Eagle Brook Church Blog

Campus Pastor at Lino Lakes

Since Bob announced the news that I’m the new campus pastor at Lino Lakes I’ve had some people ask me what exactly is the role of a campus pastor?  My role will be a little different than Steve at Spring Lake Park or Don at White Bear Lake, because I still have my teaching responsibilities. But here’s the way I think about it:

First, for the staff and volunteers that serve primarily at the Lino campus, my job is to lead and care for them on the weekend.  We have an incredible staff all of whom are very good at what they do.  As a staff we’re all together in the office during the week with our own group. For example, the elementary team works together during the week preparing for the weekend, but when the weekend comes everyone splits up and goes to their own campus. Part of my role is to bring the staff and ministries together as a team so we can reach the goals we have as a campus. 

Second, for the congregation I see my role as the connector.  What Lino has been missing is the consistent face that people know they can connect with and ask questions of.  My plan is to be in the lobby as much as possible to be that person. 

Lino’s a big campus and it’s easy to stay unknown. And to a certain extent we want to allow people the space to remain unknown if they want, but when someone is ready to be known, we want to be there for them. I, along with all the staff and volunteers at Lino, want to help people take the next step in their relationship with Jesus.

There you go.  If you have any other questions about the whole campus pastor thing, let me know.