Are You Pandering?
If you lead in any capacity, you run the risk of pandering to the lowest common denominator. Whether you’re a parent or a pastor, a manager or a middle school teacher, the temptation in leadership...
Category: Volunteer Culture
Need An Inexpensive Option for Team Training?
One of the most frequently-asked questions I hear has to do with resources for volunteer team training. That’s one of the primary reasons we put together The Gospel Is Offensive: Five Plumb Lines for Guest Services. In...
15 Easy Ways to Highlight Volunteer Opportunities
“How do I let our church know about opportunities to serve?” It’s a question that I hear often, in one form or another. Whether it’s from one of our campuses or from a church leader...
Rewind: Square Pegs and Round Holes
I’m enjoying some downtime with my family this week, so we’re heading to the archives to pull up some of the earliest content from the blog. This post originally appeared in August 2008. Life...
Rewind: Dance With The One Who Brung Ya
I’m enjoying some downtime with my family this week, so we’re heading to the archives to pull up some of the earliest content from the blog. This post originally appeared in August 2008. There’s...
Q&A: Should I Mandate Serving Limits for My Volunteers?
Today’s question comes from our 2017 Blog Survey. Q: Let’s talk about serving limits. How long do you ask people to serve? Do you give them breaks, and if so, how do you manage those?...
Hand ’em a Hammer
This week our church is moving into a brand-new building in anticipation of a campus move in just a few weeks. It’s the first from-the-ground-up project we’ve undertaken since 1962, so you could say that...
Flashback Friday: Hospitality Can’t Take a Vacation
Every Friday I dig into the archives and dust off an old post. If you haven’t read it, it’s new to you! We’re barely ankle deep into the summer season around these parts. The...
20 Ways to Get More Volunteers
How can I get more volunteers? That’s among the top five questions I hear on a regular basis. Here are twenty quick ways to bring in new people (none of ’em involve putting on a...
Don’t Drop Your Training; Drip It.
“We just don’t have time to properly train our volunteers.” “I don’t know what they need to know.” “I told them where to stand and what to do. That’s enough, right?” “Nobody ever shows up,...
