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My
Mission as Person
Honor and respect children and the diversity of God's creation--all children of God. Smile. Be the best father I can be. Model God's unconditional love for my family. Work as a partner but lead with confidence. Become more humble and share ministry with other disciples. Live more simply with temperance and discipline. Know myself and express my boundaries, definition, and expectations to others. Love life with gratitude and honor death with hope. Worship God and honor God in all my relationships. Keep a compost pile of things I reject and leave them there, while always willing to adopt the growth that comes from those experiences. Use things only as tools to accomplish a purpose. And lay up real treasures only in heaven. |
My
Mission as Minister
To
help God's children of all ages gather and worship at the feet of Jesus and grow
in our walk with the Holy Spirit. To make disciples of Jesus Christ. To administer order, teach and serve the sacraments, preach, teach, and reach
others with the Word of Grace. To grow the
leadership and under-gird the church's action with spiritual depth.
To preserve the health of this part of the body of Christ with whose
spiritual care I am charged. updated September 2007 |
Wichita Falls High School, Wichita Falls, Texas Class of 1976
Bachelor of Music Education North Texas State University (now University of North Texas) August 1980
(With Concentration in Voice and Choral Music)
Master of Divinity, Perkins School of Theology, SMU May 1994
While appointed to serve Oak Park UMC in Paris, Texas I completed my Residency requirements for ordination and was ordained Elder in Full Connection with the North Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church on June 4, 1996 by Bishop Bruce P. Blake at the altar of First UMC, Dallas, TX.
My Understanding of My Work as Elder
appointed to serve Lakeway UMC, Pottsboro, Texas
Preach, Organize and Lead Worship, Administrative Care for the Sacraments, Pastoral Care (Funerals, Weddings, Hospitals, Visitation), Evangelism, Administration and Resourcing of Staff and Volunteer Ministries, Teaching, Conference and Connectional Participation, Computer Administrator, Projects (such as Sound System), Website and Power Point Ministry, Press Releases, Membership Care, Support Youth and Children’s Ministries, Seasonal or Occasional Services.
Currently I serve as President of the Pottsboro Ministerial Alliance (seven churches), Chair of the Sherman McKinney District Committee on Ministry, as a member of the North Texas Annual Conference Worship Team, and as a member of the Board of Directors of the Prothro Center.
Priorities in My Work:
I
participate in an ecumenical alliance of local pastors and congregations
who
share mission in the Pottsboro and Lake Texoma community.
Pottsboro
Ministerial Alliance
In the past few years,
I am recovering my High
School and College trumpet playing (25 years ago)!
Studying the following sites has really helped me:
Clint 'Pops' McLaughlin's website called
Trumpet Player International's
and Clyde Hunt’s
I also love to play piano, electric bass and guitar. I play a maple Rickenbacker 4001 stereo bass which I bought new in 1977. I have a sweet 1980 Yamaha FG 335 6-string accoustic that has really seasoned out well. It has been played a lot! Been on Lots of youth trips! It has led worship at ski resorts, on mission trips, beach mystery rambles, at camps and retreats at Bridgeport, on buses, at dude ranches, river float trips, even a youth-led worship time high atop Reunion Tower in Dallas.
More recently, I have a 2001 Martin HD-28 which was an unbelievably generous gift from Billy and Maggie Helvey, Christmas 2001, and a flamed-maple Takamine jumbo 12-string which I bought new in March 2006. I like to use alternative tunings and modified capos. I used to think capos were for cheating, but they allow open strings to resonate in any key and allow more finger picking instead of just barre chords or power chords.
I love music, playing and listening.
I
enjoy music much more as re-creation than I did as a career!
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