It's been 7 months.......

Wow, what an amazing weekend! Sue Miller is absolutely incredible. Her insights are delivered with truth and passion. The FUEL conference was well worth all the effort put into it. At the end of the conference, an attendee walked up to me and said, "Thank you so much! I haven't been re-fueled for over 7 months. I am always with the children. I really needed this." I am so thankful this wonderful children's ministry volunteer took the time to sit and be served. I have no idea the percentage of children's volunteers who spend more time ministering than being ministered to, but I would guess that the number would shock us all! It's hard to find volunteers, it always has been. It's one of those things that no matter what you do, there is always a need somewhere. So, what's the answer? Children's Ministry Magazine had a couple of stats I found interesting, 40% of volunteers say they seek volunteer opportunites where they can use their workplace skills, but only 29% believe their workplace skills are what volunteer organizations need most from them. We can learn a lot from one stat, we are asking too many volunteers to serve where they don't feel they are skilled or needed. Get to know more about the people in your church before you just put them in a the places you know about. Sounds easy.....right?!?!?!?