I Just Want to SCREAM!
It happened again! You have a children’s ministry activity planned and someone else is using the room, the equipment, or whatever, hindering your planned event. You get so frustrated and want to scream!
I’m sure that has never happened to you
It happened to me last night. We entered the church to find someone painting part of the set for the Easter production in the gym where we hold game time for Awana. When asked if they could be moved, the answer was, “they’ll have to work around it.” Not only was the space being used an issue, but the fumes from the paint were permeating the building and the classrooms adjacent to the gym which are used for Awana and youth.
I now have a snap decision to make. How do I handle this situation? Awana is a planned weekly event and it is known that the gym is a key part of the night. Plus the fumes, how do I accommodate the rooms impacted by the fumes? Do I pull out the righteous indignation and demand they relocate the props and paint elsewhere? Here is how I handled the scenario:
We cannot be a “one man band”, we will burn out. But there is power in one…
You give of your time selflessly to reach the children with the love of Jesus each week and sometimes it is hard. We know it is hard for you, because it is hard for us in leadership at times as well.




Recently I took our car in to have it’s annual safety inspection. I sat in the waiting area doing some ministry things and I began to think about auto mechanics. When you find a good auto mechanic, you stick with them. One’s that you’ve lost faith in and no longer trust, you leave behind. When we moved into the area a few years ago, we would ask people if they knew a good auto mechanic and who they used. We wanted to avoid costly errors early on.