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bzirk -> RE: Help me with my attitude, or if not my attitude, help me with someone elses. (4/22/2008 4:05:25 PM)
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ORIGINAL: lightshineon At a crossroad with my ministry. Let me explain, which I have done in earlier post. My husband is an elder, I taught childrens SS for many years. My husband, pastor went to lunch and shook things up, and decided to have groups at night, and the children would meet in these groups also called, by the same name as the adult groups, but with the name infront of it with kids following the name of the group I will make up a name for privacy. The adults cross group, the kids crosskids, made up names of course, but you get it. I was not happy at first SS, being cancelled, and all. I was mad at husband who just went to lunch with pastor, and destroyed my ministry. Well the groups started in Jan. I love it actually, so humility makes me admit I was wrong about SS. The point is pastor does not give any credit to the childrens group. In the bulliten website, whatever? Once he called us childcare, which made me so mad, We are not childcare we are children teachers, children come who's parents do not come to the groups. We have the largest group. There are four teachers, we rotate the classess like rotation SS would. We cannot get any workers or helpers, and pastor treats group with distain. My husband is a worker in childrens, not his calling, but if he did not it would fall apart, though he is not happy. My husband is group leader of these groups. ON the churches website, there is chief greeter listed, transportatin mention, all cross-groups except our cross-kids group. I called pastor and ask him why? and he said he would have it fixed by the end of the day. He ask where he should put it?[:@] I thought do not tempt me (LOL). I love him so just joking. I told him to put it with all the cross groups on the website. That has been 6 weeks ago. Now listed is cross kids coming soon. IN the mean time he has updated many ministries. why is this so iportant to me? We need help. One of our teachers is quitting, and no one will help. we all work hard, have groups of many children ages 4-12, while parents enjoy the groups. We teach great classes, and the kids love it. I think pastor does not want it compeating with paid childrens ministry, which of course are listed, in everything. It is done with intent. So how should I feel according to the Lord. If you PM me I will show you churches website, and you can understand me better if you want too. Thanks. Do not sugar coat it, if you think I am wrong than say so. Sorry about spelling, having sticky key syndrome this morning. It's a horrible feeling to feel like a step child or think a ministry might be a step child, and frequently the children's ministry is relegated to just that -- or seems to be. You can't focus on that. I really love what dramagal posted, because it gets to the heart of the issue -- trusting the Lord no matter what others do or don't do. Yeah, we all know we're supposed to do that, but it's instances like these where the rubber meets the road. They are not fun as I'm sure you know. But if you can keep focus, it will bode well for the ministry and for you in your walk with the Lord. I know you've had experiences where you had to keep focus on the Lord no matter what was happening, and He was so good and showed you what to do. Well, here it is again. Many blessings.
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