Kidmin Weekly: The 5 Minutes That Change Your Whole Morning

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Kidmin Weekly | Edition 26.35

A great Sunday often starts with the five minutes before it begins. This week's resources show how a simple pre-service huddle can transform your team, plus a dozen quick tips for training volunteers in a way that actually sticks.

The Power of a Pre-Service Huddle

Getting volunteers to show up on time is a universal struggle, and this shows how a simple pre-service huddle can transform your team's punctuality, focus, and readiness before kids ever arrive.

12 Quick Tips For a Top-Notch Volunteer Training

We spend so much energy recruiting volunteers that we forget to train them, and these twelve quick tips help you run training that equips your team and makes them want to stick around.

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The Volunteer Playbook

Struggling to recruit and keep enough volunteers? The Volunteer Playbook gives you a practical, proven framework to recruit weekly, build a healthy volunteer culture, and empower teams that thrive for the long haul.

Everyone Does Better With A Coach

Leading alone is hard; this offers practical solutions for kidmin and nextgen leaders, making the case that the right coaching relationships help everyone—volunteers, leaders, and you—grow further, faster.

Death by Meeting
Most ministry meetings are painful and forgettable; Lencioni's fable shows how to make your gatherings focused, energizing, and actually worth everyone's time.

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