About this resource

Volunteer Tools: an Annual Strategy for Children's and Youth Ministry The Grow Strategy provides seven tactics to help you recruit, train, and retain volunteers in family ministry: volunteer events, meetings, discussion groups, one-on-ones, communication, tools, and celebration. This resource gives you an annual strategy for your Volunteer Tools. A tool is any resource you give volunteers to help them lead kids and teenagers more effectively. The Grow Strategy recommends giving your team helpful tools every month, but especially at the beginning of each school year. You probably do quite a bit to train, encourage, and inspire your volunteers to do their jobs well. You probably explain things well, give them great ideas, and tell them exactly how to be successful. But you know what? Sometimes, in order to do their jobs well, your volunteers need more than just words. They need a physical, practical, tangible tool they can take and use. If you're building your own customized Grow Strategy Calendar, we recommend putting this event on your calendar at the beginning of the school year as a reminder to give your volunteers a ton of tools to help them get the year off to a good start. Then put it on your calendar every month after that, as a reminder to give your team small tools like resources, tips, and reminders they can use throughout the year.

What’s included