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Student Ministry Volunteer Process

Leader Equipping Kit

Volunteer Essentials Video Training

Doug and Jessica talk through the importance of navigating the urgent vs. the important.


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Prayer Retreat Guide

A quick reminder before Easter that your Senior pastor needs your encouragement! Doug and Josh give a quick few ways to lift up your Senior pastor as they prepare for this important weekend.

Doug and Josh talk through making the most of brainstorming your Summer Calendar, and the best time to get it into the hands of your people. (SPOILER: It's before Summer!)

Josh, Jessica and Travis talk about the benefits of keeping certain experiences exclusive to each grade for your students.

Volunteers are the lifeblood of a healthy ministry. Doug, Josh and Jessica discuss great ways to keep them encouraged!

Josh, Doug and Jessica discuss what do you do when you're given unsolicited feedback. SPOILER: It happens to EVERYONE.

Doug, Josh and Jessica go over breaking up the norm by using a panel of volunteers and other ways to mix it up in your program.


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Josh relates the story of how what he thought was going to be a great activity for the junior high boys in his life group...was not.

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