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 From the moment these 34 individuals stepped outside their vehicles with hearts and bags full, they had no idea what this week would hold.
The first group to arrive was from Michigan, who had already come last year! As their 34 legs stepped out of the vans, you could see the twinkle in their eyes as they braced themselves for "another" week here in Toronto. They were so remarkably impacted by the people they served, the stories they heard, and the things they saw, so much that they took this programming back home to serve those in their own communities.
 The Salvation Army and the Initiative Against Sexual Trafficking have partnered to invite believers worldwide to join in prayer and fasting for victims of sexual trafficking. The event will be held the weekend of September 26-28 and invites churches, para-church organizations and individuals to participate. Past participants have joined from have had participants from Macedonia, Venezuela, India, the Philippines, the United States, Canada, Mexico, the U.K., and Germany. Please visit their website to learn more.
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 Would you like to become an editor or blogger on the Christian justice issues you feel most passionate about? UrbanMinistry.org is launching our Volunteer Channel Editor/Blogger program which will enable you to gain exposure to our audience of over 100,000 visitors each month.
I recently pulled my copy of CS Lewis' The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe off the shelf and read back over some of my favorite passages. There's one conversation in particular that I'm continually drawn back to:
"Is-is he a man?" asked Lucy.
"Aslan a man!" said Mr Beaver sternly. "Certainly not. I tell you he is the King of the wood and the son of the great Emperor-beyond-the-Sea. Don't you know who is the King of Beasts? Aslan is a lion - the Lion, the great Lion."
Volunteer Abroad:
Are you looking for an occupation where not only do you get to explore many cultures and learn new things, but also glove trot? Have you explored the option of volunteering abroad yet? Volunteering abroad is rapidly becoming a career option for many young people across the globe. Volunteering has always been associated with social causes like rescue work during earthquakes, tsunamis, war, saving the planet, creating eco habitats, educating slum children etc. What a volunteer can really derive out of an overseas work is experience, understanding the different communities and geographical or demographical requirements. A sense of pride, inspiration and this kind of work is good for character building.
Type of volunteerism:
 Now accepting resumes for one year internship through AmeriCorps with national Urban Ministry based in Boston starting in January 2008.
Other positions include Volunteer Coordinator & Graphic Designer.
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Volunteer Toolkit: Practical Equipment for Effective Volunteer Management
Volunteers are a valuable and necessary human resource for faith-based nonprofits. While volunteers don’t carry employee status in the organization, they do need careful management and training in order to be truly effective in their volunteer tasks. This toolkit features informative articles, printable forms and resource lists to help the nonprofit volunteer manager recruit, train, inform and equip volunteers for successful volunteer work.1. Articles
Project Development Tools
These articles contain insightful information for developing and streamlining your volunteer program.
- The 12 Basic Needs of Every Volunteer
Volunteers and volunteer leaders are most likely to succeed and to stay on target if 12 basic needs are met. Use this checklist to determine whether your organization’s volunteers are fully equipped for their work.
- Promising Practices for Volunteer Management
Encourage and aid your volunteer team to succeed at their given tasks by adopting these 12 sound volunteer management practices.
Project Implementation Tools
This section includes informative articles related to volunteer management, and downloadable forms for distribution to your volunteers.
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Sample Job Description Worksheet
This tool will help volunteer managers work through and finalize the details of an individualized volunteer job description, including tasks, responsibilities, qualifications, goals, training and volunteer benefits.
Project Evaluation Tools
Download these printable resources for use in your volunteer management practices.
1. Volunteer Feedback Form
How well are your volunteers equipped to carry out their assigned tasks? Distribute this form to your volunteers to gather their task-related feedback, which will help you to enhance and strengthen your ministry’s volunteer effectiveness.
Additional Resources
Need more help managing your volunteer program? These recommended resources will help you find the information you’re looking for.
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Eight Biblical-based principles for effective volunteer service.
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Increase Volunteerism in Your Congregation (Adapted from "Research Briefs from Related Projects Connecting Faith and Service," Baylor University School of Social Work and partners.) The primary goal of social service programs is to improve the situations of program recipients, of course. But as any long-time volunteer will tell you, serving others brings as much benefit to the giver of the service as to the recipient, if not more so. Research indicates that when Christians volunteer, they're not just ministering to the community; the degree of their personal faith can be affected as well. Studies show that voluntarily serving others is more effective in strengthening the impact of faith than attending worship services more than once a week; that volunteering with persons of different or conflicting backgrounds and beliefs tends to confirm, rather than confuse, a volunteer's faith; and that church members who are personally involved in community ministry are more apt to financially support the church than non-volunteering members. Yet in spite of the confirmed spiritual benefits accrued through faithful service, volunteers may find themselves feeling unchallenged and unfulfilled by their work in the community. Strengthening the faith-life of volunteers should be an important focus for congregational leaders, not only because service is such an integral component of the Christian lifestyle, but also because community needs are great, and volunteers are consistently in high demand. Here are some steps church leaders can take to revitalize their congregants' commitment to serve, and to strengthen the faith-life of volunteers at the same time. - Challenge members to get involved in community ministry as a necessary outgrowth of the Christian faith, then provide the means for them to respond to your challenge. Offer mission opportunities through the congregation itself, and seek out opportunities for volunteers in public, private, faith-based and secular venues. Consider programs that require once-daily volunteers as well as once-monthly volunteers, so that even members who have very little time to donate can get involved in volunteer work.
- Work on moving members from short-term volunteer ventures to long-term commitment. Many congregations literally move their members, sending them on long-distance mission trips during which participants can gain a new appreciation of the positive impact made in people's lives because of their efforts. But opportunities for joyful service exist close to home, too. Volunteers who thrive in distant missions settings may be inspired to get involved in similar projects locally.
- Define volunteer jobs in ways that emphasize the relational aspect of volunteering. Services such as delivering meals weekly to a regular set of people, or tutoring the same child over a period of time, give volunteers the chance to develop personal bonds with other people. The challenges and rewards involved with personal relationships are far more significant for the faith formation of volunteers than non-relational service.
- Set the standard by setting an example: get personally involved in community service. Congregational leaders who are involved and visible in community ministries will be better equipped to connect the church's services with the community's needs.
- Celebrate and educate volunteers. Pray for upcoming volunteer events, and plan time afterward for the volunteers to share and reflect upon their experiences. Consider establishing a prayer group or Bible study to help support volunteers through potentially difficult experiences in their community work. Use the group time to examine the social and economic factors that create the problems that volunteers are called upon to alleviate. Encourage volunteers to find ways to respond to systemic problems as well as to the impact of such problems on the lives of individuals.
- Encourage service for service's sake, and discourage the congregation from equating success as a volunteer with solving the community's problems. Remind volunteers that volunteering is an act of Christian discipleship, an opportunity to learn, to befriend and to support, and that the burden of changing lives doesn't rest on them personally, but on God.
With the right balance of encouragement, opportunity, challenge and support, church leaders can lead their congregations toward a renewed commitment to serving their communities and renewing their faith through community service. -adapted from a series of Research Briefs from Related Projects to be released by Baylor University School of Social Work as part of a 30-month research project funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts. The research reported in this brief was conducted in another research project led by Baylor University and funded by Lilly Endowment, Inc., "Service and Faith: The Impact on Christian Faith and Congregational Life of Organized Community Caring (2000-2003)." The research team consisted of Diana Garland, Dennis Myers, and David Sherwood (Baylor University); Paula Sheridan (Whittier College); Terry Wolfer (University of South Carolina) and Beryl Hugen (Calvin College). For more information on this project, contact Diana Garland (Diana_Garland@baylor.edu). |
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