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Newsletter Archives

July 1, 2010 -- A Smokin' Ministry Fair
June 1, 2010 -- Smiles at St. Peter
May 3, 2010 -- Remember the Middle
April 1, 2010 -- Inviting EVERYONE to Serve
March 2, 2010 -- Lord, What are You Calling Me to Do?
February 1, 2010 -- Simple Volunteering
January 4, 2010 -- Asset Mapping

2009

December 1, 2009 -- When Dreams Should Die
November 2, 2009 -- How to Assess & Improve Volunteerism
October 1, 2009 -- Ministry Fair
September 1, 2009 -- Sacred and Secular Volunteering
August 1, 2009 -- How to Fire a Volunteer
July 1, 2009 -- God Knits a Plan
June 1, 2009 -- About Time and Talent Surveys
May 1, 2009 -- Screwtape Writes on Church Volunteerism?
April 1, 2009 -- DO Something with that Interesting Article
March 1, 2009 -- Volunteers are not Free
February 1, 2009 -- Helping New Members Serve
January 1, 2009 -- Christmas Gifts

2008

December 1, 2008 -- Hungry for Relationships
November 1, 2008 -- "Just" a Volunteer
October 1, 2008 -- When Parents Volunteer
September 1, 2008 -- A Modern Parable of the Talents
August 1, 2008 -- Profile of an Equipping Church: A Culture of Serving; Immanuel Lutheran, Macomb, Michigan
July 1, 2008 -- Profile of an Equipping Church: Beginnings at St. Peter Lutheran, Arlington Heights, Illinois
June 1, 2008 -- Volunteering as We Age
May 1, 2008 -- How to Discourage Your Church's Volunteers
April 1, 2008 -- How One Church Invites Members into Ministry?
March 1, 2008 -- Volunteer Ministry Entrepreneurs
February 1, 2008 -- So, What do YOU do?
January 3, 2008 -- The Acts of the Non-Apostles

2007

December 1, 2007 -- Governance Change . . . Volunteerism Change?
November 1, 2007 -- Profile of an Equipping Church: Cross Lutheran, Yorkville, IL
September 10, 2007 -- How to Recruit
July 19, 2007 -- Lessons of a Book Bee
June 22, 2007 How to Be a Boss
May 7, 2007 -- Seven Deadly Sins of Leadership
April 9, 2007 -- Start Talking!
March 3, 2007 -- The How-to's of Job Descriptions
January 31, 2007 -- No Train, No Gain
January 6, 2007 -- Mary the Servant

2006

December 10, 2006 -- How to Improve Volunteerism
November 11, 2006 -- How to Assess Volunteerism at Your Church
October 28, 2006 -- Tending the Flame
October 4, 2006 -- How to Delegate
September 20, 2006 -- How to Fire a Volunteer