Man I feel just tired right now.
The church I work at just had to laid-off 6 workmates (and friends) and gave pay cuts to 5 of the other staff members. Finances suck right now and even after cutting ministry budgets and tightening our collective belts for months we're in a sketchy place with dollars.
It's difficult to be starting a new ministry at a time like this. Even some of your friends and workmates wonder why we're doing what you're doing while others are being laid off- a bit of a bummer of a place to be really. Starting something new and less conventional is difficult even when it's the right thing to do and you know God has called you to it. I even heard that some Christian bros from another local church don't like what we're doing at Elevation and that they are praying against it... nice one. Christians are a unified and gracious lot.
Anyways God is blessing the work at Elevation in the midst of the difficulties and we'll keep going forward, all I need is a nice cigar and some time with Jesus on the back deck and I'm ready to go after it again tomorrow.
Keep SCBC in your prayers, it's a hard season but God is up to something.
