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Recruiting
- Spiritual Gifts
To recruit the right people, you have to match the person's gift to the ministry.
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- Spiritual Gifts Profile (Forms)
Use a form like this after a person has completed a spiritual gifts class, or gift analysis, to record their spiritual gift profile. This information may then be entered into your tracking system for future retrieval.
- Spiritual Gift Reference Chart (Forms)
A chart of the spiritual gifts in our online assessment, showing their biblical foundation, characteristics, and possible areas of service indicated.
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 Church Volunteer Central--1 Year Membership
Maximize your volunteers the easy way. Join Church Volunteer Central today, and you'll have access anytime to online resources for volunteer training, recruiting, and managing. You'll get a full database of training ideas and tips; access to background check services; 24/7 online training for your volunteers; ready-to-use forms, applications, policies, handbooks, and job descriptions; plus savings on great volunteer management resources.
For more information or to see a preview, visit Church Volunteer Central today!  Simply Strategic Volunteers: Empowering People for Ministry
Following on the success of their recent release Simply Strategic Stuff, church administration experts Tim Stevens and Tony Morgan guide readers through rough waters of volunteer management. They ease the pain and please the brain with bite-sized tips and strategies for recruiting, training, motivating, and keeping valuable ministry volunteers. It's in-depth and in touch with the practical needs of busy leaders looking to convert church "consumers" to passionate "contributors."As a CVC member, save 20% when you buy this item in the CVC store.  LifeKeys: Discover Who You Are
So, why are you here? What do you do best? How can you live more effectively? These questions can be daunting, but LifeKeys: Discover Who You Are (with corresponding workbook) makes the adventure fun! This popular personal development tool is newly-revised and ready to guide you in unearthing your talents, spiritual gifts, passions, personality, and more. Use the engaging stories, self-tests, and other exercises alone or in a group to reveal who God made you to be...and unlock the unique ways only you can contribute to the world.
Published by Baker Publishing Group  LifeKeys: Discover Who You Are - Discovery Workbook
You are beautifully and intricately made...but sometimes who you are can puzzle you more than anything else. Delight in who you are, reveal what you do best, and learn how to orchestrate your priorities to live a full life that honors God. This Discovery Workbook helps you apply what you learn from LifeKeys: Discover Who You Are. Put the puzzle together--unearth your talents, spiritual gifts, passions, personality, and more...and unlock the unique ways only you can contribute to the world.
Published by Baker Publishing Group  Made for a Mission
Have you ever wondered why God created you the way He did?
Made for a Mission is written to help leaders and individuals better understand why God created them and for what ministry purpose. It helps individuals define a life mission plan and teaches how they fit within the context of team-based ministry. This book is also ideal for pastors, staff, and lay leaders who desire to be better equipped in the art of team building and ministry mobilization.
Discovering God's Unique Design for Your Life and Ministry!
The Ultimate Resource for Team Building and Ministry Mobilization!
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- Archived Tips of the Week
Each week we feature a brief volunteer leadership tip on our home page. Some of them are from a publication, but many of them are from our members. Here you will find, brief, practical ideas covering all aspects of lay ministry.
- The Inside Track Archives
Every month we send our members The Inside Track e-newsletter filled with trends, tips, and the opportunity to learn from people like you trying to build their church's ministries. Some of this information is based on the current times, but much of it is timeless. Here you will find all the past issues, which you can browse at leisure.
- Staff Manager
Staff Manager lets you keep your workers' information together in one place. Track contact, service, and gifting information, and even search for volunteers by area of ministry.
- Spiritual Gift Assessment
One of the foundational principles that Church Volunteer Central was built upon is The Giftedness of All Believers. One of the keys to finding your best ministry fit is understanding your God-given spiritual gift(s). This tool can help you do that.
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- Catch and Release -
Aug, 2008
Krista Petty encourages churches to be externally focused, but she feels the need to warn us about something that can happen when ministry moves outside the walls of the church. Some people may catch a buga serious infectious desire to do more than your staff time, limited budget, and ministry plans can handle. They may come up with wild ideas about serving in ways you never imagined. What do you do?
- The Big Boom(er) Theory -
Aug, 2008
This month Larry Shallenberger continues his discussion of high-capacity volunteers. He shows us some characteristics of Baby Boomers he has worked with, and how to best lead them.
- Purposeful Exits -
Aug, 2008
Volunteers do not stay in the same positions forever, nor should they! Don Simmons tell us that when a person is leaving a serving position, we have a great opportunity to learn from and with that volunteer.
- Training the New Breed of Volunteers -
Sep, 2008
In many churches, retired boomers are our greatest potential for recruitment. Often these individuals worked as teachers, doctors, lawyers, engineers, or professors. Add to the ranks a growing number of young, single professionals eager to make a difference, and we have some high-capacity volunteers.
Do we really ask the high-capacity person to attend our volunteer training programsprograms that are often led by other volunteers? Tom McKee says, "Absolutely! But we need to do it with finesse."
- Dealing With Team Fatigue -
Sep, 2008
Have a team member ready to quit? If teams are only concerned with their agenda and getting the work done, team fatigue can be expected. Don Simmons lists 5 things that can cause this, and how to prevent them.
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