The final goal of ministry is spiritual formation; ours, and those who we serve. Spiritual formation is becoming like Jesus — growing in humility, service and community. As we complete our series about ministry teams, we consider that the pragmatic “life” in a ministry team includes Love — for those in our team and those we serve, Learn —… Read More »Living and Being Formed in Teams (October 5, 2025)
The ‘end’ of being in team is spiritual formation; ours and, in community, we contribute to each other’s formation. The ‘end’ is not getting a task done. Tasks certainly need to get done. However, the community of doing is first community. We need each other to grow; we see God’s face in the encouragement of another person.… Read More »Commitment to Community (September 28, 2025)
Sometimes we think that what gets done is more important than how it gets done. I (David) suggest that we can’t separate the two. We are to do ministry, for sure, but we are to do ministry in the ‘right’ way. God’s way. God does all He does in community; in the Trinity. We, therefore, need to be doing… Read More »It’s God’s church! It should be done God’s way (September 21, 2025)
This morning is the first in a series of 4 messages about how ministry is accomplished. My (David’s) conclusion is, ministry is best done in teams. We begin considering a story Luke tells of the early church in Acts 6. This account is a great starting point for our consideration; in coming weeks, we’ll look deeply… Read More »Ministry is Best Done in Teams (September 14, 2025)