Having grown up in a denominational setting, I was accustomed to the clergy system. Most denominations embrace a form of the clergy system. The Church of Christ and Christian Churches have inherited and embraced a form of the clergy system that they also preach against. This system, straight from the Roman Catholic Church, filtered by the Protestant churches, when allowed to mature, involves a pastor (clergy)/ laity on the local level and a search for outside oversight and authority on a regional and national level. While many of our churches resist the term pastor and layman and most resist the oversight from outside sources, there is still that separation of those who do the spiritual work from those who do not do spiritual work. This is why I say the Church of Christ/Christian Churches have a clergy system. The preacher who calls himself "Pastor" fits right into this system. Those who do the spiritual work in a large congregation are usually the "paid staff." They have important sounding titles such as "minister of outreach," "minister of spiritual welfare," "ministry of décor" and the like. In the smaller churches there is a crunch of those who are able to do the work verses the work to be done. There may be one on the paid staff, two if they are a wealthy small church. The work will go lacking if the paid staff does not do it. He/they do everything from sermon and lesson preparation to mowing the lawn and taking out the trash. Most of them are glad to do it but they work hard to provide appropriate spiritual guidance. The trouble comes when people, especially within the congregation, expect the "paid staff" to be the ones doing all the work and they do not help to do any of it themselves. The crunch time comes when there is an important event in the congregation and only two or three can be found working on it such as VBS or a death in the congregation. Lawns still need to be mowed and dishes still need to be done. This country's populace has been taught that this work is done by a select few that have been set apart for that work by God. These are the ones called by God to that work and they, that is, the populace (including the church members) weren't. This does not take into account the many who just will not work because of laziness or because they are too self centered to think of others.  It takes years to teach someone that they should be a worker in the church, if we can teach them at all. 
    In Acts chapter 6 the Apostles were caught in the situation of both preaching the word (serving the word) and serving tables. They were doing it all. Their examples were the priests and Levites in the temple worship. The priests and Levites of the old Jewish worship did it all, except bring the animal to be sacrificed from the homes of those sacrificing. They took care of the temple, the grounds, the worship service, the sacrifice, the cleanup afterward, the music, the singing, the reading of the word, the care of the scrolls and much more. The Apostles had just come from that setting a few years before to one of a new order. In the New Testament worship (under the new covenant) God does not require the same things as in the Old Testament Jewish worship and sacrifice. The worship is simpler and the instructions are concise. Acts 2:42 gives the criteria that the New Testament writer Luke set forth. We are to learn and follow the Apostles doctrine, we are to fellowship with one another, we are to break the bread of the covenant and pray to God. Acts 2:42 is just a starting point of worship and service to God. The first century fellowship included a meal that the Apostles were serving while trying to preach and minister spiritual things. Their solution to their overwork should be our solution to our lack of participation. Choose from among you those who are good examples of dedicated spiritual leaders that are not in the ministry of the word or other spiritual matters, and appoint them over these tasks; ref. Acts 6:1-6. The Holy Spirit worked to change the order of the New Testament worship and service including the physical work of the church. Instead of a select few to do the work as with the priests and Levites in the temple, all who are spiritually mature enough to do the work and are good examples of Christian workers should be compelled to work in the church. But, has the Holy Spirit