"Who wants to come up the front and do a bible reading?"
"Who can pitch in to help with morning tea at mother's group. We will take anyone."
Invitations like the above shouldn't happen regularly in churches.
Why?
First of all, hopefully you're more organised.
Secondly, I'd hope you're far more discerning.
This discernment matters if you value the culture of your church, the importance of leadership and the security of those you minister to.
For, if you toss out the open invitation then you lose a series of important filters.
You lose the ability to filter out those who are inappropriate.
You lose the ability to filter out those who you don't want.
You lose the ability to redirect those better suited elsewhere or totally unsuitable for the task you need done.
For some, the avenue for people to freely volunteer is a worthy gamble.
Personally, I think it's a risk which can be easily avoided and could horribly backfire.
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