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&lt;p&gt;It also includes a brief description of TechMission&#039;s AC4 membership benefits, and lists our current job opportunities.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.urbanministry.org/urbanministry-org-newsletter-october-2007&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana&quot;&gt;This report summarizes findings from a survey of volunteers involved in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;st1:country-region&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana&quot;&gt;England&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:country-region&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana&quot;&gt;&amp;rsquo;s Nacro youth agency, a nonprofit specializing in at-risk youth and crime reduction. It offers valuable insights and examples for engaging youth themselves, and ex-offenders, as valuable volunteers.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana&quot;&gt;Why does FASTEN recommend this resource?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana&quot;&gt;Kids in programs often respond best to volunteers they can relate to, or have respect for. When FBOs can effectively utilize other youth, or adults who made wrong choices early on but have turned their lives around, the impact can be positive. But some organizations worry about using youth and ex-offenders; this booklet provides practical examples of programs that have made this approach work.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Verdana,Arial,Helvetica&quot; size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target=&quot;_New&quot; href=&quot;/Uploads/4E58B77D-5988-4733-99EC-1EB5341C0228.pdf&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 08:34:48 -0500</pubDate>
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                                    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Aumento del Voluntariado en su Congregaci&amp;oacute;n&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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                                    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
                                    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoBodyText&quot;&gt;(Adaptado de &lt;em&gt;Resumen de Investigaci&amp;oacute;n de Proyectos Relacionados Conectando F&amp;eacute; y Servicio&lt;/em&gt; de la Escuela de Trabajo Social y asociados de la Universidad de Baylor)&lt;/p&gt;
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                                    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;La meta primordial de los programas de servicio social, es por supuesto, de mejorar la situaci&amp;oacute;n de los receptores del programa. Pero como todo voluntario a largo plazo le dir&amp;iacute;a, el servir a otros trae tantos beneficios al que da el servicio, como a quien lo recibe, sino es m&amp;aacute;s. Investigaciones indican que cuando los cristianos se ofrecen, ellos no s&amp;oacute;lo est&amp;aacute;n ministrando a la comunidad; el grado de su f&amp;eacute; personal tambi&amp;eacute;n puede ser afectada. Estudios muestran que servir a otros voluntariamente es m&amp;aacute;s efectivo en fortalecer el impacto de f&amp;eacute; que el atender servicios religiosos m&amp;aacute;s que una vez a la semana; que ser voluntarios en tratar personas con pasados conflictivos y creencias diferentes tiende a confirmar, mas que confundir, la f&amp;eacute; del voluntario; y que los miembros de iglesias que se involucran personalmente en ministrar a la comunidad son m&amp;aacute;s aptos que los miembros no voluntarios, para apoyar econ&amp;oacute;micamente a la iglesia.&lt;/p&gt;
                                    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
                                    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;A&amp;uacute;n as&amp;iacute;, a pesar de los beneficios espirituales ganados atrav&amp;eacute;s del servicio por f&amp;eacute;, los voluntarios pueden sentirse insatisfechos y sin motivaci&amp;oacute;n por su trabajo en la comunidad. Reforz&amp;aacute;ndo la vida de f&amp;eacute; de los voluntarios, debiera ser un enfoque importante para los l&amp;iacute;deres de congregaciones, no s&amp;oacute;lo porque el servicio es un componente tan integral de la vida Cristiana, sino tambien porque las necesidades comunitarias son grandes, y los voluntarios estan siempre en alta demanda. Aqu&amp;iacute; hay unos pasos que los l&amp;iacute;deres de iglesias pueden tomar para vitalizar el compromiso a servir de sus congregantes, y para reforzar a la vez la vida de f&amp;eacute; de los voluntarios.&lt;/p&gt;
                                    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
                                    
