About Me

My name is Tim Wojcik and I live in Columbia, SC. A native of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, I am naturally a die hard Red Sox fan. I am married to Nikki and we have 4 kids, Kymber, Bryce, Ashley and Charlotte. I am a licensed minister, called to domestic mission work (more on that below) and have spent my adult life working in and around public safety.

Image result for berkshire county maMy early life was spent as a Catholic in a New England town where the church and the school were the major community centers. I attended catechism, made my first communion (I can remember leaving baseball practice to go to those classes) and served as an altar boy. I attended mass regularly, sometimes daily (we took turns serving at morning prayer for one week at a time). I learned a lot about reverence, tradition and liturgy from the Catholic church. I attended a Baptist Bible camp near Concord, New Hampshire. For several summers in a row, I learned the finer points of baseball, soccer, air hockey and dodge ball. I learned how to develop skits and tell jokes. I learned what a "dust bunny" was and how to get rid of them. I was introduced to Michel W. Smith and Joni Erickson. I was also introduced to the Lord Jesus Christ. Seeds were planted.

In early 1987, after the devastating events of the '86 World Series, we moved from Norman Rockwell's New England to Pat Conroy's South. Moving from rural New England to suburban South Carolina would be a culture shock to most anyone, but especially to a middle school boy. This was shortly after my mom's re-marriage to Bill and we began to attend an Episcopal church. Not just any Episcopal church, but indeed, the last remaining of the ten original churches established by the Church Act of 1706. As different as Charleston, South Carolina was from Cheshire, Massachusetts, I discovered connections in the colonial histories and traditions handed down from one generation to the next.

Old St. Andrew's and the Diocese of South Carolina were good to me, allowing me to grow as a young leader and sending me to diocesan youth events several times a year. I also served as an acolyte and grew in the knowledge of liturgy and tradition. On July 19, 1989 I sobbed in Camp St. Christopher's Kimbel Chapel as the reality of what Christ had endured for my sins truly hit home for the first time. To this day, I will not wear shoes in that room, as it is Holy ground.

I graduated from Middleton High School in the spring of 1991. Although I wasn't quite the righteous dude that Ferris Bueller was, I did get along with people from pretty much every circle. I was one of a couple of student athletic trainers. I was active in the drama and forensics (debate) clubs and a ranking member of the Civil Air Patrol's Coastal Charleston Composite Squadron.

All of those things are important to understand the foundation of my attitudes and beliefs. So, let's just hit the highlights of the rest then, shall we?

  1. Became an Emergency Medical Technician in 1992, joined South Berkeley EMS and Charleston County Rescue that same year.
  2. Graduated from the College of Charleston in 1996 with BS degrees in Elementary Education and Sociology. 
  3. Worked as an EMT in Richmond, Virginia straight out of college.
  4. Married my first wife, Tonya, in 1997. She and I would go on to have 3 children. They, along with Charlotte are counted daily as blessings to me. Shortly after this, we returned to South Carolina and we began attending a Baptist church, although I kept many ties within the Episcopal church.
  5. Lived and worked in a few places in South Carolina, Master's in Education degree earned, life happened. Tonya and I went separate ways. I had also returned to the Episcopal church somewhere along the way as my primary house of worship.
  6. Fell in love with Nikki and we attended the Baptist church that she grew up in. My family grew by dozens as the Smith's and Sturkie's adopted the three older kids and me as their own. Charlotte was born to compliment us as God has intended.
  7. Many of  my dear friends had to leave the Episcopal church and, with them, I now associate many of my customs and observations as "Anglican" and no longer "Episcopal".
In 2016, the Lord called me to leave the mega-church we were attending in order to better serve our local community as a local missionary. We were called to join the Ebenezer Pentecostal Holiness Church in West Columbia. I began laying the foundation for the South Carolina Institute of Leadership and Success (SCiLS). SCiLS exists to support programs and education targeting multi-generational poverty. 

This blog will cover a wide range of topics as the Lord leads me to share my heart. I would love to hear from you. Please feel free to email me anytime.

With much respect,
Tim

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