One of my favorite
things about working at Spirit Catholic Radio is how prayer is incorporated
into our work week. We come together as a staff several times a week to pray
because it unites us in Christ and helps combat the devil’s desire to stop us
from spreading God’s word.
We pray together for
about 20 minutes in the chapel on Tuesdays and before most meetings. We also
have Mass on Fridays over the lunch hour.
In July, we began doing
a Bible study as a staff. Led by Sue and
Doug Barrett – Doug is a station board member and both are volunteers here – we
meet Wednesdays over the lunch hour to do the Seeking Truth Bible Study.
Through this 22-week study, we’re learning about the synoptic Gospels –
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. At each session, we go over the homework
questions, which are done on personal time, and watch a video presentation by
Sharon Doran, who leads the study in Omaha.
Station manager Jim
Carroll said he decided to offer the study this year because it is the Year of
Faith and there are several new employees at the radio station.
“We were looking at
what we wanted to do with our programs, particularly our morning show, in terms
of informing, inspiring and inviting people in their relationship with Jesus
Christ … and I said, ‘Wow! What a perfect opportunity for us as a staff. We’re
at different places, we all have different backgrounds, we all have different
relationships with Jesus and here’s a shared, common thing we can do as a staff
that is only going to help solidify the unity that the church requires us to
have.’”
By coming together as a
staff and sharing the word of God with each other every week, hopefully it will
help us when we run into difficulties in the office, Carroll said.
Ann Eatherton,
coordinator of outreach and volunteers for the station, said she enjoys the
prayerful environment as well.
“We are members of the
same Catholic faith, and each day, all that we set out to accomplish is linked
to proclaiming that same Good News to others,” she said. “It is through the
grace of God that this radio apostolate exists. Therefore, for our faith to
serve as an extension to others, we must be people of prayer and seek to know
God’s Word.”
“Surrounded by the
presence of Jesus, I experience a true peace within the chapel walls, as our
shared prayer gives witness to our own vulnerability and humility before God.
This expression of shared prayer unites us as a staff and joins our wills to
accomplish all that God may be asking of us.”
I couldn’t agree more,
Ann.
Blogged by Lisa Maxson, Senior Writer/Reporter
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