? Here are few ideas: Consolidate Positions Look around your ministries and see where you can consolidate positions so that fewer volunteers are…
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10 Questions That Will Help You Recruit More Volunteers
Let’s be honest. Sunday morning is impossible without volunteers. None of us have the budget to hire staff positions for everything. And if we did, we would still want people to experience the joy of serving. It’s difficult, however, to find great servant leaders. Most of the time we’re not even sure where to start.…
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4 Benefits of a Healthy Volunteer Culture
“I’m convinced that the influence 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 the ministry has worked in the community. It will be determined, instead, by the percentage of involvement in the ministry of each member.…
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How You Can Encourage Musicians To Play Together As A Team
I’ve heard from many churches that complain that their people aren’t playing together. The problem is that people are focusing only on themselves. I used to play soccer. I’ll never forget what it was like to play and be focused only on what I was doing without being aware that there were open people in…
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Influencing the Next Generation
As part of our #ShareTheLove effort, we want to talk about sharing the love with the next generations, both within and beyond our churches. We want to influence these generations, and to do that we need to make the most of their worldviews, their creativity, and their knowledge of current affairs and technology to increase…
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Overcoming Objections to Volunteering
Volunteers, as a collective group, are one of the most valuable assets a church has. Not just because they ensure things get done – but because it helps members to connect Jesus’ will for us to serve with their own personal experiences. It instills values and provides opportunities to be the hands and feet, instead…
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3 Ways to Elevate Your Worship Service Using Volunteers
One of the things we talk about in The Sunday Morning System is how to elevate your worship service without the luxury of paid staff and contract talent. In my first church job, one of the things I was involved in was student ministry. Our budget was $20 a week. The volunteers that were in…
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