March 8th, 2015

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Sunday, March 8th, 2015

I plan on being tired tomorrow. 🙂

All for a good cause though. Not just because the time changed. We moved our clocks ahead this past weekend so they say we lost an hour of sleep. I don’t know. I was raised on Daylight Savings Time and don’t see what the hoopla is all about.

That is not why I plan on being tired.

Once a year the staff “puts on” a Volunteer Dinner to say thanks for all our volunteers. We invite everyone who volunteered in any way, shape, or form to come to the dinner. We have give-aways. We laugh a lot. We have the meal catered. I spend a lot of time simply going to each person and thanking them for their service this past year. No one brings anything. Cooks anything. Pays anything. It is the staff’s way of saying “thanks for all you do.” After two services on Sunday, we will spend most of the afternoon decorating and getting ready for a fun evening.

So I plan on being tired. But it is a good tired. A tired from thanking those who keep this train running. Way too often people go unrecognized and “un-thanked” for all they do. This is our third year of doing this and it is one of the things the staff loves doing the most (besides having staff lunches). 🙂 Volunteers are the lifeblood of any organization, especially the church.

For those of you from OVCF who read this: thanks for the bottom of my heart for all you do.

Does your church have a recognition for its volunteers? Are you a volunteer? Do you hear a “thank you” from the staff?