Ready? We Need You

There were many posters that went up during World War II for the dire need for
service. In my garage hangs the poster below along with some other memorabilia.

It motivates me. The simple call, “Ready” calls one for action. (I know, I am
partial to the Marine Corps messages of course.)

The call I want to invite you to join in is not for the Marines, but actually, something far more eternal – His Church! We find ourselves in a place where we need
more folks to volunteer and more who would be willing to do a bit more.

Let me explain: Every Sunday we have two services that require a total of 66
volunteers (not including about 7 people on the band). We have Children’s, Prayer, Hospitality, Safety, Sound/Tech, Parking and counters for giving. Needless to say, it’s pretty significant! And… we aren’t getting enough volunteers every week. For one good
example, we cannot open one of the much needed classrooms one of our services because we don’t have enough volunteers… but I assure you we need this classroom!

Here’s my ask of you: Would you consider volunteering? And, for those of you
who serve one service a month, would you consider volunteering at least one more
service time a month? In fact, I know in Children’s ministry that if everyone who serves just one time a month would be willing to add one more service that all the classrooms would be fully covered! That’s not just true in Children’s but in most of the other ministries as well.

I am simply just asking you to pray and ask the Lord if you should. You may
need to say no to something else in the week to make space for this, but I think it’d be worth it… you would bless the church… and be blessed personally.

So, as the Marines poster says, “Ready”? And at the very bottom it says, “Apply, or write, to nearest recruiting station”. We need you!

Held Abundantly By His Grace,

Pastor John

PS – We have our annual pastor/elder retreat this week from Sunday afternoon to Tuesday. Would you pray for us as we gather? We will be taking serious time to pray for you as well.