[TSSF-studies] Re Ministry - Church/TSSF/balance/david Burrows paper

[wendy davies]

Andrews advice about the most recently posted paper (David Burrows - reflections on Collaborative ministry)plus Penelope Fletchers comments last week about the need to be Living Stones in our own churches and to beware of closed cells - plus Sister Avrils thoughts on being "knocked back" (how familiar that was!) have made me wonder if I could ask if anyone has yet found the right balance between ministry in TSSF and "Church"/Real life out there?

Its something I am struggling with at the moment - the TSSF group I am in feels more like community than my church to which i feel  i can offer increasingly less in terms of ministry. Its limited to a monthly teen worship group at the moment which the main church seldom seems to take notice of - and I feel i cant cope with anything but the quiet of an 8am Eucharist (held in one of two sister churches on alternate weeks) As often happens "my" church is dominated by a small group who effectively say how everything goes and after years of battle in industry i dont feel inclined to battle on this front too (when i did try I had Avrils experience and I still bear the scars - though similarly to her case I found it possible to grow in a better relationship with one of the 2 dominants!)
Must we have a ministry in TSSF or Church - Maybe for some of us our Franciscan ministry is simply in family life or in another group??

i dont know.
Any views welcome - Andrew has just suggested I try AngFran so i will do that.

Apologies if this is too trivial for most of you - I hope it doesnt result in too much emailexasperation. thanks for any thoughts
Pax et Bonum!
wendy
ps I am a novice - not sure about profession yet.
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