Every Member a Minister

Every member a minister. I don't know who coined that phrase, but I do know for sure that it is Biblical.
When we become Christ followers we are gifted, and called to serve God and others. We must use those gifts and abilities in the context of the local church (and outside the church too)
Many times we get caught up in the word, minister. We assume that minister means paid staff, but the reality is that if you're a Christian you need to be a minister, and in order to be a minister you need a ministry.
In Colossian 4:17 Paul writes this: "And say to Archippus, "Be sure to carry out the ministry the Lord gave you." We don't really know why Archippus needed to be reminded of this. Maybe he was losing his focus and other things were taking precedent over his ministry. Maybe he was burned out and was sitting on the sidelines, and needed the encouragement to keep on. Maybe Archippus had a case of mission drift and fell into a consumer mindset and wanted people to serve him. It's hard to say for sure.
They say that in most churches 20% of the people do 80% of the work (this is NOT the case at Foothills) If those stats are true that means that there are a lot of people who need to be reminded to "be sure to carry out the ministry the Lord gave you."
If you have never served in church before, why not take a risk. At Foothills we realize that this can feel pretty intimidating, so we've tried to make it easy. Here's a great way to get started, sign up for our next "Serve" class on March 30th. It will be offered at 9:45am and then again at 11:15am. In this class, our Connections Pastor Paul Carr will help point you in the right direction. Why not join the hundreds of others at Foothills that are having the time of their lives serving God?