To finish up my sabbatical, I did my service project. For this, I felt called to serve my Church, The Well. For those of you that may not know, The Well is a recent church plant that is backed by the Acts 29 ministry. As is typical of these churches, the congregation is overwhelmingly comprised of younger generations, especially college students and young families with small children. Given this demographic, the Church nursery is nearly overrun every Sunday. Thankfully, The Well does have another space that the children’s ministry can expand into; however, it is in need of attention.
Going into my sabbatical I knew that I would be serving at The Well, but given the constant changes in the Church’s needs I was not positive what I would be doing. Given the churches current needs, I was blessed to be able to perform some tender loving care to what will be our new children’s area. I spent my time on my knees painting baseboards, walls, and generally cleaning the space. What I found most rewarding about my project was to have some alone time in our new Children’s area. During my time, I was able to pray for this new Children’s area and the kids that would come through these walls. I prayed for those that would nurture these kids and that they would have the words to bring kids to Jesus. This alone time was certainly fruitful and I hope that both the physical changes I made and the spiritual pleas I made will be evident.
Wrapping up, this sabbatical gave me amazing opportunity to serve, rest, and be with my family. This past month has been more joyous than I could have thought and it was perfectly capped off with my daughter starting to walk yesterday. It was quite an ending to an awesome month!