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“Come, be my disciples, and I will show you how to fish for people!”
Church Volunteer Recruiting: Seven Keys to Helping Believers Discover their Spiritual Gift of Faith and the Rewards of Service
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Dear Friend in Ministry,
I don’t know you personally, but I’ll bet that you and I share a little secret that even your pastor doesn’t know about finding your spiritual gifts.
Here’s what I mean.
Have you ever received a letter or an email like this?
If you’re like me, your little secret is this:
You strive for humility in the service of Jesus. But you also enjoy the personal recognition for having helped other believers discover their spiritual gifts.
In fact, you experience a great blessing when volunteers thank you for helping them discover their own spiritual gift of faith, and how they can live a more fulfilling life through volunteer ministry service.
Discovering your spiritual gifts, acting on them, and enjoying the blessing of helping others act on their spiritual gifts — well, I think that deserves to be recognized and celebrated.
If you’re like most people responsible for church volunteer recruiting, you’ve had an inspiring experience discovering your spiritual gifts that informs your personal ministry.
Here’s what else I’ve observed about everyone who is passionate about recruiting church volunteers:
- You know you have the spiritual gifts of leadership and administration.
- Somewhere in your past, someone helped you discover that you have these spiritual gifts.
- You believe you have these spiritual gifts because Jesus wants you to serve.
- You want to use your spiritual gift of faith to help people at your church discover their own spiritual gifts, and match them to appropriate volunteer jobs.
- When you use your spiritual gift of faith, you experience God’s power in your life, and then you are blessed by watching other people’s lives become transformed.
But if you’re frustrated in your efforts at recruiting church volunteers, you’re not alone.
Which of these are your most crucial issues about church volunteer recruiting?
- My church has no formal system for recruiting church volunteers, or supporting, equipping and retaining them.
- My church has no spiritual gifts assessment procedure for helping volunteers get into meaningful ministry.
- My church’s volunteers have inadequate encouragement in finding their spiritual gift of faith through volunteer service.
- My church is losing volunteers, owing to burnout.
- My church has no procedure for screening church volunteers.
- My church provides me with little or no training in volunteer management.
Don’t despair. Now there’s help from Church Volunteer Daily.
“Discover how to fish for people.”
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Church volunteer recruiting doesn’t have to be a chore
Over and over again, I hear the same lament.
How do I find, recruit, assess, train and motivate volunteers? And how do I fire them if necessary?
It’s not a mystery. There are simple reasons why some people become deeply gratified, richly blessed, church volunteers and others don’t.
- Someone like you recognized their spiritual gifts.
- Someone like you invited them to serve.
- Someone like you matched their spiritual gifts with an appropriate volunteer position.
- Someone like you provided recognition and expressed appreciation.
In Church Volunteer Recruiting: Seven Keys to Helping Believers Discover their Spiritual Gift of Faith and the Rewards of Service, you’ll discover:
- How to develop your ministry vision
One of the most common reasons volunteers cite for quitting is that they didn’t have a clear understanding of what was expected of them.
While it’s common in the workplace today for all new employees to have a job description that clearly lays out the qualifications, responsibilities and expectations the organization has for their performance, it’s rare to find ministry descriptions for church volunteers that provide the same kind of clarity.
Discover how to find, write and use ministry job descriptions.
- How to recruit volunteers by asking individually
Some of the most amazing future church volunteers have developed an ability to ignore platform announcements, to walk past ministry sign-up tables, and to gloss over bulletin or newsletter information about volunteer opportunities.
When asked why they haven’t yet served at church their response is likely to be “nobody ever asked me.” Discover the power of the personal “ask” or invitation.
- How to screen church volunteers based on risk
Not every church volunteer position requires careful screening and risk management prior to placement, but many do. If your ministry serves anyone under the age of 18, anyone with a disability, or senior citizens, you should utilize careful screening before placing volunteers in a position of trust.
Church leaders need to have a careful screening procedure in place that incorporates ministry best practices. Discover how to screen church volunteers based on risk.
“Discover how to fish for people.”
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Experiencing personal blessings and a sense of achievement
It’s no secret why people begin volunteering at the church.
Whether it’s serving on the church finance committee, or doing child care in the Sunday school nursery, first-time volunteers are often recruited from the ranks of long-time church-goers.
- They say they want to make a difference.
- They say they want to give something back.
- The want to experience personal and spiritual growth.
- They want to make new friends.
- They want to uncover hidden skills and talents.
- They want to have fun.
- They want to earn great recommendations for future employment or college applications.
It’s true. By helping others, volunteers expect to help themselves. That’s usually how it starts.
We know there is no better way to connect with your fellow believers than to give something back.
But ultimately, volunteering is about finding your spiritual gifts and taking part in the rich fellowship of serving Christ’s church.
And you and I know, that if we use our gifts wisely, we’ll be deeply blessed.
In Church Volunteer Recruiting: Seven Keys to Helping Believers Discover their Spiritual Gift of Faith and the Rewards of Service, you’ll discover new strategies for how to building dynamic ministry teams.
I urge you to download a copy “right now” without cost or obligation.
Simply click the button below.
Your colleague in church ministry,
Tim Willms
Director of Church Volunteer Central
P.S. If you’re a volunteer coordinator or assistant pastor, you know that volunteers are vital to day-to-day church operations.
We’re Church Volunteer Central. Our mission is to equip churches — and people with your responsibilities — to help children, youth and adults grow in their relationship with Jesus. We’re in the business of making you even better at what you do in your personal ministry. We want you to feel joy and fulfillment as you connect people with Jesus.
If you don’t yet know Church Volunteer Central, downloading this free report is a great way for us to get acquainted. Here’s how:
“Discover how to fish for people.”
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