As we continue to grow, we continue to streamline and readjust our structure to continue to be geared toward growth and simplicity. Over the last week, God has opened some doors and done some cool things that are going to lead to allowing us to be better equipped to continue to grow.

After much prayer, debate, and God making some things very clear we have made some staff changes that I am pretty excited about.

1. John Ventry is going part-time. There are several reasons for this NONE of which are bad. No one had a fight, no one couldn’t do their job, no one is mad, and there is NO sin involved. John is going to devote some time to his family and see what God has in store for him. John will continue on but move into a more CFO type role. He will still handle our finances, budgeting, and purchasing. This is right up John’s alley and his gift mix. I am excited about this move.
2. Cheri is coming on basically full-time. She works three days a week now and we will be bringing her on 4 days a week now. Cheri is one of those people you simply forget how much she means to the church because she simply does her job. When you ask her to do something, it gets done. I trust her and she is sold out to Ridge Stone. I love having her in the office. She is going to be assisting Malcolm and Preston in their areas.
3. I have a personal assistant!!!!!!!!!!! About two hours ago I hired Taylor Wiseman. Taylor is someone I trust but more importantly she is someone DeAnna trusts. DeAnna gets veto power when it comes to my assistant and she is excited about Taylor. I have a thousand little things on my plate that need to be removed and Taylor is going to do that. She will handle my communication and my calendar and will keep me organized. She is also going to be helping Tim out until we bring him an assistant on staff.

One thing you learn very quickly at RSC is things change FAST!!!! As we grow we are learning from some great churches and I am learning my leadership is going to have to change. I can’t do everything and answer every question anymore. I am having to get more protective with my time and balancing my priorities. It is a growing experience but things that aren’t growing are dying. I always want RSC to be a growing church and that comes from me growing.

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