For the first time in my career I am able to take all on me into the office, and by that I mean that I don’t have to leave God at the door. I started a new job two weeks ago at the Capital Region Theological Center (CRTC) In Albany, NY as the Office Administrator and as a Christian based organization God is not only allowed into the workplace, he is welcomed with open arms.
I have been in the workforce for a long time and have always had to be careful about what I said about my faith so that I didn’t offend any of my co-workers who may not believe in God or may be of another faith so you leave God at the door.
One of the things that we offer at CRTC are Christian based courses, the last one being on Women in the Old Testament, which are open to staff, so not only can I bring God in the door I have the opportunity to grow in my faith from the courses that we offer.
I hope and pray that all of you get the chance to work in an atmosphere where God is welcome at some time in your life, because like the old saying goes “you don’t know what you are missing, if you never had it to begin with”, well, I have realized in the couple of weeks at CRTC is that I really didn’t know what I was missing by leaving God at the door until I didn’t have to.
Andrea Van Allen
Member
Journey United Church of Christ
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