2 weeks into ‘the rest of my life’
I’m currently 2 weeks into uncharted territory. Y’see on the 31st April I finished my ‘day job’ and embarked on the life of a musician/songwriter/worship leader (partly supported by Deep End Ministries Trust and some freelance consultancy work on my part).
There’s a bit of a story behind the timing of it, which I’ll explain in more detail to you if you’re a subscriber to my email list at www.andyrogersmusic.com, but it’s based on how Ezra left the security of his role with King Artaxerxes on the first day of the first month and arrived in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month of the seventh year to re-establish the temple worship etc (Ezra 7:7-9)
Now I know the original Hebrew calender is different to ours but for me it was a confirmation of time scales. I’ve been leading worship for 20 years this year and for about the same amount of time I’ve been a financial adviser and it just seems that this is the time for these paths to diverge. Exciting and scary at the same time!
Anyways, here I am raring to go with lots of ideas to implement which I’ll document both here and in my email newsletter. There are 3 specific things I’m working towards:
- Getting ‘out there’ and doing more live events, worship, intercessory worship stuff and some mainstream events with my band ‘A Perfect Stone’ - (If you know of anyone who might consider booking me for events, church services or even tour dates send them to http://www.andyrogersmusic.com/bookings.htm for details)
- Doing more song writing and collaborating - In fact, I’ve got a project that I’d like you to keep me accountable on, details coming soon.
- Mentoring, passing on the baton to the next generation - It’s not a case that I have all the answers but I already have the privilege of working with a bunch of musicians and creative folks who are half my age!
So there you go - that’s a broad outline of the ‘rest of my life’ as it looks at this point!
Speak soon.