The Morning After Ministry Show

It has been over a Fortnight since we have been able to record in our regular space, but we’re back in Safety Harbor, Florida!!! The Alchemy seems to be working well at Lakeview since they just held their largest new members class ever. After last weeks power surge, the sound system at Safety Harbor is Down Bad, and is being ripped out and replaced this week. We conferenced together with some of our buddies last week, and it was So High School staying up too late and catching up. Andrew went to another very different conference Thursday and Friday but left early so don’t ask him, “How Did It End?” Special shout out to say thanK you aIMee for scaring Tim after first service and causing him to tell people not to join his church… is Tim now feeling Guilty as Sin? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/morningafterministryshow/message

We’re broadcasting Pirate Radio live from the lobby of First Baptist Orlando during the Youth Pastor Summit. Tim thought they had tech issues at Lakeview, until he heard about Safety Harbor’s in service power outage. Andrew went to see the eclipse. Tim is introducing Todd to the big wide world of youth ministry. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/morningafterministryshow/message

Yesterday was a long day, but great one. Tim had a friend with him at the sunrise service, Andrew is convinced that not every church ought to attempt a sunrise service. We’re talking inflated numbers and comparison traps. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/morningafterministryshow/message

It is Holy Week, and it is a doozy. Yesterday was (Palm) Sunday. Tim and Andrew both started a new sermon series. Lakeview bought a golf cart; Safety Harbor is renting one. We are gearing up for early services and added attendance. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/morningafterministryshow/message

We are back from spring break and Easter is rapidly approaching. Lakeview had half of their staff take the same Sunday off. Safety Harbor had their annual meeting (cause doesn’t every church have an annual meeting in March)and has now flipped their space for tomorrow’s elections. Tim went out of town with his family. Andrew’s wife went out of town without the family --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/morningafterministryshow/message

Lakeview had a legit emergency in the middle of service. Andrew’s wife thought a bomb went off while he was preaching. Tim’s new youth pastor is better than he was. Safety Harbor is hosting an election and it is not going well. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/morningafterministryshow/message

Few things make for longer weekends than an unofficial national holiday. Tim and Andrew had very different plans for watching the game. Lakeview hosted a giant watch party. Safety Harbor was a ghost town all week. Andrew had a not so fun ministry first, and Tim made quite a few house calls. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/morningafterministryshow/message

Andrew is all alone in the office this week and doesn’t really know what to do with himself. Tim hosted a birthday party and executed the perfect side hug. Both Lakeview and Safety Harbor began talking through Easter prep and have two vastly different strategies. Andrew started a new series, and somehow lost the entire church email list. Tim formally welcomed a new staff member and continued telling his church how meaningless everything is. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/morningafterministryshow/message

The Gremlins attacked the soundboard at Safety Harbor yesterday at 9:59 and again at 11:02, the second time it almost seemed on purpose. Lakeview had their first-ever new members' breakfast and back-to-back baptism Sundays. Timmy returned to form as chapel speaker and Andrew got to actually experience his kid competing for a highly contested prize. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/morningafterministryshow/message

Andrew and one of his sons traveled to VA this week, but got back just in time for church on Sunday. Lakeview kicked off a new teaching series. Tim attended a camp meeting that he did not have to lead for the first time in 15 years and Safety Harbor had to implement their cold weather Sunday protocol. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/morningafterministryshow/message

We’re both the tech guys at our church, which makes Sundays with tech issues especially frustrating…both Lakeview and Safety Harbor had Sundays like that yesterday. We’re recapping the past few weeks of limited office hours and lots of family time. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/morningafterministryshow/message

It is our final show of the year, and we are doing all the Christmas things and talking about all the festivities that have already been enjoyed. Both of us had some Disney time, and the Larsens celebrated an anniversary. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/morningafterministryshow/message

We took an unintended break last week, as Tim was having his heart broken on live TV. We are in the thick of our Advent programming at both Lakeview and Safety Harbor. Tim had to reschedule an event due to weather. Andrew is attending school programs that his kids are not even in at this point (and skipping the one his firstborn is in.) We both went to Disney, and have had WAY more meetings than usual. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/morningafterministryshow/message

It was Thanksgiving, now it is Christmas. Both of our churches decorated the worship spaces for Christmas. Safety Harbor finished their Philippians series, and Lakeview started chapter 2. Andrew nearly died (his grandpa did), Tim did a wedding and played football. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/morningafterministryshow/message

It has been a week! Between dad duty and holiday ministry season gearing up, we’re exhausted. Andrew tried an experimental medical treatment on his kids and almost died performing “other duties as assigned.” Tim had back to back to back ministry nights out. Lakeview is interviewing candidates for their worship leader position, and Safety Harbor had their annual pre-Thanksgiving Thanksgiving feast. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/morningafterministryshow/message

It was Halloween, or Fall Fest, and some churches went all out, but does it even matter? We’ve had a death in the congregation at both of our churches this week, and even though the circumstances were vastly different, they have both been hard. Andrews’s church is gearing up for the pre-Thanksgiving Thanksgiving. Tim’s church got a jump on Christmas. Both Safety Harbor and Lakeview kicked off new series in Philippians. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/morningafterministryshow/message

We’re gonna come out and say it. Biblegateway is a bad website. Safety Harbor finished their Habakkuk series and Lakeview wrapped up their stewardship series. We both spent time pulling dad duty with sick kids and “other duties as assigned”. Tim is continuing his worship director search. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/morningafterministryshow/message

Some weeks in ministry are heavier than others, and this was certainly a heavy week. Lakeview dealt with a tragedy and is in the process of witnessing a miracle. Safety Harbor had a church-wide workday, that the pastor did not bother showing up for. Andrew was reminded of how good we were at being youth pastors, and Tim preached someone else’s sermon. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/morningafterministryshow/message

Sometimes you get little surprises at church, Andrew certainly got one yesterday. Tim had a rough sports week, that was punctuated by a happy Sunday…which he missed. Lakeview hosted their third annual missions weekend. Safety Harbor started a new sermon series in Habakkuk, and the timing was a bit awkward. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/morningafterministryshow/message

Both Lakeview and Safety Harbor wrapped up a sermon series and started looking ahead toward the end of the year. Tim preached his last youth group message for the foreseeable future. Andrew had a new members class and almost had a Sunday morning disaster. We’re talking schedules, meetings, sermon prep, and all the grown-up things we have to do as pastors. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/morningafterministryshow/message