I had a thought today. As our individual gifts and passions become more developed it becomes even more important that we have people around us to complement our gifts and passions. That is what makes a church a church. That is what makes a staff a staff. If my gifts and passions as the Lead Pastor aren’t complemented by our other staff then we’d become lopsided or unbalanced.

As God opens new doors of opportunity, I need to focus more and more on my giftings and passions. And I become more and more dependant upon our staff and leaders. I think that’s healthy.

When a church is younger and smaller a pastor can sometimes get by with being all things to all people. As NCC grows I realize that I’m just one small piece and I become more and more grateful for each staff member and each leader. I guess that’s why the metaphor of a body is used by Paul to describe the church.

To quote our Pastor of Discipleship, Heather Zempel, we even need “nose hairs.” If it weren’t for them we’d get sick a lot more because they are the filtration system. Here’s the nose hairs