They ARE Volunteering

You know who volunteers in your church. But do you really know the volunteering behavior of all your people?

�A new federal study shows that 1 in 4 Americans volunteered through an organization and two-thirds helped their neighbors last year.�

This report is talking about your people, if your church is in the United States. This blog summarizes it and provides a link to the full report.

Some facts from the report, with my thoughts on their connection church volunteerism:

�1 in 4 Americans volunteer through an organization.� How many of our people volunteer for other organizations but not their church? Why? Could other organizations be better places to volunteer? Could it be a good thing that they volunteers elsewhere? What if they saw serving in community organizations as a great way to do God�s work of caring for people in need, and an opportunity to build relationships with people who don�t know Jesus as Lord?

Equip 4 Impact

If you're in the Chicago area, join our local networking group, Equip4Impact, on Thursday, March 12, 2015, 10am to noon, at Trinity Lutheran, Roselle, Illinois. Email [email protected] for details.

Got a local volunteerism networking group? We can include your meeting here.

Good Stuff

Much Help, Little Good. Lessons from Haiti's Earthquake. A good reminder to use our heads as well as our hearts when we're serving others.
"Here's How You Measure Volunteer Impact" from Volunteer Match. We measure what matters, and what volunteers do matters.

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