The last line of the first Pirates of the Carribean is Captain Jack Sparrow, assuming the helm of the Black Pearl and commanding his crew to do the very title of this blog. I watched the end of the movie again last night, and really started thinking about it this morning as I met with Kerry Floyd and Lee Freeman.
Granted, I am no Jack Sparrow . . . I have not perfected the Keith Richards impersonation, and I hope none of you will EVER see me out stumbling about the way Jack does. But there are some cool things about to happen at Ebenezer and I am realizing I need to empower those around me to do them. I cannot and should not try to do everything myself . . . That is a symptom of my personality type, but I cannot do this. We need to ALL use our gifts and abilities to glorify God and there are many gifted people at our church already doing this.
Now, honestly, when I sit and talk to Kerry and Lee, I feel like I am in a room full of superballs bouncing around me. And I like it! These guys have a ton of ideas about how we can present ourselves, as a church, to our community. When you add in Dean and Ed and Jumana, it really becomes a nice stew if you will let it simmer and play off each other a little bit.
Between our website, our volunteers that make everything happen, and some of the new ideas being tossed about, I hope we will all see exciting changes and improvements in the next few months. And we will all step back and realize that God is responsible, not us . . .
He is the Reason!
One Pastor's Perspective 
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