Jason Lamer

So many thoughts and ideas are brought to the class, everyone has a personal element to their interview, but the item that stands out to me about Jason is a genuine heart for allowing God to work in the places He sees fit to work.

"I owned my faith as a junior in high school, during a difficult time in the church."

I owned my faith. A personal walk with Jesus Christ, finding your identity in Christ is the essential element to the ministry. You must know, beyond any doubt, who you are in God's eyes. Without that there are so many ideas, so many voices, so many seemingly "better" things out there.

This aspect of Jason's call has lead him to look for the crowd in the community and listen for the voice of God to direct. Admittedly, they don't always know what they are doing... but God is always faithful to guide. "Sell yourself as professionals, even when you don't feel like you are". Never underestimate the power of the Spirit of God.

He knew the biggest area of ministry to teens would be the place where teens spent most of their time, the schools, and set out to build bridges and relationships to make it happen. I'm inspired by his ambition and dedication to building a network of ministries to accomplish big things for the kingdom. The Seven Project, the ministry that he currently directs within the Penn-Del district is just that. A high school assembly program designed to network youth ministries in a community to reach teens for the Kingdom of God.

The ministries that we have seen come through the class are all inspiring, but the take away for me from Jason's ministry is the importance of identity and networking. Knowing who you are and what you are called to be in Christ, and working together with other believers to reach out to our communities with the love of God.