Preventing and Dealing with Burnout
Anthony Coppedge has a great 3 part series on dealing with burnout in the “tech arts.” Anthony is a full time staff member responsible for media and communications and he captures some great lessons on , , and . Here is a great excerpt from the third installment that is much in line with recent postings here:
Recruit like you life depends on it!
A technical team may have one or two “super-techs”, but that only means you have more talent to train new volunteers. It does not mean that this person has to do it all and surround themselves with a “team” of volunteers who merely serve coffee and bow before the super tech at appropriate intervals. Jesus said it best: “…For he who is least among you all – he is the greatest.” (Luke 9:48b). Your top techs must be willing to step out of the way and let others get involved.
Great stuff in line with recent coverage here about managing your voluteers.
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Thanks for the kind words, but I’m not a full time staff member at a church. I’m a full-time consultant. My work at three churches over 7 years as a staff member was invaluable for my new job, but I now only volunteer at Fellowship Church in Grapevine, TX.
Again, thanks for the kind wods.
My apologies and thanks for the clarification.