How seriously do you take your role as a tech volunteer (whether paid or not) within your Church?

Is it just something you do because you can? Or is it because you feel called to the role or even because you were asked (probably by the pastor) to do it, or do you do it because you feel called to the role and this is your vision? The reality is that it shouldn’t matter which of these caused you to be where you are but I have found that with the few christian techs that I know in person it does make a difference.

The difference tends to come out in one of a few ways that I’ve spotted with the biggest being in our attitude towards security.

By it’s very nature the job we do day to day tends to be one of secrecy with the security of the data we watch over either through backups; website maintenance; network maintenance; etc being the very watchword of our existence. Because of this professional day to day nature we can become careless with our attitude when out of work – hey, I’ve even seen colleagues in previous employment be careless in work and I now work for a company that has just gained a status that I can’t even name because to do so would probably breach its guidelines. That’s tough security!

The point I’m coming too though is that you are probably like me. When you leave work you want to forget about it, you want to kick back and chill and not worry about day to day restrictions. Does this chilling and kicking back then transfer into the work you do for the church? I’ve certainly been guilty of this in the past and have let things slide either in myself or in what I let the users get away with.

But a few years ago I made a decision that even if it costs me personally I am going to stand up and be counted.

What about you?