As many of you know and for those who do not.... I have started a new position in ministry. I am happy and excited to say that I am the Teen Ministry Director at City Impact in Lincoln. It has been a long journey of seeking out the Lord and following His direction for me and my family. As I said in my last post it has been a long period of refinement. But I am confident that all of these things have occurred in order to bring Glory and Honor to the name of Jesus.
I am getting settled in... in many ways. Our gears have switched greatly, we are going to be in Lincoln for the foreseeable future, we have gone from church-planting to changing Lincoln by ministering to urban youths, but we are still in the service of the Lord.
As I have gone through this process, I look back and know that God's hand has been all over guiding me to this ministry: the unique connections that God has developed have been fascinating to discover and generally make me think only He could have set this up! All of these were unknown to us until after I started and some came out during the interview process.
Examples you say, here are a few:
* I reached out to a friend I went to Bible school with, he is doing a similar ministry in Omaha, I said we should start a dialogue....he was in my new co-workers wedding.
* My new boss, his sister-in-law and I worked on several dramas at my old church in Omaha.
* He is also related to Caleb's algebra teacher from last year.
* Renee is the care taker and "buddy" of one of my co-worker's son while she is in Bible study at her church.
* My friend Ken was in a life group with another staff member.
* And on, and on, and on.....
I find it amazing that God, in His sovereignty knit together all of these connections. I am looking forward to my new ministry and will be blogging more frequently now that I have things to share with all of you. I have updated all of the other pages on this blog with links to City Impacts webpages, if you would like to get more info about what we are all about, check it out!
Try to hook up with Chelsea (Kennell) Marine. We went to Grace with her. She is in Lincoln working with high school kids at Lincoln High School (I think) but she would be a good resource for you and you for her.
ReplyDeleteTake care and God Bless you and your new ministry.
Jo Anne Schulte
If this means you are staying here in NE than I am extremely happy.
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We are very excited and blessed to have you as part of our family at City Impact! I personally love that you are a blogger :) and I see your heart for Jesus so clearly in your writings. So cool how He has led and moved in HIs PERFECT timing. Blessings to you, eager to meet your family.
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