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Orange Leaders Forum » Tag: staff - Recent Topics http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/tags/staff Orange Leaders Forum en-US Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:33:40 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 <![CDATA[Search]]> q http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/search.php Beth Nelson on "How do I get consistent leaders in small groups?" http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/topic/how-do-i-get-consistent-leaders-in-small-groups#post-16 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:37:36 +0000 Beth Nelson 16@http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/ Getting small group leaders to become consistent happens in a variety of ways. It’s a bit organic. But as far as we can tell, these factors help: <ul> <li>Cast vision for what you want to see happen. Since many church leaders grew up under a teacher/student paradigm, you need to continually remind people that leading small groups is about relationships. </li> <li>Create a great serving environment. <ul> <li>Is your environment fun? Do people like to serve? </li> <li>Are you prepared for your volunteers when they show up? Are things in the right places so leaders can focus on relationships? </li> <li>Do you celebrate wins? When relationships go deep, celebrate it and tell others what a great job your group leaders are doing. What you celebrate gets repeated. </li> <li>Do you thank them regularly and meaningfully? Gratitude fosters generosity. </li> </ul> </li> <li>Make the message from the adult service available. Many volunteers don’t want to serve every week because they want to be in an adult service. If you have a second service, encourage group leaders to serve for one and attend one. Give them a free CD of the message. </li> <li>If for various reasons you can’t have a consistent group leader serving the same group of kids every week, choose two leaders per group and rotate them. While not ideal, kids can better relate to two leaders than to a random assortment of leaders.</li> </ul> Beth Nelson on "What does a staff organizational chart look like at different stages?" http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/topic/what-does-a-staff-organizational-chart-look-like-at-different-stages#post-5 Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:20:39 +0000 Beth Nelson 5@http://www.orangeleaders.com/forums/ While every church is different, there are some common structures that many Orange churches have moved to. Details vary, but here are the people you may need, now or down the road: For Sunday ministry in all environments (preschool, elementary school, middle school, high school and college): <ul> <li>Large group communicators and small group leaders </li> <li>Host team/security check-in volunteers/crowd control for zone coordinators </li> <li>Tech team</li> </ul> For Family Experience: <ul> <li>Family production director, cast, tech teams, host team, prop/set managers</li> </ul> Midweek: <ul> <li>Resource assistance: a team to prepare small group materials, and another to gather and prep large group theme, props, visuals</li> </ul> While all of this might seem overwhelming, the best approach is to begin where you are and build out from there. In a single-staff church, the pastor would simply design his or her volunteer structure around the environments he or she is able to run. Volunteers would implement Orange ministry with the staff member and leadership team as chief architects and encouragers. You might even designate a volunteer to be Family Ministry Director. As you expand the ministry, staff new positions with volunteers and plan to hire top-level leaders (directors or pastors) whose primary gifting is managing projects and managing volunteer teams. As you add to your staff, remember to provide good administrative support for your team (sometimes churches forget to hire admin help). Finally, never let staff replace your volunteers. You will always feel the pressure to hire, but often a slight reorganization or looking at a situation a second time will allow you to continue to keep volunteers engaged. Remember, for many of them, making a difference in families’ lives is the highlight of their week.