Some things I have been praying for this week:
Offerings: I’ve been thankful for the upward trends in offerings...
Spirited Exchanges: This is a new ministry in our midst that offers a monthly listening space for people struggling with issues in relation to faith and church. It was meant to be gathering for a second time on Monday, the day that it snowed... It’s not easy starting something, especially when Christchurch freezes!
Junior Doctors in our congregation, who have needed such wisdom this week, discerning between competing loyalties to friends, colleagues and patients needs, both in the short and long-term.
Traveling Steve: I fly out to Idaho, USA, mid-afternoon Sunday June 18 to speak at a conference on Ministry in a Postmodern Context, followed by participation in an International Think Tank on Mission to Western Culture. I am at both events because of my blend of local church pastoring and Bible College lecturing i.e. a “thinking practitioner”. I return Saturday July 1. By nature I am a flightless bird, so I have been praying for smooth travel, quick re-adjustment of the body clock and that the remaining Taylor family won’t feel too “left behind.”