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5 Sure-Fire Tips for Recruiting and Keeping Volunteers
in Sunday School, Training onGetting and keeping volunteers is always a challenge. But the Minnesota Association for Volunteer Administration (MAVA) has provided a silver lining: In…
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4 Ways To Burn Out a Volunteer
Got volunteers? Often we focus all our attention on getting people to volunteer that we forget how to equip them for continued service.…
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Leadership Training At Your Church
In their book Teams That Thrive: Five Disciplines of Collaborative Church Leadership, Ryan T. Hartwig and Warren Bird state that less…
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4 Strategies to Encourage Reengagement of People in Ministry
Are people done with your church? The “Dones” have been described as those who are dissatisfied with the structure, social…
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First Serve Recruitment For Volunteers
Think of volunteer recruitment as dating. No one expects a long-term commitment on the first date—so don’t ask volunteers to jump into a…
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How Kids Grow Spiritually
in Training onPeople used to call it “faith development,” but now it’s typically referred to as “spiritual development.” Whatever you call it,…
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How to Build a Strong Sunday School Foundation
in Training onHave you ever seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy? If you haven’t been there in person, I’m sure…
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Shaming Them Into Church
[Editor’s Note: Thom’s article is from his blog, Holy Soup. As you read this, consider its application for how we…
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Volunteering: The New Way to Health and Happiness
Need to convince members of your church to volunteer? Tell them volunteering will help them be happier, healthier, and live…
Training
Children’s ministry leaders and volunteers have many different roles and tasks to perform. Explore our training section to sharpen all of the skills required to put your best foot forward as you work to make Jesus irrisistable to kids.