Church Resources: Get Your Volunteer Program Started Right this Fall

If you haven't started already, it's time for church volunteer recruiting to shift into high gear. The beginning of a new school year also means the start of new Sunday school classes, Bible studies and fundraising projects. While it might seem daunting — particularly if you're starting a new ministry this year — we've got resources to help simplify the process.

• Foster connection in your new groups with these 25 icebreakers for church small groups.
• Organize a perfect fall youth group retreat with these 65 planning tips.
• Learn how to boost your number of children's ministry volunteers — and keep current ones from getting burnt out!
• Coordinate refreshments for services and groups with a snack sign up!
• Raise money for various community and church needs with one of our 50 fundraising ideas.
• Make it easy for care ministries to schedule food delivery for families with a meal sign up!

Check out other ways your church can use SignUpGenius to simplify this year:

• Collect donations for fundraising and events using SignUpGenius Payments.
• Use Sign Up Locking by date to prevent members from switching/signing up the day before for worship team!
• Use Calendar Sync to automatically add to your calendar the days you signed up to be a greeter!
• Allow multiple people to coordinate church sign ups with the multiple admins feature on SignUpGenius Pro.

With SignUpGenius, your church or temple can reach more people than ever this year. And isn't that what it's really all about?