Download or read book A Moment with God for Volunteers written by Lisa Flinn and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you love the title, you'll love the book -- and if the title isn't your cup of tea, you'll still love this book! The latest in a series of books of everyday life meditations, this one for volunteers is just wonderful. Down-to-earth, short prayers filled with humor and a true understanding of the diversity of volunteering today. One small page for each of 58 different types of volunteer work, from Coaching to Being a Designated Driver to Gleaning a Harvest. If you have to inspire a group at the start of a work day or give the benediction at a recognition event -- here's your resource. Non-sectarian but with one brief Bible quote per page.

Download or read book The Volunteer Revolution written by Bill Hybels and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2009-05-18 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pastor Bill Hybels believes that there is a new reality in America. The church has entered an era of growth and unprecedented spiritual opportunity to share the Gospel, yet at the same time we face a shrinking economy and a world in crisis. This poses a great resource challenge for the church. In order to reach out to people who are spiritually hungry, the church needs more people to be equipped to serve others. Hybels passionately believes the key to the future of the church is the equation "X (paid staff) + Y (volunteers) = Z (bearing much fruit for God’s glory)." Churches cannot afford to continue hiring more and more staff with limited budgets. The key to resourcing the church is what Hybels calls "the Y factor." The Y factor is the pool of volunteers in every church. The great need of the church is to grow the church’s volunteer base through the equipping ministry of church staffs. As churches recover the message of Ephesians 4:11-12 to "equip God’s people for works of service" they will launch a Volunteer Revolution. People are just waiting to discover the gifts and passions that God has given them to serve others and then be invited to use those gifts and passions through the local church in order to advance the kingdom of God on Earth. Hybels believes that every church staff should be helping people discover their spiritual gifts, passions and place of service in order to meet the growing needs in our churches and world. Hybels makes a clarion call to move beyond volunteer retention to volunteer acquisition. By attracting, connecting, training, and sustaining volunteers, churches will mobilize people into places of service that will bring new meaning to their lives and understand why God put them on planet Earth. Hybels also outlines how we can build lifelong volunteers in the church through community, celebration, and commendation.

Download or read book Volunteering written by Leith Anderson and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volunteering can be a rewarding and exciting experience—but to effectively serve you need to understand the why, how, and what of serving others. Based on the principles and training they have utilized at Wooddale Church, pastor Leith Anderson and Jill Fox will help you better understand: The importance of prayer in ministry Avoiding burnout and serving for the long-term Recruiting others to serve in ways that are natural and easy Enjoying the ‘pay’ that is more valuable than money Finding your fit and serving out of your strengths This short and accessible book will help you to find the resources you need to be inspired and trained to serve in the most vital workforce in the world today—the church of Jesus Christ.

Download or read book A Servant s Heart written by Tiffany Ross and published by Barbour Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just look around and you’ll find someone who needs a helping hand. That’s why we’re called to be much more than pew-fillers and sermon-tasters. God is counting on every one of us to give up flabby faith, roll up our sleeves … and SERVE. It’s as simple as a random act of kindness, as selfless as teaching a group of rambunctious kids … and as adventurous as organizing a missions trip. This resource is filled with 180 encouraging scriptures, prayers, and quotes that honor the ordinary heroes in your church: volunteers.

Download or read book God Hears Her written by and published by Our Daily Bread Publishing. This book was released on 2017-08-30 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take comfort in knowing that God hears you. The story of Hannah in 1 Samuel tells of one woman’s personal heartache and trust in the One who could fulfill her desires. She poured her heart out to God, and He heard her. The Our Daily Bread devotions selected for this collection reassure you that God is with you, God is for you, and God hears you. The personal stories and Scripture passages lift you up and remind you that God is bigger than the trials you face.

Download or read book The Volunteer Church written by Leith Anderson and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Working with volunteers can be a rewarding and exciting experience—for them as well as for those who recruit, train, and maintain their services. However, if church leaders are honest, they know there are times that it can be frustrating. They know that volunteers are essential, vital to creating growth and new ministries, and are the key to introducing youth and children to Jesus Christ. They have the welcoming smiles at the door, they serve the food, pray for needs, stuff bulletins, organize missions trips, and on and on. If they want to see their church grow, it must be a volunteering church, a church that runs on volunteers. The Volunteer Church was developed out of the ministry of Leith Anderson at Wooddale Church in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, where a vital and vibrant volunteer program boasting 4,000 participants grew under the leadership of Jill Fox. The principles and training have been applied in churches of all sizes and denominations in seminar settings across the country as well as at Wooddale Church. In The Volunteer Church, leaders will Learn how to effectively recruit and train volunteers Discover how to build sustainable, long-lasting ministries led by volunteers Find methods for encouraging and maintaining your volunteers for success Know how to build teams of volunteers Understand how to find the right service that fits a willing volunteer If you lead a church and are exhausted by the lack of volunteer help, or if you are a volunteer and dream of adding numbers to your team, this book is for you. If you are on a church staff and know that a new ministry is needed but volunteers and training are required to make it happen, here you will find the resources to recruit, inspire, train, and maintain the church’s most vital workforce.

