Mark Anderson

Career:

• Currently a Learning Support Paraprofessional

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Your Family

• I have been married to Alisa for 31 years, and we have two adult sons and a teenage daughter.

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Competency (This section describes your natural gifting and talents.)

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What are your natural skills/talents?

• I am a good listener and a lifelong learner.

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Are you most comfortable behind the scenes or out in front?

• Over the years, the Lord has made me comfortable in both.

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In what ways has spiritual growth been evident in your life in the past 6 months?

• The Lord has been taking me deeper into servanthood and obedience to follow wherever He may lead.

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How do you see your natural skills/talents being used by God for the building up of the body of Christ?

• In addition to the natural skills above, I have 24 years of experience in full-time ministry teaching, counseling, discipling, and doing whatever is necessary to shepherd His church for His glory. I would like to draw upon that experience in any way the Elders find helpful, and my schedule allows.

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Chemistry (This section will help identify how well you will fit in with the culture of Cornerstone.)

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How do you believe you will fit in well with our Board?

• I believe I will fit in well with the Cornerstone Board.

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Why do you want to join the Board?

• I want to serve in whatever way would be helpful to Cornerstone.

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How do you see yourself best serving at your campus?

• I believe that there are many ways I could serve my campus, such as greeting, but I would particularly like to serve in an area identified as a need by the Board. I'm available to preach or teach on occasion if that would be helpful to Cornerstone.

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Capacity (This section identifies your bandwidth and how much you are able to take on.)

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Do you work well with large groups, small groups?  Older people, younger?  Do you have particular passions for areas in our church (i.e., Elderly, poor, etc)*

• I do work well with larger and smaller groups, and I believe I work well with older and younger people.

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How important is Cornerstone in the midst of all that is going on in your life?  

• Cornerstone is important, though I do also have several other important priorities at this stage that limit my availability more than I would like at times (primarily care for elderly parents, a special needs son, and my day job).

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Where have you served in our church previously?

• I have served with my community group during the "Love Thy Neighbor" event and served food at the church picnic for the last couple of years. I also covered leading our community group a couple of times when our leader (Rich Lieberman) could not be there, and I covered the Sunday service at Chandler several times for Rich (not necessarily our church, but kind of an extension of our ministry).

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Calling (This section is a combination of confirmation on behalf of the current elders/deacons and your spiritual gifts as outlined in the spiritual gifts assessment.)

 

Are you being nominated for Elder or Deacon?

• Deacon

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What are your spiritual Gift(s)?

• Teaching, shepherding

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What areas of church life or ministry are you most passionate about?

• Discipleship, worship, and fellowship.