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Episode 0024 Season 3 Rich Birch on encouraging volunteers back post-pandemic FOUR12 Canada Podcast
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Welcome to Episode 0024 Season 3 of the FOUR12 Canada Podcast!
Subscribe: iTUNES | SPOTIFY | YOUTUBE
Rich Birch is the founder of unSeminary and the Executive Director of Camp Mini-Yo-We. Churches across Canada are looking for ways to rebuild and reengage their volunteer teams. Every Christian has been given unique gifts that need to be used in the local church. In this episode, Rich Birch talks about how leaders can affirm those gifts in others and encourage them back to their serving teams post-pandemic.
Connect with Rich
UNSEMINARY | EMAIL | INSTAGRAM
LINKS & PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS
unSeminary Podcast
What is unSeminary
Blog, Podcast, online courses
Everything you wish they taught in seminary
Designed to help leaders and churches
Cohorts are a great place to hear multiple perspectives from people who are in your corner and want to help
Living a Life Worthy of Your Calling
"...lead a life worthy of your calling, for you have been called by God." Ephesians 4:1
Leaders are actually a gift, given to the church
Verse 12 of Ephesians 4 says that He has laid out a path for you to serve
In the church our job is to equip others to live their best life, a life that is fully engaged
How do you Figure Out What Your Calling is?
As a Christ follower you've been given unique gifts that need to be used in the local church
Find them in relationships with others in community who will say, I see this... happening in you
We need to affirm gifts in others
Think about the people we are leading through this lens, what do we think their spiritual gifts are
Speak that out to people, lift one another up
Let others know what you see in them
Serve, even in areas that might not be your gifting, but find a place to plug in and start
Pursue and understand your spiritual gifts but also be willing to serve where needed
Part of the process of learning your spiritual gifts is just trying things out
Help Others
There is joy and freedom in serving
Be other centred, that's how we find freedom and joy in serving
We are just called to serve and ultimately lay down our lives
Favourite Passage
Sermon on the mount Matt 5 to 7
Ask what is it that Jesus is calling us to do
Then look at everything through that lens
Its amazing that we can keep coming back to the same words and it always impacts our lives
Ways to Encourage and Connect
Send cards, keep a running pile ready to go and schedule a time to do it
be so thankful to those choosing to volunteer
God is so excited when we take a step towards Him and serve
Mindset issue Challenge yourself as a leader
All the volunteers have other things that they could be doing
We need to let them know we are desperately thankful for them
Be constantly encouraging
Say I saw you, you did something and this is the difference that it made
What's the environment like when others arrive
Making that thing that was internal, external
Best Practices to Help Those That are Serving
Go out of our way to articulate what to expect for volunteers
Be really clear with people when you communicate
Clearly lay out what to wear and where to put their stuff
Talk them through everything, for example make a video to clearly show them what it will look like
To Those That Have NOT Been Serving but are Thinking of Coming Back
You as an individual, are missing out
Our lives need to be oriented around other people
The church does need you
We need people that will be part of the team to make the mission happen
We need you to serve before people will come back
Thanks for listening! We hope this episode has equipped you for greater influence through serving. 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. Help us reach more people by writing a review on the podcast apps that you use. The FOUR12 Canada podcast is a ministry of Faith Baptist Church in Huntsville, Ontario. Follow us on Instagram @FOUR12canada. Thanks for spending some time with us.
Welcome to Episode 0024 Season 3 of the FOUR12 Canada Podcast!
Subscribe: iTUNES | SPOTIFY | YOUTUBE
Rich Birch is the founder of unSeminary and the Executive Director of Camp Mini-Yo-We. Churches across Canada are looking for ways to rebuild and reengage their volunteer teams. Every Christian has been given unique gifts that need to be used in the local church. In this episode, Rich Birch talks about how leaders can affirm those gifts in others and encourage them back to their serving teams post-pandemic.
Connect with Rich
UNSEMINARY | EMAIL | INSTAGRAM
LINKS & PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS
unSeminary Podcast
What is unSeminary
Blog, Podcast, online courses
Everything you wish they taught in seminary
Designed to help leaders and churches
Cohorts are a great place to hear multiple perspectives from people who are in your corner and want to help
Living a Life Worthy of Your Calling
"...lead a life worthy of your calling, for you have been called by God." Ephesians 4:1
Leaders are actually a gift, given to the church
Verse 12 of Ephesians 4 says that He has laid out a path for you to serve
In the church our job is to equip others to live their best life, a life that is fully engaged
How do you Figure Out What Your Calling is?
As a Christ follower you've been given unique gifts that need to be used in the local church
Find them in relationships with others in community who will say, I see this... happening in you
We need to affirm gifts in others
Think about the people we are leading through this lens, what do we think their spiritual gifts are
Speak that out to people, lift one another up
Let others know what you see in them
Serve, even in areas that might not be your gifting, but find a place to plug in and start
Pursue and understand your spiritual gifts but also be willing to serve where needed
Part of the process of learning your spiritual gifts is just trying things out
Help Others
There is joy and freedom in serving
Be other centred, that's how we find freedom and joy in serving
We are just called to serve and ultimately lay down our lives
Favourite Passage
Sermon on the mount Matt 5 to 7
Ask what is it that Jesus is calling us to do
Then look at everything through that lens
Its amazing that we can keep coming back to the same words and it always impacts our lives
Ways to Encourage and Connect
Send cards, keep a running pile ready to go and schedule a time to do it
be so thankful to those choosing to volunteer
God is so excited when we take a step towards Him and serve
Mindset issue Challenge yourself as a leader
All the volunteers have other things that they could be doing
We need to let them know we are desperately thankful for them
Be constantly encouraging
Say I saw you, you did something and this is the difference that it made
What's the environment like when others arrive
Making that thing that was internal, external
Best Practices to Help Those That are Serving
Go out of our way to articulate what to expect for volunteers
Be really clear with people when you communicate
Clearly lay out what to wear and where to put their stuff
Talk them through everything, for example make a video to clearly show them what it will look like
To Those That Have NOT Been Serving but are Thinking of Coming Back
You as an individual, are missing out
Our lives need to be oriented around other people
The church does need you
We need people that will be part of the team to make the mission happen
We need you to serve before people will come back
Thanks for listening! We hope this episode has equipped you for greater influence through serving. 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. Help us reach more people by writing a review on the podcast apps that you use. The FOUR12 Canada podcast is a ministry of Faith Baptist Church in Huntsville, Ontario. Follow us on Instagram @FOUR12canada. Thanks for spending some time with us.
28 min