Children's Ministry Volunteers That Stick

By: Jim Wideman

Group Publishing / 2004 / Paperback

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Product Description

Create volunteers that stick for one, two, five, ten years. In this book you will learn how to create a volunteer-friendly culture: fun, fair, forgiving and faithful and give your volunteers a career not just a job. Discover the four things that you must passionately believe before your volunteers will become leaders in your ministry, learn to write job descriptions and volunteer handbooks, and find insights on interviewing and placement that ensure your volunteers are in the right job. This book also features reproducible forms that can be easily implemented into your ministry. A great resource for recruiting and keeping a phenomenal volunteer staff.

Jim Wideman is the chilren's pastor and director of Christian education at Church On the Move in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He leads Kids On the Move, which hosts more then 75 classes for kids per week and is fueled by a team of more than 900 volunteers.

Product Information

Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 144
Vendor: Group Publishing
Publication Date: 2004

Dimensions: 9 X 6 X 0.38 (inches)
ISBN: 0764426737
ISBN-13: 9780764426735
Availability: In Stock

Publisher's Description

It's tough to recruit volunteers--so hang on to those you've got! You'll keep volunteers longer and keep them happier by giving them more than just a volunteer job. Instead, give them a volunteer career. Help them become leaders as well as volunteers! Here's everything you need to know to get your volunteers in the right job, then help them to grow in their skills and enthusiasm. Noted children's pastor Jim Wideman, from Church on the Move in Tulsa, Oklahoma, offers practical strategies for any size church. Learn the secrets of retention, and ideas that really work...instill proven leadership skills...and grow your church volunteers to be happy, inspired, and in it for the long haul.

Author Bio

Jim Wideman is the children's pastor and director of Christian education at Church on the Move in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Wideman's children's ministry program, Kids on the Move, serves kids with more than 75 classes each week and more than 900 volunteers.