More than a VOLUNTEER!

As Student Leaders, sometimes you can be tempted to think you are JUST A VOLUNTEER. Someone who shows up once a week to run a game, set up some chairs, lead a small group, or get information from a 1st time guest. Yes, Student Leaders are VOLUNTEERS, and all of what they do is IMPORTANT, but what it REALLY MEANS is SO MUCH MORE! Steven Furtick says in his book, "Sun Stand Still..."

"No act of service is insignificant when done for the most significant purpose in the universe: PROCLAIMING THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST. When you see yourself as a CONNECTOR to the current of the power of Christ, EVERYTHING you do taking on MEANING. Ordinary and audacity cannot coexist. They are diametrically opposed and mutually exclusive. You're not just a NORMAL Christian who is JUST a VOLUNTEER. You're not just a church member or just an employee. Wherever your are, whatever you're doing, you're a CONNECTOR to the current of the power of Christ. You are a servant of the MOST HIGH GOD." (Furtick, Steven. Sun Stand Still. Colorado Springs: Multnomah Books, 2010)

DID YOU CATCH THAT?! As a Student Leader, who VOLUNTEERS in the Student Ministry, you serve for one the GREATEST and most SIGNIFICANT purposes: PROCLAIMING THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST! What does that mean? It means EVERYTHING YOU DO MATTERS! Whether it be running that game that will help a student CONNECT with other teens, setting up those chairs so the students have a place to SIT and hear the GOSPEL, leading a SMALL GROUP that will help students grow in their RELATIONSHIP with Christ and reach their friends, or getting the INFORMATION of a 1st time guest so they can be CONNECTED with and APPRECIATED during that next week. We could go on and on of everything that is done in Student ministry by VOLUNTEERS, but the BOTTOM LINE is EVERYTHING MATTERS and helps point STUDENTS TO JESUS!

As VOLUNTEERS, remember that you are APPRECIATED, NEEDED, ESSENTIAL, IMPORTANT, and LOVED! Just NEVER FORGET you are MORE THAN JUST A VOLUNTEER!