#CAT09 Reflections part 3
This is a continued series of posts about Catalyst ‘09 and the people there with me.
Dave Daniels-Dave is the Media Director at Reality Church in Va Beach and he runs “churchymedia”, a website geared to help small churches do big church production. He and I have known each other for a few years now and this was our 2nd Catalyst experience together. Dave brings out a side of me that is hard to get to with most people. He’s just one of those guys that “gets it”. Our humor is eerily similar and again, he gets it. So we were at the Blogger’s Meetup and he brought a contraption (really, a contraption. but it worked beautifully!) to interview people about the event, why they blog, what’s their twitter address, etc. I had just gotten done telling my friend how I am bad with “off the cuff”, “on the spot” kind of stuff. It was like God had His iPod cranked up and didn’t hear that part of our convo, because Dave asked me to do the interviews. I messed up the first couple, but I think they turned out ok. You’ll have to wait and see, HERE. I thank Dave for challenging me, getting me out of my comfort zone and understanding my humor. One more thing that would seem to be out of character if you just knew Dave a little bit, is his serious side. In his ChurchyDave way he presents his point of view, only after having thought thoroughly about the topic. (I wonder if that’s what his wife says??) I got to see a little of the serious side of Dave at Catalyst and I’m glad that he is in still in ministry, even after being a youth pastor for a few years. Dave, you da man. Thanks for taking all my stupid questions about iMovie and Final Cut and whatever else i can’t wrap my mind around!
Ben Jamison-I met Ben last year. He works with the Virginia Baptists Mission Board, specifically as a chruch planting strategerist. Ben is a great guy and passionate about people coming to know Christ. His heart is to help new church starts by connecting folks together, allocating funds and provide his expert advice. I love talking to this guy because He knows so much and I don’t think he is too much older than I :-) He just had his second baby after a rough pregnancy. God is seeing him and his family through.
You should say a quick prayer for Ben and Dave right now and Thank God for their ministries!
-AOD
