I made a weekend trip to visit them and on a frigid Sunday morning in January 2007, we braved the elements to attend a service. The church didn’t have a building of its own yet, so they met in a school on Clark Street in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood. Despite the frigid temperatures, the auditorium was packed with 20-and-30-somethings, young families and children. We were late getting there so the ushers took us to the only free seats in the place… on the front row. The energy in the room was electric. That particular Sunday each of the church’s elders took turns teaching, sharing the vision of the church. As I sat there, heard the vision, and imagined with them at what was possible, I knew this was something I wanted to be a part of.

The following day I went on their website, and to be honest, I was quite surprised. It was a great website but it didn’t quite match what I had experienced in person the day before. Armed with some courage believing that I could help them out, I drafted an email and threw together and a resume and portfolio and clicked “Send.”

A few phone calls and three months later, I began an incredible, nearly four-year journey, of being the Director of Communications at Park Community Church. On my first day I blogged, ” I know I’m jumping into something that is going to take me on the ride of my life.” Those words could not have been more true.

I’ve spent most of this week going through all of my files, reflecting and remembering what has been an incredible journey serving on staff at Park. Looking back over my time here the word that keeps coming to mind is grateful. I am so incredibly thankful and grateful for this experience, and more than humbled by the opportunity and gift God gave me in leading here.

A lot has changed at Park.

When I started on staff we met at Francis Parker School with about 800 people in average weekly attendance. Our building was just a shell of an old warehouse in the changing Cabrini-Green neighborhood. Our staff had about 18 people. We rented office space in Old Town above a Starbucks and a Thai restaurant and later moved to the 21st floor of the John Hancock Center before moving into our building in 2008.

Today, well over 2,500 people attend Park in three locations in neighborhoods across the city. Our staff is over 30 people and our building, which opened in 2008, has not only served our church but has become a fixture in our local neighborhood, hosting various events and outreaches for our community. Park is reaching new people every day and is living out its vision to be a biblical community where the Gospel of Jesus Christ transforms lives, renews the city, and impacts the world.

In my time serving at Park I’ve caused a bit of a ruckus… I helped rebrand the church, launched a new website [and 2 iterations since!], transitioned to an almost paperless communications strategy including killing the weekly bulletin, leveraged texting and social media to engage with our congregation, and helped to shape Park into what it is today.

Over the past few years there have been so many highlights and things I could share but I have to be honest… the highlight of my time at Park wasn’t so much the work I did or was a part of, but what God did in my own heart and life through this season. I feel like I came here bright-eyed and still wet behind the ears, and in my time here have grown up, matured, found my voice, and most importantly, found myself and God’s calling for my life. God has worked in my life in some deeply significant ways and revealed Himself and His strength through my weakness.

I’ve learned how to navigate and lead a somewhat normal existence in the chaos of city life [and absolutely LOVE it!], have found an incredible community of friends who are like family, and learned so much about God and myself in the process. I’ve had some of the most amazing opportunities, been a part of some incredible experiences, and have met people who I know will be friends for life. It hasn’t always been easy and there have definitely been challenges, but I wouldn’t trade this experience for anything.

I leave Park today with nothing but respect and admiration for the leadership and thankfulness for the opportunity to serve here. When I look back and see how God brought me here and what I’ve been able to do while I’ve been on staff, I’m just in awe of His faithfulness…. it’s been through Him, by His grace and for His glory.

To remember my first Sunday attending Park, hearing the vision and imagining what was possible, and to see where we are today is just a remarkable thing. To have been a small part of a significant chapter in the life of the church is something that I consider an immense honor and made for some of the most exciting and fulfilling seasons of ministry I’ve been a part of to date.

I am so excited for what God has already done at Park and know that even greater things are yet to come. The vision of and the heart of Park’s leadership will continue to see the church grow in size and influence, but most importantly, see more people find life transformation through the Gospel. I am so expectant to see what God will do!

I’m thrilled that in my new role I’ll continue to be able to work with the Church on a larger scale and recognize that none of this would have been possible without my time and work at Park. I cannot thank the team at Park enough for their support, encouragement, trust, grace when there were typos, and their willingness to take a risk and try new things. My experience here has built a platform for me to share and influence others and will now be a gift to other churches.

