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I tried to think of a really catchy combination term:  ReVolunteerution … Volunterevolution … but I gave up.  I like “Servolution,” but Dino Rizzo already took that and made it the title of a cool book about changing the world through serving.  I recommend it. 

The “experts” on volunteering say that leaders should never make a plea for volunteers based on need.  Guys like me should never beg people to serve by saying things like:   “We are in desperate need of …” Instead we should appeal for acts of service based on vision. We should inspire rather than implore.  That’s probably excellent advice.  It is what a responsible, classy, wise leader would do.  (You see where this is headed, don’t you? ) But since we trample most conventional wisdom at The ROCK, we might as well squander those wise words too.   So …

WE ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF SOMETHING AT THE ROCK.

And that SOMETHING is a Volunteer Revolution. We need to create a “Volunteer Culture.”  We need to make volunteering … serving … doing ministry … something waaaaaaaaaaaaay beyond an optional list of tasks.  It has to become something light-years beyond “Hey we need some folks to do …”   And I am committed to making that happen.  I apologize for neglecting the revolution for this long. And I am in the process of recruiting a couple of key Team Leaders who will help me ignite the thing.  In a BRIEF time of transition, I ask for your patience.

And one other thing.  Some of you already TOTALLY GET THIS.   You absolutely get it.  You’re all over it.  You serve your butt off.  It is impossible to slow you down.  And you don’t ask for a thing except the privilege of serving God through serving others.  Some of you have been doing it faithfully since the start.  Others recently hit the ground running.  You’re working the tables, pouring coffee, greeting, ush’ing, securing, first responder’ing, putting up signs, changing diapers, leading in Word or song, loving kids, setting up and tearing down, manning cameras or laptops or sound boards or lights, counseling, emptying trash, hosting and/or leading a group, Katalyzing, cooking, recruiting, and other things inside and outside of our Sunday venue.

(WHEWWW!  That’s a brain-full!) God bless you.  And may your tribe increase.  Our vision is to do anything but sin to reach those farthest from God.  Your acts of service make that vision happen.  Honestly.  And I am honestly desperate for your help in making this Volunteer Revolution thing more contageous than the Swine Flu.  God created you to be an integral part of the ministry force of your church.  I am committed to help you flourish in it.  I would LOVE to get your comment on your place of ministry.