Farewell from Lisa and Markus Lloyd

My husband Markus and I have some exciting, and at the same time, equally sad news. We have prayed for 2 ½ years that God would bless Markus vocationally, with a drama position in a church. A couple of months ago Prestonwood Baptist Church began to pursue him to be the Creative Arts Director of “The Big City”, their 4th-6th grade comedic show that creatively teaches kids about God (similar to KidStreet). This appeared to be an answer to prayer, so we began to ask God for confirmation and direction. We also wondered what that might look like for me and my job at PTCC. I didn’t want to leave such an amazing place, where I was loved, needed, appreciated, and serving in my giftedness. But we knew that to have the two of us working in two different churches wouldn’t work. “Which church would we call our church home?” “Which church would our future kids attend?” So I prayed, “Lord please give me some Scripture to stand on. We don’t want this decision to be made based on what other people think we should do, or on our feelings, which sometimes fail us.”

Now, as many of our PTCC staff will tell you, I have always had a heart for women’s ministry. Over the last couple of years the Lord has been tugging on my spirit and fueling my passion for women’s ministry. And it “just so happened” that as we were praying about Markus’ call to Prestonwood, the position of “Assistant to the Director of Women’s Ministry” came available there. I interviewed with Debbie Stuart, the Director of Women’s ministry, and we decided that it would be a perfect fit.

Yet, I STILL struggled and wrestled with God over leaving PTCC. And God began to answer my prayer for a Scripture to stand on. Over several months time He gave me
Deuteronomy 1:8, “See, I have given you this land” and Joshua 1:9, “Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go." God also gave me 2 Corinthians 4:18, “So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen” and Hebrews 11:8, “By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.”

We trust God in this decision and we know that He blesses obedience. There is a huge joy for Markus and me in knowing this and we look forward to all that He’s going to do. I thank God every day for my life at PTCC; for your friendship, your love, your support, your encouragement, your trust in me as I lead your kids; and for giving me charge over the amazing ministry that began this church. We will miss you terribly.

I will finish out the KidStreet season on May 21 and begin my new journey on May 22. Markus began a couple of weeks ago and things are going very well for him. Thanks for the opportunity to share our lives with you! We love you!!