The budget of our church’s volunteer program got a substantial bump this year. Thankfully, we are now able to hire a full-time coordinator. What are the most important parts of a volunteer program that we should shift to her, theRead more…
Recruiting 101: Want Volunteers? Spell It Out
If you were looking for work, would you be interested in a job where the responsibilities were only vaguely described, where hours and benefits weren’t mentioned at all, and no one had clear answers to your questions? Me neither. YetRead more…
Recruiting 101: Tips
The three other articles in the Recruiting 101 series cover common practices to avoid; the important job description, and how to invite people to serve. Many other aspect of recruiting (such as helping new members get involved, ministry fairs, parentsRead more…
Sample slides: “Job Descriptions” and “Training Volunteers” toolkits
Here are some sample slides from the presentations in the Toolkits available in The Equipper store. The toolkit contains two presentations, with supporting materials. Both toolkits together are $12.00. From the “Why Write Job Descriptions?” presentation in the Job DescriptionRead more…
Recruiting Tips
For many people in the church, the only thing to know about volunteers is how to recruit them — how to get them to serve where needed. Readers of this newsletter and TheEquipper website know that I advocate a muchRead more…
How to Recruit Church Volunteers
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…
In the Store: Job Descriptions, a Presentation Toolkit
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…
In the Store: Putting Spiritual Gifts to Work
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…
Parents as Volunteers
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…
St. Peter Lutheran, Arlington Hts, IL: Beginnings
Background: I began working 2 days/week at St. Peter Lutheran Church, Arlington Heights, Illinois, in October 2007, 9 months ago as of this writing. St. Peter had been without a long-term senior pastor for almost a decade until the arrivalRead more…
How to Do Job Descriptions
Churches are finding great value in having a job description for each ministry task done by volunteers–everything from weeding the flower beds to serving on a board. Yet most churches don’t have volunteer job descriptions. It can seem like aRead more…
Do You Know What You’re Doing?!
[This article first appeared in the May 21, 2004, Mission Moments newsletter from the Center for U.S. Missions. Permission is given to copy this article for distribution within your own congregation. Please credit the author and the Center for U.S.Read more…
Volunteers Are Not Free
Are volunteers “free labor”? Of course they are. By definition, volunteers perform a task without receiving payment for it. So we find it easy to think of volunteers as free labor, the opposite of staff who are paid to work.Read more…
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