2010 Fusion Childrens Leadership Conference Workshop: "One Is The Loneliest Number" - Shelly Sundberg

Your goal is to equip the saints to do the work of the ministry rather than doing all the work yourself, right? Then you owe it to yourself to know the four levels of volunteer development. From Entry-level to Leader Volunteer, discover how the Volunteer Taxonomy can help launch your current volunteers to new levels of leadership and ultimately put your ministry in orbit!

Guarding against the recruitment blues requires a quick inoculation of networking and idea sharing. In this interactive session, you’ll exchange trade secrets with proven ministry leaders (like yourself!) You’ll go home feeling energized, refreshed and ready to create a healthy ministry environment that volunteers will clamor to join. It’s painless, we promise.

Volunteer recruitment can be one of the most demanding tasks we face as children’s workers. We’ll help you diagnose your volunteer challenges and we’ll offer ministry-tested solutions that will help get your organization on a healthy path for the recruitment and retention of happy volunteers. Follow our prescription, and you might even find recruiting fun!

Have you ever heard the African Proverb, “It Takes a Whole Village to Raise a Child.” That’s the mentality we should have when working in children’s ministries. Some people bring wisdom, some bring excitement, and others bring patience. This class focuses on the practical ways of getting all generations involved in the spiritual development of our kids.

Come and hear the best and worse ways to take your ministry online. “Popular” and “Good” are not always the same thing. Come hear about what works and how you can take your ministry from :( to :). (If you don't know what that means you should probably join us...)

Have you ever heard the African Proverb, “It Takes a Whole Village to Raise a Child.” That’s the mentality we should have when working in children’s ministries. Some people bring wisdom, some bring excitement, and others bring patience. This class focuses on the practical ways of getting all generations involved in the spiritual development of our kids.

The first year of being a children’s leader or pastor is the hardest. Get ten ideas to help you conquer the first year of ministry and build a successful children’s ministry.

Do you want your volunteers to be successful and effective? Do you want to get more out of your volunteers? This workshop will help you discover how to be more productive with those you serve. It will also help you assess your current effectiveness and how to take steps to improve your leadership capacity.

How do churches provide resources to help parents raise their children? We’ll look at 10 principles that help churches to build strong, healthy, family ministry.