My church needs volunteers. But burnout is real, and I won’t make the same mistake again

From treasurers to trustees and sound technicians to sopranos, the requests for volunteers at church are coming thick and fast, says Deborah Sloan. Ask yourself these questions before agreeing to another commitment

It took me a while to admit that I’d burned out at church.

Mid-way through the pandemic, I left the congregation I’d belonged to for over 40 years because I needed to escape.

Exiting completely and transferring to another congregation was the easiest way to resign from all the voluntary roles I’d taken on in addition to a pretty full set of involuntary commitments.