Just wanted to give a quick plug to a link you’ll find above. I am currently looking for a position at church in the areas of: high school, college, and/or teaching pastor.
I would love to work with high school or college students.
I see them as the generation behind me I need to invest in.
I also, love preaching. Thus, joining a teaching team would be awesome!
I’m not sure the logistics of how this position would work, but hey lets figure it out!
I put this online resume together to highlight some ministry accomplishments, give you an idea of my skills and gifting, and to introduce ourselves.
You can see my online resume here.
There’s also, a link to see a traditional paper resume you can download and a video of me preaching.
Please note the online resume is an overview, while my paper resume gives some more details about work experience!
I want to take a few moments to share with you the pastors who have influenced and impacted me the most.
1. Pastor Alan Floyd :: Pastor Alan is the senior pastor of First Baptist of Middleburg. He has invested in my life since I was a punk 17 year old. He’s walked with me for the last nine years of my life. I am thankful for his investment and belief in me. When I was 17 years old, he was the first man I ever saw and said I want to be like him one day.
2. Pastor Michael Lukaszewski :: Pastor Michael leads two churches at the moment. He planted a church in Atlanta called Oak Leaf Church, but will be moving to NYC this summer to plant Brooklyn Church. Michael was one of the first men to ever seen potential in me and call it out. For the last nine years he has continued to speak potential into my ministry.
3. Pastor Steven Furtick :: Pastor Steven leads Elevation Church. I had the opportunity last summer, to have lunch with Pastor Steven and his wife Holly. Pastor Steven has taught me from a distance a great deal about honor. I’ve been challenged and impacted to forever in this area.
These three men have shaped my ministry in different ways. I am grateful for each of them. I am who I am because of them. Who has impacted your ministry the most? Brag on them a little bit today.
Whether you work at a church, walmart, or a Fortune 500 company. You’ll be faced with a decision that will determine your leadership ability and integrity.
Here’s what’s going to happen, your boss will make a decision or change a procedure and in those moments your leadership ability and integrity will be challenged. Here’s why, your other co-workers are not going to be happy with the decision or change, then complain to you about it. They’ll begin a conversation about how your boss is an idiot or how the new policy is dumb. You’ve got to decide, will you partake in it and put more fuel on the fire or will you lead.
If you partake in it, you aren’t leading anymore and you’ve just dishonored your boss. Both will discredit your leadership ability and integrity.
Even if you don’t agree with the changes or decision. It doesn’t matter. You and your co-workers aren’t the decision makers. It’s your job as a leader to embrace the changes and lead those around you to do the same. It’s a matter of integrity if you will tear apart your boss with words or build them up. This is probably one of the easiest situations to compromise your leadership and integrity and not even realize it. I’m challenging you to think about these situations before they happen and plan to lead!
I might sound old school in this. But, I still make every attempt to refer to pastoral staff as Pastor. Some accept it, some can’t stand it. But, for me it’s about reminding and recognizing their call.
I want bring honor to these men.
I want people to know the call and responsibility God has given them.
It might be old fashion, but for me it’s about honor.
I saw this quote a few weeks ago, via a Twitter post, from Pastor Jon Tyson. It’s hit me to the core and challenged my philosophy and drive in ministry. I hope it does for you as well.
Imagine this:
- The top five biggest venues in the world
- One day worship event
- A small I mean very small image of what heaven might look like
The top five biggest venues are:
- Rungrado May Day Stadium, North Korea, Capacity: 150,000
- Salt Lak Stadium, India, 120,000
- Michigan Stadium, USA, 110,000
- Beaver Stadium, USA, 108,000
- Estadio Azteca, Mexico, 105,000
How killer would be to throw an event of over half a million people worshipping Jesus across the world at the same time. I don’t think I can comprehend the vastness, but smallness of that many people worshipping Jesus. If this event ever happened, I’d call it ‘Glimpse of Heaven’. An event to give us a sneak peak of heaven.
:: UPDATE: All spots are taken for March 26th, if you can’t make the April 2nd shoot. Let me know and I can add you to a will call list, Thanks!!
Do you want some Spring/Easter pictures taken of your family or children?! Well just in time for Easter, I’m holding a “Spring Family Photo Shoot” marathon! This will be a two day special event, where you can have some great pictures taken of your family and/or children. The special will be offered two Saturdays on March 26th and April 2nd, in a beautiful private backyard on the St. Johns River.
Here’s what’s included in this Spring Special:
- One Hour Session in a beautiful St. John’s River front location; to see the location click here.
- CD full of all your high resolution images from photo shoot; with 10-20 of the photos post-edited for enhancement
- One family photo with a decorative Easter 2011 design
- An assortment of refreshments during your session
- Promise of photo CD delivered by April 10th
All for a special price of $75.00 for everything! I will be limiting each day to four families per day, so if you are interested in participating you’ll need to fill out this form and make a 50% deposit to hold your spot via paypal.
And, since I’m in the mood for hooking you up with a better deal, if you refer someone and they book for the event. I’ll take another $10 off of your package.
Last week, I had the opportunity to do my first band photo shoot. I hooked up with the worship pastor of our church for this photo session. We used an empty warehouse and semi-truck to shoot in.
I’ve known Eddy since I was a teenager. It’s awesome to see what’s been done through his ministry at our church and through events he and his band have led at. I remember a cool moment for me, was getting the honor preaching at the same event he led worship at.
Here’s a couple from the shoot.
Last weekend the weather was incredible.
We used my in-laws backyard and a sweet glider chair straight from the 60s.
*Also, this was a great setting for some engagement photos! Let me know if you are interested!
