Mini SerFest
Mini SerFest
My church had a mini SerFest today. Let me explain what SerFest is ...
Last year, Pastor B organized a SerFest to encourage members from the church to sign up and serve in the various ministries which are always lacking in help. It was quite big-scale and fairly successful. This year, SerFest was scale down to publicity during the service.
I like the idea of having the SerFest - a time where members are challenged to step out of their comfort zone to serve in the different ministries. It's no surprise that in many churches, only about 20 to 25% of the members are serving, while the rest are probably pew warmers, if I may put that label on them (of course, knowing that some others have genuine reasons for not being able to serve). Very often, the familiar scenario is the same persons get taxed and stretched from time to time, often appearing in this ministry and the next, often leading an event/activity here and there, etc.
Rev PK preached this morning, in line with the SerFest occasion. He used the familar passage from Matthew 25:14-30 about the parable of the talents, bringing out the importance of using our different gifts to serve God. What struck me most was when he shared his experience as a junior pastor ...
Rev PK shared that he was shadowing his senior pastor to minister to the shut-ins on one occasion, and they visited a 98 year old lady. Although quite an elderly lady already, but the lady was still alert, and she asked Rev PK a question which stunned him. She asked, "Why do you think the Lord has not called me back yet at 98 years old?" A while later, she replied, "God keep me alive so that I can pray for all of you ..."
Rev PK said he was so stunned, and so touched by her words. Instead of ministering to her, he felt so much ministered by her. And he used the example of this lady to challenge all of us that no matter what our giftings are, we can serve the Lord, and we are never too sick to serve.
Have you found an area to serve yet? Take on the example of the servant King, who came not to be served, but to serve ... Mark 10:45
My church had a mini SerFest today. Let me explain what SerFest is ...
Last year, Pastor B organized a SerFest to encourage members from the church to sign up and serve in the various ministries which are always lacking in help. It was quite big-scale and fairly successful. This year, SerFest was scale down to publicity during the service.
I like the idea of having the SerFest - a time where members are challenged to step out of their comfort zone to serve in the different ministries. It's no surprise that in many churches, only about 20 to 25% of the members are serving, while the rest are probably pew warmers, if I may put that label on them (of course, knowing that some others have genuine reasons for not being able to serve). Very often, the familiar scenario is the same persons get taxed and stretched from time to time, often appearing in this ministry and the next, often leading an event/activity here and there, etc.
Rev PK preached this morning, in line with the SerFest occasion. He used the familar passage from Matthew 25:14-30 about the parable of the talents, bringing out the importance of using our different gifts to serve God. What struck me most was when he shared his experience as a junior pastor ...
Rev PK shared that he was shadowing his senior pastor to minister to the shut-ins on one occasion, and they visited a 98 year old lady. Although quite an elderly lady already, but the lady was still alert, and she asked Rev PK a question which stunned him. She asked, "Why do you think the Lord has not called me back yet at 98 years old?" A while later, she replied, "God keep me alive so that I can pray for all of you ..."
Rev PK said he was so stunned, and so touched by her words. Instead of ministering to her, he felt so much ministered by her. And he used the example of this lady to challenge all of us that no matter what our giftings are, we can serve the Lord, and we are never too sick to serve.
Have you found an area to serve yet? Take on the example of the servant King, who came not to be served, but to serve ... Mark 10:45
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