Unsung heroes
Couple of things at the weekend - a training and a church visit led me to reflect on the unsung heroes of the local church. Those people who truly love - God, the Church and young people, and put hours of time and money and themselves into stuff. Paid workers call them "volunteers", but really that's a bit of an insult for some of these people! And I guess we see them not just in youth ministry but so many aspects of church life.
In a city where people work longer and harder, it's such an encouragement to see those who really care and have caught something of God's heart, who refuse to be warn down by the "system" of institutional church, and keep going!