Getting Your Act Together

Getting your act together is a big deal…

Especially when you’re talking about volunteers.

It is a MUCH better setup if you have a volunteer process for the whole church, rather than one for kids, one for worship team, one for ushers, etc… There will, of course, be unique elements to the process for various ministry areas. Kids workers will need background checks, where few info booth worker teams have that as a requirement. Your Worship Team will likely require some sort of audition – you’d be surprised how many people are WAY off when self-assessing their musical skills – whereas the parking team probably won’t have auditions as part of their onboarding. 

One of the best setups that I have seen is when the volunteer process begins with everyone together. A vision is cast for what it means and how important it is for the congregation to serve in the church – THEN individual ministry area leaders meet with the folks who are interested in their crew. Remember, ALL church ministries are part of the same team, not competitors.