One of the joys of being a founding pastor of a 15 year old church is that we have people who have been on staff a long time. Lowell Ballew is the fifth staff person who has celebrated ten years, or more, on staff at CCCC.
Ten years in one place says a lot about someone. For ten years you make friends, you have integrity, you grow with the church, you endure disappointments, you add team members, your role changes, you solve problems and you get to see families grow and kids grow up.
Ten years ago, we were a five year old start-up, church meeting in the a school with about 600 weekend attenders. Today, over 4000 gather weekly in one of the five weekend services in two locations. Ten years ago, we had been without a worship leader for 22 months. A friend of mine recommended a young guy serving at a church in Garland, TX, who was from Frost Texas, the only city in Texas that has the distinction of having Frost on the water tower 365 days a year. Lowell says that about his hometown.
I invited Lowell to come lead on a Sunday and he did an incredible job. He was very gifted and surprisingly humble for such a talented person. Besides that, he was a real man, he was athletic, competitive and interesting. Most importantly, he and Shay had a real heart for God and the mission of Jesus in the world. Lowell Ballew brought his wife, Shay, and their baby boy Aidan to League City in December of 1998. Since then, Liam, Jude and Olivia were born.
So we celebrate! For ten years we’ve shared the joy and the challenges of Clear Creek Community Church. For ten years we’ve been enamored with incredible guitar riffs and amazing music and songs of worship and songs that a church can only pull off if there are really talented people serving. For ten years I’ve been grateful to serve with a guy who loves God and loves people and has a heart for the world.
Lowell and Shay, we hold you in high regard.
- Bruce Wesley
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