Getting the most out of your volunteers. at Thursday, October 08, 2009

I ask myself this question all the time. How far is to far? When dealing with a volunteer staff how far can you push them before they quit on you. I have worked at a total of three different churches and they were all completely different. I was at a church in Houston and our midweek was slowly going down the tubes what was the problem a lack of leadership. Church in Shreveport I was put in an unlikely situation and told to get rid of a midweek program and start my own from scratch (YIKES). 

I have come to this conclusion if you lead and supply a vision and keep sharing it to your people then the people will follow. Example: Hitler had a vision and he spoke about his vision over and over and the people followed him and people are still following him even though he is not around. I know that is pretty extreme, but what it boils down to is that we have to have an expectation for our volunteers to meet so that the classroom that they teach in can go over and beyond what they ever imagined. Our job is simple create a vision for your teachers and ministry and the train them up. This is how you can push your volunteers to become better.

Everyone is different, but the message is still the same. You have a vision to where you want to take your ministry, and by putting job descriptions and other things what you are trying to do is to make your volunteers better then they thought they would ever be. Communicate that to your volunteer don't be afraid to continue to share your vision and to keep sharing your vision because once people catch on then you will have a great ministry staff because of God and not you.