Considering Minsitry

Long time no post! Been a little bit busy!

A few weeks ago we had a terrific evening when we invited a whole bunch of people from Church to a "Consider Ministry" night. 35 people turned up to think about Vocational Christian Ministry. It was so great to be a room with so much talent and energy.

I spoke from Matthew 9:35-38 about the need for the laborers in the harvest. It struck me that when Jesus saw the crowds in the world, he was moved because they had no "shepherd" which is the same word as in Eph 4 for "pastor". What the world needs is shepherds and pastors.

We had two testimonies from current Ridley Melbourne students who are on placement at St Jude's. We talked about how you might make a decision for ministry, and pathways for preparation.

It was a great night for people thinking about Mission, Ordination and a variety of vocational lay ministries. It is such a privilege to work in a church where you can get this many people coming to a night like this. Now we need to "ask the Lord of the harvest to send out labourers into his harvest".