A Shift.

When I started this blog I was a youth pastor at a church of around 400.  I had around 50 students and a LOT of free time because of the mandate to BE IN THE OFFICE?!? (How effective that was… student ministry in an office) So, this blog was born!

When I started at Reality last August the first step in my dream had been realized. A Full Time Media Director.  WOOHOO!!  Well, I thought now I can blog my experiences as the media director now my blog will be amazing…. Not So Much!! I don’t have the time to do the podcast, can’t find time to edit a stock pile of Short Takes, and the blog has come to a standstill.  

Now the SHIFT. 

The amazing thing about God is:  

I have NO formal schooling to be doing what I’m doing.  The first time I picked up a camera was our HoneyMoon in 2001.  Yet I have filmed promos for The Virginia Baptist Mission Board. Have a contract with the Norfolk Baptist Association for video work. Filmed, created and sold The WhiteBoard Sessions.  Sold the rights of that DVD to Catalyst.  Started working in media full time, and have the unbelievable honor of leading two breakouts at The Echo Conference.

GOD ROCKS!!!  

If you know me at all, my passion is the small church.  The internet has made the world small and brought major attention to the BIG NAME churches.  Did you know the average church size in America is around 100 people??  What about them?? 

Let’s look at my church.  MAJOR focus on the lost. Period.  We average about 250 people weekly and I’m a FULL TIME MEDIA DIRECTOR?!?!?! WHAT?!?!?  Unheard of, I know.  I’m so blessed. 

Oh Yeah, THE SHIFT...

I am going to use this platform to share how we achieve what we do.  I had a $3000.00 budget to buy cameras and other necessities and off we went.  We just launched our new website a couple of weeks ago and it’s coming along. 

Anyway, I will still be shouting out the FREE stuff I come across but really want to be here to share how we pull off what we do with as little money as possible.