Church A/V teams, tech teams, praise and worship, and even the Sunday school program, all need volunteers. While most recruitment techniques involve announcements from the pulpit or setting-up a table in the back of the church, the most effective means of garnering help is through one-on-one relationships.
It’s far more effective for someone on the church tech team to invite someone they know from their Bible study to join, than it is for the Pastor to announce to the congregation that if anyone is interested in helping out the church tech team, to talk with church tech team leader.
While this is an effective way to recruit, most of us may have a hard time thinking of whom to ask.
Perhaps we need to look a little closer?
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