The First Step Towards an End and Beginning

Yesterday was a pretty neat day. Bill had scheduled a meeting with the head of the Placement department at Dallas Seminary to discuss our future after graduation -and how to get there. We met with this kind man and he took us to lunch at a chic little sandwich shop, where he talked and we talked and we ate great food, too! It was a really encouraging lunch meeting. We were able to share roughly with him some of our ideas and desires for ministry, and he responded with lots of suggestions, advice, and things to think about as we begin the process of life after graduation - also known as "full-time ministry". As we are just beginning this, I don't know lots about it, but I think this is this general outline: 1) Decide what ministry we are interested in/suited for and the area for that - i.e: urban, rural, traditional, blended, etc. 2) Prepare a resume, have it proofed, edited, perfected 3) Send the finished resume out beginning September, shooting for at least 30 submitted 4) Wait for responses from churches 5) Candidate (visit interested churches) 6) Get hired on at one of the churches!!

Now, a lot happens in between all of those steps, and the process will probably take quite a while, but that is it in a nutshell. So, during the next few weeks we will work on preparing a resume for Bill and have it edited. We haven't determined our send - out day yet, but it will be sometime in September. It is exciting to begin this much-anticipated process, and we would covet your prayers through all of it!