                                    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Desaf&amp;iacute;e a los miembros a involucrarse en ministrar a la comunidad como una necesidad de crecimiento de la f&amp;eacute; Cristiana, luego provea los medios para que puedan responder a su reto. Ofresca oportunidades de misiones atrav&amp;eacute;s de la misma congregaci&amp;oacute;n, y busque oportunidades para voluntarios en p&amp;uacute;blico, privado, medios religiosos y seculares. Considere programas&amp;nbsp; que requieran voluntarios una vez al d&amp;iacute;a, tanto como una vez mensualmente, para que los miembros que tienen poco tiempo para donar puedan involucrarse en trabajo voluntario.&lt;/p&gt;
                                    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
                                    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Trate de mover miembros de voluntariado a corto plazo a compromisos de largo plazo.&amp;nbsp; Muchas congregaciones literalmente mueven sus miembros, enviandolos a viajes misioneros de larga distancia, en los que los participantes pueden obtener una apreciaci&amp;oacute;n nueva del impacto positivo que se da en las vidas de las personas debido a su esfuerzo. Pero hay tambi&amp;eacute;n oportunidades para servicio con gozo cerca del hogar. Voluntarios que crecen mucho en misiones distantes pueden ser inspirados a ser involucrados en proyectos similares localmente.&lt;/p&gt;
                                    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
                                    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Defina el trabajo de voluntariado en formas que enfaticen el aspecto relacional del voluntariado. Servicios como repartici&amp;oacute;n de comidas semanalmente, a un grupo regular de gente, o ser tutor de un solo ni&amp;ntilde;o por un per&amp;iacute;odo de tiempo, le dan a los voluntarios la oportunidad de desarrollar lazos personales con otras personas. Los retos y las recompensas involucradas con relaciones personales son a&amp;uacute;n m&amp;aacute;s significativas para la formaci&amp;oacute;n de f&amp;eacute; de los voluntarios que los servicios sin relaci&amp;oacute;n.&lt;/p&gt;
                                    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
                                    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;middot;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Ponga un est&amp;aacute;ndar por medio del ejemplo: invol&amp;uacute;crese personalmente en servicio a la comunidad. L&amp;iacute;deres de congregaciones que se involucran y son visibles en ministerios comunitarios estar&amp;aacute;n mejor equipados para conectar los servicios de la iglesia con las necesidades de la comunidad.&lt;/p&gt;
                                    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
                                    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Celebre y entrene a los voluntarios.&amp;nbsp; Ore por pr&amp;oacute;ximos eventos de voluntariado, y planee tiempo despu&amp;eacute;s para que los voluntarios compartan y refleccionen en sus experiencias. Considere establecer un grupo de oraci&amp;oacute;n o estudio B&amp;iacute;blico para ayudar a apoyar a los voluntarios atrav&amp;eacute;s de experiencias potencialmente dif&amp;iacute;ciles en su trabajo comunitario. Use el tiempo de grupo para examinar los factores sociales y econ&amp;oacute;micos que crean los problemas a los que los voluntarios son llamados a aliviar. Anime a los voluntarios a encontrar formas de responder a problemas sistem&amp;aacute;ticos tanto como al impacto de estos problemas en las vidas de los individuos.&lt;/p&gt;
                                    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
                                    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Anime a servir por el propio beneficio de servir, y desanime a la congregaci&amp;oacute;n a igualar el &amp;eacute;xito como voluntarios con resolver los problemas comunitarios. Recu&amp;eacute;rdeles que ser voluntarios es un acto de discipulado Cristiano, una oportunidad de aprender, de amigarse y apoyar, y que la carga de cambiar vidas no descansa en ellos personalmente, sino en Dios.&lt;/p&gt;
                                    
                                    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
                                    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Con el balance correcto de &amp;aacute;nimo, oportunidad, desaf&amp;iacute;o y apoyo, l&amp;iacute;deres de iglesias pueden dirigir su congregaci&amp;oacute;n hacia un compromiso renovado para servir a sus comunidades y renovar su f&amp;eacute; atrav&amp;eacute;s del servicio comunitario.&lt;/p&gt;
