Comments on: Seasons in Ministry

By: Claire

Claire — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 13:56:06 +0000

A time to rest and review,a time of uncertainty in life but of certainty in Christ, a time to grow, a time to trust, a time to prepare to be led in fulfulling the plans God has for my life in Him.

By: Metaphorical and literal winter! «

Metaphorical and literal winter! « — Sun, 24 May 2009 12:07:10 +0000

[...] does the winter thing come into it? God has been speaking into my life through the guys at Swerve …they posted a series of articles a little while ago about the seasons of ministry. I am in [...]

By: What Season Are You In?

What Season Are You In? — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:19:51 +0000

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By: Chad M.

Chad M. — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 04:16:35 +0000

My wife and I are in the season of personal preperation. I am a mid 30’s school teacher in Canada and am really feeling the prescence of God urging me to enter the ministry. God is teaching us some personal lessons and I believe preparing us to minister in a deeper way.

Thanks for the good lessons on this site

By: Vicky

Vicky — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:52:48 +0000

A time to hold on.
A time to let go.

Thanks Craig for your “Seasons of Ministry” It truly is a word in due season.

By: Sean S.

Sean S. — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:37:40 +0000

definitely a time of restructuring and replanting after a rough previous winter.

By: Patrick Mitchell

Patrick Mitchell — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:43:40 +0000

A time to run. Taking a ministry and running headstrong…college baby.

By: Ken

Ken — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:31:23 +0000

A time to surrender.

By: Guy Walker

Guy Walker — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:20:42 +0000

I’m in a season of sprinting. Focusing on 1 goal and pursuing it as much as possible. It’s fun but not sure how long I can keep this pace up

By: Patrick Moore

Patrick Moore — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:42:03 +0000

Run, run, run…God has put me in the season to run. Run after Him, run after His people, run after those that need Him and run with the dream he plant in my heart a couple years ago.

By: Christy

Christy — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:39:57 +0000

Its been a long process of grieving, healing, resting and receiving - and now waiting. Waiting for the next step…

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:03:17 +0000

Thanks to all that shared…I’m humbled by everyones transparency! A season of renewl. Just coming off two of the hardest years of my life as we are now a four year old church plant. I was physically sick for a year and then the following year I had a staff person betray me. In the midst of all this God has been so faithful. I buried a 31yr old friend of mine two weeks ago - who came to know Christ through our church. I was complaining to God about being “knee-deep” in the mess of ministry and then God convicted me…I’m so privileged to partner with Him in impacting eternity and changing the world - One Life at a time. Thanks to all the rest of the team, as we together try to empty hell and bring up there down here.

By: Here’s what I did on 2009-03-23 | Jonathan Hopson

Here’s what I did on 2009-03-23 | Jonathan Hopson — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 06:01:42 +0000

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By: Brook

Brook — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 01:05:00 +0000

A time of searching and waiting. It’s a very interesting place to be in when you have no idea what God is doing or how He is doing it!

By: Rusty

Rusty — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:30:38 +0000

early spring, coming out of a really bad winter. Hopefully the freeze helped rid us of some of the bad stuff. Being raised on a farm i am very aware of the rhythm of life, we need to learn to roll with it.

By: Johnny Roberts

Johnny Roberts — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:50:57 +0000

A time to let the crock pot do it’s thing at our little church plant. We run hard, push hard, vision cast, dream, serve, love, learn, grow… hard and continually but in the midst of that I sense a need for some time to simmer. Time to allow some of our ideas and philosophies to simmer in the minds and hearts of our people… including mine. Time to study who God has gathered and who he is calling us to be as we are on mission.

By: Michelle George

Michelle George — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:30:22 +0000

I’m in a time of grieving. I’ve just stepped down from a role that i love in order to preserve relationships because i have a diametrically opposed philosophy of ministry and I guess ultimately a deep dissatisfaction with the way my leadership have chosen to do church (and yes I’ve chosen those words purposefully). I am trying hard not to be bitter. But I have been a part of the team for 20 years and led it in partnership with a gread co-director for the last 3.5 years, and I am finding it really really hard. But I know there’s purpose there…just with i could see where God was taking me with it all. I guess it will be a time of healing and rest once i finish grieving, but I am the kind of person that doesn’t like to sit still and not be serving and doing stuff…and yet I hear God telling me to BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD. This will be a time of learning. But for right now…I’m hanging out to get out of the painful bit LOL

By: Gina

Gina — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:02:17 +0000

planting… can feel futile if you don’t keep the ‘harvest’ season in mind.

By: Andrew Edwards

Andrew Edwards — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:58:03 +0000

A time of “God what ARE You doing to me?” I left a ministry position 3 years ago because I couldnt support my family on that salary. Now I work a job that pays well but brings me no joy. My job is secure but things are winding down due to the GFC… I’ve stepped out of a volunteer ministry position at church becasue I dont agree with their lack of vision and planning approach to leadership… I feel left out to dry, that i dont fit anywhere and i cant see the way ahead… Faith is all i seem to have left

By: Jared

Jared — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:08:57 +0000

Chuck, I am so sorry. I just prayed for you too and will the rest of the day and onward