The things God is calling you and I to do are way to big for us to do alone. We need a team. But not just any team. We need team members that understands what God has called us to do, is striving to become better as a leader, and is willing to play their role each week.
This doesn't happen on its own. But you can make it happen, if you equip your volunteers with the information they need to succeed.
This is the volunteer training schedule we use here at Oneighty. You may not be able to do the exact same thing, but hopefully it gives you some training ideas that will work for you.
Kick Off growth seasons with Big Meeting.
We have two major "push" seasons here at Oneighty. These are seasons where we come out swinging with creative services, campus strategies and outreach events, giving our students incentive to bring a ton of their friends with them to Oneighty each week.
These "push" seasons for us are from January thru April and September thru October. To get our volunteer staff prepared for the push, we have an all staff volunteer meeting at Oneighty in January and another in September.
In these meetings I meet with the entire team, laying out the big vision for the push, and giving them some leadership principles to help them be the leader God desires them to be. We then break up into Individual Ministry Departments (Junior High, Junior Varsity and Varsity) where the Pastors of these ministries inspire their workers with the vision of the push, inform them of the details, and give them a role to play in the process.
Individual Ministry meetings once per month.
Each Individual Ministry (J-High, JV, Varsity) has meetings 1x per month with key volunteer department leaders. These meetings typically take place on Wednesday night during the service or at a local restaurant for lunch.
This meeting is to give direction, identify areas we need to improve in, as well as build community as a team.
Two Minute Meetings once per week.
Each week our Volunteer Department Leaders have a pre-service meeting with their team members that typically takes 2 to 5 minutes. This meeting is to give direction for the night, identify areas we need to improve on from last week, and pray over the nights activities.
Each week volunteers are giving their time, energy and God given talents, because they want to be a part of something bigger than themselves, as well as make a difference in the life of a teenager. If you will keep the vision in front of them, continually keep them in the loop and give them a viable part to play, you will give your team plenty of reasons to keep volunteering for you.
