Volunteer Appreciation
Monday, May 14, 2007
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Enjoyed this article while I posted it on PDYMCommunity.com. Mentor Nick Carnes is now working as a volunteer after being the lead youth worker, and shares some of his valuable insights. Here's a clip:
I instantly gained a huge amount of respect for anyone who volunteers in any church ministry, especially in student ministry! I always had respect for volunteers and was thankful to them, but now that I am able to experience some of their pains and a lot of their sacrifices I cannot help but to hold them in high regard.JG
Now that I am working a job that I am not very passionate about, so I can follow the Lord in His call, it actually makes me more passionate to serve in student ministry, it is tough! At work I think about all of the curriculum I want to create, all of the ministry basics that we need to develop, and as soon as I get home all I am ready to do is crash on the couch, eat supper, and spend time with my family…something ends up sacrificing, and I know that every good youth worker that is a volunteer sacrifices personal time, family time, sleep, and sometimes they even have to sacrifice financially, but for me, as a volunteer its worth it!
I encourage you to take the time to write your volunteers a letter of thanks. If you have the money in the budget send some of them out on a date with their wife or husband, offer to baby sit their children while they get to redeem back some of their personal time. I encourage you to sacrifice a little when it comes to your volunteers, because I have come to realize that they sacrifice so much, and I am so thankful to the ones that have served with me in the past and that currently serve with me now, sometimes I forget that I am not full time and I find myself thanking everyone serving with me for their efforts and sacrifices because it now means more to me than it ever did.
Are you showing as much appreciation as you can to your volunteers? Think about it!
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