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Recruiting
- Interviewing
A personal interview lets you get to know the person's desires, and how best to fulfill them in ministry.
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- Volunteer Application (Forms)
Use a form like this when volunteers want to apply for a specific position.
- Interview Tip Sheet (Forms)
This form provides tips on conducting an interview with volunteers, including sample questions.
- Reference Survey (Forms)
This form can be mailed to people listed as references, or used as a guide in a telephone conversation with them.
- Ministry Niche Profile (Forms)
Helps an interviewer gather information about a person's best areas for service, and helps coordinators find people best suited for needs.
- Exit Interview (Forms)
Copy or adapt this form for interviewing volunteers leaving positions. The information you gather may help improve the position for the next volunteer.
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- Minute by Minute
Developing an effective volunteer recruitment process.
- Church Doctor: Hiring From Within
Training for volunteers turned staff.
- Recruiting as Jesus Did
Ask children's ministers what their top three ministry needs are, and 99.9 percent will list volunteer recruitment as one of those three needs. It's painfully difficult to capture busy people's affections and time for service in the church these days. So how can children's ministers effectively enlist all the volunteers they need?
- Solid Gold
Creating disciples out of the children you serve.
- Teen Volunteers
Why do teenagers volunteer?
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 Church Volunteer Central--1 Year Membership
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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.
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- Photo of Molly Wright Volunteering as a Couple -
Oct, 2009
Some things are just better in pairs
like socks. Even biblically this holds true. Take for instance Noah who welcomed pairs of animals on the ark, and Jesus who encouraged his disciples to travel in twos. And surely nothing causes your own heart to pitter-pat faster than when a couple offers to join your ministry team
- Building an Equipping Foundation -
Nov, 2009
In the fall of 2006, around a dozen people in David Marshall's church attended a CVC Live regional session titled Multiply Your Ministry: Moving From Sitting to Serving. It resonated with them, but they spent the next several months trying to figure out what it meant for their church. Finally, after several meetings and a lot of discussion, they determined that it would take at least five years of hard work to put the foundational parts of equipping ministry in place. David shares with us what they've learned at the end of year number 3
- The Challenge With Change -
Nov, 2009
The staff seems to question every change and have resisted some of the procedures my team has developed. How do I go about getting the staff on board rather than being a barrier to something new?
- Why Your Volunteers Won't Volunteer -
Mar, 2004
How you can overcome the most common obstacles to getting people out of the pews and into places of service
- "Firing" a Volunteer -
Mar, 2004
A CVC consultant answers the questions our members are asking
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