The Volunteer Effect: How Your Church Can Find, Train, and Keep Volunteers Who Make a Difference

Description

The authors of this book, Jason Young and Jonathon Malm, recognize that volunteers for your congregation are necessary for it to function and that they can sometimes seem difficult to find. This book aims to illustrate that the volunteers are often already a part of the congregation, but that they need to be effectively recruited and thoughtfully retained. This guide focuses on finding, keeping, and motivating volunteer teams and includes sample training materials that are vital to that process.

Features

• Guest Services training checklist
• Connections Team process
• Worship Team vision sheet

Practical Applications

• Work with your team to evaluate the welcoming process within your congregation, utilizing the Guest Services Training Checklists that are offered in this book as a guide.
• Protect your volunteers from obstacles that can demotivate them by reading and applying Part 3 of this book, "Motivate."