Today, I was ready to header back to Boy's Club(BC), I co-teach gym and because of the BC schedule, I've been off since before Christmas. This afternoon I got a phone call from a BC leader, asking if I would be willing to sub for his class tonight, I told him about my gym commitment, but we worked that out; for the first part of the night I would attend to his class, and when gym started I would depart his group for the gym. While we were talking this leader brings up an interesting tidbit, he's not the only leader in need of a sub infact a whole bunch needed subs, to the point of canceling BC! It wasn't for sure but the leader, on the phone, told me he'd get a hold of me if things went sour, and Club was canceled. Alright fine, well I get home from work, and guess what? BC is canceled! What?! This really hit me in a soft spot, and it's been on mind for most of the evening; how can it be canceled? The only time I can remember BC being canceled, was cause of weather, and that was usually a winter storm of epic proportions. Boy's/Girl's Clubs, I think are vital in the development of kids/young people in the community, and has impacts on many peoples lives; personally, Club is where I made my choice to follow Jesus.
This is by no means a slam on the Boy's Club leadership, or those leaders who could not make it to BC tonight, I'm just confounded by this turn of events. One thing that bothers me is when events/programs have to be canceled because of a lack of volunteers, I think this is one of the reasons I'm a "yes" man...I have a very hard time saying no when asked to help. Anyways this "yes" man "no" man topic is for another time, and this is getting a little drawn out...
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Good for people to know.
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