I never imagined that life in ministry would ever be so busy, especially this time of the year. I thought that after Christmas there would be a lull until Lent starts. Boy was I wrong.
Amidst he business of ministry, family obligations, and whatever else comes up I am really excited about the prospects of the year.
First the prospects of ministry:
We have some new blood on the church council – and by new blood I mean people who have never served on the church council before. Also there is new leadership — people who have never been in leadership on the council. This is an exciting thing for me. I love the ideas, I love the passion and I love the direction that we as a church are headed. One of my goals for the year is to establish a strong foundation. Not only in the infrastructure of the church (getting committees to meet again, establishing strong communication between the council and the lay people, ect) but I would also like for our council to establish a strong foundation in the word of God. It is through God that we are getting our strength and passion for ministry.
I am also about getting out into the community more and getting involved with different organizations within the community. I recently joined the chamber of commerce and I want to be involved with that organization.
At St. Mark’s we have a Community room where we once had a nursery school program. That stopped meeting in 2007 and now we are in conversation as to what to do with that space. I want to see what the community need and I am excited about those possibilities.
Family:
This is going to be an exciting year for our family. Our kids are going to be at an amazing age (5 and 2) this year. They are the joy of my joys. Also my wife and I are dedicated to get healthy and get fit and we are off to a good start.
We also are living in a great area where we can be active outside. It is a little hard now because of the snow but we are excited overall. We hope that we will find a place to live by the end of the year where we can stay in one place for a long time.
Finances are always a challenge but we are better off in that area than we ever have been and we are paying down debt and starting to get some savings. I know by the end of the year we will have at least our credit cards paid off and we will be on the road to only really have student loan debt. This is happening even faster with YNAB (for more information visit the link on in the sidebar).
I know there will be bumps in the road, there always are but I think this is the first time in my life when I have really looked forward to the upcoming year and I am confident that this will be a great year.
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