[Faith-Talk] serving in church

[Pj Navarro]

The church only cares for money. My mom & dog are my only friends too.

On Wed, Nov 5, 2025 at 9:56 PM andrew edgcumbe via Faith-Talk <
faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hi  everybody
> I hope you all are doing well and that you all are very blessed.
> I know i brought this topic up before but before I either read things wrong
> or I just had some miss understandings.
> However I  would try again and just explaine what I have done and stuff
> like that.
> It continues to be a challenge for me.
> and yes I have contacted pastor and actually contacted other pastors about
> vollunteering and my desire to serve.
> But what has been happening is nobody is getting back to me and  it is
> proving to be very difficault.
> Yes I have been speciffic about what kind of things  Like I mentioned
> reading of scripture and greeting for example but however what is happening
> is i am not getting any responces at all I sent one email just the other
> week then i sent another last week i was even trying to see about
> opportunities at other churches but basically i hit a rock wall because
> nobody has gotten back to me.
>  My mom and I have met with somebody even and honestly it just didn't get
> me anywhere.
>
> It kind of has gone hand in hand with lack of vollunteer opportunities in
> my area and the challenge I have been met with when it comes to that.
>
> The other thing I have been finding is quite a challenge is that I really
> been struggling with the fellowship part of things. The only time people
> approach me is to offer help that in itself isn't bad but beyond that it is
> like i just get left on my own and no conversation starts up at all.
> One of the things i find is that and yes somebody is probably going to
> point out it is a two way streak connection has to go both ways.
> I do try to do that though.
> Sometimes what I find or have found is that I just don't do well with bunch
> of voices at once like a crouded situation. I find hearing bunch of voices
> all at once can be very confusing for me.  even when somebody has talked to
> me it can really be hard to gaine full concentration if somebody does talk
> to me that is what I find.
>
> I have found lately i have had allot of discouragement towards attending a
> church and when I do go  that is it feels like I been pushing myself out
> the door or dragging myself out the door.
> The thing i been finding it feels like  or better way to put it i just
> don't sence I belong in church sometimes because of all the frusterations
> that come with attending church or finding those ways to serve like I
> mentioned above and it has been very hard to find the modivation to go.
> I have often found that i been getting depressed allot some days like i
> almost feel like don't want to get out of bed.
> I really only get out of bed to take care of my guide dog that is what it
> feels like to me in a sence.
> Like I have done allot of tasks in school as i was in like couple different
> hands on classes.
> I had a real good EA stands for educational assistant who knew how to adapt
> things for me and for which whom I still talk to to this day.
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