Weariness-in-well-doing is not a sin, nor is it a sign of anything other than our humanity. Therefore, to keep your people motivated to care for and minister to the needy, you will want to do several things:

1. Vary the stimuli: photographs, bulletin promotions, pulpit announcements, posters, inserts, and personal testimonies. Bring in a leader from the affected area to talk to your people. Send one of your leaders there. Rig up Skype interviews for worship services.

2. Give the people a break from promotions. In mountain climbing, even the best athletes need level places to rest.

3. Celebrate small victories. Give your people a sense of joy over the team that just returned, the house that was built, the number fed, the money raised.

4. Create secondary goals (on the way to the huge one) and celebrate each accomplishment. When Israel was rebuilding the temple, they paused to enjoy a victory lap after only the foundation was laid (Ezra 3).

5. Constantly refresh the spiritual dimensions of the ...