THE MONTGOMERY BAPTIST

Serving Christ Through Montgomery Area Churches

KEN MAY, DIRECTOR OF MISSIONS THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2015

The Kings Business

UPCOMING EVENTS

Ken May | Director of Missions

Ministers Conference

During staff meeting last week I called out all the upcoming meeting
dates: VOAD, Golf Committee, Bible Drill, Ministers Conference, Samaritan Inn
Banquet, VBS Training, Ministry Assistants Day, WMU Annual Meeting,
Executive Board, etc. Does your Spring calendar ever look like that? April is a
busy month!
The word busyness often describes our lives. We get overrun with
activities. Sometimes we are so busy we forget we are in the Kings business!
When I was in RAs as a young boy, I recall learning to sing our RA Hymn, The
Kings Business. The final words of the first stanza say, Im here on business for
my King. The chorus states that our Kingly business means calling people into
reconciliation with God.

Guest Speaker: Rev. Neal Hughes

April 13 | 11:30 AM
Dalraida Baptist Church
Call the MBA Office at 271-6227 or email
office@mgmbaptist.org to make reservations.
Ken May
Director of Missions
Montgomery Baptist Association

Do we ever in church confuse busyness with our Kings business? I am afraid we do that more
than we are willing to admit. You see, it is easy to fill the calendar with various responsibilities, even
wholesome activities that may or may not have anything to do with the mission
we have been given to make disciples of Jesus as we go. Each activity we
Often we lose
calendar becomes fixed in our minds and we expect to repeat that event each
sight of the
week, month, or year. Often we lose sight of the original purpose and fool
original purpose
ourselves into believing that because we are busy, we are doing the Lords
and fool ourselves
work.

into believing that

because we are
busy, we are doing
the Lords work.

I recall in one church where I served how both the Brotherhood meeting on
Sunday morning and the Discipleship Training classes on Sunday night came to
match this description. We knew when these activities occurred. Those who
were in the habit of attending did so, but could not articulate why we were still
having these activities except to say we just always have. Staffing our Brotherhood officers became a
problem. We never had an issue with who would cook. Soon we had no program or missions emphasis. It
was just a group of men who gathered for breakfast once a month. These older men would complain
because the young men would not attend, never stopping to think that there was nothing to draw them, and
no noticeable benefit to attending, particularly at 7:00 a.m. on a Sunday morning.

Trinity Memorial Baptist Church

Discipleship Training was not much different. Attendance was sporadic. The adults sat around in
a circle and read parts from a book. There was no real disciple-making going on. There was no
accountability and little, if any, spiritual depth in what they were doing. They thought other people ought
to come, but never stopped to consider why they should come.

A love offering will be taken.

For more information contact Tom Snowden
at 285-5112 or Leila Fisher at 264-8151.

Both groups were busy, but could not articulate a

Kingdom purpose for the ongoing meetings. It gave them
some satisfaction, but had no eternal impact.
How is it with your activities? Are they Kingdom
focused? I am not implying that if you cannot discern a higher
value immediately, the activity is worthless. I recall a group of
students on a mission trip taking care of preschoolers at a
mission center while the parents attended Bible study.
Changing dirty diapers and wiping runny noses might not have
seemed significant, but that labor of love enabled three
individuals to accept Christ during the adult study time. Those volunteers who help care for children at
Conversational English are just as important as those who teach English in the classroom. Each is serving
a Kingdom purpose, even when it may not be evident.
Dear Lord, I thank you for each one who serves faithfully in each ministry of our churches and in
their communities. I pray your Holy Spirit would give us discernment about fulfilling our Kingdom
purpose through these activities. Give us courage to discontinue those good activities so that we might
have time for the best activities to accomplish Your will. Help us to be about the Kings business we pray.
Amen.

Marvin Morrow in Concert

Friday, April 10, 2015
2700 Old Selma Road, Montgomery, AL 36108

Lifeways Journey Off The Map

Associational VBS Clinic
A training for VBS Volunteers!
Register by calling the MBA Office at 271-6227.
April 16, 2015 | Eastern Hills | 6:30 - 8:30 PM
3604 Pleasant Ridge Rd., Montgomery, AL 36109

McGehee Road Baptist Church

Revival Services
with Rev. Neal Hughes
Sunday, April 12 - Wednesday, April 15
Sunday service begins at 5 PM.
Monday - Wednesday services begin at 6 PM.

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