Volunteer System Update #10

What’s the difference of being in the new Sugarloaf Volunteer System or of being the usual all-churchyear-long committee member, for instance? Our new kind of volunteers are on a list (“Go ‘Round”) to take turns for being asked to do a one-time task per month (including those who choose to use the Action Box.) To review Action Box use for postponing when a volunteer wants to begin belonging to the System, see Updates #5 and #9.

The committee kind of volunteer has an important role for making the new one-time tasks get done. Requestor is the name of this role. If you look at the piano’s bulletin board in the Great Room, you’ll see a depiction of what Requestors do.

Anyone on a committee is, also, able to be a Requestor and can use the Go ‘Round List to call somebody to help with a facet of the committee work. Suppose the Worship Committee finds no member can run off the next Sunday’s copies of the order of service. One committee member calls the Manager (Helen) to get the names of those who have not had a turn volunteering for the month and invites one of them to run off the orders of service. The Requestor serves as a mentor to support the volunteer in succeeding with the one-time task, if needed.

So, now that we have use of the Action Box for those who join the System at a later date. Now that we have eliminated the Call Later category (thus, entirely, leaving it up to the volunteer to notify the Manager, by way of the Action Box, when the time is right for beginning to contribute to Sugarloaf’s sustainability that way), all of us can participate. There will be no Opt-outs because there will be no pressure to join the Volunteer System. There will be no pressure from anyone else’s timing.

Therefore, with the Action Box, you have a means for postponing when you decide to give our Volunteer System a try.

We do hope, however, that whatever is stopping anyone from being able to sign up right now, will become resolved enough so the person is able to get in enough experience with the System before our annual May meeting when we fully discuss and vote on it.

Our Volunteer System is how we ALL can, easily, get into the Sugarloaf flow. Gratification and gratitude give a springboard for enjoying a spiritual experience, the sacred circle of receiving and giving. Sugarloaf is a positive energy generator.

Unity of purpose – yes … burnout – No!

Helen Pop and Adam