I am moving, please read the following!

Hey, I want all of you to know that I have enjoyed being a part of your lives and that you will always be remembered by me.  My time at harvester has been one of the best ministries that I have experienced.  Which has made the decision that follows even harder for me to make.  I will be leaving Harvester and moving to Indianapolis at the end of January.

For the last year or so I have been sensing God moving in me to go beyond Student Ministry.  I have fought it pretty hard and God continued to put me in conversations where He was opening doors.  After all the fighting and the emotional roller-coaster that I have been on I finally decided to start listening.

I never sent my resume out to a bunch of churches and God has put the church He wants me at right in front of me, all I had to do was follow.  Once I started following He started working and has now put me in a position where I will be the new Senior Pastor at Valley Mills Christian Church.  My wife and I are having a really hard time with this because we love Harvester and they have been good to us.  We are scared to go and start this role as it is something that we have never done before, but believe God has been preparing us for.  Right now we are just as scared of not being obedient to His calling on our lives even though it does not make a lot of sense.

As students I know that this gets even harder because we have such good relationships with each other.  We have had some great experiences that we will laugh about for years to come as you go off to college and start your own lives.  I have loved working in student ministry and it is a part of me that will never go away as I love students.  I have really enjoyed watching all of you grow spiritually as you try to follow who God wants you to be and as you simply, “Do Life with Others.”  I look forward to being a part of your lives as you continue to grow and as we stay connected on facebook and through many other avenues.

Please know that this decision as I have already stated has nothing to do with the current state of the church or with Brian coming on board.  I had promised myself that I would not leave during the transition and God has waited for that to be over and immediately started connecting His dots.  I do believe you guys will be in good hands with Nikomas and the adult leaders who are not going anywhere.  The church has already begun conversations about who the next guy will be and what steps need to be taken to fill the role as quickly as possible.

Remember, this is God’s church not David’s church and I have made that very clear over our time together.  God is watching out for you and has a plan for newer and better things to come.  Be praying for us and the church as we go through this transition together.

I will see you on Sunday in big church!