In the first part of this two-part episode, David Leuschner of Digital Great Commissions Ministries talks to Matt Larson and Ryan Shelton of DiGiCo about how to help your tech team volunteers succeed, leading to the success of your worship service. Takeaways include:...
Keeping church buildings and campuses neat, orderly and maintained is one way to show excellence in the church. Planning, scheduling and coordinating routine tasks simplifies the process and gets others involved in helping to maintain the church campus.
In the realm of church safety and security, a new legislative proposal, dubbed H.R. 6981 the "Preventing Private Paramilitary Activity Act of 2024" has stirred both concern and confusion. This bill has sparked a flurry of headlines, YouTube analyses, and social media...
It’s not enough to just get volunteers; you have to nurture them to help them feel safe and connected
Welcome back everyone, this month’s email question comes from Mark C. in Arizona, who asks, ” I recently became the leader of my tech team and I want to know how to make everyone more involved and more proactive”. Well Mark is not alone, this is a question I...
Influencing a group of people to work together, in harmony is what leadership is all about.
Growth is slow and quiet. It happens in tiny, often imperceptible ways. Sudden moments of success often come with years of faithful work out in the field. Even the harvest of a single season begins with planting and patiently cultivating for growth. As you invest in...
Members of church production teams are uniquely interesting individuals. While they all have a calling to use their audio, video, lighting, and musical expertise to serve God at one or more local churches, many are also working professionally at local theater and...
Tommy Lozure, Music Production Department Chair at Visible Music College, discusses how to train volunteers so that they feel comfortable behind a console or running audio from a tablet during worship services and other events. An essential component to effective...
It can be challenging to manage the morale of church volunteers. There are many reasons why volunteers may experience low morale; from burnout, to stress, to interpersonal conflicts. However, a church's success often relies on volunteer engagement, and it's impossible...
Whether your church has paid staff or your volunteers make everything happen, clarity is essential for everyone on your team. When everyone has a clear understanding of their jobs and responsibilities, ministry runs smoother. Let this be true for church...
With the holiday season fast approaching it’s that time of the year when we fill our ministries with volunteers to support our kids programs. At this busy time, there can be a tendency to relax the volunteer onboarding processes or in some cases remove it, but this is...
I passionately believe that volunteers are and should always be a key part of any church/ministry media team. Because of that, how we work with them is a critical part of our leadership. In this post I want to look at how we address a situation where the volunteer...
If you’ve ever worked with AVL technology, you understand there’s always a need to stay current on how to use the equipment.
In a previous article, we discussed how to create a welcoming environment for regular attendees with special needs to get involved in ministry opportunities at your church. Now, let’s discuss how you can create a welcoming environment for first-time guests with...
By Graeme Spencer We all know churches and ministries need volunteers to survive—and that is particularly true for media departments. But we also know that working with volunteers can be a challenge—particularly when things are busy. It's tempting to try to not use...
This week's sad news revealing sexual misconduct and other serious lapses of behavior among members of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) has been said to be reflective of the SBC's lack of unifying leadership. Unlike Catholics and Episcopalians, whose priests...
It may be easier than you think to help get your volunteers with disabilities involved in your church’s ministries.
3 things to remember about being a church staff member and the volunteers that still serve alongside you
If you’ve never experienced what it’s like to be a church volunteer leader, it may be challenging to know how to care for them. Hear what some of them want you to know.
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