If you’re struggling with where to begin or feel like you’ve hit a barrier in working with your volunteers, here are some thoughts to consider.
Here are 7 Practical steps to get more volunteers.
Here are some strategies to think through as you set out to build a growing volunteer team.
Here are seven things you can implement to keep current volunteers engaged and committed to serving.
Some churches use t-shirts and some have name badges for volunteers. Lanyards are another easy way to identify volunteers and help them stand out on Sunday. This zip file includes samples to inspire you and Adobe Illustrator files you can edit to suit your needs. Print these at your favorite local or online printer and help your volunteers identify themselves during Sunday services.
The church thrives when volunteers and leaders step up. That’s why The Volunteer Course is worth your time, energy, and commitment. It includes ideas, plans, and best practices for recruiting, training, and leading volunteers in any season. You’ll learn how to make sure volunteers are properly trained and keep them engaged as the happiest, healthiest people in your church.
In this Live Class replay, Carl Barnhill with Twelve:Thiry Media walks through a plan to help you recruit, train, and develop a volunteer media team. The strategies he shares can also be applied to other ministries within your church.
You can edit this ready to use Job Description to fit your church’s positional need using Microsoft Word and Mac Pages software. Or, print it off and use as is! Questions? Contact your Ministry Coach for details on how to make this document work for you.
Use this resource as a template form for people to fill out when they’re interested in volunteering at your church.
Use this volunteer job application as a template or starting point for any volunteer role where an application might be more appropriate than a quick sign-up.
When people give, serve, or invite, make sure you say “thanks.” And a handwritten thank you card is a great way to do it. These print-ready cards don’t have any Church Fuel branding so you can use them without any edits. Just send to the printer of your choice.
Huddle talks are simple scripts you can use to engage, equip, and inspire volunteers in a few quick moments. Just gather for a few minutes each week and use this easy to remember script.
In this Webinar, Michael and Jason Young talk about how to keep your volunteers motivated, how to help them be successful in their roles, and give you the support you need to navigate onboarding and training. They’ll help you cast vision for yourself and your team, but also provide actionable, practical steps on how to grow your volunteer team in a healthy way.
Make it easy for your volunteers to update you on requests, needs, or issues with a Feedback Form. Print the ready-to-use PDF and have available at volunteers’ areas, or copy the sections and create an easy-to-find form online.
This email template will give you a good starting point to get volunteers to help you with your digital efforts. Eliminate your “blank page syndrome” and start recruiting more volunteers to get your digital strategy off the ground.
Volunteers are some of the most important people in your church. This webinar gives you five ways to beat volunteer burnout in your church.
One part of recruiting volunteers is inspiring people to serve. In this package, there’s a pre-written sermon on serving that you can teach or draw inspiration from, sermon graphics, background photos, and Keynote slides.
This org chart template will help bring clarity on how many volunteers you need, where you need them, what they will do, and where they fit best. This is a practical exercise that will help you get a handle on your volunteer ministry.
Volunteers are a major lifeline of your church. Not only are having healthy volunteers vital to the function of your church but being a volunteer is also vital to the spiritual formation of your members. In order for your volunteers (and your church) to thrive, you need a long-term and big-picture leadership pipeline.
Struggling with what to put on a Volunteer Job Description? Check out these five examples for common volunteer roles to provide some inspiration.
