The Sweet Spot

Names on the sign-up sheet were a bit sparse a week ago, but three families, without being asked, contacted your humble blogger to offer their help. And so it was that eleven cooks and servers showed up at Sandwiches on Sunday (SOS).

SOS, where five churches take turns serving lunches to everyone who shows up at the Fair Oaks Community Center in Redwood City, is one of the favorite outreach activities in our parish. I post a sign-up sheet but don't really have to since, as mentioned above, the families call me.

It's rare in business, and even rarer in volunteer organizations, to hit the sweet spot where everyone steps up and no one needs instruction.