Yesterday I started with the post stages of a volunteer. I have written the first two stages every volunteer goes to. The first is an ENTHUSIASTIC BEGINNER and the second stage is being a WANDERING SERVER.
In the Wandering Server stage a volunteer is in one way or another disillusioned because of the realities of volunteering. It is the time he/she challenges the vision, why the program or activities, why is it different from what he/she was used to do. There could even be hurt emotions to deal with. Again as I said in the previous blog, it is the time to stick to the vision and to the mission. It is the time to ask questions, talk with the leaders and the vision caster. And it is the time to understand the culture of the group, in our case, our church family.
Celebrating Volunteers
When this happens the volunteer goes to the next stage and he/she can be called an EMERGING VOLUNTEER! He/she is now having the understanding of all the ‘whys’ and ‘whats.’ It is now the time he/she has clarified all what he/she is wandering about. This time he/she is happy to do what he/she is volunteering to do, there is more motivation!
Then the last but not the end stage is when a volunteer becomes a PEAK CONTRIBUTOR! The volunteer on this stage eventually becomes a leader in what he/she is doing. He/she is now an expert on his/her service! He/she already has the vision of the group in his/her heart, is willing to cast it to others and to mentor and lead them to the Leader of all volunteers – JESUS CHRIST!
Jesus the Lead Volunteer
I pray that you Lifers will eventually reach to its fullness of becoming volunteers who are Peak Contributors like Jesus Himself.
