Volunteers & Leadership

So Sarah comes up to me after service Sunday and she's got this look. You know that look when someone's been chewing on something for weeks? "I think I need to take a break." My stomach just drops through the floor. Sarah's

Honestly don't know why anyone trusts me to train volunteers. Half the time I'm figuring it out as I go and hoping nobody notices I'm winging it. But found some stuff that actually helps instead of making people more confused. Orange Videos I Found

Had to tell a volunteer last week that kids were scared of her because she yells when they spill things. That was fun. She cried and I felt like a monster but also those kids shouldn't be terrified of craft time. These conversations are the worst part of

Finding People to Help with Kids When Everyone Runs Away Getting volunteers for kids ministry is like asking people to donate a kidney. Everyone thinks kids are adorable until you ask them to spend an hour with twelve of them hopped up on animal crackers and fruit punch. Been trying

Okay so last Sunday this new volunteer walks in. Sweet lady, super eager. I'm thinking great, finally some help with the preschoolers. Five minutes later she's standing in the middle of craft chaos looking like she might cry. That's when it hit me. I

I almost lost my best volunteer last year. She'd been teaching second grade Sunday school for three years straight. Never missed a week. Then one Sunday she pulled me aside and said she was thinking about stepping down. I panicked. Asked what was wrong. Turns out nothing was