Ministry Interruptions
I can still see the smile of the first minister I ever heard say, “Ministry wouldn’t be so bad if it wasn’t for the people.” Anyone in the ministry would laugh at that because we all have experienced those moments or that specific person that would tempt us to say the exact same thing. Since we returned from our vacation we have had about six funerals at the church. The first funeral superseded the Children’s Choir from using the Sanctuary for preparation for their musical, “Race to Win.” Several others have come at very awkward times such as my day off or when the church office was closed for a holiday. We have also had many more hospital visits than usual. It seems that the late winter weather really took its toil on many of the elderly in our congregation. We have also had an unusually large number of people needing to meet with the staff about various items. These meetings often last longer than we were told to expect. Often these meetings have had to be rescheduled because of seve...