For months, members of the parish property team had been having difficulty finding volunteers to clean the many windows of the new education building. No one signed up to do this when the annual "time and talent" sheets were distributed the previous fall. No one responded to the requests for volunteers placed in bulletins and newsletters. No one answered their "fuss and beg" pleas for help during Sunday morning announcements.

Finally, committee members decided to make individual and personal pleas to parishioners. After all, it was getting close to Easter and the windows had never been cleaned. The dust and dirt on the inside of the windows made it nearly impossible to see outside. The grime on the outside was a poor witness to the community.

Sadly, each potential volunteer contacted by …