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                                                &lt;h1&gt;Conectando Fe y Servicio&lt;/h1&gt;
                                                &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;(Adaptado de &amp;ldquo;Resumen de investigaci&amp;oacute;n de Proyectos relacionados conectando fe y servicio&amp;rdquo;. Universidad de Baylor, Facultad de Trabajo Social y asociados.)&lt;/p&gt;
                                                &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
                                                &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Voluntarios de servicio comunitario est&amp;aacute;n perpetuamente en demanda constante y aparentemente escasos en disponibilidad. A&amp;uacute;n as&amp;iacute;, congregaciones de iglesias&amp;mdash;o para ser m&amp;aacute;s exactos, individuos voluntarios dentro de las congregaciones&amp;mdash;consistentemente proveen ayuda valiosa.&amp;nbsp; Por cada miembro de iglesia asistido, por un programa de la iglesia, cuatro miembros comunitarios reciben servicios del mismo programa.&lt;/p&gt;
                                                &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
                                                &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;iquest;Por qu&amp;eacute; tienen tanto potencial las iglesias como incubadoras de voluntarios? La respuesta est&amp;aacute; en la relaci&amp;oacute;n interactiva y din&amp;aacute;mica entre fe y servicio.&lt;/p&gt;
                                                &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
                                                &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Primeramente, la fe motiva el servicio. Los Cristianos son comandados en la Biblia a servir a otros en amor, y los esfuerzos de voluntarios Cristianos son una demostraci&amp;oacute;n visible de obediencia a Dios. Adem&amp;aacute;s, los esfuerzos de la iglesia no est&amp;aacute;n enfocados en las necesidades de la congregaci&amp;oacute;n solamente; un promedio de 17% del presupuesto de las congregaciones son para ministerios comunitarios. En su capacidad de &amp;ldquo;utilidad social&amp;rdquo;, la iglesia provee recursos comunitarios valiosos, desde mentores de ni&amp;ntilde;os hasta alimentar a los desamparados, como respuesta a su sistema de creencia.&lt;/p&gt;
                                                &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
                                                &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;En cambio, el servicio magnifica la fe. Investigaci&amp;oacute;n hecha sobre voluntarios comunitarios motivados por su fe, sugiere que el voluntariado regular en servicios sociales, afecta positivamente a personas religiosas. Espec&amp;iacute;ficamente, hay tres efectos significantes del trabajo de voluntariado consistente, en los mismos voluntarios:&lt;br /&gt;
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                                                    &lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;El voluntariado aumenta la implicaci&amp;oacute;n de la iglesia. &lt;/strong&gt;Aquellos que est&amp;aacute;n involucrados personalmente en varios aspectos de ministerio comunitario, son tambi&amp;eacute;n m&amp;aacute;s dedicados en ejercer su fe personal, incluyendo atender a la alabanza m&amp;aacute;s frecuentemente y el aumento de dar financieramente.&lt;/li&gt;
                                                    &lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;El voluntariado prueba y fortalece la fe.&lt;/strong&gt; Voluntarios que participan en el ministerio comunitario una vez a la semana, califican m&amp;aacute;s alto en medidas de fe que los congregantes que atienden a los servicios de la iglesia, m&amp;aacute;s de una vez por semana.&lt;/li&gt;
                                                    &lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Los voluntarios que encuentran diversidad social, econ&amp;oacute;mica, racial, f&amp;iacute;sica o pol&amp;iacute;tica en su ministerio, se comprometen m&amp;aacute;s profundamente en su practica de fe, a trav&amp;eacute;s del tiempo. &lt;/strong&gt;Experiencia con una amplia variedad de pasados y pr&amp;aacute;cticas, puede ensanchar y a&amp;uacute;n inquietar la perspectiva social de los voluntarios, la cual a cambio puede causar que el voluntario invierta m&amp;aacute;s profundamente en pr&amp;aacute;cticas de fe, como generosidad, oraci&amp;oacute;n, alabanza y estudio de la escrituras.&lt;/li&gt;
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                                                    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
