New Security Volunteer Plan
(Beginning Saturday, April 1, 2006)
Sometimes we forget about the many people who are interested in being involved with the ministries of the church as volunteers simply because they love to serve. We get accustomed to thinking that people will only be involved if we hire them on as staff.
While most other areas of the church ministry involve many volunteers I have taken note of the lack of official volunteer positions in the security work of the church. Over the past year it has been common for people to just step in and help out. They have informed the security staff of open doors, suspicious visitors, and other potential security issues. This has always happened in an informal manner, but beginning this Saturday, April 1, we will begin plans to formalize the Security Volunteer Ministry.
The Security Volunteers will serve as sort of Plain Clothes Detail in that they will not be issued uniforms. This will enable them to easily mix into the activities and gather intelligence on potential security issues. The security team leaders will be issued 2-way radios, baseball bats, and heavy duty tape (to hog-tie the suspect) in the case of a Security Event.
This model has already been put into practice in a limited manner and with some success at the Church of the Nazarene in West Palm Beach, FL.
In case you are wondering, you have reached the punch line (no pun intended) of this joke. The opportunity of this news item coming so close to April 1 was too good to pass up. I am sure this plan would have received at least a few volunteers, especially from the high school youth.
(This email was sent to the church staff just before April Fool’s Day. So far, only good responses have come back.)
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