To Jackson, Donna, Steve, Jonthan, John, JR, Ty, Kensen, Joe, Scott, Bill, Kevin, Zach, Emily, Meghan, Laurel, Alicia, Sharon, Sandy, Alisha, Sheri, Laura, Mabrie, Josh, Jen, Bret, Lisa, Christine, Megan, Bob, Lindsey, Mario, Lyndsay, Annika, Rachael, Terry, Debra, Andrea, Whitney, Matt, Tim, Curtis, Andrew, Brian, Aaron, Jason, Mary, Becky, Joseph, Jim, Laura, John [and anyone else I forgot!]… it’s been a privilege to serve with you at Park. You are all some of the most remarkable people I know and it’s been an honor to be on this exciting adventure with you. I’m thankful for all of you and for the impact your life has made on mine.

To Josh Burns, who is taking my spot at Park… Dude, I am so excited for you! The first time I met you I had this sneaky suspicion you’d have my job one day and who knew it would come so fast. It’s been a blast working with you and I am so thankful for your friendship and passion for the Church… I know you are going to do great things Park and am excited to follow your journey.

To all of you who have followed along through this blog, thank you! I so appreciate each one of you and am so thankful for the work you are all doing in your own churches… keep up the great work!

As one chapter closes and a new one begins, I’m grateful for what God has already done and expectant for what’s in store… for me and for Park!

I thought it would only be fitting to close this post with this song… Love you guys!

[BTW, this song is a complete joke... ]

In less than a week, I’ll be closing my office door at Park Community Church for the last time as well as closing the door on a nearly 10-year career of doing church communications. While in my new role I’ll still be championing the cause for church communications, it won’t be in the capacity of being an everyday practitioner. That being said, I have a few things I want to share with you while I’m still “one of you.”

First, know that what you do really matters.

Communications rests on different levels in the life of many churches, so regardless of where you fit on the flow chart, know that you do really matters. We’ve been entrusted with an incredible opportunity to share and communicate the message of the Gospel in new and creative ways. It’s more than letting people know about the next membership class, new sermon series or women’s prayer group. It’s more than doing bulletins, designing graphics or building websites. It’s more than responding to a tweet or posting a link on Facebook.  It’s about stewarding the opportunity God has given us in our hyper-connected world to help people find connection with Christ.

God has uniquely gifted each one of you with different creative gifts to express the message God is longing to communicate to your city through the work and ministry of your local church.  The things you write, design, or create help pave the road for people’s journeys back towards Christ. You may never be up front teaching or leading worship but the work you do helps to remove barriers so people hear and connect with the message. People may never know who you are or really understand what you do, but more times that not, something you’ve created or designed intersects someone and causes them to come to your church to find out more.

As silly or minute as it all may seem, in today’s world stuff like this matters. People will often form their first impressions of your church when they come to your website or see something you’ve designed that’s been put in their hands by a friend, mailman, or however else you may work to get your message out there. The time you spend picking out fonts or finding the right image, the tireless time you spend writing and revising, editing and redesigning all matters. You are helping to present your church, and ultimately Christ to your community.

How your church communicates is vitally important and in most instances, that responsibility rests on your shoulders. Don’t look at what you do as a job; consider it you holy calling. Let your passion for God flow into the things you create and ways you communicate. Recognize the immense responsibility you have and steward what God has given you to communicate with pixels, images, or words that express His heart and compassion to the world around you.

I could probably write a short novel about my heart for all of this and for all of you but let me condense it to a few bullet points:

• You matter.
• Don’t get down or discouraged, know that what you do really matters.
• Remember you are pursuing a holy calling.
• Work to remove barriers so people can connect with God their creator.
• Know that your best leadership will come in the form of service.
• Don’t bog people down, relieve and release them.
• Always remember you are serving your Church and its vision, not building your own kingdom.
• Be relentlessly learning, growing, and sharing.
• Less is more.
• Take care of yourselves… guard your time and your heart.
• Live your life with wide margin.
• Learn how to best connect and serve your church’s senior leadership team.
• Take time to make friends with all of your co-workers… don’t lock yourself in your office.
• Teach people how or why something is done – don’t try and do everything yourself.
• Care for your volunteers.
• Take time to disconnect so you can reconnect with God.
• Be inspired, don’t imitate.
• Listen.
• Stop speaking in tongues.
• Don’t chase what’s cool or what’s hip – do what’s most effective.
• Be a change agent.
• Know your context – be connected with your city and community – that will help determine your content.
• Remember your competition isn’t the church down the street or across town.
• Have as many face-to-face conversations as possible. Don’t hide behind your keyboard.
• Be willing to admit you are wrong and own up to it.
• Stay humble.
• Live with a sense of wonder.
• Harsh but true: people don’t care about your church.
• Read books that will challenge your thinking or help you work more effectively.
• Be OK with saying no – that will enable you to say yes to things that matter most.
• Keep your perspective focused on what matters.
• Know that excellence isn’t always achievable and that’s OK.
• Remember the Church has existed for 2,000 years without people like us.
• Be a curator – your church has amazing stories to tell, collect and share them.
• Strive to be empathetic.
• Know that constraints are OK – they will challenge you in a good way.
• Stay humble. Yes, I repeated that.
• Forget your mission and vision; what’s your passion?
• Be adaptable.
• Remember you can’t effectively communicate if you are not in active communication with God.
• Keep telling the Story.

