2011…its over?

Posted on December 26, 2011 by sdota

Andrews Family Adventures in 2011

Well – it’s hard a believe another year has flown by!  We’ve had a wild year…if that’s why your here…let me get right to it!

Family:  This was a full year as a family.  I’m still in school, we were knee deep in facilitating portable church in a hotel each week…until God gave a great gift of a new facility…then we were waist deep in both!  Susie has been busy this year keeping our family organized on top of her leadership roles at Daybreak in video production and worship arts.  The boys turned 12 this year, and are now in 7th grade!  Can you even believe it!  Let me give you a couple highlights of our year.

This years project!

So…we did a little landscaping.  Susie really wanted to improve the way the two decks and brick patio came together.  So, we went to Stouffers of Kissel Hill and they drew us a design.  Nice, eh?  Well, we did buy lots of plants, pavers and junk.  After lots of digging, and spreading stones (thanks boys) – we were really  happy how it turned out.  Next summer…we’ll make the other side you can’t see in the picture look just as sweet. :-)

On a plus note…the boys are old enough now…they got to be apprenticed in the fine art of landscaping!

 

Caleb shoved 2 tons of stone into place. That's my boy!

 

Jacob decided it was time to learn to mow! Every dad likes to hear that!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jacob after his bike accident in the E/R.

Punch the Frequent Flyer E-R card…..In the Spring, Jacob had a nasty accident.  He was coming down a stone hill on his bike at boy speed (which is much faster than any normal person would think of going) – and he went over his handle bars.  He did a face plant onto the stones…and took some major road rash on the face, as well as a level 2 concussion.  You know when your child can’t remember what happened that night or even over the last 3 weeks…you get a little scared.

 

 

Our family spending a day at Blizzard Beach @ Disney. What blast!

Family vacation minus dad!  Yikes!  It happened again…just like the last 4 years of school.  I ran off to study at Tozer Seminary for 2 weeks while my family trekked to Florida for a week.  They had a good time, and were glad Dad rejoined them…just in time to hit a water park…and then drive home!  Well, the water park was fun. (left)  The long drive home?  Well, family of four and luggage packed in a corolla for 16 hours…like the song says…”makes you want to shout!”

American Home Life Student visitors from China!

Surprise House Guests! We also had a surprise visit from some Chinese students touring the U.S.  We had a friend call us with the need…and we had 12 hours till they arrived!  Well, we really couldn’t come up with any reason not to be hospitable – so we said yes.  Justin and Sam were great kids.  We had a little trouble communicating, but nothing a campfire and some smores couldn’t over come!   By the time they left, they Susie had even indoctrinated them into being Steelers fans! (right)

 

Painting...again! An old elementary school becomes Daybreak@Good Hope Road!

Much of our Summer was spent as a family painting, cleaning, and fixing…Shaull Elementary to become Daybreak @ Good Hope Road.  If you don’t know…God was really at work and were able to go from being portable each week at the Park Inn, to having a 24/7 facility.  It was no small feat to get the place ready, but lots of Daybreakers pitched in to get it done.  (Although, we spent so much time there that my son’s told me we just needed to throw down some sleeping bags and camp out!)  If you want to see more about that…check out lots of my blog posts from earlier this year.

 

 

The boys say goodbye to old Straw-man

AUTUMN TRAGEDY.  Our fall Straw-man porch guard decoration…was…well, falling apart.  He was no longer

Yikes...don't be a Straw-man slacker around here!

completing his duties, and even after many warnings, we decided to make an example out of him.   So, mom and they boys staged an official firing squad (which they loved).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Twenty Years and more in love than ever!

 

SEPTEMBER CELEBRATION!  Susie and I celebrated 20 years this fall!  Cool, right?  And by celebrate, I mean, we went to Red Robin on a gift card with the boys.  *Sigh*  Life as parents…all part of the gig.

