What is Ministry?

Ok, so here is what I think Ministry (as a profession rather than an ideal) might be:

A) An Idea
First there has to be cognitive recognition of an idea of ministry. I think for me this was not when I entered the church at the age of 16 but rather in recent years through friends that are either missionary’s kids or pastor’s kids. I saw that a life could be lived for the sole purpose of helping others rather than for commercial gain. This was my initial idea of true ministry. Tele-evangelists and those going door-to-door did not even come up on the radar.

Now, I am trying to solidify what ministry looks like in both truth and practicality.

B) A "calling” Over the past 5 or 6 years I have had the idea that I would be a nun if I were catholic. Something about that lifestyle appealed to me. I would have no problem being single and living my life in prayer and service. Except I like technology and coffee... I don’t know if I could give those up... Anyway, recently I have been praying and asking God what I should do with my life and, to give the abridged version, I feel like God is "calling" me into ministry. I feel like this is the only thing that is fulfilling rather than just enjoyable. And to encapsulate ministry in one word for me it would be "relationship." Relationship is what drives me and I feel that God is calling me to live that out.

That leads me to...

C) A profession
In practical terms I suppose ministry would be a pastor or a preacher or a father, monk, or nun. But couldn't the profession of ministry be to bring people together in relationship with God and with one another? Maybe the preaching would be a side note--a nice thing but not the all-important thing. It seems as though the other 6 days of the week should be more important in a way... those days allow time for prayer and development or relationship...and even other things like doing projects where you work with your hand or your intellect. I want to wake in the morning and think, "Today I am going to meet----for breakfast, go do this project in the church building, pray for a while, walk the dog, work on a topic worthy of teaching and discussion on Sunday, and meet---for dinner. Then maybe if I have time I'll work on the blog ;-)
That is the profession that I want to devote my life to.

Now... I have another question for the reader... is this all delusion or could a church like this really exist and survive?