Comments for VolunteerCentered http://www.volunteercentered.com Volunteer leadership, management, and recruiting for church ministries and non-profits Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:44:25 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on FREE eBook: Recruiting Volunteers by 7 Steps to Better Volunteer Recruiting | VolunteerCentered http://www.volunteercentered.com/ebooks/recruiting-volunteers/comment-page-1/#comment-4999 7 Steps to Better Volunteer Recruiting | VolunteerCentered Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:44:25 +0000 http://www.volunteercentered.com/ebooks/recruiting-volunteers/#comment-4999 [...] these steps? Consider downloading our FREE eBook on Recruiting Volunteers, with more details on the 7 steps outlined above, a 5-step process for improving your volunteer [...] [...] these steps? Consider downloading our FREE eBook on Recruiting Volunteers, with more details on the 7 steps outlined above, a 5-step process for improving your volunteer [...]

]]> Comment on Quarterly Meetings Are Important by Andrew Fuqua http://www.volunteercentered.com/2010/02/02/quarterly-meetings-are-important/comment-page-1/#comment-4990 Andrew Fuqua Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:24:13 +0000 http://www.volunteercentered.com/?p=657#comment-4990 Thanks. And I had forgotten about fellowship! Thanks. And I had forgotten about fellowship!

]]> Comment on Too Many Meetings by James Higginbotham http://www.volunteercentered.com/2010/02/01/too-many-meetings/comment-page-1/#comment-4989 James Higginbotham Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:06:02 +0000 http://www.volunteercentered.com/?p=634#comment-4989 Andrew, Agreed - it can be a tough balance. Too many meetings and your volunteers will bail because you demand too much time. Too few and they will bail because they think to don't care. I'll post a follow-up to this topic tomorrow with tips on how to manage quarterly meetings. Andrew,

Agreed – it can be a tough balance. Too many meetings and your volunteers will bail because you demand too much time. Too few and they will bail because they think to don’t care.

I’ll post a follow-up to this topic tomorrow with tips on how to manage quarterly meetings.

]]> Comment on Too Many Meetings by Andrew Fuqua http://www.volunteercentered.com/2010/02/01/too-many-meetings/comment-page-1/#comment-4988 Andrew Fuqua Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:35:02 +0000 http://www.volunteercentered.com/?p=634#comment-4988 My problem is that I hold too few meetings, almost none at all. I know I should have at least quarterly meetings with my volunteers, but some years I have none at all. In part this comes from my feeling of being stretched too thin, as we touched on a couple weeks ago at http://www.volunteercentered.com/2010/01/20/the-economy-and-the-church-too-few-leaders/. I have too much concern over my volunteers' time. And I'm otherwise lacking either the desire or dedication to prepare for and call the meeting. I'd appreciate any additional encouragement and advice that you have in that regard in future posts. My problem is that I hold too few meetings, almost none at all. I know I should have at least quarterly meetings with my volunteers, but some years I have none at all. In part this comes from my feeling of being stretched too thin, as we touched on a couple weeks ago at http://www.volunteercentered.com/2010/01/20/the-economy-and-the-church-too-few-leaders/. I have too much concern over my volunteers’ time. And I’m otherwise lacking either the desire or dedication to prepare for and call the meeting. I’d appreciate any additional encouragement and advice that you have in that regard in future posts.

]]> Comment on The Economy and the Church: Too Few Leaders by James Higginbotham http://www.volunteercentered.com/2010/01/20/the-economy-and-the-church-too-few-leaders/comment-page-1/#comment-4979 James Higginbotham Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:00:16 +0000 http://www.volunteercentered.com/?p=611#comment-4979 Andrew, That's great to hear that you are on your way! The more you disciple and develop new leaders, the more people that will be available to do things you do today. The approach is based on 2 Tim 2:2, where 1) you do, 2) you do, they watch, 3) you watch, they do, 4) they do, 5) they do, someone else watches. Stick with it! God will guide you daily, give you the energy and direction, and do some mighty things! Andrew,

That’s great to hear that you are on your way! The more you disciple and develop new leaders, the more people that will be available to do things you do today. The approach is based on 2 Tim 2:2, where 1) you do, 2) you do, they watch, 3) you watch, they do, 4) they do, 5) they do, someone else watches.

Stick with it! God will guide you daily, give you the energy and direction, and do some mighty things!

