The pressure to volunteer at any and everything is incredible. But you need to fight the peer pressure.
You need to discern between which of many activities is truly your ministry at this time in your life.
Between women’s ministries, children’s programs, neighborhood outreach, hospitality and couple’s Bible study, there’s barely time. As a couple who saw the danger of our family being bogged down with activities several nights a week, we decided we needed to keep our family time intact and so we cut back….way back.
There will be a time when you, or, more likely “your family”, will be able to staff the important positions to keep a church running, but while your family is growing, your biggest impact on the church and those around it will be a well-trained, God-loving and God-fearing family.
So when do you know when it’s time to branch out and get involved again?
When the seeds that you planted in your home are bearing fruit.
Until then, nurture their growth.