God has given the people of the church common purposes, a common life, and special abilities for sharing to make that common life beneficial to all. But in a society so tuned to consumerism, we do not readily see today that community life asks for participation. I'm wondering if we are seeing the initial signs of it. Every year it gets a little tougher to find Sunday school teachers. At Oakridge I think this is our canary in the coal mine.
Some committees seem to have fewer and fewer people.
In some volunteer pools it always seems to be the same people doing the work. BUT, it is certainly not a serious situation. I don't want to scare anyone or make anyone feel guilty. I'm just raising an early warning. I'm just putting out a caution flag.