Scott Clark

I have delayed in posting this for a few weeks but could no longer put it off. To not share, in part, what God has blessed us with would be shameful.

God has been so faithful to my family and I. Beyond so many daily blessings, more specifically, I am thankful for what God has done regarding this pregnancy. It has been a little over a year since Ashley had her miscarriage and we experienced the deepest sadness we’ve experienced thus far in this life, and going through the surgery to remove the miscarried baby that would have arrived in January. And although, admittedly, it is still a sad subject, we will soon, and very soon, celebrate the birth of our 2nd daughter (what if it is a boy?? ahhhh) Adelyn Makenna Clark.

We look forward to another healthy child, which many do not have the chance to experience, God have mercy on them. And we look forward to enjoying another addition to our beloved family. From little tiny diapers and late nights to some new furniture (which we were blessed with, thank you again, God) we get to walk through the beginning stages of a whole new life, that we are lucky enough to teach, discipline, nurture, and trust God for. The thoughts of the years to come bring a whole other wave of emotions from joy and excitement, to anxiety and
concern for the unknown, but it all starts with the “right now” of God redeeming our loss and the past months of recovery.

Regardless of our current blessing, suffering, favor, or discipline, God is faithful and loving to those who love Him. Daniel 9:4 1 Corinthians 2:9 Deuteronomy 7:9 Nehemiah 1:5. We are living proof, and I just wanted to share my thankfulness to my God who loves contraconditionally.

Good Afternoon,

It has been a while since I put anything up about little Bre (or baby for that matter) so as you can see she’s moving and grooving. Picture (up above) is literally her groovin to music. She’s a blast to play with, and anytime music is going she’s laughing and dancin, or grabbin her guitar to play alongside me. Ash and I are so blessed! We thank God every day for His abundant grace to have such a beautiful family.

With one on the way…

Baby #2 is doing great, along with Ash having a great pregnancy. Although watching 6 kids at work can take its toll at times (even if you aren’t pregnant). Baby #2 is 18 weeks along at this point, and around 6 inches tall, WOO HOO! We’re definitely excited to experience a baby all over again.

Some names we have been throwing around so far, although it’s completely up in the air still (obviously considering we wont know boy or girls for 11 more days), are:
Canon – boy
Caydence – girl
Harper – boy
Lynn – girl
Liam – boy
Levi – boy
Reagan – boy
Naomi – girl
Ultimately the name will come down to gut feeling and it’s meaning, just like with Breanne.

I’ll keep you’s updated as we find out more But in the meantime,
What does your name mean? Does it match you in meaning? what do your kids names mean? Why did you pick them?

Be Blessed.

have been kinda quiet, I know. Sorry, but a lot has been going on church wise and personally. After this weekend, that was awesome, I thought I’d take a few minutes and spill some thoughts.

1. Why do I have so much energy? It was said at church today that Christians are the ones who instead of being broken they should be able to stand and say Christ has saved and redeemed me in the midst of my humanity. Well, I can at least be an example of that physically. We had a crazy week at church. I’m talking physical work every day for the daycare and just for the church as well. So I get to Friday and work a full maintenance day (still had 1 or 2 things to do when we left Friday, shhhhh don’t tell Pastor) and then we went mountain biking for a few hours, Ricardo, Pastor Michael, and I, doing some pretty intense trails chasing @garlanddavis and his dad Kent. So I go home and play video games until 2:30 in the morning, which should have wrecked my Saturday, right? Ashley wakes me up at 8am and She and I go on a breakfast and a movie date ’til 12:30. While Breanne naps Ashley and I catch a 20 min. power nap. Great but not able to save from exhaustion within its self. We then head over to St. Pete to go to the beach with my Dad, Stepmom, and Brother.

Sidenote- this was Breanne’s first trip to the beach and we had a blast. She played in the sand, chased birds, hung with me in the water, then ate some sand, which thankfully, she didn’t like. Plus I had a daddy moment as I stripped her down and showered her off with me. Now I will clean other people’s kids, but a. not in a public shower b. not with them naked and c. not whilst people watch. I loved every second of it.

So we do the beach thing (if you have kids you know its WORK) and ended up not getting back to Tampa until after 10:30, shower ourselves, watch the tube, pass out, go and serve the church. After church I cooked out for my fam, devin, angela, brenda, and matt. I cooked good too. We then hit 2 stores, and head out for the cookout and mountain biking tonight. I’m still wanting to go hit the single diamond track as I write.

