Grow, Minister & Lead! Ebook Chapter—read & study edition.
 
Why Volunteers Don't Come to Your Meetings (Training Tool)

Chapter 7: Why Volunteers in the Church Often Dislike Meeting and What YOU Can Do About It
 
A necessary part of preparing and maintaining the ministry activities at church are organizational meetings. Nevertheless, here's the rub that many diplomatic, God-loving volunteers in the church feel but are often afraid to say: "We are SICK of more organizational church meetings—especially meetings that seem to have no agenda or purpose." Therefore, it is absolutely critical that churches make any meetings with volunteers meaningful—especially if they want to keep their volunteers! Read on and find out how to make meetings for volunteers meaningful.
 
You'll explore...
* 3 powerful passages of Scripture about community and accountability
* 5 roadblocks to community and accountability
* 6 characteristics of a disciplemaking friend
* 4 steps to finding great community and safe accountability
* Plus much more!
 
Here are disciplemaking adventures for following Jesus together! 
 
Each of these disciplemaking adventures includes application pages that will help you wrestle the Scriptures together. You'll learn how to be a disciple (grow), who makes disciples (minister), who makes more disciples (lead). Start your disciplemaking adventure now.
 
Contents:
Grow…
1. Developing and Following Through on a Personal
Growth Plan .......................................................................5
2. The Struggle for Sexual Purity—and Our Ministries ..15
3. Getting Intentional about Accountability .....................27
Minister…
4. Time Management for Painfully Pooped-Out People
in the Church....................................................................45
5. Sharpening Your Ministry Axe .......................................57
6. Church Would Be Great if It Weren’t for People..........67
Lead…
7. Why Volunteers in the Church Often Dislike Meetings
and What You Can Do about It.......................................77
8. Creating a Cyber Prayer Base ........................................87
9. Making Teaching Memorable .........................................97
10. Conquering the Curriculum Conundrum....................105