Big Changes

Well it has been a looooonnnngggg time since I blogged but wanted to write this once and then let people click on it so I don't have to keep telling the news and writing it in emails.

God has been working in my heart over the past year on moving on from student ministry. Don't get me wrong, I love ministering to students. Some of my greatest joys and moments in ministry have been the conversations I have had with various high school students. But God began changing my heart and I knew I had to let him lead.

I made the announcement back in May that I would be stepping down from my High school director position at Alamo Heights UMC to pursue something else. The only problem was that I had no idea what I was pursuing or what door God was going to open for me. All I know is he told me to go, so I was. I felt God calling me to fully trust Him and to humble myself and my family before His plan and authority. So I did!

Now I do not encourage people to do what I did (especially if your wife is preggers with the baby due a month before you officially step down) without much counseling from people you trust, prayer, talking it over with your spouse, etc. But I knew I had become complacent in my position In other words, my job had become and idol to me. I was nice and comfortable with my macbook, cell phone stipend, health insurance, and job that was really not that challenging. It was a lot of fun and I learned a lot but God was transforming my heart to something else. I knew God was saying, "Logan, I can not guide you completely, till I have your undivided attention". So he got it.

Long story short, I have been interviewing at Oak Hills Church here in San Antonio for a Area Community Minister. I would be ministering to all ages, investing in the lives of people to encourage them in reaching their neighborhood for the advancement of the Kingdom. After about 5 interviews and an incredible night talking and sharing my life and my calling with the some of the staff and elders, I was offered the position.

Starting in September, I will be an Area Community minister at Oak Hills Church. I am excited about the incredible opportunity that lays before and the amount of learning I will be doing from some incredible staff and elders. I am humbled to think the God of the universe sees me as qualified to put me in this position.

I will miss the relationships I have made at AHUMC. God has done incredible things in the lives of those High school students, and He is still moving, It was just time for someone else to lead the movement! I am gracious for the staff at AHUMC, for their partnership in ministry and for the lessons learned. Finally I am honored to have served along side the volunteer leaders and other student ministry staff. We were a team, a really good team, and God was glorified during our time together by your sacrifices for High school kids!

Now is a new beginning for the Fritts Family. Baby Fritts number 2 is due in 2 weeks, and we could not be any more excited about where God has landed us, at Oak Hills, to continue our ministry to the city of San Antonio!

Till the Risen Kings Return,

LF