YoungLives Handbook - Flipbook - Page 65
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Childcare Team
Recruiting a reliable childcare coordinator and assembling a core childcare team are essential to
providing the highest quality of care. Give the childcare portion of your ministry priority attention and
ensure that you have taken all the necessary precautions to safeguard the ministry 4 including
background checks and appropriate orientation and training for childcare volunteers. Competent and
reliable adults who love children should be the base of your childcare team. Having a consistent core
team will build trust with the children and their parents. Your core childcare team can be supplemented
with Campaigners kids and other occasional volunteers.
For children over the age of two, consider incorporating elements of Sunday school or Vacation Bible
School (VBS) curricula. This approach not only enriches the childcare experience but also presents a
valuable opportunity to impact two generations simultaneously. Teaching the children about Jesus9 love
during their time in your care can have a profound and lasting effect on both the children and their
parents, reinforcing the ministry9s mission to nurture and support young adolescents in their faith
journey.
Committee
The committee or subcommittee shares ownership of the ministry with local staff and is
responsible for supporting YoungLives (mom and dad) leadership and ministry development. The
strength of the committee depends on having the right people in the right places. If you are
putting together your own committee, be sure to seek out a diverse group that can fulfill the
main functions of a committee. The chairperson greatly influences the character and
effectiveness of your committee and partners with you to lead the committee, develop ministry
strategies, and fulfill the area9s vision. He or she helps to place committee members in positions
to utilize their talents and holds them accountable to fulfill their roles. Keep in mind that a
healthy committee will benefit from diversity 4 finding representatives from both genders,
different churches and/or denominations, different racial and cultural backgrounds, and different
age groups. It is important to include fellowship and relationship-building as part of each meeting
and to think of creative ways to continue building community outside of meetings. The Young
Life Committee Handbook is a must-have resource for each of your committee members. Be sure
to read through this handbook in its entirety, as it provides essential details about the formation
and management of committees.
CLICK HERE to read the Young Life Committee Handbook.
CLICK HERE for information about subcommittees.
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