Fullerton, Here We Come

These past few months and especially weeks have been filled with anticipation as Rock Harbor is preparing to launch a satellite campus right in the heart of Fullerton. In an effort to reach out and better serve the communities that are already finding their way to Rock Harbor, the church felt a calling to reach out to the "twentysomethings" by moving closer into the communities they're from. Since Fullerton is a very concentrated college town (and it's also close to other colleges such as Biola), we've decided to start holding services every Sunday night at the Wilshire Auditorium on FJC's campus.

This transition will be a milestone not only for the church as a whole but also for me on a very personal level. My role as an intern is about to drastically switch. I was approached a few months in advanced by my mentor Alex about serving as a production leader there. He wanted to form a core group of people help get the production ministry started at Fullerton and felt that I was skilled and able enough to take on that position. After learning about everything from lyrics to sound for almost seven months now, it was finally time for me to step into a leadership role and being to pass along all this experience.

I was both excited and nervous about taking this amazing opportunity. I'm extremely honored to be trusted enough to play a vital role in the launch of this next campus; however, I do have my doubts and fears about directing people. I feel that I have a passive personality and do not easily become assertive when I need to be. So as long as I have people who are patient and respectful - great. If I have to deal with attitude issues, that's when I start losing a little confidence in my leadership abilities. Another concern that I have is that I'm still learning how master some of the equipment. This is different than leading musicians on a worship team. I've had enough experience with worship that I know the ins-and-out of it pretty well. But with production, I've only been involved in it for a little over half a year and now I'm already teaching people how to run the equipment. I know that I'm just sometimes too critical of myself; but whether they're irrational or not, they're still concerns.

As I said before, I am excited to be a part of this opportunity to help expand Rock Harbor's ministry. I know it will also be a good experience for me to grow as a leader and to help reinforce everything I have been learning in my internship thus far. So I would like to end on that note. Yes I'm nervous, but I know there are going to be some great things in store.