my pesky threshold
Ok, calling it 'pesky' is unfair - remaining above this threshold is actually an incredible kindness.
September 2024.
I start tracking my funding with a little more earnest.
What's coming in?
What's going out?
What's being accrued?
What's the margin?
And I arrive upon this threshold.
'If the balance of the margin available dips below this amount, then I need to make the choice to go part-time with AccessTheStory.'
One month goes by. Two months. Three months.
Unbeknownst to me one of our supporters commits to a significant monthly special gift for 6 months.
I'll forever be grateful for their contribution in this way.
Six months goes by and the threshold I've named is proving to be stubborn. And I have my moments of frustration in the midst of my 'humble grateful attitude'!
Is God trying to tell me something?
It's about now that I pick up my day a week as an Interim Pastor, and - because I've arranged it as a secondment - the remuneration is being paid into AccessTheStory. This keeps my threshold at the familiar level of 'just being enough' for me to remain full time.
Now, on the other side of my inquiries into external employment - both outside the church (bus-driving) and from within (pastoring) - with funding still hovering above the threshold, I find myself with a quiet confidence that God's inviting me to turn my full attention to the work of AccessTheStory.
Yes, it's partly because of the stubborn financial threshold - kindly (peskily) refusing to give way
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