Let’s just all agree that Santa Barbra is where the Garden of Eden must have been. I spent the weekend there working with our Chi Alpha leaders to do a comedy night outreach and look at our long term strategy at UCSB. Very fun.
From Santa Barbra I spent a hurried 40 some hours on site in Covina CA with our Chi Alpha leaders at Cal Poly P. Lindsay Fudenna leads our group there and is amazing. Basically, she has done the impossible. On a major commuter campus, in a major urban area with little funding and lots of obstacles she has forged an amazing Chi Alpha group from scratch. An all this working with mostly engineering students. Amazing. She is a Commuter Campus Whisperer.
One of her partners in Chi Alpha-gineeering is the young adult/worship leader at Covina First, Jarrett LeMaster. Jarrett is a creative funnel cloud. Part time voice over artist, actor, song writter, producer and comedian. Full time worship pastor and young adult clairvoint. Oh and Jarrett does the best impression of Christopher Walkin reciting the Be Attitudes of any human alive. Put the mix in with the equally talend spouse Christina and cuteness manifest 6 mo. old Liam and you have a power packed leadership family.
Being around these leaders makes my cells divide faster and my hair follicles hang on for one more year. They are life giving in their commitment, skill, spiritual intimacy and humor.
I rarely promote things but to get a just a small taste of the talent at Cal Poly P check out Jarrett’s music here: http://cdbaby.com/cd/jarretlemaster. You’ll notice by the cover art the Jarrett is one of those guys who went bald at age 10. That is why I call him the “Jean Luke Picard of Next Generation Spiritual Leadership.” Enjoy.