10 Ways the Serve App Can Help Your Church

10 Ways the Serve App Can Help Your Church

The Serve App is designed to get people in your church connecting with one another. But it can also be a great way for your church to get some help. Encourage your staff to make full use of the Serve App.

Here are 10 ideas to get you thinking:

1. Find a new drummer Calling all worship leaders! Use the Serve App to find replacements or unique talents. Need a harmonica player for a new arrangement you've been working on? Put the call out on the Serve App. You never know what talents may lie hidden in your congregation.

2. Church closet clean out - The next time you clean out the church storage room, instead of throwing it all away, give it away. You never know when someone may want cardboard trees from last year's VBS or half working VCRs that you upgraded a decade ago or 1970s self-help books left behind by the previous pastor. One person's trash is another person's treasure.

3. Envelope stuffing party - The next time your church is doing a massive mailer, save time and money: Recruit envelope-lickers using the Serve App.

4. Decorations needed - Every time the church has a themed event, from the fund-raising dinner to the annual VBS, there's a need for stuff. A canoe for the sportsman's dinner, a tent for the jungle safari VBS, a dozen strands of Christmas lights for the charity ball. Put out the call for volunteers to supply the church's decorating needs.

5. Avoid burnout - If you've got a task one person is doing that could easily be done by more people, bring in some more help and avoid burnout. Post the opportunity to the Serve App and holler for some help. For church service volunteers, this might just mean asking for a few more folks and giving some Sundays off. Spread out the work among your volunteers and make life a little easier for everyone.

6. Unique skills needed - Every once in a while your church needs a highly skilled person. Maybe you're looking for an artist to create a mural or a writer to draft copy for a brochure or a handyman to build a set. You've likely got the skills within your congregation—post the need to the Serve App and find those hidden talents!

7. Ministry staffing - You've got volunteer needs all throughout your church—Sunday school teachers, youth leaders, parking lot help, VBS volunteers, nursery workers, finance committee—you name it. Post those needs to the Serve App and make sure your community knows where the needs are.

8. Ride to church - Getting people to church has never been so easy. Post the volunteer needs by address and they'll be served up in people's My Page tab based on location.

9. Table help - Why not ask for help with the Table on the Table? If you're in need of a fellow SuperAdmin to keep things in check or maybe a few Admins just to lighten the load, why not put out the request on the Table? You're more likely to find Table-friendly folks among current users.

10. Church workday - Organize your annual church work day with the Serve App. Post all the different jobs that need to be tackled and let folks claim the job they can handle. From installing nursery gates to touching up paint, your work day chores will be diveyed up and done in no time.