Tag Archives: Subs
Subs in your Children’s Ministry
Posted on 30. Jan, 2011 by Kenny.
Substitutes. Subs. We’ve all got them. However, how you view them and utilize them makes all the difference in the world. I’d venture to bet that subs in most kidmin situations looks pretty similar. It’s that place where volunteers go when we don’t really know what to do with them anymore. We have ideal and ideals of what a sub list really could be, but often times, it’s not really like that at all.
In my experience, the sublist is usually where people go when they quit volunteering. They usually get to the sub list by one of two methods.
- The volunteer tells you that they can’t really commit anymore and they’d prefer to be on some kind of sub list.
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Volunteers: When you don’t have enough (Part 2)
Posted on 29. Oct, 2008 by Kenny.
I was hoping to get a little more feedback from my previous post about how you fill the gaps. If you didn’t read it or didn’t have a chance to post, I’d still like to hear some more ideas. You can post your comments with this post or the original one.
So, if you’re recruiting or you need to recruit to fill some holes, what do you do in the mean time?
Last year at the Orange Conference I heard Craig Jutila talk about this. He said, whatever you do, don’t fill the spot yourself. You’ll get stuck and if you’re the leader, how can you lead when you’re stuck in a spot that should be filled by someone you’re leading.… Read the rest
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