Ever take a minute and celebrate the growth in your life? I wonder if I’d invested in stocks and hit a homerun in their growth and development, if I would take a minute to celebrate the victory?
Honestly our ministry has seen some great growth over the year and a half that it’s been in existence. But this wall has been weird fighting through. Honestly we are in need of more volunteers and I’ve figured out some things about myself over the past few months.
- I’m in the camp of not becoming desperate for volunteers….but we do need volunteers. We’ve been growing and we need more adults, I’ve been struggling with asking for help because of that reason. I don’t want to seem desperate.
- This growth has caused some interesting anxiety in me. I’ve never done ministry at this level before. I grew up in a small town, sometimes I don’t think I have what it takes, in fact a lot. I quickly remind myself that I’m right and that real ministry is done through me, not because of me. But the fear and anxiety are real.
- Ultimately I’m looking at my ministry in a new lens now that Baby Cannon is on his way. It’s interesting looking at my ministry through the lens of expectant father.
Because of these three things, I’ve been reluctant and honestly just not celebrating the growth in our ministry. It’s interesting how growth and development causes you to change what you’ve always done and lose focus.
I hope the growth continues, but honestly I’m understanding more and more it’s about our trust and faith in God. All the time God is pushing our faith forward. I’m thankful and challenged as God brings more opportunity to enjoy Him in new ways.
I’ll leave you with what someone who has been doing ministry for many years told me as I asked them what do I do to get more help without them knowing that I need that much help.
He said well do you need help with your ministry? Yup.
Will adults help you do ministry? Yup.
Well them tell them that you need their help to do ministry because you’ve grown. Duh, I thought.
I have been telling that to some adults and they say, sure we will help. That’s awesome that you’ve been growing. What can we do to help?
So how do you balance the celebration and the move forward? How do you balance asking for volunteers that you desperately need but not communicating that you are desperate?
