After almost eight months, my involvement with my church's Sunday School program - where I taught 3rd-5th grade - has pretty much come to an end. The people in charge have plans to take the program in a different direction and I just don't fit in any more.
Until today I thought I would at least be teaching again for the month of August, but today I was informed that's not the case: there were plans already in place that had been overlooked when I was told I was doing August. Worse, my kids...the kids...miss me and they had already been told I'd be back in August, and now someone has to inform them that I won't be. I'll get a call if there's anything they need me to do.
I'm disappointed, perplexed, hurt, and somewhat bitter. When I first volunteered last December they seemed overjoyed to have someone on board, like they were desperate for volunteers. I stepped up, built a relationship with the kids, and now they're determined to change everything around and don't care that I get kicked to the curb in the shuffle. I'm not asking for everything to stand still for my sake, but I don't understand the reasoning.
Please pray that I'll be able to make peace with this and won't let it eat away at me, because right now I'm not feeling very favorably towards my church.