Comments on: You’ll Never Have Enough Staff

By: Never Enough Staff « GodSideKurt

Never Enough Staff « GodSideKurt — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:54:16 +0000

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By: Creating a Culture of Volunteerism – LeadingSmart

Creating a Culture of Volunteerism – LeadingSmart — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:44:39 +0000

[...] received an email from a pastor who read my post titled You’ll Never Have Enough Staff last week. His church has around 700 in attendance and he was getting ready to hire a [...]

By: Tom Becker

Tom Becker — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:35:23 +0000

Tim you might want to hit on "How to treat your volunteers,employess, whatever." Appreciation, encouragement, enabling, and things like that can be very helpful.

Tom

By: Friday Links :: jasonpetermann.com

Friday Links :: jasonpetermann.com — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:26:15 +0000

[...] Stevens says that You Will Never Have Enough Staff, and talks about why. Great [...]

By: Glenda

Glenda — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:09:29 +0000

"I’ve been to churches in which the pastors do everything and the church members see it as their responsibility to warm the pews and “keep the pastor accountable.""

Perhaps the pastor dictates the culture. Similar to the mother whose kids don't do anything – they don't do 'it' as well as the mother, they don't do 'it' the same as the mother and often the mother actually DEFINES herself by all the things she does. ( Often these mothers are the ones who complain most about the kids doing nothing)

Suggested reading: The Necessary Revolution – by Peter Senge – nothing to do with church but heaps to do with life and organisations etc etc.

By: Jeffery Stockdale

Jeffery Stockdale — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:53:13 +0000

Great post! I remember the day when I was pastor, teacher, song leader, janitor, greeter, cook, bus driver…they wanted me to do everything except take up the offering lol! Thanks for you insight and I agree, we need to get the people in the pew engaged!

By: Tim Stevens

Tim Stevens — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:23:03 +0000

Whenever we have enough of anything (money, food, health, staff, stuff, etc.), it is the human tendency to become self-sufficient. We forget we need God. Many times it takes a drought to get us focused on what is most important again.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:12:03 +0000

Best line: "Not having enough staff is a good thing. It forces us to our knees." Right, because if you have "enough" staff, then you don't need God.