Summary: This professional development resource is like a train setting on a super smooth track, waiting to take you toward a better tomorrow.

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This Lead Volunteers Course is really nothing more than a path for YOUR leadership growth. This set of professional development resources is like a train setting on a super smooth track, waiting to take you toward a better tomorrow. Here is the thing, though. If the conductor of the train (that’s you) does not personally scoop coal into the engine and get that fire going, that train ain’t going anywhere.

Let me put it this way: I diligently created this content. I was up at 5am so many mornings and pushed hard to create this massive resource. I cut through the dense forest. I blew holes in mountain sides and made tunnels. I laid the tracks. I even placed the train ONTO THE tracks for you. I did this stuff for you. But it takes us both. I built it for YOU to be able to go to go places as a leader. You just need to jump onto that train and start shoveling coal into the engine.

Yes, it takes work. Yes, it will take focus. I do my part and now I want you to do your part. Join the Lead Volunteers Learning Community and make moves together on this ride. I can personally promise you that if you join LeadVolunteers.com and carve out just 45-minutes a week for 6-months, you WILL see major growth as a leader. I want you to go back to the LeadVolunteers.com site again. I want you to poke around again. I want you to explore this thing one more time and figure out a way to make it happen. I want you to grow. You want to grow. Jump back on the site today and let’s explore this together again.

Summary: Beyond leadership resources to help you recruit, train and retain volunteers, we’ve provided a training module to help you see how to multiply your ministry efforts like faithful leaders in the Bible.

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The Lead Volunteers tagline is “Recruit. Train. Retain.” We built this resource to equip you to Recruit, Train and Retain Volunteers. It is that simple. That is our goal. But that’s not all.

In addition to our core teachings around Recruit, Train and Retain, we are including a FREE bonus module as well. Our bonus, “Multiply” acts as a powerful capstone course, synthesizing all your learning into the highest order ministry plan, as laid out by Jesus Himself. The “Multiply” material is akin to placing rocket fuel into your leadership tank. This bonus will take your ministry to a level you never thought possible.

I have to say, the Multiply Module is one of my favorites. Honestly, my hope through the multiply material is to help you SEE how Old and New Testament saints have been multiplying ministry for thousands of years. You are a part of a grand procession of leaders who had one goal: That the World May Know. You are not alone. And as the classic passage in Hebrews says, “You are surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses.” Be encouraged.

So here is the thing: I want you to have the ENTIRE program and get better. I want you to have the Multiply Module as well as the rest…Join today. Join the Lead Volunteer Community and multiply YOUR leadership today.

Summary: Volunteers who have a great experience will want more of the Lord and will know that they can get more of him through serving him.

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I want to have you leverage the Lead Volunteers Resource to its fullest capacity. I want you to SQUEEZE every last drop of value so you will grow strong in the Lord’s hand. I want your volunteers to be SO GRATEFUL that you are THEIR leader. I want them to be RUINED for normal after they have served with YOU. I want you to reset what they think is normal for how someone cares for a volunteer.

Here is the thing. A comparable resource to Lead Volunteers simply does not exist. There is nothing as thorough and comprehensive that you could find. And…we built this for you. I want you to get the most out of this resource. That is why I am reaching back out to you again and again. It matters to me that you get better. Here is the thing. There is a lot on the line. When people have a crappy experience serving as a volunteer, they get stunted. It hurts them! They now are not so sure about ever signing up to volunteer again. That ain’t right. What I want is for volunteers to have such a glorious experience that they just want more of the Lord and they KNOW they can get more of Him through serving HIM.

OK. It is time to SQUEEZE more out of life. Join today the Lead Volunteers Learning Community and make another advancement in your leadership.

Summary: Job descriptions don’t often get done because of other pressing ministry needs. Lead Volunteers provides dozens of written job descriptions so you can help your volunteers know what is expected of them.

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I worked at a church for over 10 years. The church had been in existence for over 25 years. However, one important thing had never been accomplished. Job Descriptions.

