Three words are slowly disappearing from our vocabularies: “apprentice”, “journeyman” and “craftsman”. These three words describe the process a man would take on his way to becoming skilled in a trade.
Apprentice.
An “apprentice” was a man who learned for a few years, usually alongside his father. He would then take to the road as a “journeyman” and serve in different towns and villages. He would learn from various “craftsman” who would sign his “wandering book”, indicating his progress. After several years he would return to his village, or a new town that needed his services, and become a master in his own right.
Men of God.
As men of God we all need to travel this same path if we expect to succeed as leaders in our home and as craftsman in the church. Many of us may have missed out on having a good Christian father to apprentice under; however all of us need to journey about, learning the skills of being a husband, father and servant of God.
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First of all, we need to “journey” through the Bible.
First of all, we need to “journey” through the Bible, serving as an apprentice under God our Father. We also need to journey through various classes and activities for men, learning from the many master craftsmen in the church.
We then need to pass on the skills we have acquired to others. 2 Timothy 2:2: And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable men who will also be qualified to teach others.
No Men's Breakfast in July or August.
There will not be any Men's Breakfasts for July or August. The next Men's Breakfast will be September 6th.
W.O.R.K.s.
“I prayed to God that the third bulb would not burn out,” said a widow my team visited recently. This widow, who lives by herself, had asked for a team of men, in the W.O.R.K.s. Ministry (Widows and Orphans Receiving Kindness) to come and help her with some chores. I told her that we would come to her house on an upcoming Saturday morning. She needed a furnace filter change, her sink repaired, and numerous light bulbs changed because she was too unsteady to climb up to change them herself. Her bathroom had no windows (interior room) and only a three bulb, light fixture over her sink. Two of the three bulbs had already burnt out and she was praying that the final bulb would last until our W.O.R.K.s. team could get there. With only one bulb left she would have to operate in the complete darkness. It seems like such an elementary prayer to ask God to preserve a 60-WATT light bulb for those of us who are healthy or who have plenty of help, it seems incredulous. But, there are vulnerable people in our midst that could use a “little” help. We have a waiting list of widows and single moms who need a team (4 men) to help them one Saturday morning a month. Our next orientation class for prospective “care givers” will be on August 19 from 10:30-11:00AM in room 102. Sign up at the Men’s Booth if you are able to change a light bulb.
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