]]> Comment on The Economy and the Church: Too Few Leaders by Andrew Fuqua http://www.volunteercentered.com/2010/01/20/the-economy-and-the-church-too-few-leaders/comment-page-1/#comment-4978 Andrew Fuqua Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:41:16 +0000 http://www.volunteercentered.com/?p=611#comment-4978 James, I like the thought that developing additional volunteers can relieve burdens for areas of ministry that the core have. I can see that. I want this and that taken care of so I do it myself since I don't see anyone else that will handle it with my passion or reliability. So I carry that burden. You asked if I am developing more volunteers to help out. I guess I'd answer with a very qualified 'yes'. I don't think I'm very intentional about it. thanks James,

I like the thought that developing additional volunteers can relieve burdens for areas of ministry that the core have. I can see that. I want this and that taken care of so I do it myself since I don’t see anyone else that will handle it with my passion or reliability. So I carry that burden.

You asked if I am developing more volunteers to help out. I guess I’d answer with a very qualified ‘yes’. I don’t think I’m very intentional about it.

thanks

]]> Comment on The Economy and the Church: Too Few Leaders by The Economy and the Church: Too Few Disciples | VolunteerCentered http://www.volunteercentered.com/2010/01/20/the-economy-and-the-church-too-few-leaders/comment-page-1/#comment-4977 The Economy and the Church: Too Few Disciples | VolunteerCentered Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:10:09 +0000 http://www.volunteercentered.com/?p=611#comment-4977 [...] Yesterday, we talked about churches having too few leaders. Now, let’s dig into the details of how a church can recover when they have too few leaders. [...] [...] Yesterday, we talked about churches having too few leaders. Now, let’s dig into the details of how a church can recover when they have too few leaders. [...]

]]> Comment on The Economy and the Church: Too Few Leaders by James Higginbotham http://www.volunteercentered.com/2010/01/20/the-economy-and-the-church-too-few-leaders/comment-page-1/#comment-4976 James Higginbotham Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:42:30 +0000 http://www.volunteercentered.com/?p=611#comment-4976 Andrew, Good post, thanks for sharing the link. Out of curiosity, are you developing a deeper set of volunteers in the church to offset the core leaders that are stretched too thin? What I've seen is that if we develop new volunteers, over time the needs that many of our core feel burdened for go away or shift, rather than pile on. James P.S. Look for my post tomorrow on how to develop these new volunteers into future leaders! Andrew,

Good post, thanks for sharing the link. Out of curiosity, are you developing a deeper set of volunteers in the church to offset the core leaders that are stretched too thin?

What I’ve seen is that if we develop new volunteers, over time the needs that many of our core feel burdened for go away or shift, rather than pile on.

James

P.S. Look for my post tomorrow on how to develop these new volunteers into future leaders!

]]> Comment on The Economy and the Church: Too Few Leaders by Andrew Fuqua http://www.volunteercentered.com/2010/01/20/the-economy-and-the-church-too-few-leaders/comment-page-1/#comment-4975 Andrew Fuqua Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:26:46 +0000 http://www.volunteercentered.com/?p=611#comment-4975 Yes, I know I've got to invest in my leaders. Nurture. Encourage. Guide. But I do so little of that. I believe the reason is I and all my leaders are stretched too thin. I blogged on this yesterday and recommended a solution at http://www.andrewfuqua.com/2010/01/no-more-weak-commitments.html Yes, I know I’ve got to invest in my leaders. Nurture. Encourage. Guide. But I do so little of that. I believe the reason is I and all my leaders are stretched too thin. I blogged on this yesterday and recommended a solution at http://www.andrewfuqua.com/2010/01/no-more-weak-commitments.html

]]> Comment on The Economy and the Church: Too Much Staff by Jamie Somma http://www.volunteercentered.com/2010/01/19/the-economy-and-the-church-too-much-staff/comment-page-1/#comment-4974 Jamie Somma Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:12:28 +0000 http://www.volunteercentered.com/?p=606#comment-4974 For each individual situation, it's up to God and the leaders that He has appointed to work through these staffing decisions. God is gracious and can work good despite our mistakes too, leaders need not make perfect decisions all the time for God to use the Body. But the points in this article urging patience and seeking God's Will and provision for needs are spot on. Without this, we will miss out in opprtunities to be a part of what God wants to do in our lives. For each individual situation, it’s up to God and the leaders that He has appointed to work through these staffing decisions. God is gracious and can work good despite our mistakes too, leaders need not make perfect decisions all the time for God to use the Body. But the points in this article urging patience and seeking God’s Will and provision for needs are spot on. Without this, we will miss out in opprtunities to be a part of what God wants to do in our lives.

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