Friday, June 26, 2009

The Launch Went Great, Now the Work Begins

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The launch of our Communication, Innovation, Collaboration (CIC or KICK) team went amazing, now the real work begins. The four members of our team presented, and we debuted The Rack, our communication site.
During our Q&A people asked three common questions:

1. Will this mean more meetings?
2. How will this benefit my department?
3. What about the admin assistants, what is our role?

Over the next few weeks, we will follow up with everyone at our launch (about 12 people) to answer their questions and help them apply these principles to their areas.

Our KICK Team, which is the four of us at the helm of this process of Innovation, Collaboration and Communication are continuing to discuss our new roles, our next steps and starting on our first project: August Agenda.

Our three major projects are:
1. Human Trafficking Sunday
2. Launch of Elijah Series called "Braveheart"
3. Free Zone Services Sunday

Have a great day.

Into the future,

davidT

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Reflections on This Day...

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Perhaps part of the whole of being a father is being loved by a father(s).

I lost my father almost 10 years ago, it seems like yesterday. In reality, I feel I lost my father countless times prior to that, not because he wasn't around, but due to the war in Nicaragua which caused me to grow up without him at age 12.

Since then, my actual father (mi padre, David Trigueros Sandoval as I called him) loved me every day of his life, through letters, phone calls, 2-3 visits in 15+ years. I spent 2-3 weeks with him a few months before he died. I flew from LAX to Miami to Managua on Dec. 31st (around midnight) on the day he died. He loved me until the very end.

I have also had other fathers along the way:
1. Ray Ramos - my pastor when I was in high school. He believed in me, gave me a chance to do Bible studies, lead music
2. Dad Baker - my father in law. During the low times in my life, loss of my dad, in marriage, in ministry, he showed me grace, took me to basketball games to help me distract, gave me words of kindness and perspective
3. Steve Harling - my current pastor here in Colorado. I've known him for about 5 years; he's been to my house in Long Beach, CA and now working together, I see his character and example first hand.

So today, I called Steve, left him a voice mail and told him how I feel about him. I am grateful that although mi padre is gone, God continues to bring men around me to help me along.

Perhaps this is part of the whole of what it means to be a father, to love our children and those around me, but to also continue to receive and remain a son.

Have a great day.

Into the future,

davidT

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Communication Team Goes Live Next Week

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Over the last few months, I've been blogging here about Communication, Innovation, Collaboration. Our Communication Team has been preparing for the launch of this effort. Well, the time has come, next week we're going LIVE.


Our team is ready and eager to address some of the issues ahead of us. We're working on the tools, the system, the brand, obstacles and definetly planning on having fun.

Should go well. I'll have more to post once we get this off the ground.

Have a great day.

Into the future,

davidT