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The dear ladies of my church keep me, shall we say, entertained? There is always something for me to do as their fearless leader. (Okay, so I’m not all that fearless, but we can’t let them see us sweat, right?)
The current issue at hand is trying to get through to them about how the prayer chain works. We’ve never had an active prayer chain before now. When we arrived at our little church as the pastors (my husband and I) we really didn’t have a women’s ministry, either. Now, I am happy to report, we have about 25-30 women come to our monthly meetings. Considering our church runs about 70 members strong, I think that’s pretty good!
And now, it’s time to form an active prayer chain. In the past, we’ve just called one another casually and asked for prayer. But there was a problem when there was a need, in an emergency, for more people to stop and pray.
So, I have been for the past year trying to explain how the prayer chain works. But for some reason, they still don’t get, and some people aren’t getting their calls. So, this Monday night, I’m going to do a skit to explain it. It’s so silly, but it has to be done. Some people aren’t getting the calls, and for those whose ministry is intercession, it’s important they get the calls!
It’s the little foxes, they say, that ruin the vine. It’s little issues like this that can make me crazy if I let them. So, I try my best to just laugh at it.
The good thing that has come of this is that some of the ladies are taking this more seriously now and are wanting to step up and take some ownership of the list. Praise the Lord!
(graphic via libertyeylau.org)
