Reflections on seven years as a Trustee at Everyday Church

If you had asked me eight years ago whether I would ever be a Trustee of Everyday Church, let alone still a Trustee in 2025, the answer would have been 'no'. But God had different plans! In fact, a feeling of being underqualified for the role is, I have found, a good place to start, as it makes me more and more reliant on God for the strength and skills I need in the role. It is a privilege and an honour to serve Everyday Church as a Trustee.

In the seven years since I was appointed in April 2018, Everyday Church has navigated a pandemic and seen a change of leadership. Both of these provided challenges and opportunities which Trustees needed to work through alongside the Elders.

Our responsibilities remained unchanged in these occasionally choppy waters and Trustees continue to prayerfully aim to ensure that Everyday Church fulfils its vision of living out God’s kingdom purpose through relationship with Jesus and making disciples, through our oversight of the key areas of administration, including finances, staffing, safeguarding, buildings and risk and legal responsibilities.

In all of this I have constantly been reminded of Nehemiah’s approach to building the walls of Jerusalem. None of what we do as Trustees could be done in isolation from each other, the Eldership, or without the support of the church as a whole. All Trustees serve in different areas of church life in addition to Trusteeship ensuring that we are well aware of how the church is doing day to day.

 In Chapter 3, Nehemiah allocated everyone who was willing to serve to a task appropriate to their skills and some learnt new skills along the way. Each Trustee serves in part of the “wall” and it is only through the willingness of Trustees and church members to work together in this way that Everyday can function well.

I am grateful to have a really prayerful team to work with. Nehemiah always asked God to provide him with a vision and we continue to do that as we move forward into each new season.

In times when we face challenges, or attacks of the enemy, Nehemiah is always a source of inspiration. Chapter 4 tells us that the people found the repair work difficult when they were under attack but they fully believed their statement, “Our God will fight for us!” We pray constantly for God to guide us in the path he wants for Everyday Church.

We are also reminded in Chapter 6 that we are not trying to keep the “walls” of Everyday Church in good repair in order to keep our members safely inside. It is our prayer that we do this in order to keep the doors open and invite more and more people in to meet with Jesus.

My main aim as a Trustee remains the same as it has been since my appointment – try to do only that which brings glory to God. I would value your prayers that this remains the aim of all Trustees now and in the future.

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