Church Volunteer Blog

The story in most churches is that 20% of the congregation does 80% of the serving. This is a tough statistic to believe (although it is true) and a harder one to live with!

Yesterday we started talking about how using a R.E.A.L. approach with our volunteer teams can make! We looked at R-Relational and E-Experiential. You can guess what comes next… The A. in R.E.A.L. stands for Applicable. Basically, application boils down to two ingredients: self-discovery and sharing. Often volunteers (and their leaders) are so busy they rarely take time to think [...]

If you’ve been around Group much at all, you’ve probably heard of our R.E.A.L. philosophy. If not, this is Group’s approach to learning that colors everything we do. I was reflecting on the REAL style and thinking about how it applies to other areas of life outside of speaking and teaching. For example, you can [...]

Happy birthday to the CV Daily! We’re celebrating with  50% off great volunteer resources! We hope you’ve been enjoying our CV Daily birthday celebration. If you haven’t yet taken advantage of some of the birthday bash deals, there’s still time. We’re celebrating 2 years by featuring a different discounted resource each and every week in May. [...]

What do these words mean to you? Here at Group that’s what we call our weekly meetings with our direct supervisors. It’s a casual time to get together and review our priorities, ask questions, get feedback, and offer praise or coaching on how we are doing or what we could do better. It’s not scary…or intimidating…or stressful. [...]

Tony Morgan (http://tonymorganlive.com/) and Tim Stevens (http://www.leadingsmart.com/) authored a book for Group a few years back that has been very popular with leaders of volunteers. In Simply Strategic Volunteers they present 99 simple solutions that can radically improve your volunteer experience—for both you and your volunteers. As I was browsing through the book again (I get a new nugget every [...]

I just love Jim Wideman’s claasic, Children’s Ministry Volunteers that Stick. It’s filled with nuggets, scripture, and real-life advice. Not all of the advice applies only to volunteers, though! I came across these three points the last time I read the book and realized these are things everyone in the church needs to know. I [...]

How forgiving is your ministry with volunteers? How many times can someone mess up and still be welcome? These are questions Jim Wideman asks in his book, Volunteers That Stick. I think Jim hits on a crucial component of any ministry—the grace factor! This can be a drawing card for new volunteers—and a key to [...]

This is an excerpt from Tom McKee’s milestone book, The New Breed, Understanding and Equipping the 21st Century Volunteer. You can get Tom’s book for 50% off this week during the CVDaily Birthday Bash! Plus, Tom will be here at Group January 21-23, 2013 for our Church Leadership ReGroup Event. It promises to be full [...]

“For I am yearning to see you, that I may impart and share with you some spiritual gift to strengthen and establish you; That is, that we may be mutually strengthened and encouraged and comforted by each other’s faith, both yours and mine.” (Romans 1:11-12 AMP) Your volunteers need you. And you need them. Maybe not [...]