I feel called, now what?
Every year at Resurrection hundreds of people come forward as a response to feeling called to the ministry. This year, Justin did an awesome job of talking about various types of ministries and the joys and trials that accompany them.
If you ask people around Holston who are in the ministry where they felt or responded to the call to ministry, many of them will tell you it was at Resurrection. I am no different. When I was a junior in high school, I walked forward like so many before me to make a public response to what I felt God was calling me to do. I had a wonderful youth minister who encouraged me and gave me opportunities to work with the junior high youth at my church as a way to continue exploring my call. I had several mentors who were always happy to talk to me about my calling to youth ministry. I am so thankful for the people and opportunities that God placed in my life!
If you are feeling called into the ministry, there is a retreat designed just for you! Discovery takes place March 27-29 at Camp Wesley Woods. This weekend is an awesome way to explore your call and journey with others who are experiencing many of the same things you are. I hope you will join us!
It's a Way of Life
Wow! What a blessing I received today as I witnessed another life changed by the power and grace of Jesus Christ. It is always amazing to me how God’s timing always seems to be perfect. His life shackled by a lifestyle of destruction came to a head. He decided he wanted a change. He no longer wanted to live a life that revolved around him self. There I was hearing the sincerity of his heart with the opportunity to offer him Christ. He received Him! What he said next went to the very core of the Christian faith. He said, “I have got to make Christ a way of life.” Yes!!!