ray Posted August 13, 2007 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 281 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 789 Content Per Day: 0.11 Reputation: 1 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/03/2004 Status: Offline Share Posted August 13, 2007 How does go about getting involved in church activity if they don't know what area of service they can do? How much involvement is to much involvement? Should I feel guilty if I only feel led to serve or be involved in one area? Why do we feel guilty if we are not doing 20 services for the church or make people feel that way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedeemedByHim Posted August 13, 2007 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 63 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1,157 Content Per Day: 0.18 Reputation: 9 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/24/2007 Status: Offline Birthday: 07/25/1982 Share Posted August 13, 2007 How does go about getting involved in church activity if they don't know what area of service they can do? How much involvement is to much involvement? Should I feel guilty if I only feel led to serve or be involved in one area? Why do we feel guilty if we are not doing 20 services for the church or make people feel that way? simple...Do what the Lord is leading you to do...no more, no less...anything outside of what the Lord is leading you to do is in your own works and is not pleasing to the Lord..and if you are doing less then you are being disobedient..this is something I have had to really strive in... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iryssa Posted August 13, 2007 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 117 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 3,860 Content Per Day: 0.56 Reputation: 9 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/10/2005 Status: Offline Birthday: 09/13/1984 Share Posted August 13, 2007 How does go about getting involved in church activity if they don't know what area of service they can do? try a few...ask your pastor if you could help out temporarily in some areas (with people already involved to help you out), just to see what's right for you. How much involvement is to much involvement? One way to tell is to see whether it's constantly getting in the way of your family life or causing strife within your family. Another thing is losing focus: when it becomes about how much you can do for the church rather than about love for God. Should I feel guilty if I only feel led to serve or be involved in one area? Heck no! Why do we feel guilty if we are not doing 20 services for the church or make people feel that way? Because we're silly humans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebecca2 Posted October 29, 2007 Group: Junior Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 9 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 91 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 1 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/25/2007 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/22/1958 Share Posted October 29, 2007 How does go about getting involved in church activity if they don't know what area of service they can do? Our church has a service missions fair every fall (we just had it). During the fair we can sign up to try-out different service missions in the church. We can try the service mission up to three times before making a commitment to continue serving in that area. If we decide the service mission is not right for us, we just tell the coordinator we don't want to serve in that area. You might ask whoever coordinates service missions in your church what service areas need volunteers and if you could serve in that area for a trial period before making a commitment. How much involvement is too much involvement? If your involvement in service missions causes you to neglect your family or your job, then it is too much. Our service missions coordinator monitors all the volunteers. When someone volunteers for what she thinks are too many missions, she will take them aside and talk to them. She told me I needed to back off at one point. Should I feel guilty if I only feel led to serve or be involved in one area? NO, it is better to serve in one area and give it your all. Why do we feel guilty if we are not doing 20 services for the church or make people feel that way? We pay more attention to what other people think than what GOD thinks. If you have prayed and then listened to GOD and are doing what you have been led by GOD to do, then don't worry about what other people think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricH Posted October 29, 2007 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 366 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 10,933 Content Per Day: 1.57 Reputation: 212 Days Won: 1 Joined: 04/21/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted October 29, 2007 How does go about getting involved in church activity if they don't know what area of service they can do? How much involvement is to much involvement? Should I feel guilty if I only feel led to serve or be involved in one area? Why do we feel guilty if we are not doing 20 services for the church or make people feel that way? The absolute best way to discover your spiritual gifts is to try differing ministries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsth Posted October 29, 2007 Group: Royal Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 297 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 5,586 Content Per Day: 0.69 Reputation: 193 Days Won: 1 Joined: 04/09/2002 Status: Offline Share Posted October 29, 2007 Dear ray, I thought you already went to your pastor in regard to this? In His Love, Suzanne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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