Experience of God Through The UMC | My Call Story: Rev. James Lance

In Episode 71 Rev. James Lance of Apple Creek, Moreland, Smithville and Wooster Church of the Cross UMCs shares that each of our calls is different.

“We use call in a lot of ways. I heard the call to Jesus throughout my life. And whenever I’m preaching on it, I try to break this apart. You have the call to Jesus, you have the callto ministry, and then you have the call to your ministry,” Lance said.

He also speaks to the changing landscape of ministry.

“To me, partially due to COVID, partially due to the technology boom, partially due to the arguments andpolarization and a lot of factors, we are in that tectonic shift today. It’s navigating and adapting to realize that ministry is no longer what it was, it’s becoming something new,” Lance shared.

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Resources mentioned by Rev. Lance

• Everything Isn't Terrible: Conquer Your Insecurities,Interrupt Your Anxiety, and Finally Calm Down By Kathleen Smith
• How Your 21st-Century Church Family Works: Understanding Congregations as EmotionalSystems by Peter Steinke

• A Failure of Nerve, Revised Edition: Leadership in theAge of the Quick Fix By Edwin Friedmen
• The Leaders Journey Podcast