I work with on campus Christian Club Sponsors. They are some of the greatest people. They see their jobs as a ministry opportunity
and they put the extra time and effort in to it to do the ministry aspect. In general, this is above and beyond their
job description and they often receive no praise for their Christian Club work
and often may be criticized for their efforts.
In some cases, they are criticized by their church and/or the local
youth ministry community.
Part of what I do is to appreciate their work and effort and
praise them for it. Part of what I do it
to make suggestions to do it better.
Much of what I do is to listen.
One of the sponsors I work with does so much spiritual good
for her campus. She sponsors the
Christian club and does a great job developing her student leaders. She also organizes a faculty prayer
gathering. I think from the heavenly
kingdom perspective, she must be a mighty warrior. But she often feels alone, hopeless and
discouraged. A little like Elijah,
afraid in the cave after slaughtering the prophets of Baal. (I Kings 19) Mighty acts, but even the best of warriors
gets discouraged.
So I remind her of what a great job she is doing. How she is impacting the lives of those
student leaders, the lives of students and faculty and how she is impacting her
campus spiritually. She always responses
with astonishment, like this is amazing and she has never considered this.
Your financial gifts make it possible to provide great
services to these unsung heroes. Thank
you so much. Youthworkers Support Network, P.O. Box 262321, Houston, TX 77207
