EPISODE 3 of 4: What The Future Holds

In Episode 3 of Equipped to Rebuild: Follow Up and Forward Motion, Pastor Van and Larry reflect on Session 3’s focus on Paul’s image of the hardworking farmer in 2 Timothy 2. They unpack how spiritual growth and ministry fruit require hidden work, patience through seasons, and dependence on God for the growth.The episode also revisits the tennis ball challenge, where teams experienced the value and frustration of working with different thinking styles: grinders, minders, keepers, finders, and conceivers. Through creative problem-solving, loopholes, teamwork, and the temptation to “just do it alone,” the challenge became a picture of why shared ministry is harder but healthier.The episode closes by helping participants prepare for the final session by filling out their Personal Mission Map with as much information as possible, including their mission statement, spiritual gifts, natural gifts, temperament, thinking spectrum, Enneagram, strengths, skills, abilities, passions, burdens, and next faithful step.