Staff Advance
Just got home this evening from our staff advance. We spent a night camping
together in Big Sur. I’m wiped!
In between all the fun stuff of campfires, smores, and visits from our neighbor campers we spent time strategizing and working through ministry philosophies and plans in anticipation of what God is going to do here through CLC. As a staff we have been reading through Simple Church together. It has been an amazing book that has really got us heading in a good direction. I am pumped to see our ministry process of creating disciples take more form and begin to make an even greater impact through changed lives within our community.
Today Rachel and Caleb joined the team for lunch and some fun, bonding hiking time. Actually, it was more of an excursion than a hike. more climbing over rocks through streams to find the perfect water hole to relax and play in. Not easy with a baby on your back, but it was a blast!
Yup, you saw it here. Caleb’s first official skinny dip. Doesn’t the picture look so Santa Cruz?
It was a great getaway with the team. I have to say, our lead pastor, Ed, is an amazing team leader. He has led in pulling together an awesome team of ministers who are all so passionate about Jesus and about reaching Santa Cruz, and it’s been amazing wrestling through our process together. In fact, I honestly love that we don’t even always agree with each other, but we share openly and honestly, challenge each other, and work through it together. I’m stoked to see what God is going to do through this team He has assembled!
