This is part of a series about KidMin Recruitment. To see the first blog in this series click here.
To recruit well, you are going to have to do a few things that children’s ministers sometimes aren’t good at doing:
1. Go where the grown ups are. If people don’t know you or only see you inside of kidmin world, they can’t relate to you. If they can’t relate to you, they likely won’t want to serve with you. But more than that, if you don’t know people you don’t know who to ask. People don’t respond well to cold calls. They want a face and a relationship. So, go to big church, hang out in the foyer, welcome all the parents as they walk in… do something to get to know people.
2. Build intentional relationships. You can’t wait until recruiting season to become people’s best friends. Pray and have your eyes open all year long. This is another reason you have to get out of your children’s ministry room. Our natural bent is to talk to the kids. Make it your goal to get to know some grown ups.
3. Talk positively about children’s ministry. People should not be surprised that you think your world is the very most fun place to be. You need to be your ministry’s biggest fan. Don’t be obnoxious (most of the time), but speak highly in the presence of others of what God is doing. DON’T complain or have volunteers who complain. Don’t beg. Don’t appear pitiful. You don’t want people signing up because they feel sorry for you.
4. Don’t be afraid to ask. You are asking people to enter into one of the greatest blessings – working with kids. You live and breathe it for a reason. Why are we afraid to ask others to get involved. Potential volunteers can smell fear. Ask with boldness. Ask with expectation that they will say yes and not expectation that they will say no.
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