One of the "Detectives of Divinity" on a great exploration.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
searching
I have begun to ask myself what parts of my ministry excite me. Unfortunately I am discovering that there are parts of my job that are outside of my passion areas. There are areas that don't have energy within them and require more energy from me.
That then begs the question what to do if there isn't energy for a program in a church, should it be allowed to die People say it is important, but they don't really support it with their time.
1 comment:
Melody Black
said...
Good question. And on the flip side - at the beginning of things, sometimes I wonder if we as churches tend to jump into having every single new ministry/program without thinking about 1)staff hours 2)getting volunteers, etc. as much as we should.
Being on a church staff, I see where people get really enthusiastic about things, but if only 2-3 people go to something...well, the choice needs to be made. If it's something that's an overlap in another area, then that's easy. If it's the only thing those 2-3 people go to and they're being reached...that's the hard part.
1 comment:
Good question. And on the flip side - at the beginning of things, sometimes I wonder if we as churches tend to jump into having every single new ministry/program without thinking about 1)staff hours 2)getting volunteers, etc. as much as we should.
Being on a church staff, I see where people get really enthusiastic about things, but if only 2-3 people go to something...well, the choice needs to be made. If it's something that's an overlap in another area, then that's easy. If it's the only thing those 2-3 people go to and they're being reached...that's the hard part.
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