April Shout-Outs!!!

Welcome to a new monthly feature on WholeHearted Life called "Shout-Outs!!!". I've been thinking a lot lately about people who get "it" done...

What is "it"? "It" is whatever "it" is and there are some people that are just willing to do WHATEVER IT TAKES to make sure that "it" gets done here on a weekly basis. For these people it doesn't matter what "IT" is, they will do it for JESUS and for the vision of hyde park!

I often sing the praises of those who work directly with me, members of the band, worship leaders, choir members, Eddie D. (i even talk occasionally about the guys up in the booth who make us sound great and keep our services running smoothly week-in and week-out). The people I want to give a shout-out to today are those who I don't often mention - people like:

• Penny Blaine, Joe Davis and the Kidz Konnection Krew. These guys and girls make me laugh whenever I have the opportunity to minister with them but even more important is the fact that they make our kidz laugh all the while teaching them timeless lessons  in a way that ministers on the kidz level. This Krew (you like the hip "k"?) puts together approximately 40 programs per year, all on a week to week basis (which means they perform 80 times per year) - it's tough! And many times have a hard time even getting to worship with us because of things that need to happen BEFORE the next group comes in.
• Our Kidz Place Team. This ministry, headed up by Kim Campbell, make our kidz Sunday's special. I can't think of any ministry more important than one that teaches the principals of the scriptures to our children. Thanks goes out to all of you in this ministry!
• Our Guest Services Team. Laura Sampson, Mary Dahl, Chuck Smith, Marilyn Britt, Ellen Babson head up this team that is so important to who we are as a church. They along with parking lot extrodinaire, my man David (Old Skool) Lovette, remind us that every week is someone's 1st week at hyde park!.
• The ROC Cafe' Crew. This ministry, headed up by Hubert Waddell, sets a great tone for Sunday's at hyde park. Hubert and Ray Britt are the 1st people I normally see at hyde park on Sunday morning. There are a lot of people who make the cafe' click on Sunday's.
• I've gotta throw someone in from the music ministry - Ralph Shomaker. Ralph organizes and pulls all the music that you hear on Sunday's. Were it not for Ralph our musicians would still be suffering from someone pulling and organizing music who hates it (that would be me ). What Ralph does for our ministry is literally immeasurable. I literally could not go back to the way things used to be and still perform on the level that we do week-in and week-out.

There are so many more people who could make this list - it might be you and maybe you'll be getting a shout-out in May! Do me a favor - shoot these people an email or a card and let them know how much you appreciate what they do!