Ok, I’ve stepped up and “officially” stepped in and restarted the Freely Project, but why now and why me?
Because of family relationships, stress, burnout, and other issues, God was plainly showing us that the season for us to serve at CA was over. Actually He’s been showing us that for a while, But being the hard-headed soul I am …….. We are seeking God’s will for us now and visiting different churches to see where He’d have us be.
I had served a number a years as deacon and church’s technical lead and now that has come to an end. Yet there is still the call God has on me, and desire to “serve” from a technical aspect some where…
That’s where Freely comes in. As I’ve discussed before the Freely Project was an online intiative started some years ago by a pastor in Scotland with the focus of encouraging and assisting churches to use of Linux and open source software. At it’s high point several years ago the project included pastors, technical ministers, engineers and programmers from all over the world, including myself, and all believers. Due to different seasons and callings on some of the major players the project stalled and sot of died on the vine…
Since then the purpose of the project has stayed on my heart, it’s still a good idea and message and someone(s) needs to walk in that call….
Over that past month or so, God seems to be showing me that this is a call that he has had on others that hadn’t been fulfilled, and now has placed on me. There’s a comfort in being in a place that includes a ministry that can be realised anywhere without being part of a particular church or denomination, it’s also pretty scary too, I really don’t know how God’s going to move in it or what He’s going to do with us in it… I just know He will move… And I’m looking foward to being a part of it!