church volunteer burnout

Without rocking your world too much I'd like to state the obvious... Volunteers are the life blood of your church. While we all would acknowledge that fact. It's easy to forget about in the day to day of ministry. They dutifully arrive every week, with a smile on their face (real or painted on) and serve. Regardless of their motivation, our effectiveness long-term depends on them. We could never hire the volume of people needed to run our church and we shouldn't have to. The challenge comes down to expectations.