Resources on educating saints for service
Resources on how/what to teach the congregation; includes gift discovery process
Articles:
- Simple Volunteering
- When Dreams Should Die
- About Time and Talent Surveys
- Also Called
- In Sickness and in Health
- Love Shows
- Mary the Servant
- The Power of Together
- Go for the Gold
Called to Serve -- A set of materials to help people serve
- Four session Bible Study: Called to Serve
- Lord, What are You Calling Me to Do? -- worksheet to help people address questions about where and how to serve
- Lord, What are You Calling Me to Do? - article
- Sample: Sharing My Gifts -- A sample of a gifts inventory
Writing a Volunteer Resume activity
Bible study: Acts of the Non-Apostles -- a six-session study that looks at how people other than the Apostles were also part of God's plan in the book of Acts. Encourages people to see themselves as the continuation of the church in Acts: people empowered by God's Word, together using their gifts for His purposes.
Church Volunteers by Karen Kogler - a PowerPoint presentation that uses 1 Corinthians 12 to generate discussion on how seeing ourselves as the body of Christ affects the ways we work together as volunteers in the church. It is designed for use with large or small groups in congregations.
State of Volunteerism; PowerPoint presentation by Karen Kogler - It is common to hear people in the church talk about the difficulty of recruiting sufficient volunteers. This presentation gives some of the reasons why this is so, and proposes a look at what can and should be done about it. Although helpful for any church audience, this presentation is primarily designed for church leaders.
Together in His Service: a set of resources (PowerPoint and PDF's) on 12 topics. The introduction is available free, and two presentation packages are available for purchase.
What is Equipping? -- an introductory PowerPoint with audio files; can be downloaded and used in your congregation.Search for additional resources in the resource database. Suggested topics: theology, teaching, motivation, overview, leadership, teamwork, conflict, spiritual gifts, etc.
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