Campus Pastor

Sorry about the lack of posts. This is to give you information about my new responsibility at work. I am going to serve as the Campus Pastor for Faith Church - Valpo, our next campus. We were approached by a church in Valparaiso that was struggling and they asked to become a campus of Faith Church.

I am currently giving over the details of conferences and events to a former intern who inquired about possibilities here just as this was happening. (Total God thing!)

I will develop a launch team of Faith members who live near Valpo (about 45 minutes east of Dyer), and current members of WayPoint church. We will find a site, create a volunteer matrix and recruit volunteers, do promotion and everything else needed to launch next Easter, if not before. My job will then be to pastor and lead this congregation.

The Lord's hand has appeared in every detail so far. I am excited for the transformation that will need to happen in me in order for this to happen, the equipping of people who have been on the sidelines and seeing the Lord change lives. Please pray for our family during this time as we have not felt called for Kristin, Anneke, Justin and Kate to make this their church home. (We are planning on worshipping together as a family in Dyer on Saturday nights and me going to "work" on Sunday.)

Did you know Valpo is really close to Kouts....hmmm...Van Drunen's could be involved in the launch of Faith's fourth campus as they were in the first, South Holland location.

(The pic above is where WayPoint currently meets, a former commercial bakery that is 24" concrete at the bottom and 12" at the top. Echoes are unbelievable inside.)