I am going to be celebrating my six month anniversary as a pastor at the Red Bluff Vineyard in about a week. Wow, time has flown by and I am still absolutely loving the city, the church, and the trout fishing all that surrounds us.
That being said, the last six months has been really fun because it’s been full of discovery, development, and observation. Quite frankly, I think we spent the first few months trying to first develop relationships with people and then, secondly, figure out kind of where we were at. What specific areas of the church needed attention? How could we build on the past equity that the former pastor’s had gained? What could we do to continue to partner with God in the city of Red Bluff for the sake of the kingdom? [Read more…]