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  September 3rd, 2008
  
  From a prayer request! That’s how my journey with City started just over 5 years ago. A simple request for me and the other men in our weekly bible study to be praying for office space to come available so that a newly formed ministry called City On A Hill Productions could have a space for the first employee to report for work. That’s how this incredible journey started for me…from prayer supporter, to office space provider, to financial supporter, to Board Treasurer, and now, most recently, the ministry’s Administrator….hence this. My first ever blog!
  
  It’s been nothing short of incredible to see how the Lord’s plans for City have unfolded before my eyes, and it’s been exciting to be an integral part of that plan. I knew when I started thinking about starting my own business over 7 years ago, that there was a much higher purpose for starting the business than just performing the work we’ve been given and trying to be profitable. As I grew in my walk with the Lord and developed close friendships with other Christian men who I could receive council from and confide in, I began to pray about His plans for my career and that His will be done with the talents He had blessed me with. I began to accept that His plans were not my plans and I began to re-define my definition of “success”. I started to see one door after another open and the path started to become clearer and clearer…I knew the Lord was calling me to leave the comfort of the promising future at a large corporation to step out in faith and follow Him.
  
  So, that’s what I did, I started my business almost 6 years ago knowing how truly blessed I was that the Lord had opened doors and made the path clear enough that I didn’t have to guess if I was making the right decision. On the contrary, I KNEW I was making the right decision because, through His grace, He made it so absolutely clear that this was His plan.
  
  That’s when the prayer request for office space for CHP came - shortly after starting the business and “falling” into a great deal on an office building twice the size of anything we would need for some time to come. THE prayer request, that led to a meeting with this ministry’s director, Shane Sooter, and a simple commitment from me to him that as long as I was blessed with the space, his ministry would be blessed with the space. THE prayer request ultimately caused me to want to get on board with the ministry and support it financially.
  
  THE prayer request led to my increased involvement with the ministry by becoming a member of the board ….and now, serving as the Administrator for the growing ministry. THE prayer request eventually allowed me to step back and see just ONE of the Lord’s purposes for the business He had blessed me with…to support a ministry full of dedicated staff members that love the Lord and are dedicated to teaching how Christ taught, through telling stories, utilizing today’s communication tools to reach people with the Gospel message that might not otherwise be reached, and to support His Kingdom in any way that He wills.
  
  I’m privileged to have to opportunity to serve at City. To work with such dedicated and talented staff members. To see the daily sacrifices of them along with hundreds of volunteers dedicated to our ministry and our purpose. Thanks to all who help make our ministry possible. Thanks to the Lord for providing the vision, purpose and resources for our ministry.
  
  Thanks for THE prayer request that led to the privilege I have of serving as Administrator for City on a Hill!
  
  In Him!
  
  Tony Young
  
  Administrative Director
  
  photo credits: Tyler Michael Pelan of Lighting His World Photography
  
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photo credits: Tyler Michael Pelan of Lighting His World Photography

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