Leading Volunteers 1 brentcolby com Leading volunteers is

Leading Volunteers 1 brentcolby. com

Leading volunteers is… how the church works, how a pastor leads, the most difficult part of your job. 2 brentcolby. com

Leading volunteers is not… a management strategy, manipulative, exploitative, or near-sighted, for everyone. 3 brentcolby. com

And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ. Ephesians 4: 11 -13 4 brentcolby. com

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Leading Volunteers 6 Recruit Train Motivate Recruitment answers the question why and focuses on your mission. Training answers the question what and focuses on your vision. Motivation answers the question how and focuses on your culture. brentcolby. com

Recruitment is the acquisition of new volunteers to serve on your team. • It often requires a personal touch. • Volunteers are the best recruiters for other volunteers. • Be sure to invite the right people to the right ministry. Just because someone is willing doesn't mean that they are fit. 7 Recruitment answers the question why because you are speaking to purpose. • This is not a task based step. • People serve because of your mission, they are not drawn to roles or tasks. • You must make your mission the number one draw for your volunteers. Recruitment is based on the mission of your ministry and must be clear. • This requires you to have a clear mission, or purpose statement, for every event or ministry of the church. • Don’t assume that your church’s mission is adequate to move new volunteers into new ministry positions. brentcolby. com

Training is the development of new skills and techniques required to serve. • Training is the most concrete and practical step in the process. • Training is a what question that requires concrete answers. • This is the second thing people think of when they think of volunteers. • This cannot be an abstract part of volunteer leadership. • This phase of volunteer leadership establishes credibility for your team. 8 Training answers the question what and deals with practical steps. • Good training is practical, measureable, and easy to evaluate. Training facilitates the vision of your ministry and helps you accomplish goals. • Your training environments may be the best places to cast vision for your ministry teams. • This is where you help people picture themselves contributing towards a greater goal. • Make this an exciting part of your leadership training. brentcolby. com

Motivate Motivating volunteers encourages them to continue serving. • Motivating is not manipulating. • Remember to show your appreciation in a variety of ways. We often stop at appreciating people in the way we like to be shown appreciation. • This is more than just an event. 9 Motivating answers the question how and addresses both values and systems. Motivation address the culture of your church which is a big deal. • This is a question of how you treat volunteers year around. • Motivation is something you do out of church culture. • Your motivation plan must be value based and lived out… not just practiced. • This must be an expression of who you are as a church and not just something you do. • You have to create systems to reinforce your values. This defines your culture. • This is the most magnetic part of leading volunteers and makes the other two steps easy. brentcolby. com

Leading Volunteers Recruit Train Motivate Recruitment answers the question why and focuses on your mission. Training answers the question what and focuses on your vision. Motivation answers the question how and focuses on your culture. 10 brentcolby. com

How much time do you spend recruiting, training, and motivating volunteers each week? 11 What percentage of your time should be spent leading volunteers in this way? brentcolby. com