Who’s In Front Of You?
I hear it all the time. You do, too. Perhaps you’ve said it. I know I have. I need more volunteers! I need more people to serve. I need more people to step up. I...
Category: Serve’s Up
Why Does It Matter?
This’ll surprise you, but I had a lot of pet peeves in college: my roommate who ate nothing but Top Shelf brand spaghetti and meatballs (unheated). Friends in the cafeteria who would grab my ice...
Everybody is Good at Something
If you’re a leader, no doubt you struggle with helping people find their fit. In our “You can do it!” “You’re special!” “You’re a snowflake!” culture, we’ve inadvertently raised a generation and created an environment...
Can You Have Too Many Volunteers?
If you’ve perused this blog for any length of time, you’ve noticed two things: I rarely – if ever – use the word peruse. I’m a firm believer that you can never have too many volunteers....
Flashback Friday: Not Their Niche
Every Friday we dig into the archives and dust off an old post. If you haven’t read it, it’s new to you! What happens when a team member (be it paid staff, volunteer, etc.)...
How to Defuse a Volunteer
Maybe it’s happened to you: you’re running through a regular weekend service, minding your own beeswax, and things get tense. I’m talking you-could-cut-it-with-a-knife tense. Somebody’s-about-to-blow tense. Shawty-fire-burning-on-the-dance-floor tense. Something doesn’t go as planned, systems begin...
You Never Know Until You Ask
I’m not what you would call a late night TV fan. If it’s 11:30 and I get still, this old man is asleep. But that doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate late night TV. If only...
The Problem with a Well Oiled Machine
If you’ve been around the church world a while, you may have heard someone refer to your ministry as the proverbial “well oiled machine.” Sure, you know the loose screws and the rusty bolts and the...
Creating an Asking Culture
Last week we talked about those who ask: people on your team who challenge their friends to serve in a meaningful way within the church. Every team needs doers, but if your team doesn’t have...
“Had It Not Been For __________, I Never Would Have __________.”
It was meant to be a throwaway statement: an off-the-cuff anecdote to illustrate a larger topic. It happened last week in a monthly meeting we host with some of our key volunteers. Honestly, I don’t...
