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Goodbye, fairwell, and that other word from Sound of Music I can’t spell…
(On Sunday , after 11 years of ministry, I officially announced my departure from FBC Weston. Heres why.)
All,
On behalf of the Bennett Family, I want to thank you for the last 11 years of ministry. I am truly blessed to have served you. I don’t have enough words to express my gratitude. You have helped reach students and families with the gospel. You have helped disciple and evangelize a generation. I would challenge you to continue to pursue Christ, live out the gospel, and rescue a generation of students and help them to become like Christ.
It’s an amazing paradox isn’t it? Christ joins us as believers through the bond of salvation. A justified family of brothers and sisters in Christ. That same ‘family’ bond also breaks us apart as God leads us to pursue the cause of Christ for the world. I am incredibly excited about the next phase of ministry. Pray for us as we transition. Love you guys. You will be in my prayers and in our hearts always.
As I stated to the church on Sunday morning, the Bennett’s will be continuing to live in Weston and our children will finish the semester at WCA at the end of the school year. Many have asked, ‘where are you going?’. So, in order to not have to continue to answer so many emails and texts and twitter messages:), Here are the details: I am pursuing a few different things this next year but the majority of my time will be spent on developing a new ministry called Legend Labs which is a mentoring group to churches with my friend Adam Bond.
Last year Adam asked me to be on his board of directors of his new group. Later in the year when he learned of transition plans he asked me to pray about resigning my board position and coming on as a ministry partner full time. After wrestling with God for quite a few months I finally committed in January 2012 to one year time frame to help him and see from there where it all lands. Very exciting times.
- check out what we do here: www.legendlabs.org
- my new email is erik@legendlabs.org
Christ Alone,
Erik, Jill and the rest of the Bennett’s
