Saturday, November 7, 2009

Balancing Family and Ministry


I went to to break out session called Balancing Family and Ministry led by Billy Beacham who is the founder of Student Discipleship Ministries. Here are my notes from that session:

- Always invest in relationships
- Always be surrounded by accountability
- For people in ministry the hardest place is often at home... FIGHT for your marriage!
- Take time to pause and evaluate your private life
- Help in saying no: 1) offer an alternative, 2) put family on calendar
- Have fun, enjoy life, find things you can do that don't cost a lot of money (ex. camping)
- Work to be in good physical shape. Get a scale and weigh yourself every day
- Make your own spiritual health a priority
- "Your life is shaped by the end you live for." -Thomas Merton
1 Corinthians 2:1-5

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