There’s much more I could share with you all, but let me leave you with this thought:

In our ever-changing world God has given you the responsibility to communicate His unchanging message to a world that’s desperate and searching for hope.

I DO believe that the Church is the hope of the world and firmly believe that our greatest days are yet to come. While the world around us is shaking we stand on the truth of God’s Word and rest in His love and compassion. He is our hope.

Each one of us has the opportunity to share that Story, to tell of the Kingdom of God, to explain what is unseen and bring people into God’s glorious light. It’s not a secret to be kept but one that must be told again and again in different, creative ways.

We’ve got the greatest story to tell, how will YOU help your church share it?

“God is not a secret to be kept. We’re going public with this, as public as a city on a hill. If I make you light-bearers, you don’t think I’m going to hide you under a bucket, do you? I’m putting you on a light stand. Now that I’ve put you there on a hilltop, on a light stand—shine! Keep open house; be generous with your lives. By opening up to others, you’ll prompt people to open up with God, this generous Father in heaven.” – Matthew 5:14-16, The Message

It’s been an honor serving the Church with you – remember greater things are yet to come!

Tim Schraeder

I’m really excited to say that God came through [and I’m learning that God really does honor obedience].

I had begun having nightmares of having to go back to Starbucks or going back to square one to look for a job, but within hours of my announcement I had emails and calls from some amazing people and organizations. I was truly humbled and in awe of God’s faithfulness. I ended up having four very different but promising leads that absolutely blew my mind.

I didn’t want to work for a church but wanted to work for the Church, helping churches communicate and tell their story more effectively, whether that be through consulting or by going free agent. 

Well, about a week to the day of my blog post I was offered and accepted a job!

Beginning in January 2011, I will be joining the team at Church Solutions Group.

I know what you’re thinking… “don’t they just do buildings?”

That’s what I thought, too.

Church Solutions Group is primarily known for church building, architecture, and A/V. They built Willow Creek’s auditorium and did Park’s new worship space, but they do so much more than buildings!

 CSG is aiming to be a true solution for churches offering a variety of services from helping churches think through strategic planning and implementation, assisting with capital campaigns and even helping with the people side of things from helping churches with staffing, volunteers, and more.

There’s a lot taking shape and it’s still very much in the start-up phase, which is exciting, and something that will be a blast to be a part of.  And, my former creative counterpart at Park, Jason Widney is working with CSG too, so “the band” will be back together again!

In my role I’ll be functioning as a communications consultant, helping churches think through their communications and branding, as well as helping CSG  brand and develop their new initiatives and services to churches.

I’m equally excited to share that I will continue to be an active church communications practitioner, as I’ll be joining a volunteer team to help run communications at what will be my new church home, Soul City Church.

I’ve been following the unfolding story of Soul City and have become good friends with Jarrett and Jeanne Stevens as they’ve moved into the city. I was able to be a part of their first service last month and that pretty much sealed the deal for me, knowing I’d need to find a new church home, as I’d be transitioning off the team at Park.

I’m so excited about this next chapter, both in working with Church Solutions Group to help serve the Church, and plugging in to help volunteer and be a part of a new church that’s been planted in Chicago.

As for everything else,  I will continue to be speaking, writing, and sharing my thoughts on church communications from a new perspective, both as a consultant and volunteer! Next year already has some big things in store: the release of OUTSPOKEN, Cultivate, and Story!

