Posts Tagged ‘Volunteers’
10 Volunteer Interview Questions
Looking to beef up your volunteer recruitment, training, and empowerment process? Let’s start by taking a look at your selection process. If you’ve been on a church staff for a while, chances are good that you’ve gotten “that volunteer.” You know, the one that made you wish you had never said yes in the first…
Read MoreGet More Volunteers With Just One Word
Before we get to the one word that changes everything, let me show you something… These girls are breaking me. And not just financially. I’ve been an emotional wreck since daughter #1 was born. Who thought a dad could cry so many times watching Inside Out? If you have daughters young or…
Read MoreHow To Get More Done While You Get More Rest
You want your church to be a well-oiled machine. And by “well-oiled machine,” I mean organized, inviting, and excellent. It doesn’t have to be perfect, but you want it to be better. (Cue this verse in the back of your mind) “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart,…
Read More3 Strategies For Church Volunteers Recruitment
I Don’t Have Enough Volunteers! This time of year can be quite fun as the worship services and other ministry environments fill up again. The challenge, of course, is that it takes people to minister to people. It’s right about now that the harsh reality begins to set in–we need more volunteers. When that happens,…
Read MoreHow to Have a Healthy Church in One Year
I’m not really a math person – I took pre-Algebra from Mrs. McDade TWICE in Junior High. I was okay when it was numbers, but when they threw in letters, I was done. So when I went to college, I majored in English…the farthest I could get away from math! But I’ve seen a math…
Read MoreWhat To Do The Week After Easter
It’s the Monday after Easter and you work at a church. What do you today, and what should you do this week? Two words: Follow up. Make this week all about follow up – following up with those who attended, those who donated money, those who made decisions and those who served. Here’s a few…
Read MoreHow Revolution Church Thanks their Volunteers
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 Revolution Church in Shertz, Texas, just outside of San Antonio. Zak White moved to San Antonio, Texas and launched Revolution Church in 2008. Today, a staff team of…
Read MoreHow NewSpring Church Keeps the Vision Before the Volunteers
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 NewSpring Church with campuses all across South Carolina, including the original campus in Anderson. They communicate the vision of the church that inspires people to step up and…
Read MoreHow Granger Community Church Gives Away Leadership
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 Granger Community Church in Granger, Indiana. Mark and Sheila Beeson started Granger in their living room with five people in 1986. Today, Granger Community Church has thousands of…
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