                                                    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Una vez un miembro de la iglesia toma el papel de voluntario, el ciclo continuo entre practicas de fe m&amp;aacute;s significantes y servicio motivado, puede desarrollar al&amp;nbsp; voluntario como un recurso humano dependiente, dedicado a servir a la comunidad en formas continuas y significativas.&lt;/p&gt;
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                                                    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;-&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Adaptado de la serie de Resumen de Investigaci&amp;oacute;n de Proyectos Relacionados a ser publicado por la Universidad de Baylor, Facultad de Trabajo Social como parte de un proyecto de investigaci&amp;oacute;n de 30 meses financiado por Pew Charitable Trusts. La investigaci&amp;oacute;n reportada en este resumen fue conducido en otro proyecto de investigaci&amp;oacute;n dirigido por la Universidad de Baylor y financiado por Lilly Endowment, Inc., &amp;ldquo;Servicio y Fe: El Impacto de la Fe Cristiana y Vida de Congregaciones de Cuidado Comunitario Organizado (2000-2003).&amp;rdquo; El equipo de investigaci&amp;oacute;n fue constituido por Diana Garland, Dennos Myers y David Sherwood (Universidad de Baylor); Paula Sheridan (Whittier Collage); Ferry Wolfer (Universidad de Carolina del Sur) y Beryl Hugen (Calvin Collage). Para m&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n sobre este proyecto, contacte a Diana Garland (&lt;span class=&quot;spamspan&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;u&quot;&gt;Garland&lt;/span&gt; [at] &lt;span class=&quot;d&quot;&gt;baylor [dot] edu&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;
                                                    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;-&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Informaci&amp;oacute;n estad&amp;iacute;stica en presupuestos de congregaciones: Chaves, Mark y William Tsitsos (2001). &amp;ldquo;Servicios de Congregaciones y Sociales: Qu&amp;eacute; hacen, c&amp;oacute;mo lo hacen y con qui&amp;eacute;n.&amp;rdquo; Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly 30 (4): 660-683&lt;/p&gt;
                                                    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;-&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Reportando sobre la implicaci&amp;oacute;n de las congregaciones en servicio social al presente d&amp;iacute;a:&amp;nbsp; Cnaan, Ram A. (1997). Implicaci&amp;oacute;n Social y comunitario de congregaciones religiosas alojado en propiedades hist&amp;oacute;ricas religiosas: Resultados de un estudio de seis ciudades. Filadelfia: Universidad de Pensilvania. Cnaan, Ram A., Robert J. Wineburg, et al. (1999). El trato m&amp;aacute;s nuevo: Trabajo social y religi&amp;oacute;n en sociedades. NY: Columbia University Press. Cnaan, Ram A. Et al., (2002) La mano invisible que cuida: Congregaciones americanas y la provisi&amp;oacute;n de bienestar social. Nueva Cork: New York University Press.&lt;/p&gt;
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                                    &lt;h1&gt;Consejos Utiles para Fomentar el Trabajo de Voluntariado a trav&amp;eacute;s de su Iglesia&lt;/h1&gt;
                                    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;(Adaptado de &amp;ldquo;Res&amp;uacute;menes de Investigaci&amp;oacute;n de Proyectos Relacionados Conectando Fe y Servicio.&amp;rdquo; Universidad de Baylor de Trabajo Social y asociados.)&lt;/p&gt;
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                                        &lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Desaf&amp;iacute;e a los miembros &lt;/strong&gt;a involucrarse en un ministerio comunitario como una pr&amp;aacute;ctica requerida, no electiva, de la fe Cristiana. Desaf&amp;iacute;elos desde el pulpito, en educaci&amp;oacute;n Cristiana y en cada oportunidad disponible.&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
                                        &lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Haga el ministerio comunitario &lt;/strong&gt;una parte integral de la vida de la iglesia. &amp;iexcl;Servir a la comunidad es m&amp;aacute;s importante para la vida de fe de los miembros, que atender a un servicio de la iglesia!&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
                                        &lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Provea oportunidades &lt;/strong&gt;que movilicen a los miembros que asistir&amp;aacute;n ministerios una&amp;nbsp; sola vez o corto tiempo, buen principio para implicarse a largo plazo.&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