 

 

 

What’s on the horizon?  Well, I’m taking a sabbatical this Spring.  I’ll be completing some schooling, doing a monastic retreat, traveling with Suz to a Pastoral renewal center, and getting some coaching.  I’ll be off from regular Daybreak duties from January 15th to May 15th.  (check my blog for updates on where I am and what I’m learning!)  The boys will be learning their new art of riding dirt bike (their Christmas present!).  Susie will be enjoying seeing me more often and not competing for my attention so much while I do school and work!

Thanks for tuning in!  Hope your year was just as fun!

The boys campout with Cousin Aaron@Raystown overnight. Never can have too much fun as a kid, right?

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Celebrating Daybreak@Good Hope Road!

Posted on December 10, 2011 by sdota

Can you believe its been a little over a year of ministry since we launched our 2nd campus of Daybreak?  Now Daybreak@Good Hope Road – its pretty exciting to see what God’s been up to!  Maybe the best way to celebrate it is to stop and reflect on how God’s worked in people’s lives this year….

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A Sabbatical – Time to Re-charge

Posted on December 7, 2011 by sdota


What an amazing year it has been for Daybreak.  In the last year, God provided the means by which we could be part of launching a new campus, being portable each week at the Park Inn, preparing the new facility God provided…and now having a great place to worship each weekend!  What a gift!  All the while Daybreak has been baptizing new people, welcoming new people to both campuses and watching as God changes lives.  It really has been a great year.

For me as a pastor, I have enjoyed this journey immensely.  It has been rich with reward, and full of great sacrifice.  Serving Christ at Daybreak is certainly one of the greatest joys of my life.  Over the past two years, however, I’ve also experienced a new level of personal sacrifice and trials as we’ve gone on this adventure.  As I’ve shared with many of you, in the weeks leading up to launch I was physically and emotionally exhausted.  Though I’ve been enjoying the new freedom we have at our new facility, I still have not had the time to recharge my soul and renew my leadership.  The elders of Daybreak have decided to give me the gift of a Sabbatical to continue my education and renew myself in Christ.  I’m thankful both to Daybreak’s leadership and my Daybreak family for allowing me to re-invest into my family and my soul after my almost 7 years of vocational ministry here @ Daybreak.

A Sabbatical is a biblical concept based on the Sabbath.  It is a rest from work.  In my case, I will be taking a rest from my normal Daybreak duties from January 15th through May 15th.   During that time, I will be continuing my graduate work (only 12 more credits to graduate!), taking a Monastic Retreat, traveling with Susie to a place for pastoral couple’s renewal and investing regularly into my sons.  I’m really looking forward it, though I will miss hanging with my Daybreak family each weekend!

Daybreak @ Good Hope Road has a great team with very competent leaders.  And while I’m gone, Pastor Joel and Pastor John will be providing consistent leadership on the weekends in my place.  They will be meeting with your campus leaders as well to support them.  With a great teaching team, worship arts, children and students ministry all in place, you can be confident that Daybreak @ GHR will continue to be a place of life-change for both you and any guest you invite!   Fear not, I will come visit Daybreak@GHR after taking 4-6 weeks to visit some local church plants on the weekends!  Local Ministries will be led by Pastor Ric in my absence.   He will be supporting the leaders of FPU, Ministry Placement, and Community service team.

 

Please don’t hesitate to ask some questions if you have them!  Just email me @ shawn.andrews@daybreakweb.com.

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September Update!

Posted on September 25, 2011 by sdota

Wins!
Ok – We have painted, and cleaned…and in just a 4 weeks or so we’ll be in our new location at the old Shaull Elementary (1920 Good Hope Rd.). Our date is still set for October 16th. Keep praying…and we still need some help. Look for those opportunities below.

3 IMPORTANT UPDATES! (You’ll want to check this out…so you can come celebate with us!)
1. Just 2 more Sunday’s at the PARK INN!  10/2 and 10/9…we’ll be at the Inn…then we move to Daybreak @ Good Hope Rd!

2. PRAY for our New location: For the next 6 weeks, will you pray for our move to our new location? Just REPLY to this email and say “YES, I’LL PRAY”
- We’ll send you an email daily, and you can take just 5 minutes to pray and ask God to prepare us for what he’s going to do!

