Spiritual Act of Worship

That's the part of this week's Epistle text that jumps out at me. I'm not preaching on it, but I keep thinking about it. All 3 texts this week this deal with membership and involvement with the community of believers, and sometimes this issue is not as clear as we think.

I have a member of the church who is part of the extended family that makes up about 1/3 of our active membership. This guy is single, lives close by, almost all of his family comes to worship on Sunday morning, and he does not. For whatever reason, he's never been interested in worship or any other church involvement -- until 3 years ago when he was nominated to serve on the trustees. Many thought he wouldn't agree to it, but he did. He shows up to meetings, knows what he's doing, gets things done, and is basically one of the most important members of that committee. He's enjoyed his role as a member of the trustees, but his term is ending this year. With charge conference coming up in November, I'd like to get him on another committee so he continues to serve in some capacity. People tell me he's good with finances, so that's a possibility. If he's not on a committee, I doubt he'll ever set foot in our building.

Can this man's involvement in committees be considered a "spiritual act of worship", even if its his only act of worship? Can someone be an active, faithful member without ever participating in corporate worship? Is it possible that corporate worship "isn't for everybody"? Or should we seek to bring him in to Sunday morning worship? If we do, why are we doing so? Is he currently fulfilling his membership vows? Is he fulfilling those vows more or less than someone who comes to worship on Sunday and never does anything else?

These are questions to which I have no clear-cut answer. I'd love to hear what all 3 people who read this blog think.