For those who were wondering, my role at Park has been transitioned to my good friend and soon-to-be former assistant, Josh Burns. I met Josh for the first time a couple of years ago at the ECHO Church Media Conference. He had been attending and volunteering at Park while going to Moody Bible Institute and joined our staff team at Park over a year ago helping with media arts.

Josh began working with me in communications over the summer and showed that he was passionate and more than qualified to lead communications at Park. He’s young, insightful, and years beyond his age when it comes to thinking through the role of communications in the Church. He’s already proven to be a valuable part of our team and I am thrilled that he’ll be taking over the reigns. Follow him, subscribe to his blog, and watch as he takes it to another level!

Many thanks to all of you who have sent notes or DM’s of encouragement and for your prayers over the past month. It’s been such a humbling journey and I’m so amazed at how God has provided and written the beginnings of this next chapter.

I’m so excited to see what’s next!

Park has a unique approach when it comes to music… we don’t have a traditional “worship team,” we have bands. Under the leadership of Joseph Tenney and Matt Marron [formerly of Pomeroy], we have a number of bands who each have their own unique style and genre that create original music as well as updating hymns. Instead of having a short list of musicians and singers and plugging them in where they fit, we put band leaders through extensive training, host auditions of musicians and singers and form bands that not only create great music but do life together in community.  It’s a different way of approaching worship but one that is resonating well with our congregation.

Christmas Songs Vol I is a collection of classic Christmas carols as well as original songs performed by nine of Park’s bands. It released at our church over the weekend and is now available for purchase on iTunes. It’s all over the place musically [in a good way] and captures the creative approach Park is taking with our band model.

I think it will make a great addition to your Christmas playlist so much so that I’m going to give away 5 copies! Just comment below and let me know your favorite Christmas carol. I’ll be picking the winners randomly now through tomorrow at Noon.

Either way, check it out and get yourself a copy… all proceeds from the purchase of the sale of the CD will go to benefit Renew Chicago, Park’s outreach arm that partners with other ministries around the city to make a difference!

Our old site design was great but we had outgrown it. You can read more about the backstory here.

Instead of letting our old site go, we wanted to do something with it that could help build another church’s web presence and that’s where the idea for giving it away was born. After talking with Drew Goodmanson and his team at MonkDev we agreed to find a church plant that was in its final stages of being launched and bless them with the gift of a website. Park donated our old site design and MonkDev donated their time to help make the site customized to the church as well as donating a free year of service on CMS.

Over 30 different churches applied and in the end we selected 2 Pillars Church in Lincoln, Nebraska, to receive our website. They had been using WordPress very effectively, but definitely needed to get a solid web presence as they began to spread the word to their community about their church.

2 Pillars will be holding their first public service this weekend and with it have officially launched their new website!

Huge thanks to MonkDev/Ekklesia360 for making this possible! To 2 Pillars, we pray for God to continue to bless your ministry and hope this website helps you effectively communicate and spread the word about what God is doing in Lincoln.

In all of this, let me say this: sometimes it’s OK to recycle. Recycling is different than copying. Recycling maintains some original properties but recycled material can take on new forms. In this case, you can see echoes of Park’s old site, but it’s now something completely different that better suits the needs of 2 Pillars Church.

If you’ve seen something work somewhere else or are inspired by something you’ve seen… don’t copy, recycle. Reshape and reform what you see to fit the needs of your unique context.

Previous guests of Elements [Chicago] have included David Hodges (formerly of Evanescence), Matt Emerzian (author of Every Monday Matters), Benjamin Gott and Rick DeVos (founders of TheCommon.org), Cathleen Falsani (author), Andrew Marin (The Marin Foundation), Jamie Tworkowski (To Write Love on Her Arms), Gabe Lyons (Q, co-author of unChristian), Hemant Mehta (The Friendly Athiest).

Each Elements gathering is hosted in unique venues around the city… from art galleries to botiques, a bar in Boystown to downtown high rises. The idea is to convene conversations in venues outside of the four church walls and in places where art, culture, and beauty are created.

This month Elements[Chicago] taking it to another level by welcoming the CEOs and founders of some influential companies who are focused on doing well while doing good. As the founders and outspoken advocates of uniquely innovate social  entrepreneurial initiatives, these guests will engage us in conversation, answer questions, and give us a glimpse into their journey.

