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Greetings!
Sometimes, we get so tangled up in the web of ministry that the stress we experience leaves us immobilized. During those times it is helpful to consider how the tasks at hand resonate with our more enduring commitments. This month we will consider articulating your own personal mission statement as a tool for moving forward.
Enjoy!
~ Sharon
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Personal Mission Statement
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Feeling tangled up in a web of priorities and important tasks is a common experience for people dedicated to Christian ministry. There are always more good things to be done than we are able to do. That overwhelming reality has the power to block us from moving forward.
We can accomplish a great deal if we stay centered in who we are and who we want to become. Having a personal mission statement is a useful tool that can assist us in being grounded in the things that matter.
A personal mission statement is a simple but profound sentence or two that expresses the deepest motivation that propels us to live anew each day. It is the essential core value that is at the crux of all of our positive interactions and activity. Each person's mission statement is unique. It will take time to discern your own statement, but once you articulate it, you will find it will have a claim upon your heart as it assists you in keeping focused and accountable to your purpose.
These reflection questions may help you to articulate your own personal mission statement:
- What makes me feel most connected to the Holy?
- When do I feel fully alive?
- When do I experience fulfillment?
- What do I want to do more than anything else in the whole world?
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 Dear Sharon,
My husband is not attending my church. When we were appointed here 2 years ago he came to worship every Sunday and got involved in the Adult Sunday School class. I am the first woman pastor this church has ever had, and the people were happy to have the 'pastor's husband' be active with the congregation. But now he says he doesn't like all of the attention he gets as the pastor's husband and he prefers attending a larger church of a different denomination in a neighboring town where he isn't identified as being my husband. He says he gets more out of it that way. I understand his point, but I am sad and kind of embarrassed that he doesn't want to be part of my church. At first I made excuses for him when he didn't come. Now that is more difficult and people are starting to wonder what is going on. How can I tell them that he is going to a different church now without hurting their feelings?
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