The other day I was reminded about the full potential that could be ours within MinistryHub.com if we only allow it time to mature and grow. I was sitting, virtually, in The Hub going over some of the programming changes that we have recently made, when my good friend Jason happen to catch me (via Private Chat) to see how I was doing. He being a new Sr. Pastor had logged into the site to work on an upcoming message. He selected his topic, then entered one of the new public rooms and gave his two suggestions, but commented that after entering The Results he didn't find very many ideas for his topic. As you know we are a relatively new site, so currently, in all honesty there are several topics that haven't been touched/brainstormed yet, so they lack an abundance of ideas within The Results. Jason just happened to choose one of those idea light topics. But here's what makes the difference. Jason gets it, partly because he's a friend, but mainly because he understands that the gathering of information takes time. Even though he, at this time didn't get the amount of results that he wished, he knows that the ideas that he added to the database are now sitting there waiting to be discovered by the next pastor searching for direction or ideas for that same topic. That being the case, it's here is where the full potential of MinistryHub.com lies. You see I apologized to him that he selected a less popular topic but then asked if there was anything that I could do to help him. We then went back into the public room where he explained to me what he was wanting to communicate with his message, what he wanted to express, and more so what he wanted his congregation to walk away with. And then it began, the two of us, in separate cities began to brainstorm ideas together; songs, concepts, video clips, even out of the box ideas, and then my friend Jason, who didn't have anything when he arrived, left MinistryHub.com with a new focus, direction plus a handful of ideas.
I'm a firm believer that if we give MinistryHub.com the time it needs to mature and grow, that it could be become one of the greatest ministry resources ever known to man. But in order for this to happen we each need to realize that the call placed on each of us as ministers of the Gospel calls us to give. To put others first, to give of our ideas, our thoughts and our advice, knowing that each time we add to the database can only help and further the Kingdom, that's Kingdom with a capital K. Then and only then will we reap the full benefits of MinistryHub.com. Give and it will come back to you, pressed down shaken together, running over!
Tim Yates