Why do I have so much energy? It’s not just from biking, cuz I’ve been noticing it the last couple of weeks. I love it.

2. Due to some personal things going on right now I am appreciating serving both behind the scenes more, and learning to appreciate leading from the stage more. So much more. I am excited to clean our back building tomorrow. I normally see the honor in serving in such a way, but really I am thankful to be doing it lately. I also am seeing the PRIVILEGE that it is to be able to get on that stage and share my life, my relationship with God, and my personal worship with the church. I am sooooo blessed!! And I want to do it so much more humbly, sincerely, effectively, lovingly, God-honoring-ly

3. I can’t wrap my head around the fact that I am going to be a father of two. It definitely makes me feel old. I am sooo blessed though.

4. I want to live this life to the fullest. Chasing God, that is. Loving my family, wife first, that is. Sincerely and Passionately, Loving God’s people, that is. But I am seeing the importance of consistency, perseverance, and PATIENCE. I suck at that last one. I did have a mini revelation friday coming back from biking though. I saw that I am only 24, 25 in days, and that there are a lot of reasons not to rush things. I just get almost freaked out because so many things are SOOOOOOOOO important, like not wasting a single day of this precious life, and not letting a single sin or habit steal our focus from God.

5. God is BEAUTIFUL and I want nothing more that to grovel in His dirt. To absolutely be His SLAVE. To truly WORSHIP Him as my 1 IDOL, GOD, KING, MASTER, OWNER. I am His belonging and that is good enough for me. To be near Him. To reflect and redirect any glory I can to Him. Just look at HIS creations!!! They are countless!!!

So many of those words are absolutely meaningless in our culture, church and American culture equally.

This ended up being an outpouring of me, kinda all around. I hope it is beneficial to you.

So it’s been about a week or more since my last post so here are some updates.

First on the list is the continual changing of my blog here. 1. I really enjoy playing with graphic designs, so don’t be suprised that it changes often and will continue to do so. 2. I am hoping to improve on the design and provide more resources more effectively for you on the many things I cover on the blog here. For instance, the books and music I am currently enjoying can be near the top now side to side as opposed to having a list that goes all the way down the page. I hope you find it helpful.

Ashley and BooBoo are back. Yeah!!! I am so grateful for them. I am truly blessed.

The worship team is growing spiritually, emotionally, and physically. What’s new is that I warned them a few weeks ago that God is moving, the team is changing, and the end product will most likely not look like we expected it to. Some of that is common sense, but God really pressed it on my heart to say that, and I even had them repeat it back to me. So presently I believe they are starting to believe what I said. And it’s great.
– Physically, we have 2 vocalists practicing with us now, soon to join us on Sundays.
– Emotionally, the team is facing some fears and challenges to grow in the areas we need to to better serve and LEAD the church, and a possible new worship leader is in training. God is great!
– Spiritually, I am doing my best to study, seek, and trust God like never before. I will probably be leading my team through a book starting within the next week or two. I think I have decided to take the team through the book in pairs. Sarah & John, Mark & Amanda, Amy, Heather. In other words; separately but at the same time to really share my heart with the team on what worship is, and why WE, AT JOURNEY CHURCH, do it. Not to mention those pairs all have separate roles within the ministry so it will allow me to address them more specifically.

Again God is good!! I could never do these sort of things without acknowledging and trusting in God that HE has called and equipped me to lead my family, this team, and our church both in congregational worship and in life. I am just Scott Clark, a 24 year old married guy with Daddy issues, a daughter of my own who I will try my hardest to not give daddy issues to. I used to be bullied from as early as I can remember. I later decided I didn’t want to go to college, cuz I hated studying and reading. Years later I’m here. I’m just a regular guy who God has gotten a hold of, and is using my life to, once again, prove how merciful and faithful He is. I want more of God, and hope to take people with me as I go. I am always so honored and blessed to be able to serve in the capacity that I do each and every week, and I am always excited to honor God through music. God is good!

P.S. I am getting baptized this Sunday!! WOW, a minister in the church getting baptized? Yes. When I did it as a kid I had no grasp on what dying to myself and being raised into life with Christ meant. So booyaah, I am declaring it this sunday! That’s me!! I’m ALIVE!!