Growth can only go so far if you're doing it all yourself!

1. Delegate Office Work!
I have a volunteer who will cut and label my reminder postcards and also another volunteer who will write a personal thought on the card! Note: I still write them myself once in awhile just to keep names in my head!

2. Delegate Reminder Phone Calls
I split my phone directory up three ways to three different volunteers who will call women to remind them or invite them to come to Ladies Night Out or another event.

3. Delegate Shopping
We give out a door prize every month. I love to shop for it, but someone else can do it and save me an errand.

4. Delegate Menu Planning
This is an area that I am really trying to develop! I am pretty choosy about the types of food that we serve and the way it is presented. It isn't easy to delegate this, but it is possible and we will do it!

5. Delegate Food Preparation
This is a little easier than the planning part. Once a menu is decided upon, I have a whole group of volunteers who are willing to cook just about anything.

6. Delegate Decorating
We have a woman who is extremely gifted in decorating, so I just give her free reign over our events! It is not one of my strengths, but I know when something looks great!

7. Delegate Set Up
I have volunteers who show up early and just say "put me to work." There can be surprises at the last minute because we meet at a local hotel. Sometimes the room isn't ready and we are scrambling, so extra hands are a blessing.

8. Delegate Hostessing
I co-lead our Women's Ministry and we take turns being "up front" and "behind the scenes". One month I may be the "MC" and introduce our speaker or be speaking myself, another month I may be taking care of all the details. Either way, we have our hands full. We are very blessed to have seen a few of our women stand out as what we call "Lover's of Women!" They make sure every woman gets a hug and that they are involved and not sitting alone.

9. Delegate Clean Up
At the end of an evening or event I am usually involved in ministry to someone. It is a good thing to have a team of women who know what needs to be done to clean up and will see that it happens.

10. Delegate Prayer but Keep Some For Yourself!
For every event that we have, I prepare a list of prayer directives and distribute it to the prayer warriors of our church. I let them know who the leadership is so that they can keep them all covered in prayer. Of course, leadership also needs to meet together and pray for attendees and/or women too!