After being in ministry for about 5 years, I began to wonder why the team I was building wasn’t working the best. I was confused why my volunteers were not as excited as I was. I felt like I was doing everything and they were just hanging out with their back against the wall. I decided to meet with a handful of leaders and really ask them what was going on. I quickly began to realize how beat down and burnt out my leaders were. Many of them loved volunteering and working with the teens in my group but they felt like week after week they were just being dragged through the mud.
Years later now, I have learned my lesson. Here are five things we need to do in order to lead volunteers well in any area of ministry. 1. LEADERS NEED TO COMMUNICATE AND SET CLEAR EXPECTATIONSLeading a ministry can be chaotic. And many times you are just happy to see volunteers showing up so you can begin to order them around to fix, clean and set up whatever it is you didn’t get done. However, volunteers have chaotic lives to. They have just come from a stressful day at work or home and as much as they want to help, they also want to know what is going on. This is why I not only make it a point to have a “detailed” schedule for every ministry event, but I talk over that schedule with leaders before the event. ..... Continue on Youth Specialities Blog
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June 2017
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