Category: Ministry

Most people hate meetings. But they don't have to hate yours. Meetings can be meaningful events in the life of your ministry that add value to everyone who attends. But how do we create those kind of experiences for our volunteers? Here are a couple of ways:Make Them Infrequent The big idea here is less … Continue reading 6 Simple Ways to Increase Attendance at Your Volunteer Meetings

Here's a podcast I did for our volunteers on how to connect with parents. Hopefully it will help you help yours. http://youtu.be/L3UZHz5FfH0 What are some other ways volunteers can make good connections with parents? Post your ideas in the comment section below.

Having a quality follow-up system for first time guests in your Children's Ministry is HUGE. If kids feel welcomed there's a greater likelihood they'll come back. And so will their parents. I've been refining our process of how we do this at HDC. Here's a snapshot of what we're doing right now: Our greeters welcome … Continue reading How to Create a Guest Follow-up System For Your Kidmin

Training volunteers is one of the greatest responsibilities we have in ministry. It's also one of the greatest challenges. How to we go about making sure our volunteers have what they need to do the ministry God has called them to without overwhelming them? Here are five ways to train your volunteers without putting a strain … Continue reading 5 Ways to Train Your Volunteers

Over the past few weeks we've had a big emphasis in volunteering at our church. We've been able to get more people plugged into serving that weren't serving anywhere. One of the big keys to our success has been clearly establishing what our serving opportunities are and what is involved in each role. Every church … Continue reading 4 Elements of Amazing Volunteer Job Descriptions

In our Children's Ministry we've always struggled with what to do when families lose their check-out tag when picking up their kids. It inevitably becomes a headache with all the security procedures that go into keeping a Children's Ministry safe. Recently our team created this tool below (adapted from the awesome Kidmin team at Mariner's … Continue reading How to Help First Time Families Not Lose Their Check-Out Tag