Some groups had a random volunteer job description here and there but NOTHING uniform and nothing that touched every area. Listen, it is harder than it looks. Legit job descriptions take thought and intentionality. Here is one reason why this important task never got completed: EVERYTHING ELSE HAD TO BE DONE. So often the urgent overtakes the important.

If you were a member of the Lead Volunteers community, you would have access to dozens and dozens of ministry job descriptions for every area in the church. Children’s ministry job descriptions – done for you. Women’s ministry job descriptions – done for you. Junior High and High School ministry job descriptions – done for you. We have provided you with Usher, Greeter, Parking Lot Attendant Job Descriptions and more.

Beyond this, since this is a 100% digital resource, this listing will continue to grow. I will be emailing members when we add more. How cool that you could receive special notifications when we produce more value and content for you as a member. These job descriptions are ready to use or modify immediately. Why start from scratch when you can allow us to jump-start the creation of actionable job descriptions NOW?

Since this has been built for you, let’s get busy making your VOLUNTEERS understand what you expect of them. Join the Lead Volunteers Learning Community today. Let’s keep rolling with this resource. Let’s get this thing into your hands.

Summary: We do the work to make an easy and clear path for you to write thank yous to your volunteers.

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Thanking volunteers in personalized ways is critical. Do you know that those who are members of the Lead Volunteers community have over 50 ready-to-use postcards? You know you need to do it, WE KNOW you need to do it! Therefore, we have taken care of everything except recording YOUR handwritten and personalized appreciation to YOUR volunteers.

Listen, it has to be easy or no one will use it. Again, this is our commitment to: A Done-For-You Resource. Here is a special hint that I used for years: I would pre-print address labels for my main volunteer leaders. I had like 8 identical labels for one of my leaders. This way, I could grab one of the PRE-PRINTED postcards and grab a PRE-PRINTED address label in seconds. I did the work that often STOPPED ME from doing anything and made a clear path.

I have done all this work for YOU. This little plan allows you to whip out a quick handwritten note with as little amount of hassle as possible. DO IT. MAKE IT HAPPEN. Let’s do this thing! Join me inside the Lead Volunteers Learning Community and get THIS amazing recourse and SO MANY OTHERS. Join today.

Summary: Stop trying to organize evening meetings. Instead, access the done-for-you training videos that you can quickly copy and paste into an email to your volunteers.

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Ministry reality check! No one comes to evening meetings. This is why we have provided you with a wealth of completed “Training Without the Meeting” videos you can send to your volunteer leaders’ inboxes, starting immediately. These video trainings allow you to quickly copy and paste into an email. The hardest part is clicking send.

Each “Training Without the Meeting” video comes with a prewritten synopsis and 4 engaging questions for volunteer reflection. Truly, this is a Done-For-You resource. Maybe you have used some of these videos that I created in the past. However, maybe you have forgotten that these resources exist. Maybe it is time to find another one and send it out!

Some of you, though, may not have tapped into this resource quite yet. I want to say this in a kind and yet bold way: You are missing out. This stuff has already been built. You just need to send it out. Let’s do this! Jump into the Lead Volunteers Learning Community and let’s maximize this resource and get it into your hands.

Summary: Lead Volunteers will take work and effort in addition to your regular ministry workload. But your extra hard work now will make your future load easier.

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We have intentionally designed the coursework for Lead Volunteers. Success follows an educationally sound and proven path: READ, REFLECT, WATCH and RESPOND. It is that simple. Each micro learning in this course follows the same doable format. You READ a short section and then REFLECT on what you have read. Then you WATCH a short 3-5 minute video. Finally, you will be asked to make a Lead Volunteer Decision and RESPOND.

There is no need to be overwhelmed. With each section, you will be deeply rewarded as you move through each educationally rich learning cycle. However, I want to call you to action. I want to push you to rise up as a leader. It will take work. It will take effort. This work and effort must be completed IN ADDITION to your regular workload.

Here is the BIGGEST HINT I can give you: Your extra hard work now will make your future load EASIER. Doing your best NOW, puts you in the BEST PLACE for tomorrow. So what do you say? Are you ready to jump in and become a member of the Lead Volunteers Learning Community? Join now. Let’s roll.

