Day three of the training – as I sit here I don’t remember much of the teaching except there was this emphasis on passing the baton to the next generation. These are my words not those of the presenter. We took time to affirm the young men and women who are leading ministries. We prayed for them.
This really is the heart of discipleship – equipping the next generation to walk with Jesus and make disciples of others.
A significant (not in time alotted but in importance) part of the day was spent in cohort groups discussing how we create time in our schedules to build faith into others – how do we balance weekly sermon preparation, committee meetings and time for investing in others. How do we create margins to allow for God to work instead of trying to force God to work within the constraints of our schedules.
We didn’t resolve anything but determined that if making disciples was important we would have to become intentional in making the time.
It really is following the example of Jesus who intentionally poured His life into a few in order to impact the world.
