It is amazing how many different places you can devote your time and energy in a church community! And, to be honest, it will be harder to limit myself to part-time hours than it will be to fill them. There is a real truth about ministry anywhere you engage in it: there are always more things that could be done.
This week I went to my first staff meeting, and I was to prepare my job description in advance. It is difficult to narrow and focus what I will "be about" at the church. And, Bob Hyatt, the founding pastor, told me that I wanted to "be about" too much! I wanted to spend my time in discipleship, spiritual formation, community building, Sunday worship, home groups, children's ministry... Writing out the list should have made me realize it was ambitious, but I can be slow on the uptake.
I "fudged" my hours. As the list of desires got longer, I thought, "Well let's just tack on an extra five hours..." It didn't fly, thankfully. Now is also a time to be about seminary, being newly married, and getting to know our city. I wasn't holding all of those things in balance the way I should, and I got called on it.
It is nice to be in a position where the leaders of the church are actively calling me to slow down, do less, focus more. These are all things that will help me to last as a leader, and I thought that I was going to be the one fighting for them!
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