{"id":30792,"date":"2025-07-23T04:23:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T10:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?p=30792"},"modified":"2025-07-24T17:17:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T23:17:04","slug":"personal-ministry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2025\/07\/personal-ministry\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1000009064-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1000009064-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30787\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1000009064-771x1024.jpg 771w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1000009064-226x300.jpg 226w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1000009064-768x1020.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1000009064-scaled.jpg 1928w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have been thinking about personal ministry lately. I&#8217;m talking about taking care of people, not by formal assignment, but because I want to. I got a little rusty at this during the last year, focusing on sending Mark on a mission, then reclaiming our home and my identity. As I begin to pick up the service I used to do in my neighborhood, I am realizing that there are skills and strategies to relearn to be a good minister to others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are physical strategies, such as having food in the house and freezer to put together a meal, or some simple, wrapped gifts ready for birthday deliveries. Also, having an eye to see who is missing or on the margins and making time to reach out to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is definitely a spiritual component. Often, personal ministry is uncomfortable and makes me feel vulnerable. I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;m ever confident that I&#8217;m saying or doing the right thing. It takes spiritual courage to show up with stumbling words or a gift they might not like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Understanding my personal limitations is important. Sometimes I want to do something generous, but the week is full or I am depleted, so I do something small or postpone the grand gesture. Whether or not I can do something tangible, I can always pray. I have learned that prayer is a valid and important way to minister.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been thinking about personal ministry lately. I&#8217;m talking about taking care of people, not by formal assignment, but because I want to. I got a little rusty at this during the last year, focusing on sending Mark on a mission, then reclaiming our home and my identity. As I begin to pick up &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2025\/07\/personal-ministry\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Personal ministry<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-according-to-angela"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30792"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30842,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30792\/revisions\/30842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}