Category: Volunteers
Covers topics such as volunteer leadership basics, onboarding, shepherding, appreciation, equipping/training
From the Archives: Volunteer Information Packet Must-Haves
When volunteers join our ministry, they are given a packet of useful information to provide insight into our ministry's policies and procedures. The packet is usually distributed at our volunteer training but occasionally a volunteer will join our ministry mid-year. That's why we always have packets ready to go. Our…
Summer Lovin’: Recruiting Volunteers
The following post is part of a series of summer-related posts. Today, we'll look at recruiting volunteers. For the past few weeks we have been busy making the transition to Summer Sunday school. Our ministry gives school-year volunteers the summer off to rest and recharge. Because of this, we…
Year-Round Volunteer Appreciation Ideas
Yesterday, I mentioned that Volunteer Appreciation Week is next week. I shared ideas to get you started in thinking about how to show your volunteers how much you care. You can find that post here. Today I'd like to share seasonal ideas that will make your volunteers feel appreciated any…
Free and Inexpensive Ideas for Volunteer Appreciation Week
If you're like me, you know how important volunteers are to Children's Ministry. It is a true partnership: we cannot accomplish the work of our ministry without our dedicated volunteers; they cannot effectively accomplish the work of our ministry without a leader at the helm. When I think about the…