Download or read book My Time with God written by Joyce Meyer and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2017-10-19 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyday life can be demanding; it's easy to become distracted by so many things that seem important. But in order to achieve the life God has planned for you, you have to make time for what's most important - and the building block of a fulfilling life - your relationship with Him. In My Time with God, Joyce Meyer, #1 New York Times bestselling author, offers a practical way to spend time with God. Joyce shares powerful Scripture and personal illustrations that will help you experience the joy and peace that is gained through spending time with Him. You'll begin to navigate life more effectively, make better decisions, and claim the wonderful life you were meant to lead, day by day.

Download or read book One Life on Earth written by Fran Bosa and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-23 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One Life on Earth is the autobiography of a young woman whose life has been marked by tragedy, loss, and hardship. Her brother was shot, her father died, her family lost their home, she lost a child, she suffered burnout, and she was near death three times. But this is also a story of perseverance and victory. After recounting her story, Fran Bosa explains what she has learned and where she has learned it. This book includes excerpts from the writings of Rick Warren, Joyce Meyer, Beth Moore, and other Christian leaders, whose words have encouraged and blessed Bosa and molded her into the woman she is today. As Fran explains, we are all on a journey, and there are two paths we can choose. After some detours and false starts, Fran chose the path less traveled, the one that leads to eternal peace and joy.

Download or read book 99 Thoughts for Volunteers written by Danette Matty and published by Simply Youth Ministry. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You aren't the lead youth worker at your church? That doesn't mean you can't powerfully influence the lives of teenagers! Thanks to her 25 years of experience as a youth ministry volunteer, Danette Matty thoroughly knows your world: part-time hours, full-time passion--and no-time pay. But she also knows that you're an integral part of God's work in the lives of students and in your church's ministry to teenagers. This book will help you discover how to maintain your spiritual vitality, lead from the middle, serve through all the seasons of life, and do what you do best. You'll also gain insights into working well with teenagers, parents, church leaders, and other volunteers. Danette's goal in 99 Thoughts for Volunteers is to encourage and equip you--the volunteer whose commitment, hard work, and dedication are essential to a healthy youth ministry. She's eager to deflate the "just a volunteer" mentality and inflate the truth of the primo skills and qualities that you as a volunteer bring to the team!

Download or read book Miscellaneous Writings written by Mary Baker Eddy and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Stranger in the House of God written by John Koessler and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2009-08-30 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Growing up the son of agnostics, John Koessler saw a Catholic church on one end of the street and a Baptist on the other. In the no-man’s land between the two, this curious outside wondered about the God they worshipped—and began a lifelong search to comprehend the grace and mystery of God. A Stranger in the House of God addresses fundamental questions and struggles faced by spiritual seekers and mature believers. Like a contemporary Pilgrim’s Progress, it traces the author’s journey and explores his experiences with both charismatic and evangelical Christianity. It also describes his transformation from religious outsider to ordained pastor. John Koessler provides a poignant and often humorous window into the interior of the soul as he describes his journey from doubt and struggle with the church to personal faith

