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Canned Peaches or Fresh Lettuce?

Jan 1, 2011By Karen Kogler

I’ve been thinking of keeping a can of peaches and a head of lettuce in my office. Or bringing them to the next staff meeting. Or pulling them out the next time I talk to some ministry leaders about volunteers.Read more…

Jan 1, 2011Karen Kogler 0 Comments

How to Recruit Church Volunteers

Aug 10, 2010By Karen Kogler

When you realize you’ll need to recruit some volunteers, does your heart leap for joy? Or does your stomach get tied in knots? Most of us don’t enjoy finding people to teach Sunday School or help with the rummage sale.Read more…

Aug 10, 2010Karen Kogler 1 comment

Simple Volunteering

Jan 27, 2010By Karen Kogler

Life is complicated. Life is stressful. Your employer wants you to squeeze more work into the same hours, the kids need help with their homework, your elderly relative needs your assistance, and there are important papers somewhere in that pileRead more…

Jan 27, 2010Karen Kogler 0 Comments

In the Store: Job Descriptions, a Presentation Toolkit

Jan 1, 2010By Karen Kogler

Job Descriptions A presentation tool kit for improving church volunteerism health The toolkit includes two PowerPoint presentations with supporting tools for enabling your church to create job descriptions for all volunteer positions. Job descriptions are an important part of healthyRead more…

Jan 1, 2010Karen Kogler 0 Comments
Cover, Putting Spiritual Gifts to Work book

In the Store: Putting Spiritual Gifts to Work

Jan 1, 2010By Karen Kogler

Putting Spiritual Gifts to Work: Equipping Saints for Service is a short book (80 pages) by Karen Kogler. It’s available in The Equipper store in two versions: Electronic version: as a download; $8.00 Print version: mailed to you, with aRead more…

Jan 1, 2010Karen Kogler 0 Comments

In the Store: Training Volunteers, a presentation toolkit

Jan 1, 2010By Karen Kogler

Training Volunteers A presentation toolkit for improving church volunteerism health “Training Volunteers” includes two PowerPoint presentations with supporting tool. You can use this kit for training yourself and for training others. Every church volunteer should be trained for their service.Read more…

Jan 1, 2010Karen Kogler 0 Comments

Hungry for Relationships

Nov 29, 2008By Karen Kogler

It’s no secret. People need people. They crave relationships. Sociologists, psychologists and theologians agree that they always have and always will. The need has become acute as hectic schedules, geographic mobility, consumerism and affluence pull us apart from others. Ironically,Read more…

Nov 29, 2008Karen Kogler 0 Comments

Parents as Volunteers

Aug 18, 2008By Karen Kogler

Parents make great volunteers. Most scouting groups and kids’ sports teams are run entirely by parents. Parents are willing to invest time and energy to give their children enriching experiences. So encourage parents to volunteer in your children’s ministries, althoughRead more…

Aug 18, 2008Karen Kogler 0 Comments

How to Discourage your Church’s Volunteers

Apr 28, 2008By Karen Kogler

(From the Lutheran Witness, March 1998. Reprinted with permission. Print version. Imagine your church with no volunteers for one week. The organist may play the organ, but there are no choir members or other instrumentalists. Everyone eventually finds a worshipRead more…

Apr 28, 2008Karen Kogler 2 comments

So, What do YOU do?

Feb 1, 2008By Karen Kogler

he next time you see a group of church volunteers, ask them each to tell you what they do at church. They’ll likely answer with comments like these: “I usher . . .,” “I teach Sunday School . . .,”Read more…

Feb 1, 2008Karen Kogler 0 Comments

The Seven Deadly Sins of Leadership

May 6, 2007By Karen Kogler

Can the right hand learn from the left hand how to use one of its greatest resources? God’s right-hand kingdom, Martin Luther said, is the kingdom of grace and the Gospel, in which we are given his undeserved love andRead more…

May 6, 2007Karen Kogler 0 Comments

Train Every Volunteer

Jan 28, 2007By Karen Kogler

At a job interview, or on a first date, you know the first impression is important. It’s just as important if you want to retain that new volunteer you just recruited. What will their first impression be of the taskRead more…

Jan 28, 2007Karen Kogler 0 Comments

How to Fire a Church Volunteer

Sep 16, 2006By Karen Kogler

“You can’t fire a volunteer!” That’s the first thing many people think when reading this title. And their second thought is likely of a certain volunteer or two they’d like to fire. Just as volunteers will, rightly, leave a positionRead more…

Sep 16, 2006Karen Kogler 0 Comments
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