Monday’s Message (special Tuesday edition)

I have some exciting news to share with everyone!  This past Sunday, I began officially serving as the Worship Pastor at Washington Avenue Baptist Church.  This is a “majorly” exciting time for my entire family.  I am going to share some insights in the near future on how God put this together in my life and the life of the church, but for now, let me just say that this was probably the clearest and easiest decision I have ever made in ministry.  I appreciate your prayers as I seek to serve my Savior to my greatest potential.

Without doubt, the question I am hearing the most from people is “What does this mean for Damascus Road Ministries?”  The short answer is that this is great news for DRM!  Camp Damascus and the Damascus Fall & Winter Conferences will continue to grow and be the feature events for the ministry.  In fact, the quality of content and the overall impact of these ministry events should increase.  My focus, as well as the focus of our other DRM staff will be focused entirely on these events, rather than on my itinerant schedule. 

Washington Avenue is completely behind Damascus Road Ministries!  Since this has been my family’s home church, the staff, leadership, and the people support the mission of DRM 100%!  This church really “gets” Kingdom focused work and I am honored and encouraged by the show of love and support by this Body.

The second most frequent question I am being asked is “What can I do?”  That’s easy.  Continue to do the things you have done to this point:

1. Pray – This is the most vital element of support this (or any other ministry) receives.  I am so encouraged by the cards and emails I receive from those of you who faithfully pray for me and DRM.  Please don’t stop!  You can add my additional mission to your list.
2. Volunteer- You guys that volunteer your time and talents to this ministry are priceless.  You are the reason we are able to provide high quality, evangelistic ministry events without cost being a barrier for a student to come.  Thank you and please continue to serve when and where you are able.
3. Support – Our budget has not changed – it has simply restructured.  With my day to day involvement decreasing, the need for quality and gifted staff has increased.  We appreciate your continued financial support today, as always.

Thanks for the prayers and the love many of you have expressed recently.  As always, I am doing my best to serve an AMAZING Savior with my whole heart!  Until next time…