EP 199 – DON’T MISS PEOPLE AS YOU MINISTER

Welcome Bootcampers! We got our math right!  Next week we're celebrating our 200th EP! We'd love to hear from you!  Drop us a line about how the Bootcamp has helped you! In this EP the guys take some time to break down their thoughts about the importance of not missing people in the midst of doing ministry. Here are some of the highlights: Loving people is central to our calling: Greatest commandment (and the second is like it) Love God and Love Others John 13 – Jesus says people will know us by our love. Loving and leading people well requires that we LISTEN well Patch Adams says his initial interview with a new patient is 3-4 hours "In the midst of a turbulent, often chaotic world, ministers are called to be contemplatives, to be people who 'listen' to the voice of God and to the voices of those who suffer." – Henri Nouwen James 1:19 – My dear brothers and sisters, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger, Community is a central human need Dietrich Bonhoeffer said "Christian community is like the Christian's sanctification. It is a gift of God which we cannot claim." Acts 2:42, 44-47 - "They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer... All the believers were together and had everything in common... And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved." Its ok to not be ok but its not ok to stay there Loving people means LEANING into sanctification We'd love to hear your thoughts, drop us a line, voice mail, comment.   Get with our fantastic sponsor, One Eighty Digital, they can help your church develop a clear, concise and focused communication strategy designed to connect with your community and communicate the hope we have in Christ.  Contact them and let them know you are a loyal Bootcamper. JimBo Stewart: [00:00:00] Here we are. Back at it again. Back at the bootcamp. Bob, I hope you're ready for the next episode. I am coming fresh off of vacation at the nicest ministry retreat center I have ever seen or heard of for pastors. Bob Bickford: Amazing. Where, so tell us about it. Where is it at? JimBo Stewart: it is in, outside of, it's in Rim Bear. South Carolina, I don't know if I'm pronouncing that correctly. R e m b e r T. Very rural area, historic with the, revolutionary War and Civil War, in this area. and this family who has a lot of land and have built nice houses, cottages for pastors and missionaries to come. And, man, it was, I think it's called Pine Grove Plantation. And it was mind blowingly, nice, refreshing, really great pool and beautiful scenery, uh, pond and kayaking the whole deal. Man, it was pretty incredible. So, Bob Bickford: Man, that's great. I, I love it when, folks invest in pastors and. Give them opportunities to get away and, and [00:01:00] refresh. It's much needed. And I, I think some of our listeners, man, we, we've talked about this a couple episodes ago. if you are not taking some downtime during the summer, please avail yourself to it. And, we talk about on that podcast, and I think we even had Brian Croft mention, A lot of guys are afraid to leave cuz they're afraid that they are going to re-key their office and move their study books and all that sort of thing. And it's like, if you are not taking a break because you are afraid of people, you might need to consider a call to another church, you know, JimBo Stewart: Yeah, I mean, just take the break and if you know, maybe they do re-key it, who