What is going on when you are called to Serve?

What does MINISTRY mean?

According to our Presbyterian Church (USA) Book of Order, all ministry in the Church is a GIFT from Jesus Christ.  Members and officers alike serve mutually under the mandate of Christ who is the chief minister of all.  Christ’s ministry is the basis of all ministries; the standard for all offices is the pattern of the One who came “not to be served but to serve.” (Matt. 20:28). 

                To SERVE is the core meaning of the word ministry.

As persons discover the forms of ministry to which they are called, and as they are called to new forms, they and the church shall pray for the presence and guidance of the Holy Spirit upon them and upon the mission of the Church.