The Next Season

Seeking the place where these years of formation may best serve Christ’s Church.

A Season of Discernment

After more than 18 years serving one congregation, I have begun prayerfully considering where the next season of ministry may lead.

I am not simply looking for a new position. I am trying to discern where the particular combination of experiences, convictions, and gifts God has developed over these years may now be most useful to the Church.

Much of my ministry has taken shape at the intersection of worship theology, congregational song, pastoral collaboration, music, discipleship, and production. Over time, I have become increasingly aware that I am most energized not simply by leading services, but by helping build a healthy worship culture: developing people, strengthening systems, broadening musical expression, and helping a congregation understand more deeply what Christian worship is and how it forms us.

What Has Become Clear

Rooted Worship

I believe worship forms people.

The Scriptures we hear, the prayers we pray, the sins we confess, the truths we affirm, the sacraments we receive, and the songs we sing work together to teach the Church what is true and shape what we love.

I am deeply drawn to an ancient-future approach to worship—rooted in Scripture and the historic practices of the Church while making thoughtful use of contemporary music, technology, and creativity.

A Builder’s Calling

I have learned that I am fundamentally a builder.

I enjoy helping healthy ministries grow toward maturity: developing musicians and technical volunteers, creating pathways for younger leaders, strengthening teams and systems, expanding musical vocabulary, improving production, and helping good things become more coherent and sustainable over time.

I am less interested in reinventing a church than in recognizing what is already good and helping it flourish.

Music & Production in Service of Worship

My background in music, songwriting, recording, audio engineering, and live production has given me a broad set of tools, but I do not see any of them as ends in themselves.

Music and technology should serve the people in the room.

I value musical breadth—historic hymns, modern hymns, folk, acoustic music, choir, strings, rhythm section, bluegrass instrumentation, and carefully chosen contemporary songs—when those elements serve congregational participation and theological clarity.

The same is true of production. Excellence matters, but the goal is not spectacle. Good production should make worship more intelligible, hospitable, participatory, and undistracting.

The Kind of Church That Draws Me

I am especially drawn to churches with strong theological roots, healthy pastoral leadership, and meaningful room to grow.

I value congregations that understand worship as more than a musical style or a Sunday program—churches where Scripture, prayer, preaching, sacrament, congregational song, and the historic practices of Christian worship are understood as part of the formation of God’s people.

I am most energized by places that have something worth preserving and something meaningful still to build: a healthy theological and congregational identity, alongside an openness to developing musicians, broadening musical expression, strengthening production, and cultivating greater participation across generations.

The assignment that attracts me most is thoughtful renewal rather than reinvention.

I am not looking to impose a predetermined model on a church. I hope to listen carefully, understand what God has already been doing in a congregation, honor what is healthy and beautiful in its life, and then help its worship ministry grow with theological clarity, musical imagination, pastoral sensitivity, and appropriate excellence.

What matters most to me is not a particular label on the sign, but a shared desire to help the people of God worship with greater depth, understanding, beauty, and participation.

What I Hope to Contribute

I hope to serve in a ministry where I can help:

• develop and disciple musicians and technical volunteers

• strengthen congregational singing

• broaden the church’s musical vocabulary without losing its identity

• work closely with pastoral leadership on worship, theology, and service planning

• help historic and contemporary musical expressions live together naturally

• improve sound, production, and technical systems in ways that serve worship

• create opportunities for children, students, and developing musicians to participate meaningfully

• build healthy ministry structures that can endure beyond any one leader

I am especially interested in roles where worship leadership is part of the larger pastoral conversation—where music, liturgy, Scripture, prayer, sacrament, and production are understood as parts of one formative whole.

Where We Are Open to Going

My family and I are open to relocating for the right ministry opportunity and church community. We are especially drawn to the Tennessee Valley and Southern Appalachian region, including East Tennessee, Chattanooga, North Georgia, and North Alabama, but we are not limiting our search to that area.

More important than geography is finding a church where there is strong alignment in theology, leadership, ministry philosophy, family life, and the kind of work I am being called to do. We are genuinely open to exceptional opportunities wherever that alignment exists.

Looking Ahead

I am grateful for the years God has given me to learn, build, fail, grow, teach, lead, and serve.

I do not know exactly what the next season will look like, but I am increasingly clear about the gifts and experiences I have been entrusted with.

My hope is simply to place them where they can most faithfully serve Christ, His Church, and the formation of His people.

“By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.”
Hebrews 11:8