Tag Archives: Recruiting

Volunteers: When you don’t have enough

Posted on 28. Oct, 2008 by Kenny.

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I’m really curious about something.
One of the most popular subject to discuss in children’s ministry is the recruiting, retention and leading of volunteers. Why? Because we all need ‘em. I’ve never met anyone who had all the volunteers they’ve needed. When I was just starting out in ministry and feeling the responsibilities of recruiting, I [...]

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The Holy Ghost and me

Posted on 25. Jun, 2008 by Kenny.

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A few weeks ago my blogging friend Sam wrote a very intriguing post here. I was disappointed that there were only two comments… both of them mine. However, I’m pretty sure I know why no one had much to say. I think it’s rare for us to link the Holy Spirit and recruiting together. It [...]

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SATURATE

Posted on 23. Jun, 2008 by Kenny.

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I mentioned yesterday that we’re recruiting volunteers and developing leaders for the fall promotion on August 24th. We actually did a push from the stage yesterday, but we’re looking for way more volunteers than we can get from that. I’ve been talking to my staff about how we can “saturate” the vision in as many [...]

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Yes, I did it and I’m not going to apologize!

Posted on 22. Jun, 2008 by Kenny.

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Last Sunday (yeah, I said last Sunday… I’m behind and catching up) I stood on stage and recruited new volunteers.
GASP!
Yeah, I know. It is something I speak against, but I’m not going to apologize.
Actually, it was my first opportunity to be introduced to my church. Two weeks earlier it was announced that the previous Children’s [...]

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Do they love it?

Posted on 03. Jun, 2008 by Kenny.

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I met with my Kids staff today. We had a very interesting discussion on volunteer recruiting. Interestingly enough, the discussion we had was very similar to what Pudge blogged today.
We were talking about the methods we’ll be recruiting new volunteers over the summer. We’ve got several plans in the oven as we plan to saturate [...]

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