Summary: Get organized to better manage the volume of details associated with ministry.

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The average ministry leader stays in their position around 18 months. I hope this shocks all of us. At the 18-month mark, someone is just getting started with relationship building. At that 18-month mark, the deposits of trust start to pay.  At 18-months, these leaders are finally in a position to possibly begin enjoying their job. The first 18-months of any job is just chaos. You can’t predict what’s around the corner because every corner is a brand new corner.

Why does the first 18 months tend to defeat so many leaders? What I really think prematurely kills many ministry careers is a lack of organization. A lack of organization short circuits ministry longevity. When a ministry leader is not organized, they are unable to manage the sheer volume of tasks and demands that are bombarding their inbox and their life. There is truly not enough margin for anyone to effectively carry out the duties assigned in a ministry role.

We all have super powers. Everyone of us has an individual edge on life that the next person might not have. Honestly, one of my superpowers is order and organization. When you get Lead Volunteers, you are really getting a tool to make the disorganized, organized.  I built Lead Volunteers to bring chaos into a repeatable system.

I think most ministry leaders burn out because they can’t manage the volume of details that are associated with their job. Don’t experience premature burnout. Get organized. Stop the revolving door of volunteers. Prevent your own personal ministry burn out.

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Summary: We were volunteers before leading volunteers. And we’ve likely been hurt through lack of support or personal care from our leader. Learn how to lead volunteers better.

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Do you want to know one of my greatest fears? I fear not taking care of a volunteer well and they get hurt. Listen. I was a volunteer for a very long time.  I GOT HURT sometimes and it was almost always from a lack of support or personal care from the staff leader I was serving under.

Then I became THE STAFF LEADER and transitioned AWAY from being a volunteer.  While it helps to have been a volunteer, that ground level knowledge can wear off.  I can forget pretty quickly.

You know if volunteers have a bad experience and quit, they will likely tell their friends. Then we feel doubly doomed. Word tends to spread and it tends to spread pretty fast.

I wished I could tell you that there was a simple solution. However, if Jesus Himself said, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few,” you can pretty much take that one to the bank.

Volunteer leadership is hard. But it does not need to be impossible.

I am sending you these little video inspirations so you will not quit investing in yourself.  I want you to consider again whether the Lead Volunteers course might be a good fit for you.

I want you to consider joining the Lead Volunteer Learning Community SO YOU CAN BETTER invest in your volunteers.

Leading volunteers will always be hard work.  But it does NOT need to be as hard as you are likely experiencing. I have a proven plan to make the hard work of leading volunteers easier.  That is it. Plain and simple. Leading volunteers is hard. I have a plan to make it easier. I simply think you could benefit.

Let’s get better together. I want you to join me in this process.  I want you to come with me on a journey of learning how to Lead Volunteers – better.

Let’s GO.  Let’s do this. Let’s do this thing together.  Join LeadVolunteers.com today.

Summary: A mentor once taught me that it was not my job to do the work of the ministry. It is my job to build others to do the work of the ministry.

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I had a mentor early in ministry. There were two questions my mentor said to me over and over. Every single meeting it was the same thing. He would ask me the same two questions: What are you doing right now? and Who are you training to do that thing? Every single meeting he would incessantly ask me these two questions. Before too long, I determined that I should just do what he was telling me to do. I mean, after all, this is what pastors do, right? They train others.

Well, I did start to train and teach others to do the very things I had been doing. Years past and I actually thought that the concept of training was standard issue in every pastor or ministry leader. I thought this is what pastors did.

I was shocked to learn that most ministry leaders were doing ministry all by themselves. This likely means that if you are watching this video you are doing ministry yourself. You see, my mentor told me over and over and over that it was not my job to do the work of the ministry. It is my job to build others to do the work of the ministry.

Stop doing all the work yourself and learn to do your real job. You see, the scriptures say that your job is to build up the body to do the work of the ministry. Your job is not to do the work of the ministry.

LEADVOLUNTEERS.com is a proven path for you to duplicate yourself in ministry. Stop trying to do it yourself.

Join LEADVOLUNTEERS today.