> I know a _lot_ of people who follow that first sentiment. In a smaller church there's so much to be done that you inevitably get sucked into helping the churc

> I know a _lot_ of people who follow that first sentiment. In a smaller church there's so much to be done that you inevitably get sucked into helping the church just to survive, which means getting sucked into the politics of a small congregation. I recently had a conversation with a pastor and we talked about this. It also has to do with service size, aka venue size. The requirements to man a service are something like - Sermon creation: 1+ pastor/week - Creative enhancements: 1-3 people/week - Sermon delivery: 1 pastor/2-3 services - Live music: 5-10 people/2-3 services - Sound: 1-2 people/2 services - Lights: 1-2 people/2 services - Kids: 1 person/10(?) kids/~1 service - Front door hosts: 1 person/100(?) attendees/1 service Some requirements scale per week, some scale per service, some per attendee. But with more services and larger venues you can save a lot in labor requirements.