I hear your pain, and have been there, but right now I'm in a "hooray " place

After years of struggling to find people, we're actually having a good year getting teachers!

How did this happen?

One possibility is that our congregation is actually growing, ever so slightly, for the first time in a long time. However, not all my teachers are new members, rather, our church has recommitted to its adult and youth ministries and that seems to have re-energized people across the board.

A second possibility is that the co-pastors stopped regularly teaching in the program, and lo and behold other people started taking on leadership roles. People step up when they see a clear need.

A third possibility is that we sometimes reduced the "slots" we needed leaders and helpers for --consolidating some of our groups and teaching needs. Did we make it easier to participate? Maybe.

A fourth possibility is that not everyone understood our new Rotation-style program (and didn't read what we were sending them), so it took time for people to get used to it and see the results of what we were doing, and then they jumped on board.

Peace,
Lisa

Shortened for clarity by a Rotation.org volunteer