Where Is God Leading - part 2
Posted on June 5, 2008
Last week, I wrote a post called Where is God Leading? I shared in that post how I talked with my pastor about the way I feel God may be leading me to pursue a fulltime position with a church. In a way, I guess I was asking for my pastor’s blessing because God may be leading me away from Fairview and I want to be up front about my intentions. It’s not about my dissatisfaction or anything like that, it’s about seeking God’s will for my life.
This is my third attempt to write this post. It’s been a challenge to write, which reassures me that it must be the right thing to do at the right time. Versions 1 and 2 went something like this:
- V.1 is MIA, maybe I never even started it.
- V.2 is more like the story of my life and much too long. It’s one I probably need to fill in more details and publish as my testimony or something but that is not my goal today.
Third time is a charm
I have worked in many different roles in the corporate I.T. world over the past 12 and a half years. Over the past several years, I feel like God has been leading me to something new and something way beyond myself and that appears to be something in the church I.T. world.
I have spent 3 years in a ministry leadership role in my own church, and over the past year, I have built a team of about 10 volunteers who are willing to serve and are truly gifted in the roles they serve in. I am intentional about raising up leaders and challenging everyone to take ownership of their area and make it better.
As I mentioned in my last post, they really are the Dream Team, most of the time, I just point the direction and get out of the way. I lead a very diverse and talented team and together we are doing so much within the church. Leadership is a definite strength which I bring to the table, as well as managing a growing team of volunteers.
Obviously, I don’t know where God is leading and He could honestly be leading me to be fulltime at Fairview, but since I don’t know, I am being pro-active. God will open the door to the right opportunity and close all other doors.
Do I really know how to do this?
Since I’m new to the idea of trying to seriously market myself to a church, I really don’t know the right way to do it. I’m going about this in my own way and letting God take care of the rest.
First off, I took my corporate oriented resume and modified it to focus on my church work, as well as my I.T. job experience because it all applies in the roles I am considering now. However, once that was done, it occurred to me that my resume still did not give an accurate impression of who I am, what I have done and what I am currently doing. My resume especially did not express my heart for tech in the church and my passion for this type of ministry.
Honestly, this blog gives you a good picture of who I am and what’s important to me, but I’m not going to expect someone who hasn’t kept up for the last few years to sort through all of this.
Does he really need another website?
So, I created a new website that is basically an online resume and specifically, a site about me. I think it gives a better impression of who I am and what I’m about and the ways that I see God using me even more in the church. My traditional resume can also be downloaded from this site.
Titles are really irrelevant, but the type of position I am interested in might be considered I.T. Director, Technical Arts Director or Systems Administrator. I’m not limiting myself to these, but I thought it might help if you happen to see an open position with a church. I’m also realizing that I could easily fit into a Communications Director role, a person that is responsible for all communication within the church, both internal and with our community. This might include branding sermon series and overseeing website content, and many other things. I see far too many spelling errors and grammatical errors come from churches in e-mail, newsletters, websites or otherwise and that’s not good. Sometimes, we need to pay attention to the little details. Of course, where I end up may be a combination of any or all of the above roles.
Now Go!
Check it out! Go to my site, get to know me and my strengths and accomplishments. Download my resume, in Word format or as a pdf and who knows, you might even find an easter egg on the site. Let me know if do.
If you need someone like me at your church, give me a call at 417.483.5901. I’m ready to talk about it.
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Jim,
Do you know about this site?
http://jobs.cfcclabs.org/
Jim - all the best in your future and I’ll continue to pray for you. This is very much something on my heart at present and like you I have no intention of leaving my Church.
p.s. Have just started my own fledgling Church IT blog - http://churchtechy.com/ and only an intro post so far but I have hopes and plans