Workplace Ministry

Recently a friend of mine posted on her facebook status, "some conversations are priceless" and indeed I really agree with her. I guess yesterday was another milestone in my friendship with a friend. Sharing not just the ups in our lifes but the downs as well.

Anyway, yesterday morning I called my prayer partner. We were attending this follow up workshop of the Marketplace Conference in church on Saturday and we committed to have a time of prayer for our workplace every Monday morning.

I don't know many Christians in my office and I've been thinking of asking the few Christians I know to fellowship over meal since some time ago.

However I never got the courage to ask them officially. During the follow up workshop, we were challenge to start a prayer group in our office and I know that God was prompting in my heart. But to me it'll probably be easier to start a lunch fellowship than a prayer meeting.

So yesterday morning after praying with my partner, I send out the emails to 4 other Christians that I know, all of them from my IT/IS department.

Unfortunately 2 of them were on leave and another 2 didn't reply to my emails even though they've read it. Later on, 1 of the person, the manager of a team sitting nearby, walk over to me and said that actually someone else invited him to join a Christian Fellowship in office before. He said that the person who contacted him was from F&A department but during that time he was busy with a project and didn't join them.

Later on I got contact with the F&A person and found out that there's a bi-weekly CF on Thursday over lunch. But currently no one from IT/IS department is joining the fellowship.

I was delighted but a bit of mix feelings. I thought that there were no CF and I'd be the first to start one, but actually there is a gathering. But hey, it's amazing and wonderful that there actually is a CF gathering in my company.

I believe like what my prayer partner told me that probably this was a training and test for me. God didn't lead me to the CF group immediately but He wanted me to be obedient to Him and have a desire to do something for Him in my workplace.

And I'm glad I was obedient ^^

A bit excited about the people I'll meet during the CF.