Volunteer Recruitment
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We're kicking off Admin April 2019 by talking about Volunteer Recruitment. Don't you wish a million hands would shoot excitedly into the air when you ask if anyone wants to volunteer with your children's ministry? Me too! But that's not quite how reality works, so here are some tips for recruiting volunteers and inviting them to join your kidmin team. (And here are the email templates I used to recruit volunteers to my team!)
Start with prayer. Just as with everything else in ministry, we should start with prayer: acknowledging God’s ownership of our ministry and asking Him to “send laborers into the His harvest” (Matthew 9:37-38, NIV). Begin by praying about your ministry as it currently is, where you feel God is calling your ministry to go, and who can help you get there.
Identify the needs. Prepare a...