Yesterday we had one of our regular Creative Planning / Idea Graphing meetings for a message series that is coming up. It was Nic’s first bout with us. I time lapsed it (time lapse fascinates me) and captured some interesting stuff…see if you can catch it.
Cool to see a whole message series go from non-existent to planned out in about one minute…
Idea Graphing Creative Meeting The Connection Church from Zak White on Vimeo.
Last week at Catalyst 2008 Nic and I somehow convinced our Lead Pastor, Cole Phillips to take one for the team. A company we use sometimes for videos called Sermon Spice had a booth set up with a little game you could play that involved habaneros, jalapenos, and some other kind of tainted peppers from Mexico.
Needless to say…it didn’t turn out well. Read more on that over at Cole’s blog. All I’ll say is that the noises coming from the other room as Cole chundered his guts out almost made me puke just listening…I felt awful for him.
Cool to see that he would do literally A-N-Y-T-H-I-N-G for our church though. 
Cole Phillips Sermon Spice PEPPER Challenge from Zak White on Vimeo.
I have a core conviction: Ministry takes WORK. The people who sit around and “wait on God to do it all” are going to be sitting and waiting for a long time!
I think this conviction stems from my disdain for lazy pastors. Our staff are the most dedicated and hard working people I have ever met. I love our team!
At TCC I thank God every Sunday for somehow making everything happen during the week to pull off a great service on Sunday. Our resources are so ridiculously limited that sometimes, its just a miracle. Here is a crazy thought for ya: A typical church of 500 people would have a staff of anywhere from 7-12 people. We have a staff of 4. Now you see why its a miracle.
If you missed church yesterday, you missed some huge news that I have been dying to share for weeks! Here it is: We are bringing on our third full time Pastor! His name is Nic Burleson.
I have known Nic for about 8 years now. We used to be on a team of awesome youth ministers that put on the coolest youth camp ever. I have always admired the guy. And now, God has done something incredible and brought him on staff at TCC.
Of course, the BEST part about bringing Nic on staff is that his lovely wife, Johanna, will be here too!
We believe 100% in the strategy we use when it comes to staff: “Hire slow. Fire fast.” Taking this step with Nic has been about 6 months in the making. Cole, myself, and the Ministry Leadership Team have been dreaming, praying, and processing what it would take and mean to bring on another pastor for almost a year now, so we are pumped up that this dream has become a reality.
Nic and Johanna will be officially starting on August 17th. And I CANNOT WAIT! Check out this short video introduction to Nic:
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