I am excited about the new season of ministry God has for me at Lexington Baptist Church. I came on staff almost 8 years ago as the Student Ministry Associate with most of my time being directed towards the development of a College Ministry and have built many wonderful relationships through it. It has been exciting to see God at work these past eight years as students have come in to our ministry, graduated, moved on to their careers, gotten married, and grown in their desire to know Jesus more intimately. There have been phone calls, letters, meetings over lunch and dinner, game nights at our house that have given Kimberly and I an opportunity to have “real life” discussions with students. Thank you for allowing us to invest in them.

In 2004, upon graduating from Columbia Biblical Seminary, I was hired as the Minister of College and Recreation, charged with the task managing our new Family Life Center and expanding our ministry in the area of Recreation. We have developed (and are continuing to develop) an exciting fitness program with a variety of exercise classes. We have seen hundreds use the walking track and weight room to improve their personal fitness. We started Upward Basketball in 2006 and have stories of many children coming to know the Lord as a result of the investment made by coaches and learning how to play basketball and cheer. We’ve provided opportunities for the community of Lexington to take its health serious by way of health screenings through our partnership with Lexington Medical Center. It has been great being the “Minister for Fun.”

Moving to my new role is going to be very exciting. As the Minister to Senior Adults and Congregational Care, I hope to have opportunities to learn from our seniors as we figure out how to share life together. I plan to spend time with our folks who are homebound and in the hospitals. We will continue to take trips and I certainly hope to be able to go on many with our folks. Working with the senior council (who have done a fabulous job keeping things going!), we will continue and expand our ministry focus in Lexington and around the world. In the area of Congregational Care, I’ll be working with our staff, leaders and volunteers to work on meeting the needs of the congregation at large, through hospital visitation, funerals, pastoral counseling, and teaching. There is certainly much more to both of these roles than I can go into in this long letter.

College students will still have a place to meet and a place to call home. Please know that we are working as hard as we can to ensure a smooth transition for them. We have new students joining us in June as our HS seniors graduate and are looking forward to them having a great summer with the other college students. Various leaders in our Recreation Ministry are continuing their great work in each of their areas and activities will continue to happen in the interim of bringing in a new staff member to take over recreation duties.

Thank you again for expressing your confidence in me to lead our Seniors and meet the needs of our congregation. Kimberly and I are honored and humbled by this great new responsibility and look forward to all that God is going to do in us and through us in the coming years.

Blessings!

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