Leading Small With Leaders
Thursday April 23, 2015 | Orange Leadersby Courtney Templeton So you’ve got a team of volunteers. They’ve signed up, been trained, they know what to do in case of a fire, they know the in’s and out’s of how a 4th-grade boy’s brain works, they’ve got their T-shirt, they’re good to go. Now what? Now you focus on keeping them. One […] Read more
4 Tips For Training VBS Volunteers
Friday April 17, 2015 | Holly CrawshawFinding volunteers is no simple task. Finding good volunteers? It’s like a treasure hunt. But finding good volunteers willing to serve in the summer? Now we’re talking about needles in a haystack! We’ve been there, and we know a ton of other people who have been there, too. And what we’ve found is that the […] Read more
How To Empower Leaders
Wednesday April 8, 2015 |Let’s talk volunteers for a moment. Now I KNOW I have your attention. Volunteers are the lifeblood of our ministry. If you are like most leaders, you spend about 80 percent of your time either actively recruiting new volunteers, praying for the right volunteers or stressing about whether your volunteers will actually show up on Sunday. […] Read more
A Volunteer’s Best Serving Role
Wednesday April 8, 2015 | Sue MillerWhat do you do when you discover a volunteer who is clearly in the wrong spot? There’s usually a story behind why they are there . . . Gina loves being on the worship team, and shows up at every rehearsal. She never misses. She is one of our most faithful volunteers. The problem is […] Read more
What Does A Healthy Volunteer Culture Look Like?
Wednesday April 8, 2015 |Now there is a loaded question. It is one of the questions that I have been asked most frequently throughout my career. My response is simple. You have to create a volunteer culture of people who are owners and not renters. “Owners not Renters,” you ask? What does that mean? My wife Katelyn and I […] Read more
The Recipe for Transforming Your Ministry into A Movement
Wednesday March 25, 2015 | Orange Leadersby Kevin Jennings Finding and nurturing the first few followers is the key to every movement For any leader, one of the greatest desires (and rewards) is to see your team reciprocate your passion and purpose. We want to create more than another job or ministry. As leaders, we want a movement so the commitment […] Read more
Making The Shift
Friday March 20, 2015 | Orange LeadersI believe the church and family are at a crossroads. Things are shifting around us rapidly, and the test for many leaders will be in how quickly and completely they are willing to make a change. I have loved photography all my life. I picked it up in ninth grade when I was invited by […] Read more
You Told Us About Your First Orange Experience
Tuesday March 17, 2015 | Orange LeadersLast week, we asked you to tell us about your first Orange (or Orange Conference or Grow Up, etc.) experience. Over the past 15 years, we’ve had the privilege of meeting so many of you along the way, but we hear so few of your stories. So, we wanted to know how we first met. […] Read more
Six Questions To Ask Before Stopping A Ministry Program
Monday March 16, 2015 | Orange Leadersby Matt McKee Believe it or not, it is that time of year for evaluating what you are going to be doing this fall. Deciding things like, “what are we going to change as a ministry, and what are we going to simply stop doing?” Some things in your ministry simply need to be tweaked; […] Read more
The Easiest Way To Be Disappointed In Yourself And Your Ministry
Monday March 2, 2015 | Orange Leadersby Kevin Jennings Why You Need A Bigger Story, Not A Better Picture What did you want to be when you grew up? When I was five-years-old, I wanted to be a basketball player, a doctor, and an astronaut. Today, I’m proud to tell you that I’m none of those things. I’m proud because I […] Read more
