Tell me everything you know about Colorado Springs

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Originally Posted by MojoTexan

Do you feel that you have the gift this church needs to create moments where God’s presence is felt through leading worship, transforming worship ministries, developing dynamic leaders, and restoring the spiritual passion of all involved in worship and the arts?

I dunno. I don't feel like I know much yet about the church, apart from the public presentation. I haven't met the people in the church, I haven't met the people in the broader community. That's the main thrust of my question here, what sort of cultural and artistic values does this broader community hold, how well does the church represent those values, and do I fit with that. It'll help to be back there, meet people, get the sense of the community. If the cultures don't fit, all the desire and motivation in the world are going to lead to frustration and misdirected energy.

Do you feel the gifts you have to offer are of a technical nature or the ability to give spirtual sheparding to those who are involved with the worship ministries who feel they have a calling to lead or use their gifts as passionately as you do.

Shouldn't it be both? Seriously, this is one of my hang-ups about how churches go about staffing ministry positions. They staff people in positions that demand a high level of technical competence (both artistically and organizationally) on the basis of their personality, or their "pastoral" qualities, and the program sinks to match the level of their technical competency. A person can have a great heart for sheparding other people, but it has to be coupled with abilities, competency, particularly in artistic programs. Nothing frustrates creative people more, or dampens their enthusiasm for ministry quicker, than being led by someone that doesn't approach the arts ministries as an artist.

What comes first, the passion to lead God's people or to build the recording studio in your basement? What are your priorities?

If industry work were still my driving passion, I wouldn't even be thinking about the move. This is part of an evolving change of values for my wife and I. I'll probably always be involved in session work and playing for artists, if for no other reason than because it keeps me plugged into a community that makes me a more complete person, and a better artist. But to think that I would move 2,000 miles away from LA in order to spend more time on my music career? That seems like a bad move.

Mojo, I can't help but feel like I'm somehow being vetted by someone on the search committee ... is that the case?

-sm