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

by Jason Young, Jonathan Malm, Jenni Catron (Foreword by)

Overview

Every ministry needs capable and reliable volunteers, but so often it feels like no one is coming forward to fill your church's needs. In reality, the people around us do want to volunteer their time and talents, but we often fail to connect potential volunteers to ministry opportunities or lose them somewhere along the way.

The Volunteer Effect is your start-to-finish guide to recruiting, leading, and retaining volunteers for your ministry. Based on solid management theory delivered in an engaging narrative form, this book shows you how to

- recruit people to a mission, not just a role
- create low-risk entry points
- build a team that evokes pride
- train them for the bigger picture
- and much more

Your most effective volunteers are already in your church! Let this resource show you how to find—and keep—them.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781540900418
Publisher:	Baker Publishing Group
Publication date:	09/01/2020
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	914,838
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Jason Young is former director of guest experience at Buckhead Church and North Point Ministries. He now coaches churches and companies around the country, helping them with personal leadership, building healthy teams, and creating remarkable guest experiences. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

Jonathan Malm runs SundaySocial.tv and ChurchStageDesignIdeas.com, reaching more than 70,000 church leaders each month, and consults with churches regularly on guest services and creative expression. He lives in San Antonio, Texas.

Jason and Jonathan are the coauthors of The Come Back Effect.

Table of Contents

Foreword Jenni Catron 9

Acknowledgments 13

Introduction 15

Part 1 Find 21

1 Invite Volunteers to a Mission 25

2 Invite Personally 39

3 Create Low-Risk Entry Points 57

Part 2 Keep 75

4 Help Volunteers Belong 81

5 Create Clear, Meaningful Wins 99

6 Create a Culture That Evokes Pride 117

7 Pass the Fire 131

8 Produce Their Highlight Reel 147

Part 3 Motivate 161

9 Have a Plan 165

10 Protect Volunteers from Obstacles 183

11 Remember They're God's Volunteers 205

Appendixes: Sample Training Materials 219

A Guest Services Training Checklists 221

B Connections Team Process 227

C Worship Team Vision Sheet 235

Notes 239