A well-written handbook gives the volunteer something to refer to regularly as questions arise—and helps protect the church legally if the guidelines are enforced.
Equipping
- Handbook
A well-written handbook gives the volunteer something to refer to regularly as questions arise—and helps protect the church legally if the guidelines are enforced.
Child Care Handbook (Handbooks)
Use this as a model to develop a handbook of essentials for your child care volunteers.
Volunteer Handbook Acknowledgment (Forms)
Hand out this form with your volunteer handbook. It will allow you to ensure that volunteers have read the handbook.
Noah's Place Volunteer Handbook (Handbooks)
Tracy Trautman, children's pastor at NewSong Church shares the volunteer handbook she put together for her ministry as a sample for CVC members to draw ideas from.
Organizing Your Team
A recent study on volunteerism discovered that one of the things that keeps people from serving is disorganized supervision.
To see more related resources of this type,
click here.
Products
Church Volunteer Central--1 Year MembershipMaximize 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.
Handbook Template
We've put together a template that contains several potential pages for your handbook. Examine each section and read our rationale for the importance of each page. Then download the pages you want (being very sure of your reasoning for leaving something out!) and customize them for your church.
The Inside Track Archives
Added Value for Members -
Jul, 2004
Take a look at the upgrades we’ve made for you on the CVC website
Background Check Exonerates School -
Aug, 2004
Court declares school not guilty of negligence because of their background checks and adherence to written policy.
Child Abuse and the Church -
Sep, 2004
We don't like to think about it, but churches have a legal obligation to take child protection seriously. Here are some practical steps.
Tips on Equipping Church Leaders -
Jan, 2006
Calvie Hughson says that having an Ephesians 4 equipping church is a wonderful vision. But getting there takes more than the people in the pews. See her tips on equipping your leaders.
Don't Assume -- Train Them! -
Jan, 2006
Don't Assume -- Train Them!
"An observer told me that two adult teachers in the nursery class were not teaching, but were discussing very adult and inappropriate topics."
To see more related resources of this type,
click here.
Church Volunteer Central--1 Year Membership