                                        &lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ayude a los voluntarios &lt;/strong&gt;a reconocer que esto es un discipulado Cristiano, una oportunidad para aprender, y que ellos no deben esperar ser la respuesta a los complejos problemas que puedan enfrentar.&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
                                        &lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Siempre &lt;/strong&gt;cubra el servicio de voluntarios con oraciones espec&amp;iacute;ficas. Provea un tiempo para compartir experiencias, para proyectar con ellas a otros voluntarios y l&amp;iacute;deres de congregaciones y para estudios B&amp;iacute;blicos relacionados con el trabajo. &amp;iexcl;Esto es educaci&amp;oacute;n Cristiana al m&amp;aacute;ximo!&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
                                        &lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Provea oportunidades &lt;/strong&gt;en las que los voluntarios llenen y desarrollen relaciones con gente a trav&amp;eacute;s del tiempo, as&amp;iacute; como servicios de tutor&amp;iacute;a, clases, o proyectos de edificaci&amp;oacute;n de comunidades.&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
                                        &lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Fomente relaciones &lt;/strong&gt;con gente que proviene de diferentes pasados y experiencias, aunque incomode un poco a los voluntarios, por lo menos al principio.&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
                                        &lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ayude a los voluntarios &lt;/strong&gt;a reconocer y responder a los sistemas que oprimen a otros. Ens&amp;eacute;&amp;ntilde;eles c&amp;oacute;mo responder a problemas sistem&amp;aacute;ticos; por ejemplo, a trav&amp;eacute;s de desarrollo comunitario o ayuda de emergencia para personas pobres. Discuta el impacto de estos problemas sistem&amp;aacute;ticos en la vida de los individuos.&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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                                        &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Adaptado de la serie de Resumen de Investigaci&amp;oacute;n de Proyectos Relacionados a ser publicado por la Universidad de Baylor, Facultad de Trabajo Social como parte de un proyecto de investigaci&amp;oacute;n de 30 meses financiado por Pew Charitable Trusts. La investigaci&amp;oacute;n reportada en este resumen fue conducido en otro proyecto de investigaci&amp;oacute;n dirigido por la Universidad de Baylor y financiado por Lilly Endowment, Inc., &amp;ldquo;Servicio y Fe: El Impacto de la Fe Cristiana y Vida de Congregaciones de Cuidado Comunitario Organizado (2000-2003).&amp;rdquo; El equipo de investigaci&amp;oacute;n fue constituido por Diana Garland, Dennos Myers y David Sherwood (Universidad de Baylor); Paula Sheridan (Whittier Collage); Ferry Wolfer (Universidad de Carolina del Sur) y Beryl Hugen (Calvin Collage). Para m&amp;aacute;s informaci&amp;oacute;n sobre este proyecto, contacte a Diana Garland (&lt;u&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;spamspan&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;u&quot;&gt;DianaGarland&lt;/span&gt; [at] &lt;span class=&quot;d&quot;&gt;baylor [dot] edu&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;
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                                                                                    &lt;h1 class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Helpful Tips for Encouraging Volunteer Work Through Your Church&lt;/h1&gt;
                                                                                    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;(Adapted from &amp;quot;Research Briefs from Related Projects Connecting Faith and Service,&amp;quot; Baylor University School of Social Work and partners.)&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;
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                                                                                        &lt;strong&gt;Challenge members&lt;/strong&gt; to get involved in community ministry as a required&lt;em&gt;,&lt;/em&gt; not an elective, practice of the Christian faith.&amp;nbsp; Challenge them from the pulpit, in Christian education, and at every available opportunity. 
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                                                                                        &lt;strong&gt;Make community ministry&lt;/strong&gt; an integral part of the life of the church.&amp;nbsp;Serving the community is more important for the faith-life of members than attending a worship service! 
