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Jeff Lawrence |
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Get to know our pastors...
Jeff Lawrence - Lead Pastor
Hometown: Edmond, Oklahoma
Family: Married Nan on June 11, 1994. Father to three boys: Mike (7), Luke (7), Jake (4), Kate (new baby).
Activities: Playing with my kids, reading, writing, football, basketball, bicycling, outdoor projects around the house.
Music: U2, Miles Davis, David Crowder, Derek Webb, Kings of Leon, 80’s Rock
TV: The Office, Football, Basketball, Tour de France
Movies: Shawshank Redemption, Godfather, Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Books that aren’t the Bible: The Road by Cormac McCarthy, The Brother’s Karamozov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, Anything by Flannery O’Conner, Religious Affections by Jonathan Edwards
First Job: sacking groceries at a local grocery store when I was 15
Food: Tex-mex (one of the great sacrifices in moving to NC)
Vacation spot: Italy
Interesting story: I have a group of guys I call my “Fandango” guys. We stole this title from the movie. We became friends in college, and began meeting regularly to encourage one another to follow Jesus in the ups and downs of college life. Over time, we grew close as we challenged one another and prayed for one another. Before we graduated, we decided to take a “fandango” trip like the guys in the movie. We drove to Mexico the week before finals in order to bury a bottle which would be a sort of time capsule for us. In the bottle, we each included something that was very important to us, a list of life goals we wanted achieve, and a list of spiritual commitments we were making. Ten years later, we returned to the spot, dug up the bottle, and relived everything that had gone into the bottle a decade earlier. It was amazing to see how God had been at work in our lives and celebrate it with a group of men I trusted and loved like brothers. Every guy needs a fandango group. I’m grateful for mine.
Jeff came to Chatham Community Church as Lead Pastor in September, 2007.
Brian McCurry - Pastor of Ministry Development
Hometown: Myrtle Beach, SC
Family: Married to Betsy for 13 years. Father to three active kiddos: Ben (8), Bailey (7) and Brooke (3).
Activities: Family fun, golfing, fantasy football, yucking it up with the guys.
Music: Does sports talk radio count?
TV: Pretty much any sporting event—college football and basketball, NFL and the NBA. America’s Funniest Home Videos, The Office, 24.
Movies: Dumb and Dumber, Gladiator, Christmas Vacation (because Jeff already took Shawshank)
Recent books I've read: Spiritual Leadership by J. Oswald Sanders, The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. edited by Clayborne Carson, Total Church by Tim Chester and Steve Timmis
First Job: Hawaiian Tropic—delivered suntan lotion to grocery and beachwear stores in Myrtle Beach
Food: Sushi
Vacation spot: We travel every summer to St. Augustine, FL. Great beach and great seafood!
Interesting story: My wife and I met on a college mission trip to Slovakia back in 1994. Betsy was the only other person on our team that summer that cared to find a USA Today to get the results for the NBA draft. She caught my eye then and we’ve been disagreeing about our sports teams ever since.
Brian joined the staff of Chatham Community Church as Pastor of Ministry Development in August, 2008.