Guest include:

• Scott Harrison, founder of charity: water
• Tyler Merrick, founder of Project 7
• Donnita Travis, founder of By the Hand Club for Kids
• Mike Tattersfield, CEO of Caribou Coffee

If you are in or near Chicago, come join the conversation on Thursday, August 19, at 7 PM at ChiBar – 301 E North Water St, at the Lobby Level of the Sheraton Hotel. (map)

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Hope to see you there!

Having great content is half the battle, but presentation is everything. We love what ApsireOne has done in creating a fantastic customized platform for sharing our audio and video content.

The player integrates with multiple formats… vimeo, FLV, 316 Networks, Lightcast, etc and is updated seamlessly with an easy-to-use web based administration panel. Simple. Easy. Seamless. Always a good way to go.

We’re still uploading our content and getting it all organized but I wanted you to be the first to see!

Huge thanks to the team at AspireOne!

One of the unique things we incorporated into this campaign was texting.

We’ve been using texting at Park for over two years now, both in our weekend services as well as a means to communicate important announcements and events.

During the campaign we used texting in some new ways that helped extend our message, engage our audience, and communicate information about the campaign.

Opt-in Text Group
At the beginning of the campaign we set up an opt in group for people to get text reminders throughout the sermon series.

During the week we texted questions for them to consider, highlighted what was coming up, and texted various verses and quotes on generosity and giving. It was also a great way to communicate announcements related to the campaign.

We announced the opt in group the first week of the [IN]VEST campaign and had over 950 people [that’s over ½ of our church] sign up to receive them.

It was a huge success and something we’ll consider repeating for future series as way to help people continue the conversation around our messages.

Text Polls

We’ve done text polls in service before, but for this series specifically, we wanted to ask some tough questions and challenge people’s understanding and motivation for giving.

There’s two distinct benefits to doing text polls in service:

1 – They create a shared experience. We all come into church with different experiences, thoughts, and ideas. Many people just  spectate and never engage in the service. Something as simple asking people a question invites them to participate, and in doing so, see that there are other people in the room who feel the same way they do.

One of the questions we asked during the series was, “Do you think people outside of the church view the church as being generous?”

2 – They help the speaker gauge the audience.

Texting in service can help bridge the gap between the speaker in the audience. And, it can help the speaker know where the audience is coming from or their understanding of a particular topic. In the few times we’ve done text polling the audience’s response has helped refine our pastor’s message and made the content more applicable to people’s experiences.

One question we asked toward the end of the campaign was what people’s primary motivation for giving was. It was a great way for our teaching pastors to see how our church viewed the topic of giving.

Commitments via Text

We printed about 3,000 paper commitment cards for people to fill out indicating how they’d like to commit to our campaign. Less than 100 printed cards were returned.

It took some creativity to make it work, but thanks to our friends at Jarbyco we were able to create a way for people to text in their commitment to the campaign.

Since our campaign was called [IN]VEST, we created the keyword IMIN and asked people to text in if they’d like to respond via texting. Nearly ¾ of our commitments for the campaign came in via texting!

The Results

• 455 households are [IN], representing roughly 600 adults – that number reflects the number of new people in our church since we did our last two campaigns!
• People committed to invest in hundreds of lives to help their friends cross the line of faith.
• People committed to invest in nearly 50 different neighborhoods around the city
• Our church has committed to fighting many different injustices, the greatest being those around education, human trafficking, and poverty.
• Our primary financial goal going into the campaign was to pay down 2 debts totaling $2 million.
• Thanks to those who continued to fulfill their pledges from previous campaigns and the new [IN] pledges we have enough commitments to meet our goal of paying off the 2 notes totaling $2 million!

Closing Thoughts

This was by no means a perfect campaign. There are probably many things we could have done differently, but it worked.

We didn’t follow a prescribed path, but charted our own course that was reflective of our congregation’s thoughts and experiences around a tough subject.

We focused more on the holistic aspect of stewardship instead of zeroing in on money. As a result, people are focusing on creative ways they can invest, make a difference in their neighborhoods, and in the lives of their friends.

More than anything else, we recognized there were many new faces in our audience and used the campaign as an opportunity to share our vision, tell our story, and invite them to invest in our future.

Campaigns suck time, energy, and resources and requite an incredible amount of work. And let’s be honest, whenever we communicate things related to money our jobs get very uncomfortable. No one likes when the church talks about money let alone when we ask them to give more!

