 I love that United Methodists are about mission. Going way back in our history and into the present moment, we have often been on the front lines serving people in need, folks who are dealing with natural disasters, advocating and building relationships for people and making change. And that was really what kind of first really kickstarted my own discernment in the call to ministry back in high school was that legacy of mission and how it connected to my own life. I want to especially just recall my grandmother who was among the first to be ordained in this tradition and my mom and their profound influence on me. So my current ministry context as a deacon is I work with youth and young adults who are exploring a call to ministry and so they are wrestling with all sorts of questions about what ministry might look for them, how might look for them now and into the future and a lot of folks are asking questions about how can I explore ministry both tethered to the local church and outside of the church. And so I see it as part of my role in my ministry to create opportunities for people to start experimenting with that now. So that might look like how do we create an internship program where even an upper level high school student or a college student can start exploring weaving those two things together and to say that you are already equipped for ministry you are already leading the church even though you are 14, 16, 21. So that's really where I see kind of like the cutting edge of what the church might be in the future. We're living in a time of massive change across many institutions including the church and our church is in a time of turmoil in many ways and the time of fracture and that can be really scary so I think there's a piece of it that we're invited to think about those biblical traditions of lament, of grief, of acknowledging what we're losing and the kingdom of God is abundant. There's always enough. We are each called with gifts by the spirit to bring to the table so I guess my hope is that we would remain in a mindset and stay rooted in this idea that God's kingdom is abundant and that we get to be part of that.