Showing appreciation to your volunteers gives them a sense of satisfaction and increases their desire to stay with your ministry long-term. Quite the contrary.
Genuine appreciation flows from a genuinely appreciative heart.
Show the video during a church coffee hour that honors the volunteers. Celebrate their birthdays. Be the first to call and sing Happy Birthday, or leave a balloon bouquet at their home. Donate a monetary gift to their favorite charity in the volunteer's name. Hold a picnic for the volunteers and their families.