This is the fifth and final post in my series on re-evaluating your youth ministry volunteers, and it may be the most important. Often times a person will hide their health (all kinds) to keep their job. People want to keep their job so they’ll hide or mask the fact that there is something wrong so…
For years I wanted my staff to be more like youth pastors than volunteers. I would train them, and want them to love books about youth ministry, enjoy the training videos or handouts I give them. I’ve given up trying to put my calling on them. I’ve had some great volunteers in the past and…
My expectations for our adult youth ministry leaders 1. Don’t do for kids what kids can do for themselves. 2. Change is good if it helps us reach our goals. 3. Leaders are learners. 4. Do things with excellence. The church is not a second class organization. 5. Take kids from Connection, to Community, to…
We had our monthly Team Fusion meeting last night and as I was reflecting on what makes these meetings successful and I came up with five words. Laughter We usually meet for about 90 minutes and a third of that is spent in jokes and laughter. These people like each other and it shows. Prayer…
We’ve all been through it. We inherit a volunteer who you think you can work with and then you notice you can’t. Why? In my case it was about getting the volunteer to teach the curriculum given to him My standards for the teacher were simple, teach, connect with new students, show up to appropriate…
