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Turning Pew Potatoes
Into Passionate Participators
Three FREE Downloadable Tools YOU Can
Use NOW!
by Bill Allison
The church has been compared to a football game--where 22,000 people
who are in desperate need of exercise sit around watching 22 people
who are in desperate need of rest.
- Why aren't more people in the game?
- What are the major hurdles that keep most pew potatoes from
becoming passionate participators?
- How can YOU help pew potatoes over these hurdles?
This edition of Cadre Connection is designed to help you wrestle
with those three questions. We're thrilled to give you three FREE
downloadable tools you can use to turn pew potatoes into passionate
participators. We encourage you to share these with as many as you
desire--as long as you do it for free.
Here's your plan of action:
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TOOL #1.
First, download the FREE PDF of message notes
below and print them out.
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TOOL #2.
Next, with the message notes in hand, listen
to the FREE audio message by Bill. Feel free to save this message
as an mp3--or burn copies on CD--so you can share it with others
for free.
Download
MP3 Audio >
(11mb Download)
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TOOL #3.
In order to find and use the third FREE downloadable
tool for turning pew potatoes into passionate participators,
you must listen very closely to the FREE audio message for instructions.
Tool #3 is so practical that you will not want to miss out on
using it in your ministry! But you've got to listen very carefully
to the audio message to get it. |
LAST, please sneeze
these three FREE downloadable tools to those in your church and
ministry so they catch the service virus--and learn to help other
pew potatoes become passionate participators!
To sneeze this to others:
 Tell
your friends about this issue!
How to Recruit, Motivate, and
Retain Volunteers in the Church
 If
you are in the habit of using guilt, force, or manipulation, perhaps
you need to try a different approach to recruiting, motivating,
and retaining volunteers in your church.
If you would like to learn:
- Five proactive steps you can take to recruit great volunteers
into your ministry
- Twelve powerful ways to motivate your current volunteers
- Seven practical ways to retain the excellent volunteers already
serving in your ministry
Then visit:
http://www.cadreministries.com/store/books.html#rmrv
Amazing
Time Management Secret #9
Don't Live a Balanced Life
 I
have a confession to make.
I don't believe in living a "balanced" life.
People who propose that you try to live a life of "balance"
may be sincere, but they are wrong. They are either undiscerning
or manipulative--telling you what you want to hear so they can profit
from you in some fashion.
I don't believe in trying to live a balanced life because "balance"
implies that everything that is screaming for our attention is of
equal importance--and we just need to learn to balance them all.
This is a lie.
The truth is: A few precious things are way more important and
deserve our attention--at the expense of lesser things!
Jesus didn't live a life of balance... he lived his short earthly
life pursuing God's few priorities. (See Matthew 22:36-40, Luke
15, and John 3:22.)
So I don't believe in living a balanced life.
Some things are just more important.
Just a thought.
BA
PS. What are the few precious priorities in your life that deserve
more of your time and attention--but are currently being squeezed
out of your life by lesser things?
For more free, amazing, brief, thought-provoking, funny,
interactive, and ironic time management secrets you can share with
your friends:
http://amazingtimemanagementsecrets.blogspot.com
Does Your Team Need
to Be Unified BEFORE the Big Summer Missions Trip?
For more info about this training http://www.cadreinternational.com/training/relationships.php
For more info about bringing this training to your team info@cadreministries.com
New & Updated: Cadre Training...
Mark Your Calendars NOW!
* Central Illinois Area, Sunday, 3/5/06
Time Management for Painfully Pooped-Out People workshop
http://www.cadreinternational.com/training/pooped.php
St. John's United Methodist Church, Wenona (IL)
Cost: $15, includes handouts and training manual.
First session (3/5) 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM. Remaining four sessions
7:00-9:00 PM
Dates: 3/5, 3/12, 3/19, 4/2, and 4/9
For more details contact certified Cadre trainer Lon Alderman lon@acornministries.com
Kid U: The Best Children's Ministry
Conference I've Ever Seen!
It's very inexpensive. It's very much for
the regular church. It's very much for volunteers. It's a ton of
fun.
* Chicago Area, Saturday, 3/11/06
Kid U for Children's Ministry
Workers
http://www.kidology.org/training/kidu/2006/chicago
Barrington, IL
Cadre workshops at this conference
are:
1. Your First and Most Important Job as a Volunteer
in Children's Ministry!
2. Training Really Does Make All the Difference!
3. Why Volunteers Hate Meetings and What You Can Do About It!
4. You Can Recruit Excellent Volunteers Into Your Children's Ministry!
* Bismarck, North Dakota Area, Saturday, 3/25/06
Time Management for Painfully Pooped-Out People workshop
http://www.cadreinternational.com/training/pooped.php
Come all ye who are pooped out and learn to apply ten biblical principles
for taking control or your life and time! For more info bill@cadreministries.com
* Central Illinois Area, Sunday 4/2/06
How YOU Can Recruit Excellent Volunteers Into Your Ministry
http://www.cadreministries.com/store/books.html#rmrv
12 noon to 3 PM.
For volunteer and vocational church leaders.
Tuition is $15 & includes book, handout, and lunch. Contact
bill@cadreministries.com?for
more info.
* Central Wisconsin Area, Saturday, 4/8/06
Time Management for Painfully Pooped-Out People workshop
http://www.cadreinternational.com/training/pooped.php
Peace Lutheran Church, Oshkosh, WI, 8:30 to 12:30
Come all ye who are pooped out and learn to apply ten biblical principles
for taking control or your life and time! For more info bill@cadreministries.com
* UP Michigan Area, Saturday, 4/28/06
High Impact METHODS of Teaching
http://www.cadreinternational.com/training/methods.php
Marquette, MI
8:30 AM to 12:30 PM. For youth leaders, small group leaders, and
Sunday school teachers. PLUS: An afternoon certification session
for aspiring trainers.
For more details about the morning training and afternoon trainers'
certification session contact bill@cadreministries.com
NEW Student Devotional
Guide--More Email from Hell
Five more Bible studies for students--that pick up
where the first Email from Hell left off! Topics include:
- Understanding your identity in Christ
- Beating busyness
- Developing your prayer life
- Making the most of school
- How to maximize your summer
Get it now:
http://www.cadreministries.com/store/books.html#email2
More Strange But True Allison
Family Stories:
If You Think Your Family Devotions Are Bad--Read This!
Read it now:
http://allisonfamilystories.blogspot.com
Cadre: We're guilty of inciting a volunteer
TRAINING revolution in the church!
Cadre is a not-for-profit ministry [501(c)(3)] that exists
to assist local churches in becoming the greatest volunteer training
organizations in the world. We're asking God to give us 5,000 non-staff
trainers who are obsessed with Ephesians 4:11-12! To pursue certification
to take Cadre training to your church, contact info@cadreministries.com.
Cadre staff serve as support-based, God-dependent missionaries
to come alongside volunteers and those who care for volunteers in
the church to help accomplish their God-given mission.
We provide FREE monthly online training for volunteers in the
church (Cadre Connection), for volunteer Jr. High Youthworkers (Batteries
Included), and for Student Leaders (Spiritual Caffeine). Visit www.cadreministries.com
to preview our recent free training or to sign up to receive training
in your email-box monthly.
For more information about bringing a certified Cadre trainer
to coach and train the volunteer teachers, leaders, and youth workers
in your church, contact info@cadreministries.com
For Cadre training resources visit http://www.cadreministries.com/store
All other tax deductible donations can be sent to:
Cadre Ministries
PO Box 278
Sycamore, IL 60178
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