whew...and grrrr.

The dinner went great. Only 17 of the 30 showed up (21 of us total), which made things much more managable. Jeff and Shannon hosted with us and it turned out to be a pretty fun night. Of course there's always the one couple who is starved for friendship that stays way too late- but other than that it was an ok night.

Did I mention that I hate women's ministry? Oh yeah, in my very first post. Well, I still do. I know it's not politically correct for a pw, but I'm trying to have one place where I can be honest. One of the reasons is what's going on with our women's ministry team right now. I am part of it because I have to be, and I pretend to like it. I am the liason between the team and the office... scheduling events, doing the graphic design work, and putting the info out to the church. I'm the P.R. gal.

The last meeting we had, the girls decided to elect officers (fine, whatever). Two volunteered for secretary & treasurer, and one reluctantly volunteered for the President position. There were five other women sitting in the meeting and not one of them would volunteer for vice president. It went on and on... with them nominating each other and the person vehemently saying no to accepting the position. So finally, we left with no VP. That was last Saturday. On Sunday, several of us got a text from the new President saying that she had asked a lady who had not previously been involved with the planning team to be her VP and she accepted. This lady has come to most of our events, but not the planning of the events. This put the rest of the team up in arms because the new VP hadn't previously "proven" herself. Seriously. When no one would else was willing to volunteer for the position.

Let me just say that really ticks me off. At this point, what right do they have to be upset?

Come to find out, one of the planning team members mentioned it to her husband (an elder) who acted like a total chick about it, got really mad, and told my husband, the pastor. Yeah. And it all boils down to this new VP not being a favorite of a couple of the members of the women's ministry planning team because her son had an accident on another elder's ATV and wasn't able to pay for the damages.

Does that even make sense? So THIS (the planning team drama) isn't even about THAT (asking a new VP on board who hadn't previously served). It's about THIS: (money). All that to say, it's stupid. I don't have patience for drama among adult women. It's only one of the reasons that I hate women's ministry. How can you put that many hormones and opinions and PMS cycles into one room and have a positive outcome?

I basically told one of the women who was upset that since no one would volunteer, no one has the right to say anything. I do think the new President should have run her idea by some of the team members before asking this lady to fill the position as a courtesy... but that's about it. I feel like, because no one stepped up to help her, she was justified in seeking out help. And both the new President and Vice President should have the chance to proove themselves.

Lord, come quickly. I will not pray for Grace or Patience... because I'm afraid of how You'll give them to me... probably with more fun in the wonderful world of womens ministry.