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10 Tips for Recognizing Church Volunteers
Here are 10 suggestions for recognizing your volunteers and showing them your appreciation.
January 25, 2017
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Leadership Boards Need to Be Formed as a Group Before Getting to Work
A great article from "Faith and Leadership" came out today with some good suggestions for building an effective team. These suggestions may be helpful to your church council.
November 28, 2016
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What Ontario Bill 132 Means for Churches
This letter on Bill 132 (a bill about sexual harassment in the workplace) is meant only for churches in Ontario, Canada. The letter gives guidelines for local churches to fulfill the new bill.
September 1, 2015
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Bible Teaching Method Using Puppets
Puppets can be a great teaching tool for Sunday School teachers. They encourage creativity and can help lessons "stick."
April 27, 2015
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Coming Home From Mission Trips - Now What?
How do leaders help the process of building "Kingdom people" after a mission trip is over? Check out this blog for a list of ideas and suggestions that may be helpful!
June 27, 2014
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"Children's Volunteers Who Don't Want to Quit"
Here's a great article on working with volunteers in children's ministry, but all the suggestions listed can also be used in any other area where volunteers are engaged in ministry.
February 20, 2013
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What kind of ministry activities are churches doing in their local communities?
The ServiceLink office is doing some research on how local churches are engaged in ministry to those in their communities. Are members of churches involved with local food banks, homeless ministry programs, refugee involvement etc. Are churches encouraging members to participate in special ministry events? What does that look like?
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Hello - I've served as an elder for a couple of terms, as well as a youth elder.
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Keith - you forgot one reason that you were selected to be an elder 40 years ago.... your gender. :-)
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Ditto on that one Staci! And thanks Ron for responding to that nudge...
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Hi Angela - there are lots of resources available for church volunteers on the CRCNA ServiceLink website which you may find helpful.
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Hi Amy - for now it's just for Canadian churches, We're still in the test phase, working in one specific classis, but looking forward to a Canada wide launch in the fall. But yes, we're also...
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Hi Pete - Yes, you are correct that we are developing a phone app that will have the capacity for online giving. The app is currently in a test phase with churches in Classis Niagara and we are...
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My sister Jeanet....
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Hi Kathy - no, we don't list ages. I don't think everyone would be happy about that. :-)
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Hi Kathy - our church has a prayer calendar in which each day (Mon - Fri) we list a person/family that members of our congregation can pray for. On the other side of this calendar, we print a...
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Hello Jerry - Calvin Seminary's Center for Excellence in Preaching also has some sermons available in audio format. You can find them here.
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