Tim serves as an Elder/Pastor with Surfside Church (formerly Groundswell Communities) where he and his wife Allison lead a Missional Community in Encinitas, California. Tim also serves as the San Diego Coastal Area Director with Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) where he works with students, athletes, & coaches. Additionally, Tim coaches defensive line at a local high school and serves as the football program Chaplain.
As we at Saturate seek to commission disciple-makers of students (or anyone for that matter), we are confronted with circumstances and beliefs that seems to be stopping many from starting a new work or shifting their current ministry functions. There…
If you haven’t read the prior articles in this series, it might be helpful to review to give you some context. This is a continuation flushing out the E.P.I.C. generation acronym. (Experiential, Participatory, Image-rich, Connected). The goal is to…
Saturate's vision is to see a gospel saturation movement happen in North America and beyond. We want to partner with God, like-minded churches, organizations, and individuals as He brings about the vision of seeing every man, woman, and child…
If you haven’t read the prior articles in this series, it might be helpful to review to give you some context. This is a continuation flushing out the E.P.I.C. generation acronym. (Experiential, Participatory, Image-rich, Connected). The goal is to…
If you haven’t read the first or second part of this series, it might be helpful to review to give you some context of this series. This is a continuation diving into the E.P.I.C. acronym. (Experiential, Participatory, Image-rich, Connected). …
If you haven’t read the first part of this series, it might be helpful to check it out first to give you some context of where I’m going with the rest of this series. The next 4 articles will unpack…
It’s not just a student thing though, it’s an everyone in the church thing. We all need mentors, we need to be discipled, we need role models, we need counselors, advisors, guides. Last night I sat in the living…
The lie is that porn (or anything for that matter) can satisfy this true and deep need to be fully known, vulnerable, wanted, intimate, and connected. Last month I wrote an article discussing the E.P.I.C. generation acronym to describe…
Jesus invited his disciples into experiences, He let them make decisions and take ownership in ministry, He constantly used imagery to convey Kingdom realities, and He allowed even frustrating connection and dialogue between the disciples. Dr. Leonard Sweet coined the…
“God has placed you — deliberately, with intentionality — in proximity to people He is seeking to restore to Himself, people He wants to be developed to their full potential, so they can take part in His plans for…
If we miss true friendship, we may be devolving into using people as projects for our own self interests. In the midst of our discussions or training about building, planting, and growing churches, we must guard against slipping into…
I’ve been on full time staff with Fellowship of Christian Athletes for about 5 years. My staff focus has been primarily on working with 6 high school campuses and a handful of middle schools in our suburban area. Although…
About a year ago I picked up a book from Leonard Sweet and Frank Viola called Jesus Speaks – Learning to Recognize & Respond to the Lord’s Voice. It was ten dollars well spent. I enjoyed the first half of…
(Part seven in the Raising Financial Support series from Tim Parlier.) Don't stop chasing the dream God put in your heart. In this seventh and final edition of this series, I’m going to leave you with a list some of the biggest “Don’t…
Recently in our Saturate Online Community discussion forum a question was proposed:”Why don’t we talk about Jesus in our normal, everyday conversations?” I believe this is a layered challenge rooted with varying levels of fears, unbelief, lack of equipping,…
(Part six in Tim Parlier's series on Raising Financial Support. Read part seven here.) My wife and I spent this past week at our all-church family retreat with some amazing people from all over the U.S. and world. At…
(Part five in the Raising Financial Support series from Tim Parlier. Read part six here.) Our world needs you. Specifically, they need Jesus. But for some reason I’ll hopefully one day understand, He chose to use knuckleheads like us to introduce Him…
(Part four in the Raising Financial Support series from Tim Parlier. Read part five here.) I don’t know what the Spirit is desiring to speak to you through my story, but I want you to allow Him some space to speak to…
(Part three in the Raising Financial Support series from Tim Parlier. Read part four here.) Let's turn our attention from the internal struggle of support-raising and look at a variety of specific pragmatics to help you get and stay funded. This time I…
(Part two in the Raising Financial Support series from Tim Parlier. Read part three here.) When dealing with financial support raising, there's an arguably the more painful position: denial. Despair: Although similar to denial, this response emotionally could be called the “low-denial” where…
(Part one in the Raising Financial Support series from Tim Parlier. Read part two here.) It’s hard to be effective in your role when there is a crushing fear in the back of your mind that you won’t be able to pay…
Start with this; What do you love, like, enjoy? Go do it, and redeem the time by inviting others into what you love to do. Just as Paul made his walk through the Shrines and Altars of Athens, we…
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