Quick Tips for Training Volunteer Care Providers
When someone at your church is in the hospital, who visits them? Is the expectation that the pastor makes the call? One sign of an equipping church is when pastoral care is provided by volunteers—not just clergy. Here’s a quick quiz to train the volunteers…
00Create Systems So You Can Build Relationships
By Kate Warnock in Sunday School onHere are two questions to ask when an item hits your to-do list: Is there someone else who could do this? Is there a tool for making this quicker and easier? As a children’s minister, it may surprise you to learn there…
The Future of Sunday School is Now – Like Right Now!
By Kate Warnock in Sunday School onWhat an exciting time to be kicking off children’s ministry at your church! Tomorrow is officially the last day of summer, and children are digging into learning all over the world. Here at Group, we’ve been anxiously awaiting the start of Sunday…
4 Truths for Everyone Who Leads Volunteers
Maybe you haven’t yet decided whether your volunteers are the greatest…or the most splintery, rough-hewn part of your ministry. Reality is, your volunteers are exactly what you need to make ministry successful. Another reality is that they can be at…
3 Roles for Leading Today’s Volunteer
Does your church website have an online volunteer sign up process? Do you text your volunteers to stay in touch? Have you led a volunteer training on Zoom or Skype? These simple questions illustrate how the volunteer landscape is changing…