A Little Encouragement Goes a Long Way

Have you noticed how difficult it is to find people who will step up and help with church functions? There’s a much quoted saying about how 5% of the people do 95% of the work. In my experience that’s usually pretty accurate. One big problem is the increased use of the word “volunteer” to describe this work. But in truth, it’s not really volunteering when you’re serving Christ and His body. It is service, and that’s what it should be called. So one small thing that may help is for all of us to get out of the “volunteer” mindset and think more about what it means to serve. It’s not just about altruistic giving of your time. It’s about using the gifts the Lord has given you to serve each other. It’s joyfully giving back to Him. In this light, even the smallest, most non-glamourous tasks become valuable.