Non-profit Organizations

Most non-profit organizations’ purpose is to improve the local community and society. The purpose of a small business is to make a profit by providing a service or selling a product. This purpose is what drives the employees/volunteers and usually there is a difference in how we work when we are just earning a paycheck as compared to when we work toward a cause we believe in.
During the summer after I graduated from high school, the pastor of Pine Grove Baptist Church, Pastor Ron Barber, and his wife, Mary-Beth, approached me about committing to their ministry full-time. After a few weeks of thoughtful consideration, I decided that this would be a wonderful opportunity to improve my musical abilities and gain experience. For just over two years, I’ve been Pine Grove’s only full-time pianist. Over the course of this past semester, I volunteered an average of three hours per week at Pine Grove Baptist Church; and I was overwhelmingly grateful to receive credit for my time.
In addition to logging my hours each week, I wrote a brief description of what I did and included a few extra comments on attendance for that service or if I played a special arrangement that day, etc. About halfway through the semester, I calculated my accumulated hours and was surprised by the sum. Until this point I hadn’t considered how many hours I contributed to Pine Grove’s ministry. This realization of the number of hours I’ve invested in my local church gave me a sense of importance and value.
I believe volunteerism is an extremely important part of society; unfortunately, I have discovered many people do not share my convictions. For example, only three of my co-workers volunteer on a regular basis, and there are twenty people within my department r...

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... children’s ministry; and she organizes the nursery and sunday school programs. Without the assistance of multiple people, Pastor Barber would not be able to keep Pine Grove Baptist Church running; delegation of leadership is extremely important.
Finally, inspiring evangelists is vital to bring in new people to your organization. Pine Grove Baptist Church has a website, Facebook page, and physical tracts/pamphlets, which are all tools used to attract new visitors. Pine Grove Baptist Church’s purpose is to improve the local community and society. By capitalizing on the multiple driving forces that make non-profit organizations successful, Pine Grove will also be successful.

Works Cited

Crutchfield, Leslie R., and Grant, Heather McLeod. Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits.1st ed. San Francisco: John Wiley & Sons, 2008. Print.