As April is coming to a close here a few highlights.
-I’ve never sat on a search team for bringing a new staff member on board let alone the search for a new lead minister. I’ve been up to my neck in resumes, phone calls, meetings, emails but all really cool. I’m seeing a great sense of unity among the team which is awesome and great bunch of quality resumes have come in, which I am very pleased about. We’re moving pretty quick for a search team which is also really cool because I’ve seen and heard these take their time and drag out.
-I finished In A Pit With A Lion On A Snowy Day by Mark Batterson, I’m in the middle of Confessions of a Pastor by Graig Groeschel and after this I’m diving into Simple Church by Thom Rainer. Confessions is a great book! I’m really digging the way Graig writes, he’s very down to earth and seems to be an average kinda guy. He doesn’t hide the struggles that he is going through or has been through, which is very refreshing from a genre of books that all seem to be by guys who are painted as having it all together. I have and still do struggle with many, if not all of the things he has talked about in the book at one time or another in my life and to see his example is great encouragement for me.
-I’m working on a new design for our church website, still in the preliminary design stage but hope to role it out this summer. Designed a desktop/ message graphic for a teaching series I’m doing on Jesus. You can see it here. And also finished our ministry logo (here) and a poster with our mission on it.
-Had some great family time with a day trip to Disney. Yes from where we live we can make Disney a day trip, a very long day trip. We got a great deal on 3 day passes and our daughter is at a good age for Disney. It was very cool, she loved Thunder Mountain and Splash Mountain but the highlight of her day was meeting Ariel the Mermaid and getting her picture taken and getting to talk with her.
-Wednesday I’m headed to Orlando to help serve coffee with House Blend Cafe at the National New Church Conference. I wish I could have gone even though I’m not in a new church or gearing up to plant one yet but they cover some great topics and have some great speakers. Actually I passed up NNCC for the Buzz Conference in DC in June.
