The Pierced Pastor

It’s been a season of lasts for me. My last studentLife programming, my last sermon, my last SALT meeting, and today my last day walking out this unassuming side door.  It’s hard to put into words what the last 11+ years on staff at Community Church has meant to me and my family. It’s been our home, our family, and our safe place. We’ve seen God move powerfully in our community and our own lives. I’m forever grateful for my time here.  I’m excited for whatever is next for me and my family, but equally excited for whatever God had in store for this local church. Community Church and studentLife; I love you, I’m praying for you, it has been my privilege to serve alongside you. Be blessed.  Jeff 

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When I was a kid, we took a family vacation and headed to South Dakota to see Mount Rushmore. While we were out there, we did some touristy things, but mostly we stopped at museums and historical sites and stuff like that. I realize now that almost every one of my family vacations as a kid were educational. Mount Rushmore, Gettysburg, even when we went to Maine; educational. I mean it makes sense, we were homeschooled, my mom was a teacher, I get it. But I can remember when I had the realization that everything we did was educational and it was like having the rug pulled out from under me. If you’re feeling any sort of outrage like I did, just wait, it gets worse. Every game I had as a kid was educational. While some of my friends grew up playing things like “Shark Attack” and “Dead End Drive”, we had card games like “Great Explorers of the World”. Even “Candy Land”, one of the great childhood games of all time, is designed to teach you colors. Boo. Well, now that I’ve tarnished every ...