Service or Security

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 caused you to be where you are – however 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 as techs tends to be one of secrecy with the security of the data we watch over either through backups; website maintenance; network maintenance; etc. Security should be the very watchword of our existence.

Because of this professional day to day nature I’ve seen the complete opposite attitude when out of our work role. We get careless or slipshod or believe that it doesn’t matter when dealing with our church role. Unfortunately I’ve even seen professionals be like this on a day to day basis. I work under tough security conditions daily – to just tell you what clearance I might have would be against the conditions of that security and so I do understand that a relaxation of our attitude can sometimes (inadvertently) go a step too fat the other way.

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 know 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 I serve get away with.

But quite 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?

Are you up for being counted?