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                                                                                        &lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Provide opportunities&lt;/strong&gt; that move members from one-shot or short-term ministries (great places to begin) into involvement sustained over time. &lt;/li&gt;
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                                                                                        &lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Help volunteers&lt;/strong&gt; to recognize that this is Christian discipleship, an opportunity to learn, and that they should not expect to be the answer to the complexity of problems they may face. &lt;/li&gt;
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                                                                                        &lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Always&lt;/strong&gt; wrap volunteer service with specific prayer for the work. Provide a time for sharing experiences, for reflecting on those experiences with other volunteers and with congregational leaders, and for Bible study related to the work. This is Christian education at its best! &lt;/li&gt;
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                                                                                        &lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Provide opportunities&lt;/strong&gt; in which volunteers meet and develop relationships with people over time, such as mentoring services, classes, or community building projects.&lt;/li&gt;
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                                                                                        &lt;li class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Encourage relationships&lt;/strong&gt; with people who come from different backgrounds and experiences, and may make volunteers a bit uncomfortable, at least at first. &lt;/li&gt;
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                                                                                        &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Help volunteers&lt;/strong&gt; to recognize and respond to the systems that oppress others. Show them how to respond to systemic problems; for example, through community development or emergency relief for persons in poverty. Discuss the impact of these systemic problems in the lives of individuals.&lt;/li&gt;
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                                                                                    &lt;p&gt;-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.&amp;nbsp; The research reported in this brief was conducted in another research project led by Baylor University and funded by Lilly Endowment, Inc., &amp;quot;Service and Faith: The Impact on Christian Faith and Congregational Life of Organized Community Caring (2000-2003).&amp;quot;&amp;nbsp; 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).&amp;nbsp; For more information on this project, contact Diana Garland (&lt;span class=&quot;spamspan&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;u&quot;&gt;Diana_Garland&lt;/span&gt; [at] &lt;span class=&quot;d&quot;&gt;baylor [dot] edu&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;
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                                                                                    &lt;h1&gt;Questions to Determine Problem Behavior&lt;/h1&gt;
                                                                                    &lt;p&gt;(Adapted from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.urbanministry.org/handling-problem-volunteers&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Handling Problem Volunteers&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;by Steve McCurley and Sue Vineyard, Heritage Arts Publishing, 1998, p. 4-5. Used with permission.)&lt;/p&gt;
                                                                                    &lt;p&gt;Very often in conflicts between volunteers, particularly in minor problem behavior, there will be no real &amp;quot;villain.&amp;quot; Two people in the organization might just be not getting along, or they may even have a simple misunderstanding in which neither is really at fault. These innocent situations often create larger difficulties, however, if unaddressed. A good volunteer manager can sometimes intervene and assist the parties to look for their own solution to the situation before things get out of hand. The best process for attempting this involves talking with the parties involved on an individual basis and getting them to describe their version of the difficulty as well as what they think they could do to address the problem. Note that the solution offered here is not for the volunteer manager to act to solve the problem, but rather to encourage and assist the involved parties to identify what they themselves can do to resolve the difficulty.&lt;/p&gt;
                                                                                    &lt;p&gt;The following are some good questions to use during the interview with a problem volunteer. They are grouped into: examining the background of the situation (including how the problem volunteer feels about what is happening), creating possible solution options, and creating an implementation plan for helping the problem volunteer address the situation.&lt;/p&gt;
                                                                                    &lt;p&gt;1. &lt;em&gt;Background Investigation&lt;br /&gt;
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                                                                                        &lt;li&gt;How are things going?&lt;br /&gt;
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                                                                                        &lt;li&gt;Why do you think they are going so well?&lt;br /&gt;
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                                                                                        &lt;li&gt;How could things be better?&lt;br /&gt;
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                                                                                        &lt;li&gt;What problems are you having?&lt;br /&gt;
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                                                                                        &lt;li&gt;Why are those problems happening?&lt;br /&gt;
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                                                                                        &lt;li&gt;What factors in the situation caused the problems?&lt;br /&gt;
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                                                                                        &lt;li&gt;Are the difficulties related to a single person or to most persons?&lt;br /&gt;
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                                                                                        &lt;li&gt;How long has the situation been this way?&lt;br /&gt;
