Ep. 93: How to Mobilize your Volunteer Leaders for lasting impact

Volunteer leaders are essential to any ministry. But more importantly, how you mobilize them to take an active part is vital to the success of your student ministry. That is why it is great to have Justin Knowles back on the podcast! Justin is the Lead Next Gen. Pastor of Christ’s Church of the Valley in San Dimas, CA. He oversees Jr. High, High School and College ministries at the church.  He is also a fantastic writer who is one of the core contributors to the Download YM blog.  You can find his blogs here. In this episode, Tom and Justin talk about a recent blog post Justin did entitled “Give it Away, Give it All Away” and:

• What caused Justin to give more responsibility away to his leaders
• 2 pratical ways to give mobilize to your leaders
• Why he shuts down his Student Ministry for 2 weeks before New Years and how it beneftis everyone

If you want to connect with Justin you can find him on Twitter (twitter.com/justinknowles3). You can also find his writing at DownloadYouthMinistry.com. So what do you think? How are you working ON your ministry this summer?  Share your thoughts and insights below or on social media using the hashtag #ymsidekick.  Also, Tom would love to hear from you about what you’d like a future topic to be. To email Tom some ideas email him here. Make sure you goto iTunes and subscribe (http://ht.ly/QdLHJ) to the podcast and see what cool things we do each and every week!  And make sure you rate the show, especially if you like it. 🙂 Lastly, sign up for the Sidekick Scoop (http://ht.ly/TVyKF) to get content from all over the ministry world (especially online and student ministry topics).]]>