Reflections on Mission

So I’ve been hanging out on mission all of last week then all of a sudden its over and I’ve got all these thoughts & ideas running round in my head. This year was my second MTC mission and I’d be happy to say that it was the better of the 2 that I’ve been on. This is why:

Partnership with the church:
This year we had 2 members of the local church give up holidays and get involved with our ministry to the local community as well as a few who did things every now and then – for me, this was a great encouragement as it really felt like we were partnering with the church.

Pushed me out of my comfort zone:
Last year was fairly easy – I did a lot of school scripture and the only ‘difficult’ thing for me to do was a short talk at the local skate park. This year i knocked on doors of complete strangers & had people reject the Gospel in not uncertain terms.

Organising Kids group:By complete accident i volunteered to look after organising the Thursday arvo kids club. I don’t think I’m gifted and certainly don’t feel keen on kids ministry, yet things came together really well and the leader of the kids club thought we had done pretty well!

I cant wait to see how i will be challenged next year on MTC mission #3!

Mission Mumblings

I don’t know about you, but when you say the word ‘Mission’ you may get all these images of running off to deepest darkest Africa, or maybe its spending a few weeks over the stinking hot summer living in a tent preaching to holidays makers.

Well, clear all these images out of your head! this week i’m on College mission – a week where the entire student body of the college head out and partner with various churchs around Sydney to proclaim the Gospel.

This week I’m out at Merrylands, joining in fellowship at church meetings, taking scripture seminars in the local Schools, door knocking, ESL classes, train station evangelism and a Mens outreach dinner ‘Has God got a Beef with you’ at the local leages club (the big problem is that its Chicken night).

Its a lot of hard work, but there are also great opertunities to have fun and get to know others as well. Feel free to check out the mission vodcasts created by Joel A at Fervr.