My time away from vocational ministry has given me time to reflect on my previous two ministries and consider what I want to remain committed to and what I will strive to change this time around.

Remain committed to:

• Being one of the hardest working, passionate members of the staff
• Training missionaries to ensure hundreds of students are known, loved and cared for
• Being a student of students & their world
• Mentoring a few and being mentored myself
• Professionalism and excellence
• Networking with local youth pastors and building partnerships with established organizations
• Teaching and leading with creativity
• Being an advocate for the student ministry in the overall life of the church
• Learning new ways of doing ministry: INNOVATE!

What will be different this time:

• I will make time for a personal life…healthy boundaries
• I won’t put programs before people
• I will seek to integrate our student ministry more with the overall church
• Not gonna get involved in useless politics
• Will seek to release more ownership/tasks to volunteers
• Will complain less and point out the positive more