In March, Park launched a campaign and we had our work cut out for us. There were a few key factors that made it complicated…

• It was completely focused on paying off debt. There were no buildings to be built or projects to fund… we just needed extra cash to make payments that were coming due on our previous building project. It’s easy for people to give to something they can tangibly see but it’s much harder when the focus is debt retirement.
• This was the third capital campaign Park had done in the span of five years. Yes, three in five years. With the amount of new people in the church as well as the number of people who come and go in the city, nearly 60% of  the people who are a part of our church today hadn’t been around for the first two.
• We launched the campaign during a time of financial hardship for a majority of our congregation. People in our church were just beginning to feel the affects of our economic downturn. Not exactly the most opportune time to ask them to give more.

Consulting firms that work with churches on stewardship campaigns have a cookie-cutter way of running them which typically consists of making lots of glossy handouts, having countless meetings, doing private invite events, doing a huge song-and-dance, etc.

We didn’t do any of that… we broke the rules… here’s what we did…

We Weren’t Shy About Why We Were Doing the Campaign

Instead of going with some clever or catchy title for the campaign, we were forward with what it was about when we named it…  We called it [IN]VEST. We were also very open and transparent about the state of our finances an why we needed to do a campaign.

Last fall, we put this video together to explain our financial situation:

We Didn’t Do Glossy Brochures

Since the goal of this campaign was to pay off debt, it didn’t make sense to go into debt by printing brochures and handouts. We already don’t print much at Park, so we opted to keep things simple and use space in service and existing communication pieces to communicate what the campaign was all about. The only print piece we did was our response card.

We Cut The Amount of Meetings

Instead of doing leaders gatherings, private ‘large donor’ events or all of the other meetings that are usually suggested, we scaled down to one gathering that we repeated over the course of five nights.  We invited our entire church to come with their small groups to learn more and to ask questions. We recorded that meeting and posted it online so anyone that couldn’t attend was able to get the content.

We Made The Campaign About our Vision

We used the campaign as an opportunity to recommunicate our vision. With so many people new to our church, we used the campaign as an opportunity to re-tell our story, share our legacy, and challenge people to invest in future of our church.

We also created this awesome video which linked the story of Park to the story of the Church!

We Tied it Into a Teaching Series

We spent a total of four weeks doing a teaching series called [IN]VEST where we challenged our church to invest in a holistic way, not just with their finances, but with their time and talent. The focus was more on what they were doing with their whole lives, not just their checkbook.

We Got our Small Groups On Board

We put together a 52-page study guide that our entire church went through over the span of six weeks where the idea of [IN]VEST was further unpacked and discussed in small groups. The study also included practical resources like helping people evaluate how they were investing their time, challenged them to consider how they were using their gifts and talents, and assisted them in creating a personal budget.

We Told Stories

There were people in our church who were already investing in major ways, so we used the campaign as an opportunity to tell their stories.

This is a cool story of a couple who chose to step out in faith and invest in a dream God had placed on their hearts while facing the challenges of raising children in the city.

We Launched a New Church Campus

As a church, our vision is to invest in the city by planting new churches in strategic neighborhoods.  The week before the ‘big ask’ we prayed for and launched a new church campus in Chicago’s South Loop neighborhood. [Which had standing room only their first Sunday!] This was a tangible way of showing how we, as a church, were investing and an opportunity to remind people that the more we were able to pay off of our debt the more we’d have to invest in church planting.

We Challenged People To Do More Than Give Money

Earlier in the year we challenged our church to pray around three specific areas: 1 Person, 1 Neighborhood, and 1 Injustice. So, instead of just asking people to give a dollar amount, we asked for the names of the people they were praying for, the neighborhoods they wanted to impact and the wrong they wanted to right.  And we were very clear that if people weren’t in a position to give financially that we wanted everyone to commit to invest in some way.

We Used Texting

I’ll share on how we used texting throughout this campaign and let you know the final results tomorrow!

Stay tuned!

Park was featured in COLLIDE’s Church Spotlight in their latest issue and the article features an interview with yours truly, our lead pastor Jackson, and Jason Widney our Media Arts Director.

Don’t have a subscription? Get one. But then check out the article for yourself, they were kind enough to post it online.

Thanks to Scott, Daniel and the whole team at COLLIDE… we’re honored to share the spotlight and tell about what God is doing at Park!