MAKING A HOUSE A HOME

Campus Pastors Opened Up About Working And Living Together

From the ukulele sitting beside the fireplace, to the stacks of news magazines on the coffeetable, the home of staffmembers Chris Deitsch,David McKinney, Michael Millerand Johnnie Moore spoke volumes to their different personality traits. Sitting around the coffee table, the four men expressed theirgenuine enjoyment ofspending time together

"Our schedules are insanely different." Moore said "We rarely [get to]see each other."

"Sunday afternoon,after church,is usually [the]time we spend together with the four of us and those who are closest to us," Deitsch said.

The four men firstmet as co-workers at the Campus Pastor's office Moore and McKinney were the firstto form a friendship as they shared an office together in2003 Moore had just begun his first year as a campus pastor and McKinney was working as the student director ofthe campus praise band That same year,Millerand McKinney were paired up together as resident assistants on residence hall 17

In2004, Moore and McKinney moved into a townhouse together and Millersoon joined them Deitsch was hired as a student worker inthe Campus Pastor's office in2005 and moved into the townhouse next door

"When I got the position we allstarted around the same time,"Deitsch said "Iknew that their roommate was moving out.I wrote Johnnie an email [while he was] in India and said can I livewith you guys."

But it was not until McKinney bought a home in the summer of2007 that their schedules and lives finally coincided and they allmoved intogether

"We had thisdesire to make it work but it never happened until lastyear,"Deitsch said When it comes to theirdifferent personality traits, the pastors had more than enough words to say,describing Miller as a super cleaning,Chronicles of Narnia fanatic who pays very close attention todetail

"Michael is quite possibly the cleanest person you've ever met inyour life,"Deitsch said.

"He can walk ina room and justfeelthat something is out of place,"Moore said "Ifhe were a super hero,he would have Lysol as hisweapon."

But they all also agreed that itwas Miller'sattention to details and individuals that aided him inhisministry

"Michael is so individualistic,he doesn't want tojust have a meeting with 10 Spiritual Life Directors, he wants to have a meeting with 10 ofthem one-on-one," Deitsch said McKinney was next inthe hot seat and described as the group's spontaneous socialite who often times lacked a sense oftime and organization, but made up for it in hiseclectic personality and hisability to quickly connect with people

"David isprobably the most social person I have ever met inmy entire life,"Millersaid

"On one side he is thistough gun-toting, animal-killing,sweet tea-drinking,eat-whatyou-kill, Georgia boy,and on the other side he's thiseclectic, artistic, social butterfly," Moore said "He's a man's man,yet he'sanartist."

The group of pastors described Deitsch as the resourceful servant ofthe group McKinney called him a "jack-of-all-trades."

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