by Nick Blevins | Mar 30, 2026 | Uncategorized
You’re planning VBS. Maybe you’re expecting 200 kids this year. Maybe 150. Maybe you’re honestly not sure. Either way, the same question hits you: How many volunteers do I actually need? You don’t want to leave a classroom understaffed and...
by Nick Blevins | Mar 25, 2026 | Uncategorized
Church Volunteer Application and Screening Process: A Practical Guide Here’s an uncomfortable truth: some people shouldn’t be working with kids. Your job as a church leader is to do the due diligence to figure out who those people are before you put them...
by Nick Blevins | Mar 25, 2026 | Uncategorized
Church Volunteer Job Descriptions: Why They Matter and How to Write Them Most churches don’t have written job descriptions for volunteers. The thinking goes: “We’re a church, not a corporation. People understand they’re volunteering.” But...
by Nick Blevins | Mar 25, 2026 | Uncategorized
How to Create a Volunteer Rotation Schedule for Your Church A rotation schedule is not just logistics. It’s a statement about sustainability. When you build in rotation, you’re saying “we want our best people serving long-term, not burning out in six...
by Nick Blevins | Mar 25, 2026 | Uncategorized
Church Volunteer Appreciation Ideas That Go Beyond a Gift Card Most churches appreciate volunteers the same way: once a year, a big event, maybe a t-shirt and a gift card. It’s well-intentioned. It’s also forgettable. Real appreciation is woven into your...
by Nick Blevins | Mar 25, 2026 | Uncategorized
Church Volunteer Burnout: Signs, Causes, and How to Prevent It Burnout doesn’t happen because someone cares too much. Burnout happens because the system is broken. Your best volunteers — the ones you rely on, the ones who are serving with heart — are the ones...
by Nick Blevins | Mar 25, 2026 | Uncategorized
How to Use Volunteer Huddles to Train Your Team Weekly Most volunteer training happens once a year — a big event, a long meeting, everyone’s overloaded. Then volunteers go back to their regular work and slowly forget what they learned. Weekly volunteer huddles are...
by Nick Blevins | Mar 25, 2026 | Uncategorized
Church Volunteer Orientation: What to Cover in the First Meeting A volunteer’s first day sets the tone for everything that follows. If orientation is disorganized and overwhelming, they’ll show up to their second shift uncertain and anxious. If it’s clear, practical,...
by Nick Blevins | Mar 25, 2026 | Uncategorized
How to Get Youth to Volunteer at Church Getting teenagers to volunteer at church is a different problem than recruiting adults. Adults need a clear role, respected time, and understanding of impact. Teenagers need to feel like they’re part of something real. They need...
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...
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...
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,...
