Topic: lay ministry

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  20 September, 2026

  Why are you standing idle?

  Preacher: Geoff Leslie

  Topic: Baptist history, calling, day labourers, Grace, inclusion, lay ministry, Ordinary Time, volunteer burnout, volunteering

  Scripture: Matthew

  A parable about unemployed day labourers becomes a case for training up ordinary people for ministry — without burning out the ones who already show up.