My wife and I are faithful members of the Hillcrest Church of Christ. In addition to regular attendance, I have served as an occasional teacher for our and other Sunday morning Bible classes, multiple Wednesday night classes, and our Sunday night small group. We also served as a host family for the Hillcrest University Ministry (2016-2019). Before they were discontinued, I wrote several Feeding the Flock articles for our Sunday morning bulletin. I received the email shown in Figure 3.2 from John Barton (current elder at Hillcrest, father/father-in-law of two ACU faculty members, and former professor of computer science at ACU) on the basis of one of these articles.
Figure 3.3. Email from John Barton regarding one of my Feeding the Flock articles.
In Fall 2014 I joined the Hillcrest Singers, an a Capella singing group that rehearses and then gives concerts at local elderly care facilities. In 2015, I was appointed a deacon and began serving on the Hillcrest Missions committee, a thoroughly rewarding committee. In the greater community I have served as head or assistant coach for my son Asher’s AYSO soccer team for the first 7 seasons that he played. I have also served as a data and analytical consultant for both Docket Navigator and the City of Abilene.