Volunteers Zone

Teaching kids to talk to God and hear from him is one of the most transformative parts of the small group experience, so be intentional about making it a priority in your time together.

It's the same old BIble story, but it can also be a fresh one, when told through the eyes of someone new. 

If you're only focused on ministry and not people, then you're missing one of your greatest callings.

Here are a few of the benefits of holding a volunteer meeting every week.

Proverbs 22:6 is an important Scripture, but does it provide a guarantee for parents that training kids "in the way they should go" will result in children not departing from their faith? 

Do you have a case of the "yesses"? Do you have a hard time saying no? Not everything you are asked to do are you meant to do...

In children's ministry, it is easy to become intimidated by those who have years of experience in parenting, children's ministry leadership, and even advanced education.

Which step will lead to your leadership success?

Every teacher or Children’s Ministry leader needs a few “quick quiet” tricks to help tame an unruly class. Here are a few methods that you should keep readily at hand.

After years and years of ministry, I have discovered that there is no greater tool for recruiting volunteers for children's ministry.

You need to treat the 'pastor's kids' the same as every other sinner.

How to cope when you lose a key volunteer in your ministry.

12 short but meaningful tips on how to be a thoughtful teacher of children.

Give yourself a break and use these tips for active participation during large group time. 

Is it worth the stress to run a VBS each year?

Are your kids meat-eaters and bone-spitters? We need to train them in clarity and charity. 

Don't have time for volunteer training? Think again. Use these tips to fit it into any schedule...and get a great turn out too!

Here are some ways that you can train your volunteers to help them minister to children of divorce or children from single-parent homes.

A poem to send to your volunteers to show your appreciation this Christmas.

While this article is written for parents, it can be easily applied to the kids in your care on Sundays or during the week. The better we understand a child's temperament, the better we can understand and love the child. 

Preparing your "benifit package" for your volunteers

Valentine's activity for children to show appreciation for kid-min workers

How to keep volunteers engaged in your ministry

Make recruiting fun while you purposefully involve your volunteers in the process.

What areas are you working on and seeking to move your volunteers forward in?

Children are open to hearing the Gospel. Are you speaking it?

God reached down and touched our hearts thru Jesus. He wants us to do the same for the hurting families and children in our midst.

Are you making it too 'easy' for volunteers? Maybe it's time to challenge them. 

Do we place our hope in God, or in man?

Who is Responsible to Disciple my Kids - the church or me?

When you ask a group of adults to volunteer, the crickets start chirping and everyone in the audience tries especially hard not to make eye contact with the person asking the question. But children have an inate desire to serve. Let that eagerness inspire you. 

Read the causes of unruly kids during and after divorce. 

Do you feel tired and frustrated by the lack of support and excitement for your ministry? Here are strategic questions to ask to help you examine why.

Do we really need to have Sunday School classes?  

A simple yet fun way for kids to be reminded to praise God in every circumstance. 

Huge list of phrases you can tell your kids or volunteers to encourage them and affirm them

Use these worship station ideas to allow kids to express themselves in ways that they are most comfortable. 

Just a punny pizza-themed note for saying thanks.

A great source for volunteers on Sunday mornings.

Seeing how important volunteers are in ministry, but having limited resources, we came apon this idea that many went "head over heels"about.

Christmas time is a great time to express appreciation to the people you work with through the year

Incentive to reward people for showing up on time to serve.

Simple and inexpensive way to let your volunteers know you appreciate them.

This is the application I use with all my volunteers in my Children's ministry.

Create a room for your kids ministry volunteers to get a few refreshments before or after their scheduled time to serve. This not only gives them a place to get to know other volunteers in the kids ministry, gives them natural things like food and drinks, but it shows them that you're thinking about them. I guarantee it'll be the talk of the church.

Just a way to show our volunteers that we love them!

This is a bonus download for Kidology's Ultimate Toolbox for Children's Ministry. 

How can God’s Word truly plant itself in a kid’s heart if they don’t know how to read it for themselves?

A way to serve your volunteers...

I believe there are a number of ways in which children's ministry volunteers need support from their leaders. In this article I briefly explore five key things that seem relevant in just about any ministry context. Use these ideas to spark creativity in your own leadership.