3. Come HELP on Saturday morning 10/8 (8am – 3pm) to move stuff in, put up signs, clean and get Shaull ready for us to move in!

Elders praying over Daybreak @ Good Hope Rd in the new worship center!

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July Campus Update!

Posted on August 5, 2011 by sdota



Wins!

Are you wondering…what’s happening?  What’s up with our location?  What’s God doing these days?

 

First – A BIG THANK YOU to those of you who make an enormous contribution each Sunday @ CPC.  From Setup, to Worship, to Children & Students, and Hospitality….you make our church family a place of welcome for guests…and we’ve had many this summer checking us out!  Arranging your summer schedule to serve God isn’t an easy task – but on behalf of your whole church family – THANK YOU for making sacrifices.  And, I invite any of you who aren’t yet part of our team – to check out a place to serve on Sunday August 14th at our Ministry Expo.  You’ll have opportunities to speak with team leaders, find out more information, and sign-up!  We’d love to help you enjoy the fun of serving together.

 

I can’t help but think, God is up to something…something big to which He is inviting us.  We have all sacrificed this past year, and now He’s giving us a lot of momentum as we prepare to move into the Shaull building.  What’s He up to?  First, He has given us so much favor with CV schools and the township.  One year ago, CV wasn’t interested in leasing, now they are delighted to partner with us.  Second, the zoning doesn’t allow us to have any new church worship service in that zoned area (e.g. the school), but the township is committed to change that so that we can.  And just last week, God prompted someone to give $7K towards our move in expenses so that we would have enough to really welcome guests and be a place of hope for the community.  I’m no genius, but I’m pretty sure this adds up to something that will challenge us, bless us, and allow us to experience God’s mission in a whole new way.  Are you ready?

 

 

What’s coming…(If you miss this, well…you’ll have missed it!)

A Campus Name Update!  What’s in a name?  It’s important to have a campus name that distinguishes our two campuses from each other, but just as importantly, helps your guest invite to be effective.  Effective means when you tell someone about the place your spiritual family meets and where they might come on a Sunday to meet God – they get a sense of location and familiarity that sticks.  That’s why several months ago, I asked for your input on a name.  About 30 of you took the time to give me some thoughts on it.  Based on your input, most of you liked including the new road name we will be on in the name “Good Hope”.  This coming month at our campus leaders meeting, and elders meeting, we’ll discuss and decide on a final name so we can start making signs!

 

More painting is on the way…keep reading for the details!

 

When can we move in?  We are hoping to have a lot of the painting done by the end of August.  We are praying and talking with CV about the possibility of allowing a few of our ministries to have weekday meetings at the new facility in September.  By mid-October, we hope to have an occupancy permit and a “grand opening” of our new facility.  Anybody sense a party coming up ? J

 

For now, we’ll be at the PARK INN until October 9th. It’s very likely we’ll be able to start services @ Shaull on or shortly after October 16th!

 

How can you pray and help? (Here, it gets even better? J)

Jesus said in Matthew 20:19-20, “Go and make disciples…baptizing and teaching them to obey…and I will be with you.”

What is our task?  To help people on the life-changing journey with Jesus.  This makes God smile…and it changes our community one life, one family at a time.  So – never stop praying for your friend, neighbor or family member.  Never stop sharing the love of Christ both in deed and in word.  Never stop inviting them to come and experience the Jesus family at Daybreak.

 

And while you are on that journey – schedule some time to be part of something really cool.  Help make this new facility that God is giving us into a welcoming environment where people can come and celebrate God’s grace each week.  Let’s create a place where we can rally together and go change the world, ok?

Missed the paint days?  Check out our first one!

Next painting & work days:

1.  Saturday, August 13th from 8:30am – 12:30pm.

2.  Tuesday evening August 16th from 6:00pm – 8:30 pm.  (Small Group painting party…bring your whole group and finish off an area at Shaull together!)

