Wow as I look at this date of posting today’s Backstage Pass and at the date of my last Backstage Pass, I noticed it has been a while. This observation actually brings me to my first review point:
1. When you take on too many things at the same time, something is going to suffer. This where proper task management is a must. Around this time of year for all of us we tend to have a lot on our plates from friends, family, ministries, church and even personal wants and desires on our time. I want to recommend a book that to me was a very quick and simple read but packed a great sobering punch with it. The title of the book is: Choosing to Cheat by Andy Stanley. Read this book and stay alert better than what I just caught myself doing in this season.
2. When people are encouraged and believed in they will surprise you for the good every time. I have a great team of volunteers throughout all of Take TWO. But over this last weekend some of them had the opportunity to really shine and they did not disappoint in the least. To mention only a few I would start with Ryan and Brittani as they were ready to step in on a moments notice and fill what I thought was going to be a hole in the morning. I later recognized it was not and so they came back for their scheduled time that night and hit it out of the ballpark with the kids. They were creative, prepared, humble, and eager to be with the kids, and the kids felt it along with their parents.
We also had 2 wonderful ladies who over the last few weeks have been working with the kids from preschool to 6th grade on our singing numbers for this last weekend. yes Pearl and my wife Rachel have been devoted, committed, and doing it all the time with excellence and it was able to shine brightly Sunday night. Way to go girls.
Lastly (or at least included in just the few I am mentioning in this blog post today) we have a couple who have been in the preschool ministry and serving with a joyful heart. This couple has kept serving even when there house had burnt down and during the whole remodel time while they live in some mobel home in the mean time. This couple are the ones I thought were not going to make it for a service that I had then called Ryan and Brittani in for. Once I talked with them I found out there was a misunderstanding and they said something that to them was no big deal, but, if everyone would have the same attitude it would radically change the volunteer ministry not only in our church but churches across the world. When I saw them in their ministry room I went to them and said, “I thought you were not able to make it today” as this is what someone understood. They turned to me and said: “No way, we would not not show up with this short of a message and lack of communication”. Thanks for taking your responsibility so serious.
3. When kids take the stage for a performance, they can bring down the hardest and highest walls of anyone in no time. The kids did fantastic as they sang and read and all. Great job Kids.
4. God is never too late or too early. We have seen God do so many great things this year that they are too numerous to even try to go into. But I will say, that there is not a concern in any of our lives regardless of how small or big that God does not care for. Thanks God, You really do rock!!
5. I truly enjoy hanging out with the pastoral team here at McArthur. We do get along and have one-another’s back. Doing ministry or life together we enjoy one another.
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