Study meets ministry/church activity

There is a church camp/activity/serving opportunity which falls during the day(s) of schooling. I always encounter this kind of situations and tough decision need to be made. Should I skip classes and participate in the activity or should I attend my classes?

This situation is argumentative. People can say that you must always put God first, therefore participation in the church activity prevails. On the other hand, study should be your highest priority because you are a student and study is your greatest responsibility for now.

Although I know that the general rule is that study is suppose to be the more important issue, but sometimes I still face dilemma when this situation occurs. Until recently I realized that I have not thought of another aspect of this decision.

Appreciate that from the sharing of David (my friend in the UK), I was explored to a new aspect which I did not think of. For Christian like me, decision to go to the church activity is always a wiser and a more “glorious” option. However, one thing that I need to consider is that whether I could be certain about there will be no influence at all to my study. Am I 100% sure that my study will not be affected at all? Am I able to cope with my study after skipping for a few classes? It is true that if I am not 100% sure about this, I will start blaming if I do not perform as good as expected in my study. Eventually, I might put the blame on God (in my case, there is high possibility for me to do so). I might regret with my decision too. Therefore, this is a critical aspect of this kind of situations.

Sometime when I ask myself deeply, my main motive might not be to serve God but it is largely about my own personal preferences.

From this point of view, study prevails. I think I could serve God and have good testimony to others through my study too:)