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Tonight I was appointed as a director of Canberra Christian Radio Limited (CCRL), the autonomous body behind 1WAY FM, at their annual general meeting.

I haven’t written much yet on my reflections of almost three weeks in my new job, and it’s 11 o’clock at night now so this certainly won’t be a long post. But I have a lot to write, and that will all be coming before too long. It might happen this weekend. But this weekend, the first thing I really should focus on is getting my tax done which, incidentally, was due last night. Oops.

Being appointed as a director of CCRL means that I can bring youth representation to the board. With the current General Manager, Bill Kitto, resigning as of the end of the year, this could be important as we don’t yet know who the incoming General Manager will be, and whether they will be as open to youth involvement as Bill is.

That’s not the only reason I nominated for the board though. For any organisation that I work for, volunteer for, or am involved with in some capacity I try to learn as much as I can in order to do the best I can in my job. As I see it, knowledge is power. The more you know – the more fingers you have in the pie – the better job you can do. I intend to be involved with 1WAY FM for some time, and if I can’t see things from the board’s perspective when planning and implementing new ideas in my position as Project Manager, then I’m not making the most of my capacity. Also, if I have ideas that need to go to the board first, then of course by being on the board I’d be able to present them myself and aim for a faster turnaround time.

And I thoroughly enjoy learning. I try to learn whatever I can out of everything I do because I know that anything could be helpful to me later down the track. This is the learning phase of my life, after all. And I’m sure that I will gain alot of valuable insight and experience at the board level through this appointment.

1WAY FM’s purpose is to present the reality of Jesus Christ through radio and other media, and as the world moves forward, I think it’s important for 1WAY FM to move forward with it – and further establish itself as Canberra’s alternative music radio choice. Through this, it can bring more people to Christ and challenge those who are already saved to continue stepping forward.

There was alot of discussion tonight about the appointment of the new directors – including the fact that it could be a conflict of interest having a salaried staff member on the board. That was largely put aside with the suggestion that I could be asked to temporarily stand down for any decisions where that conflict of interest would come into play.

I guess I saw my appointment tonight as an endorsement, and as encouragement, to continue pursuing further involvement in this new phase of my life. The vast majority of my time will now be spent on 1WAY FM – using my skills and ideas to make changes, in order to take 1WAY FM into the future and help it effectively accomplish its mission.

That’s what I think – based on what God has revealed to me so far – that my life’s purpose is. To use my unique skills to help missions accomplish their God given mission. Once I have done my season at one mission, another one will be awaiting me. This is what I’m pretty sure I’m heading towards. But you know, this could only be part of it. God could have anything in mind for me!