God has opened the door for our family on a new ministry opportunity! We have begun serving at the East Bay Campus of Bell Shoals Baptist Church in Gibsonton, FL (Tampa). Satellite church....? You may be wondering what is a satellite church. The main campus of Bell Shoals began looking for a Campus Pastor to shephard and lead to East Bay Campus, this past November. Bell Shoals is one church, but they now have two locations. The messages are broadcast each Sunday to the East Bay Campus, but they needed someone to connect all of it in person, which is the Campus Pastor. They heard about Chris and wanted to speak with him further about his past experience in ministry and start the beginning process of interviewing him for this Campus Pastor position.
We meet the Personnel Committee for the first time and loved their hearts. They all seemed to enjoy getting to know Chris and me and they began to express interest in getting to know our little Emma. The journey began. We meet a few more times before Christmas and after Christmas we came back to the final decision to join the team of Bell Shoals.....the vote. I tell you, we have never been so popular in one day! ha:) We meet so many people and they all wanted to shake our hand and talk with us...it was if we were getting voted into a church or something! ha:) We loved it! Emma didn't really know what to think, seeing that she doesn't like to always be flooded with love and attention (only when she asks for it! ha:) But it only took her a trip or two to the campus to find a few good buddies and she's off! She began twirling on the stage and running through the building! Good for "mom" to see. :)
This is the beginning of a new journey for us. We are ready to begin ministry again. It has been a few months since we left the church plant that we originally came to Tampa to begin, but God has a PLAN that never wavers. We have met so many people that have reached out in friendship to us. I have met ladies at the park and people at the grocery store that just seem to "want to talk". I think that thing about Tampa that I love the most is the fact that most people are not from here. Therefore our main objective is the same.....finding community. We all need someone. I'm glad that I am not alone in this!
We meet the Personnel Committee for the first time and loved their hearts. They all seemed to enjoy getting to know Chris and me and they began to express interest in getting to know our little Emma. The journey began. We meet a few more times before Christmas and after Christmas we came back to the final decision to join the team of Bell Shoals.....the vote. I tell you, we have never been so popular in one day! ha:) We meet so many people and they all wanted to shake our hand and talk with us...it was if we were getting voted into a church or something! ha:) We loved it! Emma didn't really know what to think, seeing that she doesn't like to always be flooded with love and attention (only when she asks for it! ha:) But it only took her a trip or two to the campus to find a few good buddies and she's off! She began twirling on the stage and running through the building! Good for "mom" to see. :)
This is the beginning of a new journey for us. We are ready to begin ministry again. It has been a few months since we left the church plant that we originally came to Tampa to begin, but God has a PLAN that never wavers. We have met so many people that have reached out in friendship to us. I have met ladies at the park and people at the grocery store that just seem to "want to talk". I think that thing about Tampa that I love the most is the fact that most people are not from here. Therefore our main objective is the same.....finding community. We all need someone. I'm glad that I am not alone in this!
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So good to begin catching up on your life! I look forward to reading more.
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