The Cat is out of the bag

The cat is out of the bag. We have announced to our teens that we are looking for a full-time ministry position somewhere. They know that God has called us into youth ministry and now they know that God is calling us somewhere else. We love them and we love working with them, but we feel that God is going to open another door for us pretty soon.

I have my resume out on Youthspecialties.com and have for the last 6-8 months. We have interviewed at various churches and have even been offered a position, but we didn't feel that was where God is calling us. Beth and I are very excited about this oppurtunity and we hope that our students and our church body are excited for us also. We are praying for God's will in this, not our own selfish desires. This is going to be a pretty big step for us and we are being as careful as possible not to make the wrong move. The lives of our children are involved and so we don't want to put them through any unnecessary hassle in choosing the wrong place.

Our decision to tell everyone was hard. The news had been leaking out slowly that we were looking, and we felt it best to tell people ourselves rather than hearing it through someone else. I had one person asked me if we were moving to Minnesota, so I knew what was being said wasn't right. We are in the process of talking to a couple different churches. We know that God will show up the right one to go to, where our gifts and talents will be used to the best of their ability.

We are very sad to be leaving Mt. Juliet though. We have been at Covenant for 3 1/2 years and have put a lot of time and effort into helping that youth group and working with those students. God has really moved at times and I can see in the lives of the student that they are changing. Somewhat slowly, but changing none-the-less. We love each of our students and there is nothing we wouldn't do for them. Some of them have already told us that we can't leave...

I will keep my bloggers updated as things progress. Just know that God is moving in our lives. This is something we have wanted for a couple years now, and we are ready to take the plunge. You can help us by praying for us, for our children, for the church we are leaving and for the church we will be going to.