I never blogged about it, but just in case you didn't know, I left my position as an Assistant Children's Pastor at
Fellowship Church (FC) about 4 weeks ago. When I was hired I was asked to commit for a full year and then see how I felt about it. I knew, and FC knew before I started that I was called to Student Ministry, but I really wanted to try this position to learn how FC worked and how they ran their Children's ministry. After a year of constant learning (seriously, I learned something new every week there) I knew it was time to leave.
While I enjoyed my role at FC Kids (what they call their children's dept) it completely confirmed my calling and my desire to work with students. So, I left that position in pursuit of a student ministry (SM) position.
While I'm in between jobs I'm doing contract photoshop and after effects work on the side. I'm very excited to see where God leads me.
School is going well. I'll be done with my 3rd semester here in a few days. We're in final exams right now and I'm blogging when I should be studying. (Isn't it amazing the stuff you'll find to do INSTEAD of studying?) This semester I switched from the MDiv to the MACE degree. So 3 down and we'll see how many more to go.
All of that to say, I've been going to a new church these past 4 weeks. It is the church that my fiancee has been going to for over a year now. The pastor is Matt Chandler. It's basically this tiny little church in
Highland Village, TX which is north DFW that runs around 5,000 people on a weekend. It is called
The Village. Right now my only involvement is going to service. As long as I'm in DFW and still looking for a SM position I'll be attending here. Then after that, you can guarantee that I'll be listening to the
podcasts.
I'll explain it to you like I explained it to a friend on the phone a few minutes ago. Some of you may know that I am a huge fan of
Andy Stanley's preaching. Well before attending the Village, by far I thought Andy Stanley was the best speaker in the country I'd heard. Well, after spending a month under Matt Chandler, his preaching blows Andy Stanley's preaching out of the water. Matt Chandler is THAT anointed and THAT gifted. (i know it's not a competition)
So obviously I recommend his podcasts. Where to start?
For anyone,
click here, entitled "What is Truth?"
If you're a guy, I dare you to
click here, for part 1, of a series called "The Role of Men". Here's
Part 2 &
Part 3.
Recently, he's been walking his church through their 5 foundations. Check out the podcast page for this series and all of their podcasts since 2005 by
click here. Oh, he also preached one called "
Nine Pastoral Prayers" which is a sermon about the nine prayers he and his staff have been praying for the church. They're all fantastic!
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