Last Wednesday I experienced my first All Staff meeting at Mountain. I knew going in that it was a long meeting and so I expected to be sitting through 2 hours of business - finances, structuring, sermon series...those types of things. I mean, this staff of 60+ people only all meet together once a month, there's a lot to catch up on.
But we didn't.
A good 80% or so of the meeting was community based. We were encouraged to sit with people we don't normally work with and we shared stories from our summers - not ministry related. About half of the time was spent introducing a new staff member and us interns.
And then, the floor was open for us to share "yay God" moments.
It was a time for everyone on staff to hear about the awesome things that God has been doing in our lives since we were last together. We were told that as time goes on, more and more of those will be ministry related.
And then of course, the last 20 minutes or so were business related.
It's so cool to be a part of a staff who puts staff relations and God moments over business but still gets a lot of great ministry accomplished.
Yay God for bringing me here!
Monday, August 27, 2012
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Week 1: A Little Overwhelmed but Excited
Every once in a while I sit back and think to myself, "oh my goodness, what have I gotten myself into." Last Monday, I drove to a place I had never been, pulled into a church I had never seen (not to mention the biggest church I've ever seen, and suddenly became part of a pastoral staff of a congregation of about 4000 strangers. Oh my goodness, what am I doing...This is going to be awesome!
Yes, I'm away from Milligan and it's tough to read move in stories on facebook. Yes, I met about 70 people last Wednesday and remember maybe 10 names. No, I still don't have the big picture as to what my job is going to look like exactly (although that is going to change pretty quickly.) Yes, people in Maryland pass you on the right shoulder when driving (it's frightening.)
BUT
No one expects me to know what I'm doing yet.
These 5 other interns are quickly becoming great friends.
The staff of this church are wonderful, loving, and compassionate people who want to see me succeed and deeply care about my walk with Christ.
My host families are saints.
And I am entering into 4 months of doing what I've felt like God has called me to do for years - student ministry.
So yes, I'm a little overwhelmed right now but when I sat in service today, I realized how much I'm going to love this place by the time December rolls around. Or even by the end of this week.
Yes, I'm away from Milligan and it's tough to read move in stories on facebook. Yes, I met about 70 people last Wednesday and remember maybe 10 names. No, I still don't have the big picture as to what my job is going to look like exactly (although that is going to change pretty quickly.) Yes, people in Maryland pass you on the right shoulder when driving (it's frightening.)
BUT
No one expects me to know what I'm doing yet.
These 5 other interns are quickly becoming great friends.
The staff of this church are wonderful, loving, and compassionate people who want to see me succeed and deeply care about my walk with Christ.
My host families are saints.
And I am entering into 4 months of doing what I've felt like God has called me to do for years - student ministry.
So yes, I'm a little overwhelmed right now but when I sat in service today, I realized how much I'm going to love this place by the time December rolls around. Or even by the end of this week.
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