Recruiting Volunteers for Projects

One of the largest advantages to projects is that they have a beginning and ending. Standard service duties never end: ushering, lighting, and worship team to name a few. As we defined our project in a previous post, a project has milestones and criteria that define when it is complete. This provides the ministry leader with a very strategic recruiting strategy: recruit for the project. Whenever recruiting gets tough, consider a project that is valuable to your church ministry and staff up for it. Recruiting for projects is easier because:

1. Projects have a defined end, so they can commit without fear of never getting out
2. Projects have momentum, usually because of the excitement and stated goals
3. Projects sometimes require a fresh skillset that allow volunteers to help when they normally wouldn’t have a spot on your team

In addition, recruiting for projects has many benefits to your ministry:

1. They can provide new volunteers and relieve some of the burden of your existing team
2. They force ministry leaders to think in terms of teaching others, creating a system of growth rather than stagnation
3. They provide the leader with the option of letting difficult volunteers go once a project is complete

If you are new, or just need a refresher course, take a look at a post from six months ago titled Recruiting Volunteers if you need some tips on how to reach out and find volunteers within your church.

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