Monday, February 29, 2016

Sigh

The parish I serve has a Facebook account, which is more or less expected of parishes these days.  A lot of people view it, as I know from the statistics that FB shares with the page's administrators.  In fact, many of the postings receive between 100 and 200 views, which is pleasantly surprising.

The other day I posted something on the page about needing volunteers for our food ministry.  It isn't the most ambitious or elaborate of ministries; it was something we inherited from the local senior center when they were no longer able to store as much as was needed by members of the community, especially near the end of the month when government benefits run thin.

It's just a collection of shelves that hold canned and boxed foodstuff, and all we need is someone to sit in the room to make sure that people can reach the top shelves, or that we can strive to keep in stock the items that are the most popular.

The posting has, after 48 hours, received seven views.  Not 200, not 100, just 7.  I have no new volunteers for this ministry, either.  Ah, well.  We'll keep trying.