Fellow believers- any advice would be appreciated. Please also pray for me regarding this matter.

Right now, I and my wife work cleaning houses, offices, and churches. We have this one primary account that I clean twice a week. It’s a local Baptist church. But donations are down tremendously, and they may have to stop using our services as a result. They like our work, but they cannot afford to use us anymore. They are going to start looking for someone cheaper to clean the church this month.

It’s a big church, and it takes around 3-6 hours to clean each time (for one person). I am usually that one person. I often work in solitude. I like it a lot. It’s quiet. Although I love people, I work better when by myself. Cleaning the church is hard work. I clean it on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Since the church may have to let us go, I was thinking about possibly volunteering to clean the church for free. If I don’t do it, they may have to have church members do the cleaning, or else they may have to hire another company. I am familiar with the church, and I feel confident about cleaning it well on my own. I want to volunteer and serve the Lord, but I have anxiety about doing things that involve interaction with the public and people. Performing this particular service (cleaning) would appeal to me, because once again, I know how to clean the church, and I am familiar with the procedures there. I was considering volunteering if they have to let us go. I could supply the cleaning chemicals/etc. I would not charge the church for anything. I was thinking that maybe, if they have to let us go, I could just volunteer to clean the church once weekly as opposed to twice. Perhaps someone from the church could clean the church once a week, and I could do it once a week. I think that to commit to cleaning it twice a week would be entirely too much pressure on me. I am trying to get back into college, and I could only clean the church temporarily anyway until January 2010, which is when my classes will begin.

But this would be a major commitment for me, and I have a lot of other obligations. I have a wife. I have to keep the lawn manicured for my in-laws (we live with them). I will still have other cleaning jobs to do, and I also want to get back into college and study education.

Should I volunteer for the church if they let us go? We have a good rapport with them. Or is this not a good idea? I want to volunteer and serve God somehow. Should I do something else instead?