3.  OR if you have some daytime hours and want to paint…contact me, I’ll help you get started!

PS.  YOU’VE LOST SOMETHING – MAYBE I’VE FOUND IT!  I’ve got a lost and found that now consists of a small King James Bible and reading glasses, three fold out lawn chairs, and a XL blue fleece jacket.  Looking for it?  Please email janet.fry@daybreakweb.com and she’ll get you reunited with your stuff!  Thanks.

 

Serving Christ Together,

 

Shawn Andrews, Carlisle Pike Campus Pastor

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Woot! God thing just around the corner for CPC!

Posted on April 21, 2011 by sdota

Exciting News on a 24×7 Location!

Check out the April CPC update below!

New Diggs...Coming soon!

Wins!

God did something AMAZING this week!  As many of you know, we’ve been praying and proposing a lease at the Old Shaull Elementary School (map).   This facility would give us 24×7 visibility in the community and open many options to grow.  It’s a great location on Good Hope Road just off the Wertzville Rd exit on Rt. 81.  (4 miles from the Park Inn).

Well – we started a conversation with CV School district (who still owns it) about a month or two back, asking if they were open to leasing in lieu of selling.  They said yes!  So – we submitted a proposal for what we could afford – and we just got an email today saying they approved our initial lease terms!  We still have some negotiating to do for the specifics, and we are still working out the timing.

Want an idea of what it looks like?  Check out my iPhone tour (*WARNING* I’m an amateur and filmed it sideways…it’s kinda funny at first…till your neck starts to hurt. :-) )  “Like it” on facebook.  Tweet it.  Share it with friends.  It’s cool. ;-) (And say thanks to Pastor Joel for being willing to lead the team (Andy Shay, Lon Lebo, Craig Hatch, Michelle Wierman) to investigate this facility while I have been working hard in other areas.)

For now, we’ll be at the PARK INN until August. We’ll let you know if we can do something sooner.

What’s coming…(Oh yeah…you don’t want to miss this!)

Our CPC PICNIC!  Don’t miss it.  Saturday, MAY 21st from 4pm-6pm @ Creek View North Park.  (map)  Expect an invite soon by email.  You can respond and let us know what you want to bring.  You don’t want to miss it – Carrie Lebo has promised to bring some ice breakers that will make you laugh at me…I can’t tell you how excited I am about that! J

On Mother’s day…we’re hoping to do an outdoor service under the Park Inn tent…so pray for good weather!

How can you pray and help? (If you’ve read this far, why stop now?)

Jesus said in Matthew 16, “I will build my church, and all the powers of hell will not conquer it.”

WE are the church.  When Jesus left, He said WE would bring His Hope to the world.  The local church brings HOPE to the world.   Around 400,000 people in our area don’t attend church any given Sunday.   My guess is many of those same people lack a life changing journey with Jesus.  Who are they?  Your family.  Your friends.  Your co-workers.  You neighbors.  Your waitress @ Red Robin.  Your cashier @ WAGs.  Isn’t it the greatest privilege on the planet to be part of the local church bringing the HOPE of Christ to the world?

So – pray that God forwards HIS mission THROUGH us.  Pray that God will use us to FORWARD HIS mission to impact the Carlisle Pike Community!  Pray for the people around you who need to know Jesus.  And Pray that our new facility will be a beacon of hope planted in the community and transformation planted in the community!

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CPC March Update

Posted on March 29, 2011 by sdota

Wins!

Carlisle Pike Campus – We did it!  We’ve overcome the odds to find a great location to meet at for 4 weeks @ East Penn Elementary.  Many of you have commented on how much you love the acoustics and feel of East Penn Elementary (CPC @ EPE!)  I’ve appreciated your input, and the experience has been really helpful at helping us see what “could be” in the future.  It’s good to be back at Park Inn now consistently!

