My Favorite Teams, 1
Billy, Al, and Steve hanging with a cow?
So I love sports, and I love competition.
As I grow older, one of the aspects of sports I’m coming to appreciate more and more is the teamwork that’s involved in team sports. I’m also coming to appreciate the idea of team in every aspect of my life. So for the next several afternoons I’ll be sharing some of the favorite “teams” in my own life. Some of these are actual teams, and some of them are, shall we say, metaphysical teams (if there is such a thing) that exist to better an aspect of my life that is lacking.
Today’s favorite team is my fellow leaders at Fellowship Church. They consistently impress with me with their desire to improve and to see people connecting and growing in a relationship with Jesus Christ. They work together and we’ve seen great results here in central Massachusetts because of their hard work and innovative style. I love the stuff God is accomplishing through this team, so please allow me to introduce them to you:
Steve Blumer: The administrative genius on our team, and getting better every day. This dude has his stuff together and you just know he loves the church and what we’re about. He’s totally different from me and yet, somehow the same. (hmmm, that was deep) He’s done an amazing job at the role of Family Ministries director, and over the next 6 months will be transitioning into being the executive pastor of the FC. I believe our church will be 100x’s better when that transition takes place.
Billy McGuiness: Billy has just recently transitioned from our First Impressions director to the new Fellowship Web Campus director. If you’ve checked out FC TV in the last 3 months, you’ve seen a lot of the amazing work he’s done to transition our church into the 21st century through the web. I love what Billy brings to the table in sacrifice, excellence in web development, and just being a team player.
Al Dancy: Al has been a close friend of mine for years now, and as soon as I took the lead pastor role at Fellowship, he came on board to revolutionize our Sunday morning programming. He’s doing that now with his relevant style, his creative imagination, and his desire to see God move wherever he’s serving. When Billy and Al get together though, watch out – there are going to be some laughs all around.
Jeff Campbell: Jeff is our resident progressive thinker, or as he would put it “deep thinker”. He has grown more in his faith than I have seen anyone ever grow in the time I’ve known him. He’s the introvert of the bunch, but his leadership over our life group ministry speaks for itself. This guy also communicates on Sunday mornings when I’m out and about, and sometimes when I’m still in the building.
Pam Watson: She has no blog or web site, but in some ways, this newest member of our team is more experienced and prepared for her new role as the First Impressions director than anyone else I’ve mentioned, myself included. She loves Fellowship Church, having been here since 1998 (about 7 months longer than me), and has a desire to see people feel like this place is their church home when they come in. Her experience as a project coordinator of the UMass medical school Standardized patient program will help in her endeavor to unify her own guest services team to accomplish the mission God has given them, so that maybe one day they will be her favorite team!
So that, my friends, is one of my favorite teams!
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love to see good people brag on great people…sounds like you have a great team…working together to lead people into a growing relationship with God!
The picture is a bit deceiving. i’m led to wonder if the cow is Jeff or Pam.
You’ll get no arguement from me about the written content.
Xpastor.org is a good resource for all things Exec. Pastor.
ooh baby, the mixture of this group either brings something amazing dynamic or a bunch of mess. I do enjoy the local church and the way we do things. I do enjoy the mixture of gifts, abilities, and experiences that this group brings. I hope I can live up to the expectations.