1. I’m big on being prepared. Everything should be finished and ready to go before Sunday morning. 90% of frustration alleviation is preparation! 2. I’m big on timeliness. Each volunteer depends on the others to be at their post on time to serve their role. Parents and Sunday School Teachers depend on us to open [...]
delegating
Giving away parts of your ministry responsibilities is mandatory if you want a thriving, growing ministry that’s not bound by your limits and abilities. A children’s minister that is secure in their calling can allow others to develop parts of their ministry… even if that volunteer is more talented with it than we are! If [...]
About 5 years ago I was not a delegator. I felt that everything to do with the main children’s service on Sunday morning had to be created, developed and delivered by me alone. That’s what they were paying me to do. I was the children’s pastor. I was doing okay. Then came a new volunteer [...]
It’s our job It can be hard to ask volunteers to help because we feel there are things that only we are supposed to do. Even with the rest of it, we’re the one’s being paid (in some cases anyway) to do the job. We don’t go to our volunteer’s jobs and help them. While [...]
This month I’m joined by Thomas, a ‘rookie’ Children’s Pastor from Texas and we’re talking about the dread you can sometimes feel when it’s time to ask your volunteers to take on some of what you’re doing.
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