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Using the JOIN resources: How these churches recruited more volunteers

Real life stories of how these resources can be used to recruit volunteers with children, young people and families

USING THE JOIN RESOURCES TO recruit new volunteers helped establish Refresh Café at St Mark’s, Woking into a vibrant, thriving community hub. What makes the café truly special is the way the team has become like one family—people who genuinely love, support, and care for one another as they serve.

Volunteers speak about the deep joy and fulfilment they experience as they give their time to God and the local community, discovering that the Refresh Café is not just a place to help, but a place to belong.

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Here are some more inspiring videos to get you thinking how your church could use JOIN resources to encourage volunteers :

Empowering volunteers

Revd Rachel Johnson Shares her experience of using the JOIN resources to encourage members of the congregation to volunteer in children’s and youth ministry.

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Easy to use

Find out how a church in Loughborough inspired volunteers to get involved using the JOIN resources in nurturing and empowering young people.

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Engaging resources

Revd Lucy Bush from St Peter’s Church, Woking, shares how they brought the JOIN campaign to life.

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