Jefferson Baptist Church has a ministry of picking people up in golf carts after they park their cars on Sunday mornings for worship service and driving them to the sanctuary front door. JBC has two golf carts that they own for this ministry. It is nice because some of our parking is a long walk away from the sanctuary, especially in the winter and especially for older people. No one has been driving the carts for the last couple of months. If no one picks up this ministry I am going to drive one cart for the 8:30 am service starting November 9th. I am pastoring at the Jefferson Evangelical Church and I need to be there at 9:15 am so I can drive the cart from 8:00 to 8:40 am and make it to JEC in plenty of time. The “Golf Cart” ministry is one of the “Men’s Ministry” projects. In our last “Men’s Ministry” board meeting we were discussing how to recruit some people to do it.

As we were discussing it I said, “You can recruit people to a ministry in writing or speaking to the crowd but the best way to recruit people to do anything is one on one, face to face, explaining to them what exactly is involved in doing the ministry. As we were talking a thought popped into my head, “you could drive a cart for the first service and then attempt to recruit people while you are driving them to the sanctuary.” Another big plus would be the opportunity to chat with people who attend JBC. I don’t get to do that much now that I am preaching up the road at another church. One of my life mottos is, “When God opens a door, don’t be slow in stepping through it.” When I have thoughts pop into my head like I had at the board meeting, I am pretty sure it is often a prompting from God, to not just to sit there, but to do something. That motto is why I am preaching up the road half a mile at the Evangelical Church. God opened up a door and I had a thought, “you could do that.” I am having a blast working for God, building His church. Whenever anybody chooses to serve God in His church He gives them the energy, the time, and the resources to do it well. Most people won’t step through doors because they are afraid to take a risk, even a little one. Many people don’t’t volunteer to do things because of the inconvenience factor, it will take away some of their time. People who are stingy with their time in serving God never have enough time as they struggle to get everything done. I am surprised at how few people have volunteered to help with the “Trunk or Treat” event. It is four hours at most for one night.