Leadership
Student Ministry
The Ingredients for an Incredible Volunteer
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Have you ever had something to so good to eat that you just
couldn’t stop eating it? Now I realize that I am a large fella. So I am sure
that this principal applies to me a little more than it does that average person.
But I know a lot of people that if you put a certain food in front of them, it
is all over! They are going to eat until they can’t eat anymore! I often wonder
what is the secret ingredient that draws us in. What is that taste that I just
cant get enough of.
As I have thought more about it and I have found the same to
be true of great volunteers. At oneChurch.tv I have the opportunity of working
with tons of volunteers each and every week. And they are all fantastic! But
there are some volunteers that are just next level. They are what I would
classify as an incredible! They go over and beyond every chance they get and
they never cease to amaze!
They are the volunteers that if money was no object you hire
them as soon as you could and get them on your team because they make the
people around them and the teams they serve with better. We all have these sorts
of leaders that we get to work with from time to time! But even more than that
we probably all have volunteers who serve with us that want to be incredible
volunteers in the making. Leaders want to know how to be successful and want to
now how to be in that classification as “incredible”! They just need to know
what to do to make it happen.
The important thing for you to remember is to decide what would
make and incredible volunteer to you. Or what are the attributes that your best
volunteers display that really make them next level to you!
Here are 4 things that I love!
Serving from the
Overflow – There is nothing better than a volunteer who serves from the
overflow of what God is doing in their life! Those are the volunteers that are
serving in their sweet spot and that really have a good understanding of why
they serve and they pour their heart into. A lot of times they will end up
pouring into and loving on leadership. They can be such an encouragement to be
around!
Initiative - now
let me just preface this and say that this is not necessarily something that
every leader would prefer. But I trust my leaders to take a little initiative
from time to time. To be problem solvers and do what they can to lead. I don’t
mind allowing my leaders the freedom to take care of issues or to handle a
problem. I love when they have an idea for a new way of doing things or they
try something different as long as it doesn’t veer away from our vision and
mission.
Get Dirty - People
are messy and therefore so is ministry! I want to work with people that aren’t
afraid to get messy and love on people regardless of their circumstance or life
situation! Doing and participating in ministry is not always easy and fun! And
being willing to get down in the ditch with people, kids, and students is
sometimes part of the job! I love leaders who aren’t afraid to do this!
Responsibility – Trust
is a big deal and it has to be earned! Responsibility is one of the ways that
leaders earn and keep trust. Doing what they say they will do and taking care
of the things that they are a part of and the projects that they work on! There
is not better feeling than giving a project or a task away and knowing that it
will be taken care of and done well!
Those are a few of mine. What would you add to my list!
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