In our church, all adults and teenagers (over age 13) are asked to be ministers to other church members. Women are matched up with a couple other women in our congregation, and encouraged to keep in touch with them, strengthen their faith, and help them out when they need it. I see ministering as an invitation to deepen an existing friendship, or make a new one.
Joy and I are assigned to minister together, and when we asked our friend Jennie how we could help her out, she said she'd love it if we took her energetic dog Ivy home for a play date.
Our family has toyed with the idea of getting a dog recently, so the kids were excited to have Ivy come visit. We played with her . . .
. . . then took her for a walk . . .
. . . and a run!
Daddy even came home from work for a little while to meet our furry guest.
By the time we took Ivy home, she was tired out and ready to chill for the rest of the day, which is exactly what her owner wanted. Ministering managed!
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