H7 Story: God's Preparation

Staff and volunteers alike have been so excited to welcome Michael Schubert to the Kid's Team.
What’s so cool about this is that God has been preparing Michael for many more years than most are aware! Not only has he largely grown up at FCC, but he has intuited—and naturally communicates and embodies—our vision and DNA. He is or has been a Pillar Breakouts Coach (“Breakouts” are their small group discussion times), Re:gen participant and co-leader, Merge and Foundations participant in our Marriage Ministry, Life Group member, Catalyst Coffee employee, Catalyst Roasting Team Lead, an FCC Resident, Kids Min Afton Coach for the last 6 months, and, oh yeah, btw, he has volunteered in Kid Min since Middle School.

David Bowlin, Pillar Director says this about growing up and now serving with Michael, "I’ve gotten the honor of knowing Michael since he was in 5th grade! I was a 4th grader. We’ve both experienced the fruit of growing up being discipled by the body of Christ! Over the last few years, he’s become more than a peer. He is a friend and partner in the ministry! We’ve had the pleasure of growing in a re:gen Step Group and Life Group together! When Pillar started, Michael was one of the first to step up as a breakout leader, and he has continued to be one of the most key pieces to our Young Adult Ministry! As PILLAR grew, so did he, and I with him! He became our breakout coach over a year ago, and I couldn’t think of anyone more fitting to step in as our Kids Director."

Also worth mentioning here, to remind us of some important FCC vision: (1) He ticks the boxes according to our “Leadership Pipeline.” It’s only natural that someone who has been an effective Coach in a certain area, who has done every job within that area, and who expresses a desire to continue serving in that area becomes a “Director“ level staff person. (2) Michael is another example—along with Nathan, David, and Samantha—in what we hope continues to be a long line of young ministry leaders we raise up for Kingdom work. As we‘ve said ever since we began developing our multisite vision, our entire church structure is much more about developing and deploying people for God’s Kingdom work in whatever sphere—church, home, work, on Sundays, throughout the week, at our existing campuses and for future campuses. It’s cool to see it work in young people, like Michael, who are equipped to lead the local church into greater faithfulness to God’s mission to make disciples… even young ones! 

While these are some of the tangible and external reasons why we believe God has raised up Michael for ministry, his heart and calling to serve are evident in being celebrated with a Team Ball at our Spring 2023 Team Bash and in our recent Coffee Convo. To hear more about that and from Michael himself, especially for how it is a good look into his heart to serve the local church, you should definitely watch this Coffee Convo!

Please be praying with us that Michael’s leadership will be an important part of FCC continuing to teach children the love of Christ that overcomes their sin and empowers them for a life of service!

Welcome to the team, Michael!