:: a little back story
I’ll just start off by saying this, the last nine months of my life and ministry have been very painful, joyful, and refining months. After we decided to not launch a church plant, it was very difficult to navigate what to do next. Around March, we begin interviewing with churches about possible positions from student ministry to college. But, we never had a peace about any of the churches.
For some reason we couldn’t come to terms with leaving the church we started attending while we navigated what our next ministry move was going to be. We started attending Chets Creek Church in January. We thought we’d only be camped out there until we took a position some where…
But while we were interviewing, we kept sensing that God brought us to Chets Creek Church for a reason. During the interview process, we decided we’d stop interviewing and just keep attending Chets Creek. Even if that meant all we would do is attend there and serve in whatever areas they needed help in. I’ll be honest this was a little difficult for me. I was turning down full time jobs in some great churches. I was thinking, ‘Ok Lord, we’ll just attend here…no full time paycheck or doing what I love.’ I wasn’t too keen on this!
:: so what’s next for us?
Well, on August 1st, I will be starting at Chets Creek Church as a ministry intern! We are still finalizing all the details of what my work week will look like. But, it will most likely consist of the usual intern stuff: cleaning restrooms, getting coffee and donuts for staff, and being called in for funny jokes. Just kidding.
I am very excited about this opportunity to serve a great church and learn from the staff. We have been incredibly blessed by the people God has surrounded us with at Chets Creek for the last seven months. We are very thankful for the people and staff of Chets Creek, as they have been a huge encouragement to my wife and I as we’ve been sorting out what to do with our ministry.
I appreciate all your prayers and words of encouragement you guys have been to me! I know there has been a lot of you praying for us as we have sought the Lord on what to do. As far as we know this where we’ll be until God tells us to move on. The staff and I both affirm that being an intern isn’t a long term job. But, we do know it’s a part of this ‘in between’ period of ministry.