This week we finished up leadership interviews and announced our fall leader line up for Chi Alpha. It's the end of not only a semester, but a year. With all of this comes great reflection and thought about what has happened over the last nine months.
This semester I finished up the year with fifteen iTeam leaders. As I reflect on our time together and the ways that we have grown and the things we have accoplished, I can't help but tear up. I told a friend today that I may or may not have cried in multiple meetings this week as I shared about how much God has done in and through my area of the ministry this year. And the most amazing part of it all is that He allowed me to play some small role in it.
One of the things I strive for most in working with iTeam leaders, is leadership development. I want to see my leaders leave iTeams and go on to tackle more and do more. I want to see them place themselves in scenarios to grow and be even more used by God. One way I see that within our ministry is when iTeam leaders decide to dedicate their next year to leading a lifegroup.
Of my fifteen leaders that I had this semester eleven of them will be leading lifegroups (Bible studies) on campus this fall. Eleven out of fifteen!!! I can't tell you how that humbles and amazes me. I can't begin to express the gratitude I feel that God has allowed me to be a part of it and has used me in their lives this year.
Obviously this year, like any other, has had it's moments and issues and struggles. But when I look back over the year, those hard spots are not even what comes to mind. What I see is what God has done in my life and the lives of my fifteen leaders. And that has been nothing short of incredible!!! I now feel like a mother bird releasing her birdies to fly out of the nest. I can't wait to see how my birdies are going to soar next year!!
Until then ......
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