One of the best things we've done to help our volunteers is a monthly podcast. Our philosophy is to spend less time in meetings talking about ministry and more time actually doing ministry. So instead of having training meetings every month we put together a podcast which covers the content that volunteers can watch on … Continue reading How to Create a Podcast for Your Leaders
How To Stay On Top of Kid Culture
Staying on top of what kids are in to isn't easy. Things are changing quick for us adults. But in some ways they are changing even quicker for kids. If you have children who are around the same age as the kids you minister to, this isn't as hard. But if your kids are much … Continue reading How To Stay On Top of Kid Culture
6 Simple Ways to Increase Attendance at Your Volunteer Meetings
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
How to Help Your Volunteers Connect With Parents
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.
How to Create a Guest Follow-up System For Your Kidmin
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
5 Ways to Train Your Volunteers
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
