The Future Pastor of Children’s Ministries

With the recent transition in the pastoral staff many are wondering what is next for NBFamilies? The following brief report is given to assure you the future is bright and focus of NBFamilies is clear. Last Sunday morning, June 16th, the Ministry Leadership Team met with me and Terry Langenberg for our regular monthly meeting. The following issues were discussed and agreed upon:

1. Thankfulness: We discussed how appreciative we are for our faithful volunteers in Genesis Kidz.
   • June 9th we hosted a pre-VBS Carnival where hundreds of families had a time to laugh, to play, and to pre-enroll their friends and neighbors for VBS the following week.
   • June 10-14 we hosted Kingdom Rocks Vacation Bible School.
   • 250+ kids attended VBS. This was the largest VBS in the history of New Beginnings Church.
   • 100+ Volunteer workers trained, gathered, and worked each night with great attitudes and enthusiasm.
   • Volunteer leadership (Katy Wallace, Kerri Bowman – Co-directors; Tony Wallace – Recreation; Cheryl Plumlee – Snacks; Amy Smith – Crafts; Kingdom Rocks the Future: Talk Show with Roxie – Carol Sallee; Kelly Johnston - Music; and many many others)
   • The NBC Staff assisted in their typical manner – willingly, dependably, and professionally.
   • Without exception, everyone involved remarked how smooth running and positive was VBS this year.
2. Strategy: We discussed how we remain firmly committed to the Family Ministry Model. The biblical assumption that “God has called parents to serve as primary disciple-makers in their children’s lives” remains the compass for the future at New Beginnings Church. The process of realigning New Beginning’s proclamation and practices so that parents—especially fathers—are acknowledged, trained, and held accountable as persons primarily responsible for their children’s discipleship is still our strategy. The leadership is dedicated to finding and calling pastoral staff to lead us in this God-inspired approach to ministry.
3. Timeline: We discussed and agreed that we would quickly proceed to find a new Pastor of Children’s Families. It is the goal of the MLT to identify, contact, interview and call a new leader before the fall of 2013. We reviewed an aggressive schedule to accomplish this goal.

Although the experience of staff transition can be unsettling, we can be encouraged that the future ministry culture for families in South Tulsa Count is clear:

• We dream of becoming a church that develops and sustains and integrates a discipleship strategy that combines the relationship and influence of the church and the home.
• We dream of becoming a church that is fully devoted to Family Ministry.
• We dream of becoming a church is about equipping families to raise fully devoted disciples of Jesus Christ.
• We dream of becoming a church that accurately understands biblical discipleship!
• We dream of becoming a church that effectively passes our faith in Christ to the next Generation so they can reach the nations with the gospel.

Please keep the leadership in your prayers as we search for and call our new NBFamilies Pastor of Children’s Ministries.

God Bless!

Phil Sallee