It really just comes down to...

Dino's post reminded me of a situation from years ago.

I was serving at a church here in town and wanted to support a local For Christ Club at a local middle school. I was willing to put time and energy into supporting this club and the volunteers who lead it.

I initiated several conversations with the woman who was leading the For Christ Club (and was warned by others about her).

I was attempting to help connect kids to each other, support kids who were creating an environment in which they could bring their friends and talk about God. I had a lot of kids in the For Christ Club who were leading it and a whole lot of kids who simply attended. I wanted to support them.

It took several conversations, but after helping her unearth her (and my) assumptions about why the FCC was meeting, it became apparent we where on different pages.

The volunteer leader had a different agenda and she was clear. We want kids to bring their bibles to school so that kids could see the bibles and that would lead to kids sharing their faith with their friends.

She said, "It really just comes down to the kids taking their bibles to school and taking them to every class on the days that we have club."