Sunday, January 12, 2003
SPEAKING WORDS WITHOUT KNOWING IT
At the end of our Koinonia core meeting, I had a very interesting experience. I didn't know I was going to say something, and yet, the words just started coming out.
See, I had been feeling a little discouraged over the state of our church, especially since our church is without a senior pastor or an English congregational pastor. Granted, we don't necessarilly need people in those roles before doing God's work and serving. But it would be nice to have some stability and to know we have leadership at church that will not only deliver God's word, but also live out what they preach.
Anyway, here's a paraphrase of what I ended up saying at the end of the meeting:
It seems like the overall state of our church is pretty down over the lack of pastoral leadership in the English congregation. With that in mind, Koinonia becomes an even more important place in people's spiritual lives. So, our jobs as core leaders were already important before. But they are even more important now. I hope we all take this responsibility seriously.
I pray I can do what I say.
At the end of our Koinonia core meeting, I had a very interesting experience. I didn't know I was going to say something, and yet, the words just started coming out.
See, I had been feeling a little discouraged over the state of our church, especially since our church is without a senior pastor or an English congregational pastor. Granted, we don't necessarilly need people in those roles before doing God's work and serving. But it would be nice to have some stability and to know we have leadership at church that will not only deliver God's word, but also live out what they preach.
Anyway, here's a paraphrase of what I ended up saying at the end of the meeting:
It seems like the overall state of our church is pretty down over the lack of pastoral leadership in the English congregation. With that in mind, Koinonia becomes an even more important place in people's spiritual lives. So, our jobs as core leaders were already important before. But they are even more important now. I hope we all take this responsibility seriously.
I pray I can do what I say.
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