The Lead Volunteers Leadership Blog
The Sunday School Zone Lead Volunteers Leadership Blog addresses the ongoing needs of those in a church or children’s ministry organization who are responsible for leading the volunteers engaged in that ministry. Josh Denhart, the host and creator of Lead Volunteers, is a veteran pastor and ministry leader who provides regular, ongoing leadership advice for those in the trenches of ministry.
Check out Josh’s brief videos (typically about 2 minutes) and blog posts below that will encourage you, inform you, and equip you as you develop your own leadership skills and, in turn, equip others to deepen and expand the ministry of YOUR organization!
Lead Volunteers: Those Who Say and Those Who Do
We’ve often heard individuals share at length, droning on and on and on, about what they would like to see happen, and yet those items never come to fruition. They never truly see the light of day and we never see those items being executed. Before long, those who are following such a leader begin…
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Lead Volunteers: Be Humble
There is an interesting verse in the Bible which states “God is opposed to the proud but gives grace to the humble” (James 4:6). That verse is extremely eye opening. To think that the Almighty God of the universe could be opposed to me is very sobering. Opposition to God I don’t want God to…
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Lead Volunteers: Bringing Chaos Into Organization
In this episode of Lead Volunteers (just over 2 minutes), Josh notes that the main reason ministers don’t last long is because of a failure to organize. Lead Volunteers is designed to help you with the task of bringing chaos into organization. Check it out! Lead Volunteers video episodes by Josh Denhart on Sunday…
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Lead Volunteers: To Excel at Long Suffering, One Must First Suffer Long
In ministry, perseverance and long suffering are part of the package. There is a hard labor of love that comes in ministry. There are people who will intentionally, or unintentionally, seek to hurt and harm. I need to suffer those insults. People Will Disappoint You Being in ministry means that you are going to suffer…
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Lead Volunteers: Concerned About Many Things
I may be concerned about many things, but I am responsible for but a few. Place your energies towards the few. Do you know what YOU are responsible for? Over the years, I have been plagued by what I viewed as illogical and poor decision-making by ministries that I had no responsibility for in my…
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Underutilization of Key Volunteers
Underutilization of key volunteers is as dangerous as overworking and burning out volunteers. We often think that the worst possible scenario is to overwork a zealous volunteer. We definitely need to be cautious and conscious of overworking someone, but there is something just as detrimental as overworking a volunteer. The underutilization of a key volunteer…
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Be a Good Shepherd. Don’t Scare the Sheep.
The role of a shepherd is to lead beside quiet waters, to lead into green pastures, and to care for the sheep. Sheep are interesting animals. Let’s imagine that a herd of sheep is grazing quietly, the sun is out, not a cloud in the sky, and one sheep bends down to eat a tuft…
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Lead Volunteers: Contact Volunteers for More Than Just an Ask
In this episode of Lead Volunteers (under 2 minutes), Josh talks about the value of contacting volunteers in order to affirm then and give to them. When the only time they hear from us is when we’re asking for something, we are conditioning them to dread our call! Lead Volunteers can help you make positive…
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Lead Volunteers: Unity Is a Kingdom Value
I believe that unity is one of the most important things that can occur inside the local church. We need to be unified. Unity is a Kingdom value. Unity Isn’t Always Easy Now, that can be very difficult at times. There have been occasions when, behind closed doors, I was vehemently opposed to a decision…
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