BUILDING A VOLUNTEER BASE

Key Question:Is serving necessary for personal, spiritual

growth?

SIMPLIFY YOUR PROCESS

2 Most Important Things:

Love GodLove Others

Serve & Join A Small Group

Never Beg!

Serving is an opportunity to grow

in your faith

Define Areas where anyone can

serve.

Create a culture that allows trial

service

Focus On Key Areas

•First Impressions

•Children’s

•Setup & Teardown

•Media

Some Keys To Promoting Volunteers

•Use a Connection Card as a Tool For People to Easily Pick and Sign Up For A Serve Team

•Make It An Easy “Yes” For Them: -Eventually serve once a month? -Until then, serve for five weeks while we build a team?

•Showcase Other Volunteers in Video Announcements Showing an Enthusiasm For Their Serve Team

•Stop In Your Message and Make Them Pull Out Their Card and Pick A Team to Join

Vision Cast It From The Stage

Now That You Have The Signups...

•Know That There Is a Percent That Still Will Choose Not to Serve Even Though They Signed Up

•Have Your Team Leader Strike While The Iron Is Hot

•They Should Be Contacting The New Volunteer Within 2 Days of Receiving Their Information. Let others sell the vision.

Hold Team Leaders Accountable

• Have a Tracking System To Follow Up On

• Create a Fake Volunteer And See How Your Leaders Follow Up

• Team Leaders Need To Be Sending Out A “Thank You Email” by Tuesday at The Latest

• Team Leaders Need To Be Vision Casting Weekly to Their Team, So Volunteers Know Why They Are There

• Team Leaders Need To Be Identifying People Really Rising Up and Pointing Them Out to You

Celebrate And Love On Your Volunteers

Host A “Volunteer Appreciation Dinner”. Go All Out And Love On Them!