So today I'm sitting here thinking about the job descriptions of our Aviator Church volunteers. The description of each volunteer position is very different with the exception of the very last line. The last line of all Aviator Church volunteer job descriptions is:  WORK YOURSELF OUT OF THE POSITION. We need to get excited about passing the baton! Imagine how flippin' cool it would be if every... more.

Is your church or ministry area hoping to increase the number of volunteers serving within your church?  Something you should consider is your church structure.  In which of the 2 big M's are you encouraging people to serve? Ministry or Meetings? The healthy, growing churches I've seen get this right. They choose Ministry.  They give their pastor great freedom to empower the church to move f... more.

Have you ever walked into a business or organization only to find the staff possessing poor attitudes and speaking negatively about the business they're working in?  Vomit. Vomit Vomit. At Aviator Church, we're ecstatic about serving Jesus and others!  There is absolutely no room for public negativity! Below are some tips to avoid negativity: Remind volunteers to speak positively about... more.

There are times in life when we all need a swift kick in the pants!  At Aviator Church we don't necessarily condone physically kicking someone into productivity...but we are all about life change! Motivate volunteers working under you or volunteers working alongside you with stories of life change!  People's lives are being radically transformed every week at Aviator Church and we can encourage ... more.

Recruit! Recruit! Recruit! Why is it the responsibility of volunteers to help recruit new volunteers?  Well, there's the obvious: We've got tons of opportunities and can always use more bodies....but I believe the reason is much deeper than that. "Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiri... more.

"A person's words can be life giving water." -Proverbs 18:4a NLT In middle school I had a good friend on my basketball team who was just beginning the sport and had a lot of growing to do.  Our coach knew the sport well and pushed hard for us to grow and learn.  We ran drills, we scrimmaged, we ran stairs and we shot hundreds of free-throws.  The coach was extremely passionate and this often... more.

Do people have the gift of toilet cleaning?  The setup/breakdown gift?  The gift of cleaning the vomit of the 7th grader who thought it was fun to chug a gallon of milk in youth group?  I'm thinking not....but these are still important jobs that must be done. At Aviator Church we've adopted an 80/20 rule.  We ask that 80% of a volunteer's time be spent working in the area where he/she is mo... more.

Make every effort not to mingle with other volunteers/friends/family while you are serving.   We at Aviator Church want to make sure we are available to all guests!... more.

Volunteers are one of the first impressions people have of Aviator Church as they walk into the building on Sunday mornings.  You have an incredible opportunity to minister to each person you encounter with a simple smile and a hello.  So…SMILE BIG!... more.