Building Your Volunteer Team: A 30-Day Change Project for Youth Ministry
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| Rating | : | 4.84 (576 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0830841210 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 155 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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But faithful ministry is not a do-it-yourself project. You have so little to risk and everything to gain. Its more than just recruitingit involves changing the culture of your ministry so that volunteers want to become involved.That's why they have developed this 30-day change approach. In these pages you will find the step-by-step support you need to actually make one of the most important changes you want to see in your ministry. Youth leaders Mark DeVries and Nate Stratman have heard dozens of reasons why leaders choose not to build a solid volunteer team. We avoid having to follow up with people who drop the ball. DeVries and Stratman are so commited to the ideas that they offer the following guarantee: If you work this 30-day process for one to two hours a day, six days a week, for 30 days, and it does not create significant change in your ministry, Ministry Architects will gladly refund the cost of this book and offer a credit of $20 toward any downloadable resource in their online store at ymarchitects. Do you find yourself again and again wondering what
"Five Stars" according to amie. Great book, very insightful. Lots of tips for building a volunteer teem.. An essential book for every minister's tool kit Clint Walker I was a youth pastor in some form for 13 years. For the last 7 years I have been a solo pastor of churches in Colorado and South Dakota. The last three school years I have been assisting with our youth ministry program while serving as the pastor. If I were to jump back into youth ministry again, I would grab a hold of this book and run with it, implementing the 30 day plan at some point very early in my ministry at my new church.This book is written by the fine folks at Ministry Architects, a wonderful, thoughtful, research based operation that offers the best in consu. Calling Partners For Youth Ministry & Beyond James Matichuk I have been apart of an effective youth ministry team. I was not the pastoral leader but a team member, so I wasn't responsible for creating and building the team, but it was great. We met together, did retreats together and did team building exercises.We called ourselves the 'Youth Support Team' (insert your favorite jock strap/bra joke here, we made them all). As the Youth Support Team (YST) we planned our weekly youth worship service, we mentored, we prayed with and for kids and planned special events. On a whole, we did effective and fruitful ministry together. I ha
Andrews-Covenant Presbyterian in Wilmington, NC and now serving as Director of Family Ministries at First Presbyterian Church in Colorado Springs, CO. Mark DeVries (MDiv, Princeton Theological Seminary) is the founder of Ministry Architects, a consulting team that assists churches in building sustainable youth ministries. In addition, his articles and review
I realized then how important adult leaders are to the success of ministry, but had no idea how to build a quality team. This is a book worth adding to your collection." (Bobbie Bomar-Brown, Baptist Standard, March 16, 2015) . This is (a) must read." (Micah, Brave Daily, October 24, 2015)"Building Your Volunteer Team can be used by any organization that desires to strengthen its volunteer database. It's a do-it-together project.' How true. Because of how practical this book is, I wish I had had it my rookie year in youth ministry. If you lead a team of volunteers or wish you had a stronger team. It's a super helpful tool. Mark DeVries, founder of Ministry Architects, and Nate Stratman, staff consultant for Ministry Architects, have developed an effective plan to help youth directors outline their goals and find the needed volunteers and project leaders, as well as establish a clear timetable