October is Pastor Appreciation Month! It’s not too late to bless these hard-working people and their spouses. I rounded up a list of 10 fun ideas your family can do together to give back to the one who gives so much to you! (Scroll to the last idea – HILARIOUS.) Candy Gram Love this ‘sweet’ […]
Here's a fun and easy Raising of Lazarus game to play in your Sunday School class or with your kids at home, all you need is some toilet paper and some willing volunteers.
Here are the Top 5 Reasons Church Volunteers Quit. Learn Team Building & Leadership Skills that can help, especially for Small Churches.
Here are 27 thoughtful gifts for your pastor for pastor's appreciation month or Christmas! These ideas are from a pastor's wife and go beyond the ordinary!
The real reasons people don’t help, and what you can do about it.
My Sunday School kids loved this mana from heaven game we played. It's the biggest hit of all.
Our detailed guide to this beautiful city in Puglia includes the best things to do in Lecce Italy, where to eat, stay and more useful tips.
There are 12 things a church pastor cannot do. Pastors are amazing people and, in faith, they can do a lot...just not these things.
11 ideas for rural and small-town churches to keep a presence and impact your community through school, neighborhood, and farm life events.
Volunteers give of their time to help fulfill a mission. Church volunteer management helps to ensure basic expectations are met.
Maybe it's not the music or the preaching that that's the reason visitors don't return to your church.
The holidays are officially over. Sad, bauble-bereft trees are peeping out from bin-bags on doorsteps and the Christmas crooners have dwindled from supermarket playlists. Guess what? The start of the…
The Bible has a lot to say about recruiting volunteers. People always seem surprised to hear that. We’ve come to believe that “recruitment” was invented recently.
Volunteers give of their time to help fulfill a mission. Church volunteer management helps to ensure basic expectations are met.
A great way to start is to consider the season you are getting married and bring the outdoors inside. In Spring, use fabulous branches of cherry blossom and huge vases of daffodils and tulips to welcome your Guests. You can carry the theme by using pew ends of tied tulips.Winter wedding? Decorate the Church with branches of pine, ivy and lots of candles.Most Churches don’t need a huge amount of extra decoration, the building is the star of the show but keep to specific areas and you won’t go w
Does your organization have great upcoming events but lack the volunteers needed? Or do you have the volunteers but need the most efficient tools for keeping everyone up-to-date? There are thousands of tools organizations can use to gain and manage their volunteers. Here are 8 popular tools for organizing your volunteer needs. Google Docs is a universal tool that is ideal for connecting and sharing information. Users can share documents, spreadsheets, schedules, and presentations for free and have access to their information from any computer. VolunteerSpot is a free scheduling tool that allows you to coordinate volunteers. You can post calendars […]
History is best learned in person and through hands-on activity. Here are some great ideas and tips for helping your family to gain a thorough understanding and appreciation for US History and LDS church history.
One day I took a look at how we were training our volunteers, and I was not happy with what I observed. It seemed like I was so focused on recruiting new volunteers that I was not doing a good job training the new people we recruited. So I asked Aaron, a former restaurant manager [...]
About two miles south of downtown Atlanta is the historic neighborhood of West End, a community that predates the city and was established as a stagecoach stop in the 1830s. In 1835, Charner Humphr…
When it comes to recruiting more church volunteers, it's easy to feel frustrated at the apparent lack of willingness of your church member to step up and serve.
Happy teachers mean happy students. Here is a list of ways to build morale, support teacher wellbeing and have fun as a teaching team at school.
Why be a #Volunteer? :-)
Team building is essential to the development of a great work environment. Taking time to invest in your relationships with your coworkers is key to the long-lasting growth and health of your church staff.
You get a lot back when you give away your time.
Millions of people volunteer in their communities and around the world every day. What drives people to work without pay to make the world a better place? We've each got our own reasons, but we fall into five basic categories. What's yours?
From time to time, churches call new pastors. For some churches, this is a regular interval of every couple of years. For some churches, this only happens every couple of decades. Regardless of the frequency, every church wants to make their new pastor feel welcome. Here are ten ways you can help to make your new pastor feel welcome.
The stage is set, the crowd is buzzing and the worship team is ready. You need a church welcome speech that'll kickstart your service with a bang 💥
After we read the Ruth storybook we went through a couple of Ruth activities for kids and they had a blast playing one of the games in particular.
Want an easy teacher appreciation idea that is personalized? Use this free printable of my favorite things list to get great gift ideas.
