Luke 19:40

I will probably share this from time to time. I think it is important for us to occasionally stop and think back to the times when God directed you to His purpose.

During college, I worked in the AVL department at First Baptist Hattiesburg, but when I began attending Colonial Heights nearly 10 years ago, I didn’t get involved. I was married and just wanted to attend church. Even when they asked I didn’t volunteer, but God didn’t want me to just attend. At my wife’s urging, I worked in a few different ministries, but I knew they weren’t where I belonged. When we moved into the Northpark campus, it was the perfect opportunity for me to get involved in AVL again. I found that it was for more than just finding “my place”. It was a passion for the ministry where God placed me. In November of last year (2007), I surrendered to the call on my life for God to use me in whatever his plans were for me.

In the past, media ministries have been all about enhancing the worship experience from amplified sound to words on the screen. Media in general has evolved to the point where our lives are saturated with it, and the effect is the exact opposite of what God intended when he told the Jews to take what He had commanded and bind them as a sign on their hand, as frontlets on theirs eyes and as writings on their doorposts. My philosophy is that a true media ministry should transcend the sanctuary. Our DVD collections, music collections, websites that we visit, et al should reflect the writings on our doorpost and not what the world would want to teach us.