Download or read book CHURCH VOLUNTEERS GOD S WORKERS IDENTIFYING AND MATURING THEM Vol Two written by Wole Adeyi and published by Wole Adeyi. This book was released on 2012-12-12 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Wide Open World written by John Marshall and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2015-02-10 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For readers of Three Cups of Tea; Eat, Pray, Love; and Wild comes the inspiring story of an ordinary American family that embarks on an extraordinary journey. Wide-Open World follows the Marshall family as they volunteer their way around the globe, living in a monkey sanctuary in Costa Rica, teaching English in rural Thailand, and caring for orphans in India. There’s a name for this kind of endeavor—voluntourism—and it might just be the future of travel. Oppressive heat, grueling bus rides, backbreaking work, and one vicious spider monkey . . . Best family vacation ever! John Marshall needed a change. His twenty-year marriage was falling apart, his seventeen-year-old son was about to leave home, and his fourteen-year-old daughter was lost in cyberspace. Desperate to get out of a rut and reconnect with his family, John dreamed of a trip around the world, a chance to leave behind, if only just for a while, routines and responsibilities. He didn’t have the money for resorts or luxury tours, but he did have an idea that would make traveling the globe more affordable and more meaningful than he’d ever imagined: The family would volunteer their time and energy to others in far-flung locales. Wide-Open World is the inspiring true story of the six months that changed the Marshall family forever. Once they’d made the pivotal decision to go, John and his wife, Traca, quit their jobs, pulled their kids out of school, and embarked on a journey that would take them far off the beaten path, and far out of their comfort zones. Here is the totally engaging, bluntly honest chronicle of the Marshalls’ life-altering adventure from Central America to East Asia. It was no fairy tale. The trip offered little rest, even less relaxation, and virtually no certainty of what was to come. But it did give the Marshalls something far more valuable: a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to conquer personal fears, strengthen family bonds, and find their true selves by helping those in need. In the end, as John discovered, he and his family did not change the world. It was the world that changed them. Praise for Wide-Open World “Marshall’s use of rich details locates readers firmly in each time and place, enabling them to sense the adventure, wonder and joy he experienced in his surroundings and in watching his children grow into hardworking, more responsible teens, as well as the frustrations and disappointments he and his family inevitably encountered along the way. A great armchair adventure that should inspire others to consider voluntourism as a way to help others and see the world.”—Kirkus Reviews “Each new location combines beautiful scenery with a dose of sentiment, a good deal of humor, and some heartfelt consideration of the human condition. . . . His philosophy may not fit everyone and the ending is bittersweet, but this is an enticing call to service.”—Publishers Weekly “Wide-Open World is an adventure made up of countless small moments of human connection. It’s an armchair travelogue that may well inspire you to do good off the beaten path.”—BookPage “For anyone who has ever imagined what it would be like to pack up, unplug, pull the kids out of school, and travel around the world, this volunteer adventure is your ticket. Wide-Open World will move, engage, and inspire you, even if you never leave the couch.”—Christina Baker Kline, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Orphan Train

Download or read book Servants Heartfrom the Voice of an Volunteer written by Jamie Pulos-Fry and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I) Premise Statement: This book is about being the best volunteer that God would like you to be, by being faithful, being a servant and helping others.II) Audience Description: Helpful tool for a church or college to make volunteers to be Gods servants.III) Author information: Jamie Pulos-Fry is a member of Lancaster Baptist Church in Lancaster California. Has a servants heart by servicing in Music Ministry, volunteer's in many areas of the church and for West Coast Baptist College. This is her second book and hopes this helps you understand more of what a volunteer can be on a daily basis.

Download or read book The Come Back Effect written by Jason Young and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2018-07-31 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The key to growth as a church, youth ministry, or a business is getting first-time guests to come back. And as any good manager of a hotel, a store, a restaurant, or an attraction knows, the key to getting guests to come back is not actually the rooms or the product or the food itself; it's how guests feel when they're there. It's about hospitality. No matter how much effort and time we spend on excellence--stirring worship time, inspiring sermons, a good coffee blend in the foyer--what our guests really want when they come to our churches is to feel welcome, comfortable, and understood. Written by a church consultant and a hospitality expert, The Come Back Effect shows church, ministry, and even business leaders the secret to helping a first-time guest return again and again. Through an engaging, story-driven approach, they explain how service and hospitality are two different things, show how Jesus practiced hospitality, and invite leaders to develop and implement changes that lead to repeat visits and, eventually, to sustained growth.

Download or read book CHURCH VOLUNTEERS GOD S WORKERS THE STRENGTH OF THE CHURCH Vol One written by Wole Adeyi and published by Wole Adeyi. This book was released on 2012-11-11 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book comes at such a time as this for people who have the courage and commitment to grasp the truth and the bigger idea of what is best for the Church as a whole, rather than what is convenient for them. The strength of the Church’ explores specific and clear actions to help equip Church volunteers or workers, who seek to be more productive in their service in the Church. It will help Church Workers discover their spiritual gifts and employ them for God’s kingdom. This work, with such deep insight, can be used for Workers training sessions in the Church, or for individual study, to give workers the keys into a successful and effective ministry.

Download or read book Smart Church Management A Quality Approach to Church Administraton written by Patricia S. Lotich and published by Bowkers. This book was released on 2020-01-17 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Church leaders understand that managing the day-to-day operations of a church can be challenging because of limited resources, managing volunteer labor, and supporting the needs of the congregation. Smart Church Management: A Quality Approach to Church Administration, Third Edition is an updated guide for managing the resources of a church - which is people, time and money. This book provides tools and examples for decision making and problem-solving for church administration that is easy to understand and more importantly, quick to implement! This book also includes discussion questions to provoke thought and discussion for church teams. This book is ideal for ministry students, church boards, church leadership and church administrators.