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Clifford Scott Lapin (born April 4, 1969) is an American entrepreneur, father of 2 and grandfather of 1. Lapin began his IT career at the early age of 16 in Charlotte, NC where he grew up.

The initial purpose of this page was to fulfil a Surge School of Transformation requirement of showing what school has meant in my life in whatever way we wanted. I have learned so many things in school but one of the primary things is valuing myself as well as others and seeing myself as He sees me. So this documentation of my life is a declaration that I'm worth knowing about and I'm an example of what a life following Christ can look like. Also, if you are considering Surge School, DO IT!!!!!!! EOL

1969–1976: Early life
Lapin was born in Willoughby, OH to Catherine Gilespy who was separated from her estranged husband before Lapin was born. They left Ohio within Lapin's first year and after a brief time in Houston, TX ended up in Orlando, FL with Catherine's parents. In the next five years, Catherine found a husband (George Raymond Lapin) who adopted Scott as his own, found and fell in love with Jesus and the three of them moved to Charlotte, NC.

1976–1987: School life
Lapin spent Kindergarten - 7th grade at Northside Baptist School in Charlotte, NC before moving to Bible Baptist Christian School in Matthews, NC from which he graduated in 1987. The following summer semester as well as two main semesters were spent at UNCC but Lapin eventually abandoned college for his already underway career.

1986-1990: McDevitt & Street
Lapin actually worked for 1 month at a local Winn-Dixie just after turning 16. However one morning the DP manager of his father's company called their home and asked if Lapin would be interested in working weekends there doing backups on their mid-range IBM System 38 system because he knew Lapin had an interest in computers and he was tired of working every weekend. This kicked off Lapin's career in IT. From there and just after High School, Lapin moved to second shift as the computer operator for overnight operations. He also spent the summer working on first shift with the PC department learning the hardware side of that world.

1990-1991: Apple Computer
Eager to learn more, Lapin found a position with Apple Computer as a systems operator on their IBM Midrange AS/400 systems. In the end however, Lapin was fired for catching naps while on the job. He has voiced his regret for those actions citing that Apple had been an amazing company to work for at the time.

1991-1994 CSD - Creative Stage Design
Lapin then made a temporary career change to work in the stage and lighting industry for a small outfit in Charlotte. Here he gained skills in lighting, festival stage setup, stage roof rigging and became one of the first operators in the area for moving fixture lighting.

1994-1995: RGA
Wanting a change, Lapin and his family moved to Indianapolis, IN and found work back in the IT world as an AS/400 operator for the overnight package spinoff of the trucking company Roadway. Unfortunately, that venture failed for Roadway and Lapin was laid off.

1995-1998: Sportime
https://www.schoolspecialty.com/sportime Looking to move back East, Lapin found a job in the metro Atlanta, GA area as an IT support technician for a small school sports supply catalog company so he moved his family to Marietta, GA.

1998-2009: EDI Consulting Services
https://www.ediconsulting.com/ The inevitable time came when independent consulting work appealed to Lapin and he began working with Carl Galgano who turned out to be his mentor to owning his own company.

2009-Present: L2 Technology Systems
https://www.L2TechSys.com/ With his close friend Aaron Landry, and the support of their current employer, Carl Galgano Lapin and Landy launched L2 to pursue their own venture in IT support and installation.

Spouse
Melissa Jane Lapin (m. February 3, 1990)

Children
Clifford Ross Lapin (b. July 13, 1990) Cortney Marie Lapin (b. February 24, 1992)

Grandchildren
Annalise Juliet Williams (b. January 27, 2014)

Liberty Church
Lapin and his wife spent 12 years at Liberty church serving many of those years as Youth Deacons before leaving to help start His Hands Church.

His Hands Church
Scott and Melissa joined His Hands from the very beginning and helped through the first year where the church met at Dave and Buster's before converting an abandoned K-Mart in Woodstock, GA.

Riverstone Church
A time of rest was spent at Riverstone just being members and enjoying that time to recharge from years of service.

River City Church
RCC as being planted in Smyrna where the Lapin's lived and they felt called back into service so they joined the RCC plant team.

Square Church
The relationship with Square began when RCC was using their building so when the time came to move on from RCC, the Square was a natural fit.

Resurgent ATL
Desiring to be used in a deeper capacity, and birthed out a friend ship with Chris and Terry, the Lapin's decided to join Resurgent ATL on Pentecost Sunday in 2020 when, during the Covid-19 pandemic, the leaders said "We are not afraid" and opened their doors back up.

Surge School
A large part of Chris and Terry's vision for Resurgent was to start a ministry school and to have Scott and Lacey Thompson run it. Once Surge School was announced, the Lapin's signed up.

Leadership
Lacey Thompson


 * The breadth of experience that Lacey has never ceases to amaze me. She has a unique way of making subjects that so many in the church find difficult very understandable and straightforward. She makes a life of spiritual health and spiritual outreach attainable rather then mysterious.

Scott Thompson


 * Scott simply teaches what he lives and that's makes what he has to say so impactful. If you want to know that reaching people in all walks of life and all situations of hurt or health is possible, spend time with Scott because he's probably done it. His complete dependence on Jesus is infectious and empowering.

Good Morning Holy Spirit

 * Question 1: Briefly write what the whole book is about and why the author has written it. (Imagine the author will read this and would say, “Yes, this is the main point of my book and the problem I wanted to fix.”)


 * Benny has written this book to show us the ‘person’ of the Holy Spirit. He is showing that this facet of the Godhead is as essential in our life as God the Father and Jesus the Son. To understand that the Holy Spirit is not greater, but certainly also no lesser then the other two is to realize a new level of relationship we can walk in with God. And the benefits to our life when that occurs are detailed.


