05/22/2026
EVERY Church member needs to read this!!!
I’m so thankful for ALL the hard workers and ministries that take place year round at Sublett Road Baptist Church especially after all we’ve been through with the education building and sanctuary rebuilds and remodels! Y’all know how I geek out over data and numbers so I was thinking about all the hours that the Lord’s buildings get used in a year and did a hard calculation from 2025-2026 to see just how much they get used. Out of the 8,760 hours God gives us in a year they are used by dozens of ministries for 1,800+ hours by hundreds of people. If you dismiss sleeping hours our buildings get used well over 40% of waking hours.
Here is a list of SOME of our church ministries and the use of both major buildings by hours! This is incredible!
- Worship and Preaching 260+ hours
- Sunday School 80+ hours
- Wednesday Nights Bible Clubs and Youth Ministry 80+
- VBS (including decoration prep) 60+ hours
- Audio/Visual Ministry (including prep and service time) 400+ hours
- Praise Team (Just Practice) 100+ hours
- Missionary Training Ministry 40+ hours
- Mother’s Day Out Ministry 375+ hours
- Flexibility/Exercise Ministry 40+ hours
- Ladies Prayer Circle 24+ hours
- Men’s Meetings 24+ hours
- Choirs 20+ hours
- Annual Missions Conference 8+ hours
- Skits and Drama Ministry 12+ hours
- Special Seminars and Outside Clubs 40+ hours
- Miscellaneous Fellowships/Meetings/Prayer Meeting/Bible Studies/Activities/Parties 140+ hours
- Food Bank Ministry (2025) 20+ hours
- These hours do not include office hours, counseling hours or countless hours so many individual volunteers are at the church and outside the church doing ministry without any recognition or pay!
We’ve got so many moving parts and it takes a lot of teamwork to make the dream work! I’m so thankful that God lets us be part of His work in His buildings! Let’s pray for the success of all these ministries and that God will grant even more laborers and ministries!!!
“The earth is the Lord’s and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it". Psalm 24:1
Love,
Pastor Jonathon
