No Lack of Opportunity

Ministry opportunities are all around us. The past two weekends there have been fun outreaches at Vida Victoriosa and I saw a number of young people helping in very effective ways. We could be doing something there nearly every week if we wanted. We have a number of elderly widows who could benefit from having their cars washed or their grass mowed on a regular basis. Reaching out to the widows and orphans is the purest form of ministry we can do. There are small churches in the local area which would greatly benefit from the loan of some of our "excess" talent. There are large opportunities each year in the form of a short-term world mission trip such as our trip to Ireland this July. We will be really effecting the eternities of the people we will be ministering to there in inner-city Dublin. There is the Inner City church right here in town. We can be involved there at as great a level as we want to be. We are surrounded by opportunities to do actual ministry. Why do we put such a high priority on travelling cross country to participate in a "ministry" contest?