I've had the dream of moving to Vancouver for almost 10 years. Today was sort of the official day in which I am instated into the position that fulfills the dream. Originally, I would've never thought that I'd come as a pastor; the first time that the prospect of moving to Vancouver was even a possibility was if I were to come here to do music production. Obviously, that never worked out because no one really thought I'd be able to make a career in music that was stable, myself included.
However, today was the installation service for me in becoming a part of the Newbern family and being the English pastor there. I established a connection with Newbern for a little over a month ago, and they've already shown me the level of committment they're willing to give to try to make this relationship work. For that, I'm thankful.
To bring everyone up to date, I got the keys to my place last Wednesday and officially moved in on Thursday afternoon. Right now, I don't have too much because half of my things are still in Edmonton waiting to be brought down, but I have what I need.
I have a bed, a couch, and some kitchen things - essentially the things that will keep me alive for the next while, I have access to, and that's really all I need. I was a little surprised yesterday when I was going to sit down to eat lunch. I sat on my couch, and then thought to myself, "oh, I don't actually have a table to put this plate on." So it was funny to see myself turn a box over and use it as my table, then doing the same with my laundry basket to make a night table.
I've been at work a few days, but there isn't much to talk about. I was introduced to my office space, got caught up on a few things, and am basically in a bit of an evaluation period to get to know the people and see where the needs of the church are.
I'm so eager to start implementing things, but I have to remind myself that these relationships have to be established before I try to organize everything. However, I also can't simply just hang out with people and neglect the ministries. So I'll have to try to find that line of balance where I'm revamping the church structure while getting to know the people.
With the initial impressions I've gathered from the first week-ish, everyone is also eager and anxious to see movement within the church. There's so many different avenues that I could go down to get to where we need to go, so I'll have to choose wisely. I could start with the things on the surface, such as the Sunday worship, the youth gatherings, etc., that would attract people to come and get the numbers up. Or I could take the "back" path and develop my leaders first so that when I go to tackle the bigger things, they're right there with me. There are pros and cons to each, so I think I'm going to be spending the next months seeing where I need to go.
I'm excited. Like I mentioned earlier, this is a dream come true. It's just amazing that so many people have contributed to bringing me to the point of where I'm at. I think of Edmonton, Calgary, Assiniboia, and everything in between.
It's so great and such an honor for me to be able to represent the people God has put in my life.
Bring on the honeymoon period.
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