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                                                                                        &lt;li&gt;What happened prior to the situation?&lt;br /&gt;
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                                                                                        &lt;li&gt;Is there a time when this seems most likely to occur?&lt;br /&gt;
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                                                                                        &lt;li&gt;Does this behavior happen with everybody or only with some people?&lt;br /&gt;
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                                                                                        &lt;li&gt;What problems does this person&#039;s behavior cause?&lt;br /&gt;
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                                                                                        &lt;li&gt;Why do you think the person behaves that way?&lt;br /&gt;
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                                                                                        &lt;li&gt;What would a person get out of behaving that way?&lt;br /&gt;
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                                                                                        &lt;li&gt;How are other staff and volunteers reacting to the behavior?&lt;br /&gt;
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                                                                                        &lt;li&gt;Have you talked with the person about the behavior?&lt;br /&gt;
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                                                                                        &lt;li&gt;What was the person&#039;s reaction when you talked with them?&lt;/li&gt;
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                                                                                    &lt;p&gt;2. &lt;em&gt;Creation of Options&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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                                                                                        &lt;li&gt;What do you think you might do if the situation/behavior doesn&#039;t change?&lt;br /&gt;
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                                                                                        &lt;li&gt;What has been your response?&lt;br /&gt;
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                                                                                        &lt;li&gt;What has been the person&#039;s reaction to your response?&lt;br /&gt;
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                                                                                        &lt;li&gt;Why do you think this response didn&#039;t work?&lt;br /&gt;
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                                                                                        &lt;li&gt;Are there other responses you might consider?&lt;br /&gt;
                                                                                        &lt;/li&gt;
                                                                                        &lt;li&gt;How do you suppose the person will react to these?&lt;br /&gt;
                                                                                        &lt;/li&gt;
                                                                                        &lt;li&gt;What are the pros and cons of that course?&lt;br /&gt;
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                                                                                        &lt;li&gt;What other options do we have?&lt;br /&gt;
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                                                                                        &lt;li&gt;If you had it to do over again, what would you do differently?&lt;br /&gt;
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                                                                                        &lt;li&gt;What would you advise someone else to do in this situation?&lt;br /&gt;
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                                                                                        &lt;li&gt;What would you advise someone else to do to avoid this situation?&lt;/li&gt;
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                                                                                    &lt;p&gt;3. &lt;em&gt;Implementation&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
                                                                                    &lt;ul&gt;
                                                                                        &lt;li&gt;Of the possible options, which would best fit with your situation?&lt;br /&gt;
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                                                                                        &lt;li&gt;What will you need before trying to implement the solution?&lt;br /&gt;
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                                                                                        &lt;li&gt;How will this affect other volunteers and staff in your department?&lt;br /&gt;
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                                                                                        &lt;li&gt;Is there a way to best communicate this change to these others?&lt;br /&gt;
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                                                                                        &lt;li&gt;Are there any advantages to the way we now do things that we want to preserve?&lt;br /&gt;
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                                                                                        &lt;li&gt;How will you monitor responses to this attempted solution?&lt;br /&gt;
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                                                                                        &lt;li&gt;Is there anything I can do to help make your plan work?&lt;br /&gt;
                                                                                        &lt;/li&gt;
                                                                                        &lt;li&gt;When can we talk about this again?&lt;/li&gt;
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 <comments>http://www.urbanministry.org/wiki/questions-determine-problem-behavior#comments</comments>
 <category domain="http://www.urbanministry.org/steve-mccurley-0">Steve McCurley</category>
 <category domain="http://www.urbanministry.org/sue-vineyard">Sue Vineyard</category>
 <category domain="http://www.urbanministry.org/other-tags/volunteering">volunteering</category>
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 <category domain="http://www.urbanministry.org/volunteering">Volunteering</category>
 <category domain="http://www.urbanministry.org/fasten">FASTEN</category>
 <pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 20:16:42 -0500</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>jarboe</dc:creator>
