Working With Volunteers
- Recognize their gift of time—the value of their gift is determined by how well we use their time.
- Recognize the part they play—not more (flattery) and not less (pessimism); value the part by showing how it fits in the whole (e.g., orientation, history).
- See the unseen—example/imagine (e.g., camper/soul/eternity).
- Encourage one another—building people is better than building stuff. Share your testimony and learn theirs. Note a job done, well done, progress.
- Measure progress often and minutely.
- Rookies don’t know traditions, names, humor, or personalities—they only know what they are told.
- Be close enough to catch a bad decision before it becomes a bad action.
- Give God glory.
- They get to have a single track; you don’t.