Comments on: The Day After Insanity http://www.notamegachurch.com/2009/09/14/the-day-after-insanity/ Building a Youth Ministry that Lasts no matter what size Church you are! Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:09:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Timmy V. http://www.notamegachurch.com/2009/09/14/the-day-after-insanity/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Timmy V. Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:37:28 +0000 http://notamegachurch.wordpress.com/?p=218#comment-33 I definitely feel your "Monday pain." After a BUSY Sunday, I always find myself with a lot of things on my to do list and just barely enough time to get them done before the next Sunday. Just in time to start the cycle over again! :) I definitely feel your “Monday pain.” After a BUSY Sunday, I always find myself with a lot of things on my to do list and just barely enough time to get them done before the next Sunday. Just in time to start the cycle over again! :)

]]> By: Robbie Pruitt http://www.notamegachurch.com/2009/09/14/the-day-after-insanity/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Robbie Pruitt Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:13:16 +0000 http://notamegachurch.wordpress.com/?p=218#comment-34 Wow! Thank you Jesus that I am not alone! Should sabbath and worship be a day of insanity? What have we done? Ministry can be and is demanding. A day in the life of a church, especially on Sunday, can call for a Monday recovery time, or sabbath for leadership. It is also the beginning of gearing up for a repeat of more of the same for the week ahead and the next Sunday. I can identify with this list and can add my own list of complexities to it. A great question for us to ask is, "If Jesus were to look at our lists, what would He think, or say, or do with them?" Another great question is, "If Jesus gave us a list, what would be on His list for us?" I do not pretend to understand the answers to these questions, but I do feel compelled to invest in a good paper shedder for myself. First, Jesus has to be primary on my heart and mind. Then, I have begun to learn to keep the main thing, the main thing, and to delegate more. I have also started to realize what is necessary in administrative duties and what is luxury. I have also found that you cannot please everyone, so why try. I am a Director of Youth Ministry, not a director of people pleasing. I have found that some people in ministry and leadership can point more to potential problems, real or perceived, than they can or do participate in any real solutions, or contributions, toward the advancement of the mission. And . . . Wow! Thank you Jesus that I am not alone!

Should sabbath and worship be a day of insanity? What have we done?

Ministry can be and is demanding. A day in the life of a church, especially on Sunday, can call for a Monday recovery time, or sabbath for leadership. It is also the beginning of gearing up for a repeat of more of the same for the week ahead and the next Sunday.

I can identify with this list and can add my own list of complexities to it. A great question for us to ask is, “If Jesus were to look at our lists, what would He think, or say, or do with them?”

Another great question is, “If Jesus gave us a list, what would be on His list for us?”

I do not pretend to understand the answers to these questions, but I do feel compelled to invest in a good paper shedder for myself.

First, Jesus has to be primary on my heart and mind.

Then, I have begun to learn to keep the main thing, the main thing, and to delegate more. I have also started to realize what is necessary in administrative duties and what is luxury. I have also found that you cannot please everyone, so why try. I am a Director of Youth Ministry, not a director of people pleasing. I have found that some people in ministry and leadership can point more to potential problems, real or perceived, than they can or do participate in any real solutions, or contributions, toward the advancement of the mission.

And . . .

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