Aren’t those Setup & Teardown folks just amazing?  Speaking of which – we played a really awesomely cool video this weekend celebrating our 6 months at CPC…and what it takes to be “portable”.  Check it out on Youtube. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj2aoszxA5k)

“Like it” on facebook.  Share it with friends.  It’s cool. ;-)

BTW – Thanks Hospitality team for working the coffee for us while we were at East Penn…it was yummy.

What’s coming…(this is exciting stuff….keep reading!)

Maybe you are wondering what’s up with being portable and such…So, let me share what I know…

Current Location:  Over the next several months, we’ll be CPC @ Park Inn.  We have a contract with the Park Inn until August, 2011.  Thanks for making all the adjustments; we’ll have a steady location again through August.  (except for Easter when both campuses will come together under the big tent!)

Future Possibilities:

For now, the elders have authorized a CPC Location Task force.  Our own Andy Shay and Lon Lebo are on that task force looking at a very specific possibility – the Old Shaull Elementary School (map).  It’s a little more central to our campus attendees, easy to find, known in the community….and its been for sale for a long time.  We actually looked at it about 1 year ago, but felt like the timing just wasn’t right. Since being at East Penn Elementary, and having a great handle on being portable, we think multiple possibilities could exist for us using some of the Old Shaull Elementary.  The team is just getting started, so I’d like you to simply start praying.  We want what God wants…when He wants it.  Let’s just pray, and watch to see how God works.

Location Schedule

3/20 – 4/17:  Park Inn

4/24:  EASTER – Together under the TENT at Gettysburg Pike Campus

5/1 – 8/28:  Park Inn

How can you pray and help? (If you’ve read this far, why stop now? J)

Jesus said in Matthew 16, “I will build my church, and all the powers of hell will not conquer it.”

WE are the church.  When Jesus left, He said WE would bring His Hope to the world.  The local church brings HOPE to the world.   Around 400,000 people in our area don’t attend church any given Sunday.   My guess is many of those same people lack a life changing journey with Jesus.  Who are they?  Your family.  Your friends.  Your co-workers.  You neighbors.  Your waitress @ Red Robin.  Your cashier @ WAGs.  Isn’t it the greatest privilege on the planet to be part of the local church bringing the HOPE of Christ to the world?

So – pray that God forwards HIS mission THROUGH us.  Pray that God will use us to FORWARD HIS mission to impact the Carlisle Pike Community!  Pray for the people around you who need to know Jesus…and let His love OUTFLOW from you to them!  Invite them out…you know they’ll love it!

Serving Christ Together,

Shawn Andrews, Carlisle Pike Campus Pastor

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Life @ the Andrews – 2010 in review…

Posted on December 22, 2010 by sdota

Ok – so we all have those years…when memories are built, life-change is experienced, new friends are made…those are the same years when the highs are really high…and the lows are low.  I think we had one of those years.  Well, I think.

Let’s see – Winter 2010.  Brrrrrrrr?  Yeah…if brrr means snow…too much snow.  That pretty much sums it up.  After shoveling for weeks, and helping my sons learn to be Eskimos,  We jumped in the car and beat the second big storm out of town…racing our way out of it on the way to “grandma’s house”….in Orlando FL.

FL in the winter

You are probably thinking – doh…that must have been nice.  Well, it was sweet to not shovel, but it was in the 40′s in FL.  Yikes! Fear not – we still headed to the beach…kept driving south till we found one in the 60′s. :-)

Winter into Spring brought another big change into our lives – launching Daybreak Carlisle Pike Campus.  In the new world, sometimes “church planting” means many things, but without totally leaving our church.  Sound weird?  We call it – one church in two locations.  It means, staying here and going out there, growing bigger and getting smaller, growing spiritually and focusing outward….it means a lot of things – but for us…with me saying “Yes” to God to serve as Campus Pastor…it  meant a big leap of faith – and a lot of difficult road ahead.  We’ve learned a lot.  More about that later.

Spring came, and the boys turned 11!  How did that happen?  They were just two little toddlers, weren’t they?  Well, they’ve grown up and with each year comes new challenges.  Our biggest challenge right now – is their transition to manhood.  We spend lots of time talking about what it means to be a man – “Accept Responsibility, Live Courageously, Expect a Greater Reward…God’s Reward”.

