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I need to pray about this.
“Pastor Kim often reminds us that when we plan a project, whether big or small, we must not set everything in stone until God sets it,” Mrs. Kim said. “For now, I wanted to share with you the exciting news about Midtown Moms to spark your interest. When you see other moms during the Christmas holidays, feel free to tell them about it. As for the details, we will sort it out in the new year. That’s also when we will announce this new exciting journey to the whole church.”
New exciting journey.
Would this change Maggie’s entire career trajectory?
Would Levi be happy that she stayed in town? Or would he not care either way? After all, he had helped her pack all week, and hadn’t tried to change her mind.
What about Mrs. Kim? Why did she bring Maggie to the meeting?
Mrs. Kim answered as many questions as she could until no hands went up. “Ladies, as you can see, we don’t have all the answers yet. However, we will be creating roles and we would have to fill them. For example, we need an event coordinator.”
Me! Me!
Maggie almost raised her hand.
But Lakeside…
“Ladies, before we go, let’s have a word of prayer.” Mrs. Kim turned to Maggie. “Would you pray for us that God would bless the work of our hands in this ministry?”
“Yes, ma’am.” Maggie bowed her head. Took a deep breath. “Dear Heavenly Father, thank You for always showing us what matters to You—the saving of souls and discipleship of believers—and how we’re to go about carrying out Your perfect will in this world You have created. We ask You now for great wisdom to do the right thing in creating this new ministry to serve Christian mothers here at church, locally, statewide, nationwide, and also internationally.”
Maggie’s voice cracked. “May we always be soft and yielding to Your guidance. If You tell us to go this way, we go this way. If You tell us to go that way, we go that way. If You tell us to stop, we stop. If You tell us to step back, we step back. May our heart always be sensitive to Your leading, and not be ashamed to follow You. In the holy name of Jesus, I pray. Amen.”
A choir ofamenresounded in the conference room.
Maggie followed Mrs. Kim out of the room. She stopped to talk. She waved for Maggie to return to the office downstairs. Maggie walked down the stairs instead of taking the elevator. Walking was her way of mitigating stress, but when she arrived at her desk, she was still as confused as she was upstairs.
She texted Levi.
Pray for me. I have a huge decision to make.
Chapter Eleven
Maggie was praying at her desk when she heard someone walk by her. She finished her prayer and looked up. Mrs. Kim was at her desk in her office. Through the open door, she waved to Maggie.
Maggie sat down in one of the two armchairs in the office. Mrs. Kim took the seat at the edge of the loveseat closest to Maggie.
“Do you know why we spun off Midtown Village into a non-profit organization of its own and hired Bina Marley to manage it?” Mrs. Kim asked.
That was how the pastor’s wife chose to start their conversation.
Usually she would ask how Maggie was doing, but not today. Maggie sensed that Mrs. Kim felt that time was running out, so she cut to the chase.
Maggie shook her head. She was only a ministry assistant. She wasn’t privy to the formation of new ministries or the disbandment of old ones in the church. All that was above her pay grade.
“Because we have already planned to expand the women’s ministry into sub-ministries to cater to the needs of Christian women. For example, Midtown Moms would serve mothers. Midtown Widows would serve widows. You get the idea.”
“I see.”So why tell me when I’ll be gone before the new year began?
“We split off your ministry assistant work at the Village and handed that over to Erika Song. She answers to Bina. The women’s ministry has a different trajectory from now on. We are going to minister to women of all ages and situations in life, domestic and international, whether they live in tiny homes or not. That is to say, our ministry has a wider scope than Midtown Village.”
Maggie knew that. “And Midtown will continue to fund the Village for now, but the new non-profit organization is planning to raise funds outside our church. Was that a strain on our church budget?”
“Yes, and also stretched you too thin.”
“Me? You thought of me?”
