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so, i’ve been home a week and my brain is still bulging from c3.  i have to say my absolute favorite part was talking to the volunteers.  in a room full of thousands of people from all over the place i seemed to coincidentally locate the one seat that would place me right next to a fellowship church volunteer. half of these great people served, or had a family member who served on the media teams.  it was crazy.  after the 2nd time abbye just looked at me and asked, “so, what high capacity volunteer did you get to talk to this time?”.  so, i want you to meet them too… as best as i can remember:

• chris - volunteer sound engineer.  he happily ran down the whole process he has gone through to become and serve as the sound engineer for their video recordings.  he is one of, i think, 4 guys who serve in this position.  he serves usually one to two weekends a month and spends, about 10-15 hours at the church on those weekends for rehearsals and services.  he used to be in radio in his earlier life.  he patiently, knowledgeably and happily answered every question i had.  super nice guy… so inviting, humble, easy to talk to and passionate about the vision of fellowship church.
• john - husband a video girl. this man had the most impressive set of teeth i have ever seen in my life. and he smiled a lot. i like that. his wife spends a lot of time at fellowship serving on the video team getting scriptures, lyrics and video elements ready. so, he stays with the kids… because, he said, “that is the most important thing i can do”. he is a software engineer who designs programs medical research. and i am sure that he is a very rare individual.
• cash - a 60 something, clear thinking, spiritually sound dynamo and small group leader. he had tons of wisdom which he shared with me and eric, an oregonian youth pastor (of 17 impressive years ) who happened to be sitting between us. eric had some really difficult questions.  cash listened hard, responded with only key tidbits of wisdom and had only encouraging words. i’m sure eric left encouraged and ministered to - maybe more from cash than t.d. jakes.  cash and his wife have been members of fellowship for many years.  they came at first because their daughter loved it and invited them.  they were not church attenders at the time but quickly started to grow in their faith and got involved in volunteer ministry.  they shared with us that through the years they have not always agreed with everything that went on at fellowship but they were undeniably on board with the vision and actively involved as volunteers and not going anywhere.  so refreshingly mature and level headed…  all had the right reasons.  (oh yeah, he had a great laugh and a voice that definitely was made for radio - wow!)
• jack - a really kind and friendly (50+ year old) man at lunch. i never actually found out what he does. he was just nice, easy, down to earth, witty and fun - an absolute breath of fresh air… that was enough.

the speakers were absolutely amazing.  and i’m sure i will post thoughts about some of the things that have been rolling around in my heart.  but honestly - i think i got more from sitting next to these 4 kind gentlemen and from the hundreds of helpful friendly volunteers.  i never had to look for information.  and i never felt hounded or weirded out. they were the unexpected icing on the cake.  kudos fellowship volunteers… you simply rock!!!

little side note for my home church family:  if you are a rock volunteer,  please never underestimate the value of where god has placed you.  without you - there is no ministry at the rock.  whether you spend 5 minutes a week or 15 hours a week.  do it with all your might and all your passion being confident that what you do matters greatly in this church, in our city and for the kingdom of heaven.  i love you all.  thank you for your heart for god and for all you do at the rock.

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when i just put it out there like that.

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