Now – back to our campus launch story…  Soon – we were in Summer and my campus launch team was hunting like mad for a location (we’d been hunting since November 2009!)  Let’s just say, I’ve learned more than I ever wanted to know about leasing, facilities, and local ordinances. Ug.  With nothing that fit our location and financial requirements…I also learned much about praying.   The launch team was growing, so was I.  If only we had a location.  We knew where God was leading us, but nothing seemed to work out.  Just when I was feeling exhausted by it all – it was time for a break.   Summer vacation – guess where?  Yeah, back to Grandma’s house.   Grandma & Grandpa came along this time…for a week @ their home in FL.

A little birdie told me...

FL in June.  Yeah, its hot. I like it.  Bush Garden’s safari (Thanks Pimpo’s!) with the big animals eating from our hands.  Cool eh?  Oh yeah.  Better yet?  A roller coaster with a straight 240′ drop…yeah, nice…Suz loved it, I could tell by the volume of her screaming. :-) Then I took the boys on their first rope course.  It was fun – but it was pretty challenging.  They both did awesome.  But 75′ high – 100′ run zip lines…seriously intense.  I was proud of them…their first venture into what it means to live courageously as a man.

We had them eating out of our hands!

Ok – so – where were we?  Oh – end of July- Campus Launch looming…set for September 5, Grand Opening.  How God?  Our answer came quickly.  Holiday Inn West.  We would be “portable”.   Church is the people, not the location -right?  Yep.  Learning that lesson. (After all, I think the first portable church was called the “Tabernacle” – built by Israelites as their place of worship where ever they landed.  In 6 weeks, we worked with a company called “PortableChurch.com”.


CPC - Get Portable!

They rocked.  A 24 foot trailer and 24 foot box truck later…we can have church anywhere.  Intimidating?  You bet.  And yet, we do it every week like its something we’ve done all our lives (4 months later…at least)    Oh – and while I was under the gun to organize the launch – why not install a zip line at the house, and a brick patio.  I mean – why not, right?  May I add – my wife was pleased that all those bricks I’ve been collecting from people over the last 10 years when to good use.  (I told her they were like gold!)

September – our sons…are middle schoolers now.  Ooooo.  Well, no turning back, they are full of middle school humor, silliness, energy, and all the other things that make parents question their sanity.  Sure glad sanity is not an issue for me. ;-)

Well – since then – we’ve all learned a lot this year about growing up, and being a family.  I’ve learned how to unload two 24 foot vehicles and transform a hotel into a church in 1 hour.  I’ve learned how good of friends you can make when you get up with them at 5am ish – drive a 24

Zip Line!

foot diesel truck, and spend hours together each day.  Suz has learned how rewarding it is to see artists take a leap of faith to stretch in their talents and their character.  Jacob & Caleb have continued to learn an important lesson for their age – friends determine destinies – and accepting responsibility is harder than it sounds.  Better than all these things – we’ve learned how to trust God with our lives, and keeping giving Him our ‘yes’.

Hope you year has been just as great!

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Daybreak CPC – Where are we now?

Posted on December 1, 2010 by sdota

Being portable…well it reminds you each week that the “church” is not a location we arrive at…its the people that arrive there. Its our friends, our family…and our worship experience where we create an atmosphere where people can have an authentic encounter with God. Sunday worship – its a rally point where we gather to celebrate the life-changing journey with Jesus we are on. Its a place we invite our friends to experience it as well. We are the church when we experience God, when we help others experience God, and when we share that experience through our actions of compassion and justice.

This spring, we’ll celebrate that all the more as we meet in two locations! At the Holiday Inn, often, and about 5 times, most likely at East Penn Middle School. Its about 5 minutes from our current location, and will provide us with an auditorium and two great multi-purpose rooms.  Check out the birds eye view below:

Birds eye view of East Penn Middle School

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What’s up at CPC?

