I demand classes which will fit perfectly with the activities which my church runs and includes all the kids who attend my church and their friends! Additionally, I want to be heavily involved in the lunchtime group and have an upfront presence at every seminar or festive service!!!
If you walked into a school and made the above demands you should be violently driven away by a group of pitchfork wielding locals.
To secure the above perks takes two things... luck and time.
If you're lucky, the classes you teach will fall within your intended ministry audience. But those select school years have a limited number of classes and, thus, teachers. Inevitably, there will be some times and locations where you're teaching a less desirable grade. But they will get older and you're challenging year one's will develop into a coveted year 6 class.
If this is the only opening which exists within a school then you take it for this reason if none else (but there is that small factor of sharing the gospel!).
But you need to stick around in the school and be patient. Be patient for an opening and patient to get a position which will be most effective for your ministry needs.
The same principal applies for other desired trimmings such as lunchtime groups and alike. Once you earn the trust of those "in command" then you're more likely to be thrust into the spotlight.
Again, the answer is patience and a willingness to persevere.
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