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Youth Stories - June 4th 2025

I'm finally ready to talk about Bruno. In life, there's a separation between what you do to make money and the life that money affords you. We strive for a healthy balance between living and making a living. Many occupations blur the lines, and ministry is one of them. It can often be hard to"switch it off" and not think about church work when you're not at church. This can be because ministry isn't just about a Sunday production; it's the practice of discipleship, which means there's a lot of bleed-through into our everyday doings. This happens sometimes by an unexpected text from a congregant that comes at 12:30 am that reads "HELP". Sometimes it happens because you run into someone in the supermarket who is stunned to find that you exist outside of the building where they usually encounter you. And sometimes the lines get blurred because someone comes banging on your door at 5:45 am on July 4th. My wife came in and said, "Kellan, get ...