by Nick Blevins | Mar 25, 2026 | Uncategorized
Church Volunteer Recruitment Letter: Templates That Actually Work A volunteer recruitment letter is a strange thing in a digital world. Most churches don’t write them. But a letter communicates something different. It says I’m serious about this. The problem is that...
by Nick Blevins | Mar 25, 2026 | Uncategorized
How to Ask Someone to Volunteer at Church (Without Being Pushy) The moment you need to ask someone to volunteer, everything changes. You’ve spotted them — engaged in worship, connected to the community, visibly gifted. The instinct is to pitch them immediately, hoping...
by Nick Blevins | Mar 23, 2026 | General
Why Most Churches Struggle to Recruit Volunteers I was sitting in a breakout session at a church conference years ago when the guy in front of me raised his hand and said something I'll never forget: “In my ministry, my problem is that I have too many...
by Nick Blevins | Mar 23, 2026 | General
The Training Problem Nobody Talks About When I first started leading children's ministry, I thought training meant handing someone a curriculum and saying “you'll do great.” I'd point them to a room full of second graders, give them a thumbs up, and walk...
by Nick Blevins | Mar 23, 2026 | Uncategorized
You Don't Just Have a Recruiting Problem Most church leaders I talk to think their biggest volunteer challenge is recruiting. And recruiting is hard — no argument there. But here's what I've seen over and over again: you can recruit 30 new volunteers this year and...
by Nick Blevins | Mar 23, 2026 | General
The Gap Between “Yes” and “Serving” A few years ago, I was helping coach my son's flag football team. I'd never coached flag football before. I showed up to the first practice, and the head coach handed me a bag of flags and said, “You've...
by Nick Blevins | Mar 17, 2026 | General
One of the most common questions church leaders ask is: “How many volunteers do we actually need?” The answer depends on your ministry model, service structure, and growth goals — but there are proven ratios that give you a reliable starting point. This guide breaks...
by Nick Blevins | Mar 17, 2026 | Freebie
One of the biggest barriers to building a strong volunteer culture is role clarity. When people don't know exactly what they're signing up for, they hesitate. When expectations are vague, frustration follows. Clear volunteer job descriptions solve both problems. This...
by Nick Blevins | Mar 17, 2026 | General
The first 30 days of a volunteer's experience determine whether they stay for years or disappear after a few weeks. Most churches focus their energy on recruiting volunteers, but the real leverage point is what happens after someone says yes. That process — volunteer...
by Nick Blevins | Mar 17, 2026 | General
Most churches have volunteers. Fewer churches have a volunteer culture. The difference matters more than you think. A volunteer culture is not a program, a sign-up sheet, or a recruitment campaign. It is an environment where serving becomes the norm — where people do...
by Nick Blevins | Sep 14, 2023 | Communication
Texting is one of the most effective and underused communication tools in youth ministry. While email open rates continue to decline and social media algorithms limit your reach, text messages have a near-perfect open rate. If you want to connect with teens and their...
by Nick Blevins | Jul 29, 2021 | Digital Strategy
Due to COVID-19, churches dipped significantly in in-person attendance, despite people needing refuge and support then as much as ever. Moving forward with modern solutions, many churches have adopted approaches like live streaming to help conduct their services and...
by Nick Blevins | May 16, 2021 | General
I go to the Orange Conference every year but there are some unique differences about the Orange Tour that I enjoy. Here are 5 things I look forward to every year at Orange Tour and below, I'll include notes from previous orange tours. Attending With Volunteers...
by Nick Blevins | Apr 1, 2021 | Conferences, General
What I love most about Orange, other than the people, is how they are constantly innovating. They're always looking to improve, add, tweak, change, and create in order to help churches win with families. I don't know about you, but our team does not have enough time...
by Nick Blevins | Mar 2, 2021 | Posts
Church volunteer recruitment is one of the most critical and most challenging tasks for every church leader. Volunteers are the lifeblood of any church and most church health metrics show a strong correlation between volunteer team growth and the health and growth of...
