Change is inevitable, especailly in churches. People and churches are always in a season, and sometimes we find ourselves in different seasons.  Good and bad… Luckily mine is good.

I’ve been at Sugar Creek since October ‘06. In that time, I feel like I have done a lot for the ministries I have been involved with, including the Worship Center, which I’ve never had any direct responsibilities.  But with the students, we’ve made tremendous leaps and bounds in the world of lighting, including of taking delivery of our new Vista S1 next week. Audio wise, the guys have all gotten better with there mixing chops. I feel like that team has painted itself into a corner though. The bar has been set so high, that it’s going to be tough for just anyone to walk in and maintain that.  Good and bad.

Video has by far seen the most tremendous growth. When I first came there were a lot of different components in place, some that didn’t need to be there. The VT3 toaster has now gone by the wayside, as had the multiple DVD players, and most importantly, now gone is the days of PowerPoint (except for prompter…). We’re now using ProPresenter 3, and everything has been consolidated to that machine. The quality of visual worship has grown exponentially.

In the worship center, we finally went digital! I feel the most accomplished here because I had been after both of the guys I served under since the day I took the job.  Thats not to take all the credit because Rick did the hard part, getting they money.  I feel bad that I am going to be leaving so soon after taking delivery, but the guys have it. No doubt about it. I have all the confidence in the world.

So leaving a legacy. I just hope I left a good legacy, because I know what it was like when I came in. The guy before me had a bad legacy. I just hope mine will be a good legacy… 

So where am I going?

I’m making a HUGE move in my life. I’m moving to Gardendale, Alabama (north of Birmingham).  I’ve accepted the position of Audio Engineer/Production Management at Gardendale’s First Baptist Church. I am super excited about the possibilities that God has created with this opportunity.  I’ll be getting to focus more on Audio than any other production area, which is my speciality.  I’ll get to interface with the broadcast world, as I’ll be responsible for the TV re-mix each week for the weekly broadcast. I’ll be working along side some great people, sometime I’ll blog about the experience that I had while I was interviewing for this opportunity to serve, it was truly humbling.

I’m sure the blogging will tail off significantly more than it has in the next few weeks/months as I get my feet on the ground, but I’m really hoping to maintain this.

Please keep me in your prayers!