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                                                                                    &lt;h1 class=&quot;MsoTitle&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;Recruiting and Retaining Volunteers in Faith-Based Organizations&lt;/h1&gt;
                                                                                    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;(Pamela Leong, Center for Religion and Civic Culture at the Universityof Southern California, 2004)&lt;/p&gt;
                                                                                    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Volunteers are crucial to faith-based organizations.&amp;nbsp; They allow programs to have staff resources that otherwise would be prohibitively expensive. Success in recruiting and retaining volunteers is serious business--perhaps even a life-and-death business in organizations that face severe financial constraints. Without volunteers, many faith-based human service organizations could not be sustained. Developing effective strategies for effectively recruiting and retaining volunteers should be high priorities in faith-based human service programs. &lt;/p&gt;
                                                                                    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Recruiting volunteers&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;. &lt;/em&gt;In recruiting volunteers, program administrators should recognize the importance of ties that prospective volunteers might already have with your program. Volunteers in Los Angelesfaith-based programs consistently report that they are attracted to organizations where they already have direct or indirect relationships.&amp;nbsp; A physician at a faith-based medical clinic noted, for example, that she volunteered after hearing about the clinic from a friend who herself had been serving the clinic as a volunteer. A volunteer in another program first heard about it from a fellow church member (the congregation has had long-standing ties with the program).&lt;/p&gt;
                                                                                    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Thus, it makes sense to prepare your current volunteers to be as effective as possible in doing what they already do&amp;mdash;recruiting other volunteers. &amp;nbsp;Let them know about your volunteers needs and encourage them to be intentional in inviting others to serve.&lt;/p&gt;
                                                                                    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Program administrators should pay attention to what will serve the concrete interests of potential recruits. Religious scholar Robert Wuthnow says that contemporary volunteering efforts have become &amp;ldquo;looser,&amp;rdquo; i.e., that people often volunteer as a way of dealing with their own personal needs.&lt;a title=&quot;&quot; href=&quot;http://www.urbanministry.org/wiki/recruiting-and-retaining-volunteers-faith-based-organizations#_ftn1&quot; name=&quot;_ftnref1&quot;&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; For instance, medical students who volunteer at a medical clinic are well aware that, by doing so, they gain direct medical training, education, and hands-on clinical interaction with patients. Some volunteers may be looking for organizational experience that can lead to full-time employment.&amp;nbsp; College students may be interested in building dossiers that will open doors to postgraduate or professional educational programs. Clearly, self-interest can lead people to valued forms of volunteer service.&lt;/p&gt;
                                                                                    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Retaining volunteers.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Because labor is not exchanged for compensation, there usually is no contractual obligation between the volunteer and the organization. This places limits on how much of your program can be carried on by volunteers. &amp;ldquo;[Y]ou come to a point where you can only ask so much from volunteers&amp;hellip;,&amp;rdquo; as one program administrator observed.&amp;nbsp; Volunteers who have already demonstrated that they are willing to go the second mile in serving the program are especially valuable.&amp;nbsp; Developing strategies for retaining these high-commitment volunteers is one of the program&amp;rsquo;s highest priorities.&lt;/p&gt;
                                                                                    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Helping volunteers to see the disctinctiveness of your organization is an effective strategy for retaining volunteers.&amp;nbsp; Highlight regularly and often the services and programs that your organization uniquely offers to participants and volunteers.&amp;nbsp; Staff at a medical clinic in Los Angeles, for example, remind their volunteer physicians that the clinic affords them access to a radically diverse patient population and exposes them to a range of pathologies not often found in affluent regions of the city. Volunteers in a Christian adoptive and foster parent recruitment program have been told that theirs is the only enterprise in Los AngelesCountythat recruits foster and adoptive parents for deaf infants and children.&lt;/p&gt;
                                                                                    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Speaking more often about the stake that volunteers have in upgrading and maintaining their community is another approach organization leaders find effective. As members/residents, volunteers have emotional attachments to the community and have personal interests in wanting to advance that community.&amp;nbsp; So, for example, a program administrator at a job training program in Los Angelesroutinely speaks to volunteers about the positive difference the program makes in creating a &amp;ldquo;viable, safe, fun&amp;rdquo; community for both residents and visitors.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;
                                                                                    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Administrators may also be able to retain volunteers by helping them to feel at home in the organization, to feel included in a community of service. &amp;nbsp;Organizations that emphasize interpersonal connections and/or intimacy among members/staff/volunteers may also improve retention levels.&amp;nbsp; A sense of community, perhaps more than any other factor, strengthens commitment, because the individual then feels an emotional, and perhaps even spiritual, attachment.&amp;nbsp; &amp;ldquo;There&amp;rsquo;s a family feel to the staff,&amp;rdquo; an administrator at a Muslim free clinic observed. &amp;nbsp;That experience should be shared and actively promoted in the organization. &lt;/p&gt;
                                                                                    &lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot;&gt;Here are some first steps that your program can take in its attempts to be more intentional and strategic in recruiting and retaining volunteer