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Volunteers In The Army Of The Lord.

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When working with those who are volunteers in the church, it’s important to remember a few things.  Consider these…

 

They are not paid to work in your church.  Very few businesses are operated by volunteerism.  The church is one of the few organizations who operate because of volunteers.  A volunteer is a gift from God to the church.  However small a person’s contribution may be, is a great gift as it costs the church nothing.

They do it because they want to.  What causes one person to volunteer may be something that would not cause another person to volunteer.  The bottom line is they want to do it.  You cannot make a person volunteer.  You can however help them to want to volunteer by finding the “motivational button” that would cause them to want to volunteer.

They do it because it makes them feel good.  People receive a sense of value by volunteering.  It makes them feel like they have invested a part of themselves.  Volunteering in the church makes one feel like they have truly helped a worthy cause.

They do it because they want to please God and Pastor.  Always remind the volunteer that you are thankful for their help and that it means a great deal to you that they helped.  Remind them also that God is pleased with their contribution. 

They do it because they have a burden.  It may have been during a time of prayer or simply while driving down the road, that a person felt a burden to volunteer in a certain area of the church.  In my years of being in business, I never once had an employee show up for work because they had a burden to be there.  But in the church, people show up to work for God because of a burden they feel.   Allow opportunities in your church for people to catch a burden. 

They do it because they want to feel like they are a part of the whole.  Volunteering allows someone the opportunity to become a part of a great cause.  They sit in our churches and after looking around say to themselves, “I want to belong to this.  I want to be a part of what is going on here.”  Volunteering allows one to feel a part of something that is much bigger than himself.  For this reason, we should always remind them of the great cause they are a part of.