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Posted: March 12 2013 at 10:47pm | IP Logged Quote kristinannie
I have been working as the faith formation coordinator at my church this year. I took the job because the person before me made some wonderful changes to using Faith and Life bookd instead of the horrible books we had before. Our parish is unfortunately a very lukewarm parish. There is a lot of drama and very little concern about anything that matters. No one has kept this job for more than a year in a decade and I understand why.

So, I am trying to discern whether to do this again next year or call it quits. It takes substantial amount of time away from my family (10-15 hours a week). I have had to pay someone to clean my house because I didn't have time and we had to miss more days of school than I would have liked.

I took the job because I wanted to help my dying parish to revive. The kids are great. There is real potential there. However I just don't know if it is worth the sacrifice to my time and sanity to continue. I would love your advice and prayers. Thanks.

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Will it take any less time next year because you have already laid the ground work?
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Posted: March 13 2013 at 8:13am | IP Logged Quote Servant2theKing
Some things have helped me with similar discernment issues in the past:

~Is this action bearing enough positive fruit to warrant the sacrifices involved?

~Are sacrifices being made negatively impacting family life in any way which outweighs the good fruits being produced?

~Since our family comes to us directly from God, it seems fitting that their needs should always be our primary focus.

Praying for your discernment in this matter.

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