Thursday, May 31, 2007

Two new staff coming aboard



We are excited to announce two staff members are in process of coming aboard.

Associate of Community Impact: Nolan and Monica English will be joining our team later this month. Nolan, who has played football at University of Louisville, served a faithful military career, ministered in New Orleans and recently received his MA in counseling from Beacon University, is excited to join our team.

He will oversee our missions, both local and global, empower our community groups for ministry with our neighborhoods, and implement community programs to help empower our community.

While serving in New Orleans, Nolan implemented ministries to help young people receive their GED and a ministry called "Clothes for Business" which helps young men who are release from prison find jobs.


Associate of Community Life:
This young man and his wife must remain nameless until he receives his final papers for approval on his visa. He is fluent in both Spanish and English and is a great teacher.

While this young man is a great speaker, he will mostly use his gifts to develop community groups, connect new members, and provide a process for people to come to maturity in Christ.

He served several years in Central America as an interpreter for an orphanage while pursuing a bachelors in business. There he met his now wife and they decided to attend Ozark Christian College where he has received his Bachelor's in Theology. He has also been preaching weekly in a small church in Missouri.

We pray all of his paper work is finalized and be able to start by July 1.

Both men will be attending camps and VBS programs to help raise funds for The Tampa Project this summer.

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Building Update May 23




What's been going on over the last few weeks? A lot.

While we continue to ride the ups and downs of construction, things are going well. Spectrum, our contrating company, has gone out of their way and is doing a great job. They have moved forward in the bathrooms and the paint is going on the walls. The audtitorium is continuing to be worked on each day. A new sound and tech booth is being installed as we speak. Big Dogg Audio is overseeing this project and doing a great job.

We will finish up a lot of our work in the first week of June. After that, a lot of painting, drywall, cleaning, and landscaping will be taking place through mission groups and teams from local churches.

Thank you for your prayers in the process. We are only a few months out from starting. I can't wait to see the construction wrap up so we can make our #1 focus our people.