48 min
Episode 0002 - Shawna Lester on Serving Weekly, Staying Healthy and Crazy Fun Ideas FOUR12 Canada Podcast
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Welcome to Episode 2 of the FOUR12 Canada Podcast.
Listen and access the show notes here or search for FOUR12 Canada Podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Google or wherever you get your podcasts and listen for free
We are excited to have Shawna Lester. Shawna is the Director of Family Ministry/Interim Midland Campus Pastor at Connexus. She is going to share with us some amazing tips on serving weekly, keeping healthy and crazy fun things to try.
Connect with Shawna
FACEBOOK | EMAIL | INSTAGRAM
PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS
Start with Small Steps to change the culture
Gather a few to get on board and have them help others to catch the vision
Develop weekly roles and roles for those that can’t,
Help them find the best role that fits them
Try 8 to 10 weeks to start for Elementary and younger, middle school and highschool is a longer commitment
Attend one and serve one
Coaches - build up some coaches that will build up your team and check to see how everyone is doing.
How much is too much, ways to stay healthy
Watch for disengagement, passion and enjoyment lacking or dwindled
Arriving late
As the leader make sure you check in
Notice how often people are serving and where
How to implement crazy fun ideas
1st Filter through the mission of your church and ministry
In Children’s ministry:
Does this help small group leaders win?
Does this help families win?
Does this help new people attending?
Adults or whole church:
Make sure it’s reasonable and executable
Practical for the space
Think outside the box
Consider the barriers and ways to work around them
Ways to Encourage Volunteers
Celebrate major holidays
Send thank you cards
Candy
Breakfast?! Or treats
Good coffee
Make sure you remove barriers to serving
Provide a space for the kids of those that are serving
Invest in them as people
Connecting with families
Realize you can’t meet them all at once every week, plan to meet one family a week
Send out Birthday cards
Calling and talking to parents
Ask about up coming events
Share the wins!!
Share with others that are serving
Share with the families
Celebrate the wins!
One Thing to Remember!
Every person has a Place!
Thanks for listening! We hope this episode has equipped you for greater influence through serving and we don’t want you to miss a single episode so if you haven’t done so already, subscribe to the podcast wherever you listen to podcasts. And you can help us reach more people by writing a review for the podcast on the Apple podcast app and other podcast apps that you use. The FOUR12 Canada podcast is a ministry of Faith Baptist Church in Huntsville Ontario. Explore everything FOUR12 Canada at four12.ca. Thanks for spending some time with us. See you next time!
Up Next Season 1 Episode 3: Rich Birch
Importance of Communication, Great Ideas to Encourage
Volunteers and How to Set Up Your Team to Succeed
Welcome to Episode 2 of the FOUR12 Canada Podcast.
Listen and access the show notes here or search for FOUR12 Canada Podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Google or wherever you get your podcasts and listen for free
We are excited to have Shawna Lester. Shawna is the Director of Family Ministry/Interim Midland Campus Pastor at Connexus. She is going to share with us some amazing tips on serving weekly, keeping healthy and crazy fun things to try.
Connect with Shawna
FACEBOOK | EMAIL | INSTAGRAM
PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS
Start with Small Steps to change the culture
Gather a few to get on board and have them help others to catch the vision
Develop weekly roles and roles for those that can’t,
Help them find the best role that fits them
Try 8 to 10 weeks to start for Elementary and younger, middle school and highschool is a longer commitment
Attend one and serve one
Coaches - build up some coaches that will build up your team and check to see how everyone is doing.
How much is too much, ways to stay healthy
Watch for disengagement, passion and enjoyment lacking or dwindled
Arriving late
As the leader make sure you check in
Notice how often people are serving and where
How to implement crazy fun ideas
1st Filter through the mission of your church and ministry
In Children’s ministry:
Does this help small group leaders win?
Does this help families win?
Does this help new people attending?
Adults or whole church:
Make sure it’s reasonable and executable
Practical for the space
Think outside the box
Consider the barriers and ways to work around them
Ways to Encourage Volunteers
Celebrate major holidays
Send thank you cards
Candy
Breakfast?! Or treats
Good coffee
Make sure you remove barriers to serving
Provide a space for the kids of those that are serving
Invest in them as people
Connecting with families
Realize you can’t meet them all at once every week, plan to meet one family a week
Send out Birthday cards
Calling and talking to parents
Ask about up coming events
Share the wins!!
Share with others that are serving
Share with the families
Celebrate the wins!
One Thing to Remember!
Every person has a Place!
Thanks for listening! We hope this episode has equipped you for greater influence through serving and we don’t want you to miss a single episode so if you haven’t done so already, subscribe to the podcast wherever you listen to podcasts. And you can help us reach more people by writing a review for the podcast on the Apple podcast app and other podcast apps that you use. The FOUR12 Canada podcast is a ministry of Faith Baptist Church in Huntsville Ontario. Explore everything FOUR12 Canada at four12.ca. Thanks for spending some time with us. See you next time!
Up Next Season 1 Episode 3: Rich Birch
Importance of Communication, Great Ideas to Encourage
Volunteers and How to Set Up Your Team to Succeed
48 min