Building Your Volunteer Team A 30Day Change Project for Youth Ministry: A Target

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Do you find yourself wondering how to get new volunteers onboard for your ministry? Youth leaders Mark DeVries and Nate Stratman have heard all the reasons why leaders fail to get and keep volunteers. That's why they have developed this 30-day on-ramp to creating a volunteer team, with all of the needed tools included and a money-back guarantee.

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Do you find yourself again and again wondering what it would take to get some new volunteers onboard for your ministry? And yet does it seem that you are never able to focus your energy on recruitment? Maybe you find yourself saying things like: "It?s just easier for me to do it myself."At one level, of course, this is true. Almost always, it is easier to "do it ourselves." We avoid the hassle of having to coordinate and communicate. We avoid having to follow up with people who drop the ball.Youth leaders Mark DeVries and Nate Stratman have heard dozens of reasons why leaders choose not to build a solid volunteer team. But faithful ministry is not a do-it-yourself project. It?s more than just recruiting—it 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. 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.com. You have so little to risk and everything to gain. It's time to put together that team you've been longing for!

Author Biography

Mark DeVries (MDiv, Princeton Theological Seminary) is the founder of Ministry Architects, a consulting team that assists churches in building sustainable youth ministries. He has served since 1986 as associate pastor for youth and their families at First Presbyterian Church in Nashville, Tennessee. DeVries is the author of Family-Based Youth Ministry and Sustainable Youth Ministry.Nate Stratman (MDiv, Fuller Seminary) is a staff consultant with Ministry Architects. He has been in full-time youth ministry since 2000, starting with St. Andrews-Covenant Presbyterian in Wilmington, North Carolina, and now serving as director of family ministries at First Presbyterian Church in Colorado Springs.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Why 30-Day Change?Day 1: Launch DayDay 2: Balcony DayDay 3: Partners Versus HelpersDay 4: The Trap of Terminal VaguenessDay 5: Progress, Not PerfectionDay 6: Focusing on Next Year Before This YearDay 7: Getting a RhythmDay 8: Reflection DayDay 9: Balcony Day: Admitting the Existence of NormalDay 10: What?s My Job?Day 11: Ridiculous Lines from the Chronically Ineffective Leader: "It?s Easier Just to Do It Myself"Day 12: Ridiculous Lines from the Chronically Ineffective Leader: "I Called, but They Haven?t Called Me Back Yet"Day 13: Ridiculous Lines from the Chronically Ineffective Leader: "But I Don?t Know Anyone to Ask"Day 14: Ridiculous Lines from the Chronically Ineffective Leader: "What Do I Say on the Fourth Message?"Day 15: Reflection Day: Elisha?s EyesDay 16: Balcony Day: Procrastinate Now!Day 17: Your Leader?s CalendarDay 18: Preparing Your Leader DocumentsDay 19: Structuring Your Team for Maximum ImpactDay 20: The Magic in the MiddleDay 21: Running Through the WallDay 22: Reflection DayDay 23: Balcony Day Day 24: A Matter of TimeDay 25: Volunteers with a TwistDay 26: Architecting a New CultureDay 27: Preparing for the MessDay 28: Telling a Better StoryDay 29: Reflection Day Day 30: Final Balcony Day: Finished—Sort ofAppendix 1: Eight Sample Messages for RecruitingAppendix 2: Sample Major Event CalendarAppendix 3: Sample Helper Role Survey Appendix 4: Master Summary Task ListNotes

Review

"This book is filled with wisdom and reminds youth workers, 'faithful ministry is almost never meant to be a do-it-yourself project. It's a do-it-together project.' It also offers practical, step-by-step instructions for building your volunteer team. . . . Because of how practical this book is, I wish I had had it my rookie year in youth ministry. I realized then how important adult leaders are to the success of ministry, but had no idea how to build a quality team. It's also the book I wish I'd had each time I started a new youth ministry position, once again finding myself having to build a team from scratch. Now, as a veteran youth worker with a fairly well-established volunteer team, it's the book I have and will continue to use to remind myself of the importance of strengthening my team—and actually do so. I encourage you to do the same." -- Jen Bradbury, YouthWorker Journal, May/June 2015"Many churches are struggling to either begin or keep youth ministries active in their communities. 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 to accomplish specific goals. . . . Recommended for Christian youth ministers." -- Mary Lou Henneman, Congregational Libraries Today, November 19, 2015"Building Your Volunteer Team is a practical 30 day project to help you build and maintain a volunteer team and culture in your ministry. It's a super helpful tool. If you lead a team of volunteers or wish you had a stronger team. 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. DeVries and Stratman write: 'Faithful ministry is almost never meant to be a do-it-yourself project. It's a do-it-together project.' How true. This is a book worth adding to your collection." -- Bobbie Bomar-Brown, Baptist Standard, March 16, 2015

Long Description

Do you find yourself again and again wondering what it would take to get some new volunteers onboard for your ministry? And yet does it seem that you are never able to focus your energy on recruitment? Maybe you find yourself saying things like: "It?s just easier for me to do it myself."At one level, of course, this is true. Almost always, it is easier to "do it ourselves." We avoid the hassle of having to coordinate and communicate. We avoid having to follow up with people who drop the ball.Youth leaders Mark DeVries and Nate Stratman have heard dozens of reasons why leaders choose not to build a solid volunteer team. But faithful ministry is not a do-it-yourself project. It?s more than just recruiting--it 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. 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.com. You have so little to risk and everything to gain. It's time to put together that team you've been longing for!

Review Text

"This book is filled with wisdom and reminds youth workers, 'faithful ministry is almost never meant to be a do-it-yourself project. It's a do-it-together project.' It also offers practical, step-by-step instructions for building your volunteer team. . . . Because of how practical this book is, I wish I had had it my rookie year in youth ministry. I realized then how important adult leaders are to the success of ministry, but had no idea how to build a quality team. It's also the book I wish I'd had each time I started a new youth ministry position, once again finding myself having to build a team from scratch. Now, as a veteran youth worker with a fairly well-established volunteer team, it's the book I have and will continue to use to remind myself of the importance of strengthening my team--and actually do so. I encourage you to do the same."

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"This book is filled with wisdom and reminds youth workers, 'faithful ministry is almost never meant to be a do-it-yourself project. It's a do-it-together project.' It also offers practical, step-by-step instructions for building your volunteer team. . . . Because of how practical this book is, I wish I had had it my rookie year in youth ministry. I realized then how important adult leaders are to the success of ministry, but had no idea how to build a quality team. It's also the book I wish I'd had each time I started a new youth ministry position, once again finding myself having to build a team from scratch. Now, as a veteran youth worker with a fairly well-established volunteer team, it's the book I have and will continue to use to remind myself of the importance of strengthening my team--and actually do so. I encourage you to do the same."

Details ISBN0830841210 Author Nate Stratman ISBN-10 0830841210 ISBN-13 9780830841219 Format Paperback Short Title BUILDING YOUR VOLUNTEER TEAM Language English Media Book DEWEY 259.23 Residence Nashville, TN, US Subtitle A Targeted Boot Camp for Your Youth Ministry Place of Publication Illinois Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2014-12-03 NZ Release Date 2014-12-03 US Release Date 2014-12-03 UK Release Date 2014-12-03 Pages 155 Publisher InterVarsity Press Year 2014 Publication Date 2014-12-03 Imprint Inter-Varsity Press,US Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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