
Feeling ill-equipped and afraid is common! But we can take steps toward being a better leader even today.

If you have an event on Friday night … Sunday is still coming. You may constantly feel the looming pressure of finding volunteers. Grow yourself as a leader so you can better meet the demands of your ministry.

Volunteering can seem like just “one more thing” in the busy lives of our volunteers. How can we give our volunteers a sense of value in what they are doing?

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.

Don’t get trapped in a cycle of constant recruiting and training. Get tools for retaining volunteers.

Overcome day-to-day hardships or discouragements by remembering a bigger purpose.

Leading volunteers is hard, tiring work. Lead Volunteers can help you get immediate personal progress and get back to the work of ministry.

Lead and care for your volunteers well, so they don’t want to quit because of their leader.

According to our own math, we will never have enough workers to harvest those fields. However, “God’s math” is not our math and He is faithful.

Learn new things and challenge yourself constantly, not just one time a year.

Bring order and organization to your job so you have margin to love people, share Christ, and bandage the wounded.

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

Reach out to volunteers to bless, encourage, and pray for them. Be known for pouring into them.

Develop relationships with your volunteers, but also between your volunteers.

Leading by yourself is a very lonely place. But God provides many different ways for encouragement and growth.

Serving in the church provides volunteers the opportunity for community, deeper relationships, and growing in their faith.

Do the hard work of creating a healthy ministry culture for future success in volunteer recruitment.

Learn how you can lead, develop a healthy team, and make better decisions by doing it in community.

Win big for tomorrow by writing out goals and an agenda for the next day, before ending the day today.

Your volunteers should feel seen, have measurable goals, and know their work matters in the kingdom of God.

A mentor once taught me that it was not my job to do the work of the ministry.