KATHRYN HOM: On July 31, she will be transitioning to her new job with Inter-Varsity Fellowship as their Senior Administrator for the Greater Los Angeles Division and Los Angeles Urban Project.

She has been apart of the Creative Arts Team as a Volunteer for 2 years and more recently as paid staff.  She has been on a journey this past year in understanding what God has planned for her life. And luckily for us, we have had the privilege to be apart of it. She has been always gone far and beyond the call of duty and will truly be missed.

NEAH LEE: As you have heard, Neah will be joining our team as a Resident Artist with Emphasis in Worship starting August 1. She will also be joining us at the staff retreat.  If you haven’t got a chance to meet and hear her story, please take some time during the retreat to do so. That is, if you can pry her away from Nancy.

What is a Resident Artists?: This is a new role we created in the Creative Arts, where Newsong and the Artist commit to walk along side each other and help each other develop towards what God has planned for them. Neah will a part of the Creative Arts Ministry and some of her responsibilities will be to care for the worship team and lead worship. But her primary duty will be to work along side Nancy in designing our Sunday experience. She will also be encouraged to explore and develop her music.

NANCY LUYEN: Nancy is now the Producer for our Creative Arts Ministry. Her responsibilities will be work along side Neah and myself, to design our Sunday experience. She will be focused on volunteer care & producing/programming of Sundays. She will also be leading a visual arts team as well. She will take on more of the Sunday to Sunday responsibilities.

KEVIN SHEPARD: He will transition in to becoming a key strategist in helping me with the Story Curator role and the our online presence strategy. He has worked diligently with Justin on the new iPhone app and fixed our podcasting systems. He was also on staff at Willow Creek. If you have a Willow Creek DVD, there is a good chance Kevin worked on it.

SAM SONG: I will continue to lead our creative arts ministry as the Creative Arts Director. I will continue to work with Dave G. in series planning, lining up the speakers as well as other special guests. However, I will be experimenting with the Story Curator role, which is to Discover, Express and Display the stories within our church. This will also involve our online presence which includes Global.newsong.net and newsong.net.

The rest of the team will stay as is.
David Hom: Media Manager
Neil Hamaura: Tech Director
Ron Schwing: Tech Director (A1)
Cassidy Roach: Special Ops (Moderation)
Justin Nassie: Communications
Sara Nguyen: Formerly known as the Hub
Eddy Kim: Core Volunteer (Strategist)
Johnny Leou: Performance Arts

Hope this provides a clear picture of CAM’s staff transitions. Thanks! Let me know if you have any more questions.

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Sam introduces Nancy and talks about the Ministry Plan. Also gives 10 ideas in 10 minutes assignment.

Here is the assignment. 10 ideas in 10 minutes about Loving God and Loving People.

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“Leadership is about self-awareness, recognizing your failings, and developing modesty, humility, and humanity.”

And I am concluding my second year as the Creative Director, I have come to be aware of my “failing” as a leader.

I am a creative person and I love to communicate ideas through abstract and intangible mediums. I love to verbally process my thoughts with friends and write it down on in my journals. However, the delivery of these visions and values, especially for the Creative Ministry at Newsong has been weak and/or lacking.

So I have converted the purpose of this blog to strengthen the delivery of stories, vision and values and critical information to you, members of the team.

Please engage and use this as a tool to interact with me: To pick my brain, give constructive feedback or learn to better Love God and Love People.

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Laundry Love Montage shown at Newsong during worship.
www.laundrylovesantaana.com
www.just4one.org

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Unleash Your Beauty – DK from Newsong Church on Vimeo.

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Recently we did away with the series model for Newsong and moved to building a Newsong Culture. This year, Newsong will be be focusing on a core vision of “Unleashing Beauty” which we will be officially launching on October 4 and with the Unleashing Beauty Conference on October 10.

“Unleashing Beauty” is justice, loving the outsider and radical sacrifice.

In Isaiah 58, the word “glory” in Hebrew incorporates this understanding of beauty. The Bible says that if you do these things (i.e., do justice, welcome the poor into your home, sacrifice radically not just out of excess but out of your own need), then the Beauty of God will be Unleashed on the Earth. Have you ever met someone who did such an amazing act of generosity that it took your breath away? It’s revolutionary!

Who is Unleashing Beauty for?

This event is designed for church, business, non-profit leaders to feel empowered to change their local, global, and online communities in the midst of this economic crisis.

This one-day leadership event is open to any leader in the OC/LA area and those who desire to join us online at: http://global.newsong.net (Yes, it will be streamed live!).

What are the hopes for Unleashing Beauty?

* Refresh, inspire, and connect leaders during these turbulent times.
* Create opportunities for leaders to re-invent and innovate their leadership.
* Develop compassion/justice opportunities to become tangible expressions of God’s love for the world.
* Provide opportunities for leaders that are jobless to network with each other.

Dave Gibbons of Newsong and Erwin McManus of Mosaic will be there as well as many others who are leading the way in Unleashing Beauty. You will get to meet and engage with those that are already living out Isaiah 58.

There is no excuse for not being there. It is free and will be streaming live online.

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