Kids ministry volunteer training

Next to “recruiting” volunteers, training is perhaps one of the most challenging elements of leading in Children’s Ministry. But our real job is to equip God’s people to do the work of ministry (Ephesians 4:12; see this post for more). #kidmin

Use your volunteer job descriptions to cast vision, set expectations, and build a lasting team.

Every children’s pastor knows that our programs are only as good as our teams. Without them, we would be unable to pull off the kinds of ministry God has called us to within our churches. Volunteers are an essential part of every team. Our volunteers come to us from many backgrounds, so it’s important that we don’t ove

Every year we have a volunteer training event in September. We review the safety stuff as well as the vision and values. It’s a chance for new volunteers to learn...

Getting volunteers to attend volunteer training can be a challenge, but you can overcome. Your volunteers will love training when you follow these tips!

Training Volunteers is something that needs to be done when they sign up to volunteer, and on a regular basis. This weekend we had our annual Kids Ministry Volunteer Training...

People are busier than ever. I used to train my volunteers at monthly meetings on Sunday night, but it’s hard to get people to show up for extra meetings. I had to figure out how to train my volunteers in small doses. Now, I do all of my training in three bite-size nuggets. 1. The [...]

Children's ministry training is a hot topic. How (and how often) do you train your kidmin volunteers?

31 Volunteer Job Descriptions for Family Ministry (FREE) - nickblevins.com

kids ministry recruiting strategies, ideas to build a kids ministry team, team building for children's ministry

People are busy! It is hard enough to get people to volunteer, so how can we ask them to serve every week? Weekends are busy with family commitments, or time...

Use the notes below to communicate how much you value and treasure the time and resources your Children’s Ministry volunteers are investing each weekend

Kids Kount Publishing has created some great kids ministry training videos to help train Kids Ministry Staff & Volunteers. Each video is 2 minutes or less, and is available online...

When people sign up to volunteer in Kids Ministry, we have a lot of stuff and info that we give them to get started. To help simplify the process,...

"The biggest way to add value to a Children’s Ministry training...is to give practical and useful tools to the team that they can use this week in their ministries."

Volunteers are important. Without their faithful help, your ministry couldn’t happen. Here are oodles of quick ideas that will help you celebrate and say thanks to your volunteers.

You have just grabbed the baton from the previous children’s ministry leader and you’re ready to run! Learn how to run without tumbling!

9 Principles for Enlisting and Recruiting Great Volunteers - Kids Ministry - Dedicated to helping Kids Ministry leaders in their mission of making disciples