Tag Archives: Timeliness
Training timeliness: Volunteer edition
Posted on 02. Jul, 2008 by Kenny.
Since we’re talking about timeliness, I figured I’d breach this topic since we’re all thinking it.
So, how do you get your volunteers to show up on time? No really, how do you get your volunteers to show up on time?
Every church I’ve been at I’ve experienced difficulty in this area. We’d have volunteers show up just minutes before the kids… or sometimes several minutes after the kids. It frustrates the staff and key/committed volunteers like crazy. So, how do you get them there on time?
This is an issue that I think has a deeper root. It’s actually something that I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about, especially in my role here at Gateway. I don’t think the real question is “how do I get my volunteers to show up on time?” I think the real question is, “why don’t my volunteers truly value their role in the children’s ministry?” Honestly, I believe that we show up on time for the things that we value.… Read the rest
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Training timeliness: Room closures
Posted on 01. Jul, 2008 by Kenny.
So, we’ve been talking about timeliness. As I’m hearing from others, it’s an issue everyone faces. On the weekend people show up late. So here is the big question or questions:
Do you have a “too late to check in” policy? If so, how late is too late?
Some of us have to close rooms because they get too full or there aren’t enough volunteers. I’m not talking about that though. I’m talking about closing rooms because service is halfway over. As children’s ministers, we know why we close the rooms:
- Letting kids in half-way through the service is distracting to the other 17 kids in the room.
- Kids coming in half-way through the service won’t get the full experience possible.
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Training timeliness
Posted on 30. Jun, 2008 by Kenny.
The other day I wrote a post about timeliness here. Some of the comments added to the post in a way that I thought I’d write a little more. Interestingly enough, I wrote about this issue specifically about 14 months ago. Timeliness. It’s something we all struggle with. Kids are late. Volunteers are late. Parents are late. What do we do?
“I’m going to train my parents to be on time.”
Yeah, I’ve said that. Have you?
Unfortunately, I don’t think its necessarily right to think of it that way. It’s not my job to get parents to sign up for stuff on time. However, we all understand the value of timeliness. If we only get an hour a week with these kids, we want the full hour, right?… Read the rest
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