Posted on October 29, 2010 by sdota

Wins!

Can you believe we’ll be 11 weeks old this coming Sunday?  I’ve heard many stories of how God has been moving in our hearts on the weekend.  We’ve had more than 35 first time guests on the weekend, and some of them have already become members at Daybreak @ Journey 101 class a few weeks ago.  We’ve averaged about 250 people per week, which means God has already doubled the initial size of our launch team!

Celebrate the Heroes of CPC!

If you’ve never seen what happens behind the scenes at Daybreak CPC – let me celebrate some teams that make it happen!

  • SET-UP/TEARDOWN TEAM:  Every week, these folks are like the WWII 101st Airborne…they land early and prepare the beaches for what God wants to do each Sunday.  They meet at 6am and work till 7:30 am to transform the Holiday Inn into Daybreak CPC.  Then afterwards, they pack it all up again!  Heroes!

(Team Leader:  Shawn Andrews, shawn.andrews@daybreakweb.com)

  • PORTABLE CHURCH DRIVERS TEAM: Each week, this team gets out of bed before the sun comes up!  They are the folks who deliver all that equipment that allows us to be portable.  They use their own trucks to haul the Daybreak CPC trailer, or drive the Daybreak CPC 24 foot truck so that every other team and person can serve and worship that day!  Heroes!

(Team Leader: Carl Hollander, carleton.hollander@verizon.net)

  • WORSHIP ARTS TEAM:  At 7:15 am every Sunday – you’ll find the Band, Vocalists and A/V Tech’s of CPC hard at work practicing and preparing to bring their best so the rest of us can enjoy an encounter with God in Sunday services.  And that’s after they’ve already taken 4 hours the Thursday evening before to practice!  Heroes!

(Team Leader: Susie Andrews, Susie.andrews@daybreakweb.com)

  • HOSPITALITY TEAM:  At about 6:30 am on Sundays, the Hospitality team leaders show up to make sure the Holiday Inn becomes a place of Welcome for our guests.  They post all the signs, prepare guest & ministry central, and get everything ready so everyone who comes can relax as they easily find our Worship Center, Children & Student’s ministries.  Heroes!

(Team Leader: Tracy Pimpo, tracypimpo@yahoo.com)

  • CHILDREN’S MINISTRY TEAM:  By 7am, the first AllStars leader(s) arrive to help setup.  By 8:30 am, children’s class coaches & helpers are flooding the Children’s areas to welcome the kids who will learn how Jesus can change their life forever…all wrapped up in a lot of fun!  Because they serve, our kids get to know Christ, and our adult guests feel confident about their own personal encounter with God because their kids are taken care of.  Heroes!

(Team Leader:  Linnea Hollander, Linnea.Hollander@daybreakweb.com)

Want to join the team….and be a part of the Heroic journey?  God loves it when we Contribute to His Work…and when we do – we feel Him at work in us!  Just email a team leader, and they’ll be glad to get you on the journey with their team.

And just one more mention…can I say how thankful I am for Janet Fry?  She’s our Campus Administrative Assistant who serves to support myself (wow – do I need it!), and the other leaders at CPC.  She’s been a part of our team since August…and volunteers more than 20 hours per week to help us all be organized.  If you see her, just let her know how much you appreciate her and her love for Jesus!

How can you pray?

First:

Pray for that guest God is prompting you to invite!  Be their friend, and help them on their journey.  My commitment to you is that I’ll do my best to make sure EVERY Sunday is a great experience, so when they decide to come…they’ll want to stick around…and you have a church campus you can be proud of!

Second:

Pray that God helps us on our “Portable” journey.  WE are the church…and we know it’s not a building!  God has provided us a great place to meet at the Holiday Inn.  Currently, our financial giving at CPC can’t support our staff, and a lease on 24×7 facility space.  So – please pray that God will give us favor with our weekend rental situation, and He will continue lead us in “where” He wants us to meet as we keep growing!  Pray that He will grow us financially as we look to other possibilities which can accommodate how He’s growing our campus.

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