Hey Element Church! I wanted to introduce our newest staff member to you. We are so pumped to make this move for Element church. The rapid growth and change of Element has brought the business side of what we do FAR beyond my capacity to lead it. I feel my time needs to be dedicated to preparation for preaching, teaching, vision and planning. As the church has grown my time to those necessities has decreased immensely. We started praying for someone who could assume the role of Executive Pastor at Element Church. We knew this day would eventually come as we continued to grow. God found our man in Kody Bybee. I’ll have to share the story in church sometime because it is REALLY cool how God orchestrated all of this. Kody is a close college friend of mine and has felt the call to come and serve Element in this capacity. He comes to us from a church where he has already successfully fulfilled this role. We flew him and his wife up here a few weekends ago to interview, and we also received the approval of our Leadership Council at Element to hire him. His wife’s name is Julie and they have 4 kids. We will be introducing them and their family on Sunday, May 10th, when they are in town looking for houses. The Bybee’s currently live in Bartlesville, OK. Kody is going to fill a HUGE hole in Element and will enable us to go to another level of ministry. I can’t wait for Kody to get started tightening up the ship called Element! I know some of you are asking “What does an executive pastor do?” An Executive Pastor takes over ALL things business, organization and structure in the church. Budgets, finances, personnel, hirings, firings, insurance, legal issues, facilities, reviews etc. is handled by the XP. Kody puts it this way “I feel called to do all the things the pastors shouldn’t HAVE to do so they can do what they are SUPPOSED to do!” LOVE IT! Kody is a man I trust and believe he will carry out the vision God has given us with precision and excellence. Kody’s first official day with Element Church will be June 1st.
Excited
Jeff
