Christian Club Sponsors

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