{"id":115,"date":"2025-08-15T20:15:35","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T20:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/?p=115"},"modified":"2025-10-08T15:29:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T15:29:58","slug":"sign-up-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/?p=115","title":{"rendered":"Sign-up Season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Close-up-eye-level-shot-of-a-persons-back-hand-fingers-slightly-curled-raised-confidently-as-if-to-volunteer-in-a-classroom-setting.-Natural-lighting-shallow-depth-of-field-1024x573.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-118 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Close-up-eye-level-shot-of-a-persons-back-hand-fingers-slightly-curled-raised-confidently-as-if-to-volunteer-in-a-classroom-setting.-Natural-lighting-shallow-depth-of-field-1024x573.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Close-up-eye-level-shot-of-a-persons-back-hand-fingers-slightly-curled-raised-confidently-as-if-to-volunteer-in-a-classroom-setting.-Natural-lighting-shallow-depth-of-field-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Close-up-eye-level-shot-of-a-persons-back-hand-fingers-slightly-curled-raised-confidently-as-if-to-volunteer-in-a-classroom-setting.-Natural-lighting-shallow-depth-of-field-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Close-up-eye-level-shot-of-a-persons-back-hand-fingers-slightly-curled-raised-confidently-as-if-to-volunteer-in-a-classroom-setting.-Natural-lighting-shallow-depth-of-field.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What is fueling your commitments?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/reframedministry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/FPC-Regional-Sign-Up-Season.wav\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fall-time is \u201csign-up season\u201d \u2013 and in this community, options abound for joining clubs and activities, engaging in sports and community service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ecclesiastes chapters 1-2 urge us to be aware of what fuels our commitments.&nbsp;Some chase a dream of <strong>competence<\/strong>, believing the smartest person in the room is the happiest.&nbsp;Others seek <strong>pleasure<\/strong>&nbsp;or <strong>money<\/strong>&nbsp;or <strong>fame<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 but, having tried them all, this sage testifies that they lead to \u201cvanity\u201d and \u201cemptiness.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here\u2019s the good news:&nbsp;Instead of chasing a \u2018life project\u2019 \u2013 try resting in the sturdy works of God. Like today\u2019s sunrise, or the change of seasons around you \u2013 rejoice in these gifts, and you tap into a joy beyond striving.&nbsp;And that\u2019s worth signing up for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More on the topic:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Working from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jesuscalling.com\/blog\/working-from-a-place-of-rest\/\">a place of rest<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Finding peace in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetorah.com\/article\/kohelet-the-earth-versus-humanity\">the earth\u2019s permanence<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A prayer to help us sign-up for <a href=\"https:\/\/soberspeak.com\/the-long-version-of-the-serenity-prayer\/\">serenity<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is fueling your commitments? Fall-time is \u201csign-up season\u201d \u2013 and in this community, options abound for joining clubs and activities, engaging in sports and community service. 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