 * Question 5: What is something that you are taking away from this book that you can apply to your daily life?


 * A long time ago a Christian comedian explained the Godhead like a fresh cherry pie. You cut it up into three equal slices, so you can see on top it’s three separate things, but then underneath, all the filling oozes back together into one. I always thought that was a pretty easy way to understand the Godhead at a high level. What I’ve added to that thought after reading this book is that each of the three crusts on top are flavored differently. Maybe one with cinnamon, one with a sweet glaze and one with chocolate shavings. The point is, that while you would enjoy each of those slightly differently than the other in the middle they are all the same being and just as we would like to have a daily helping of three different pieces of pie, a daily interaction with each of the facets of Him are essential to living a fully engaged Christian life that will have maximum impact in the world.


 * Question 6: What was your favorite quote/passage and why?


 * No so much a quote, but a section of a chapter 7, the seven steps of prayer. I stuck by the modern day churches’ constant try at making God ‘easy’. I think too often we try to say ”we are the New Testament Church, the old rules don’t apply”. And while that’s true, God is the same yesterday, today and forever. He was a God of structure and discipline back then, and while He’s torn the veil in two, I believe he still loves structure too. I also believe that just like a parent knows structure and discipline actually builds character and positive patterns in a child's life, we need to remember that as adults and apply intentionality to our lives each day. For the next while, for me, that will be applying Benny’s approach using his invitation “Good Morning Holy Spirit, please be with me.”

The War on Your Voice

 * -Briefly write what the whole book is about and why the author has written it. (Imagine the author will read this and would say, “Yes, this is the main point of my book and the problem I wanted to fix.”)


 * Jenn seeks to address all the things life and the enemy throw at us to silence our voice and it’s impact on ourselves and others. She seeks to show a life in communion with the Father, Son and Holy Spirit can bring about the healing needed for our voice to be heard, effective and true.


 * -Briefly outline the major points of the book as the author presents them.


 * Jenn starts by talking through experiences in her own life that shut down her voice. Some of these came from outside circumstances while others were “self-inflicted”. She talked about how different things affected her voice in the kingdom and as such her impact on others both positive and negative. She also pointed to the areas that our voice affects our own lives, how we can talk ourselves out of all God wants for us and had for us. She then shares that with constant pursuit of closeness to relationship with the Father, our vocal cords can be not only re-engaged, but strengthened and empowered to make lasting impact in the lives of others and do mighty things for the Kingdom.


 * -What is something that you are taking away from this book that you can apply to your daily life?


 * I find it as one more reminder how only a life of true relationship with Heaven can have true impact on the earth. There are so many things that seek to shut us down, to silence what we have to say, to divert our conversations onto subjects that have no lasting impact. All the enemy really has to do is keep us distracted and talking about the latest episode of whatever and he has effectively silenced another voice. He doesn’t even have to ruin our lives to shut us down, though he does that also. Only staying in close contact with the one who can change our lives will allow us to change other lives.

Healing the Orphan Spirit

 * -Briefly write what the whole book is about and why the author has written it. (Imagine the author will read this and would say, “Yes, this is the main point of my book and the problem I wanted to fix.”)


 * There are many things that the enemy uses to detach us from Papa God. Leif explains in great detail one of them which is how we see ourselves connected to God. If Satan can convince you you have no Father or no right to His Kingdom, he has made your life ineffective and probably miserable.


 * -Briefly outline the major points of the book as the author presents them.


 * Leif starts by giving examples of what the orphan spirit looks like. He shows the many ways this can show in our lives and the many facets it can take, not surprisingly, some of these are very subtle and could be missed. He then seeks to show the reader why the orphan spirit has no true teeth by teaching us “who we are and whose we are”. With the love of a father that shines through even the words on a page he shows how to find healing in the arms of The Father and gives gentle encouragement to stepping up the life we live so be able to walk in that fullness. This was highlighted in such an amazing way when Leif was with us in person and you can see, touch and feel his heart and his passion for everyone to know God the Father as Papa God.


 * -What is something that you are taking away from this book that you can apply to your daily life?


 * From a purely educational perspective, I was enlightened to learn all the facets of the orphan spirit and how it can become part of our lives, the lies we buy into, the ways it can affect our lives, etc. There were so many examples and facets he talks through that left me saying “I never thought of it that way”. From a personal perspective, there were a couple of those facets that hit home way more then I would want or expect and left me with some conversation starters with Father.

Boundries

 * Briefly write what the whole book is about and why the author has written it. (Imagine the author will read this and would say, “Yes, this is the main point of my book and the problem I wanted to fix.”)


 * “The first thing to remember about boundaries is that they exist.” Once you accept that boundaries exist, you can learn to know them, see them, understand them, use them and recover from them. The author walks though steps to equip you to know about and deal with all the boundaries in life. He will show you what boundaries exist, how they can be used positively for a highly successful life, how they may have affected you negatively and how to recover from the hurts bad boundaries leave behind.


 * What is something that you are taking away from this book that you can apply to your daily life?


 * To be honest, I often found myself thinking, so much of this is just common sense. And then I realized that much of what I thought that way about was not necessarily common sense, but sense that was learned through 30 years of “hard knocks” learning. So then I thought to myself many times, if only I had read this book 30 years ago.
 * I really feel like it can be a huge resource throughout one’s lifetime. There is such a huge amount of wisdom in everything Henry and John have written here. It should be left on a close shelf readily available when something comes up. I would have pulled it out for reference 1000 times over the last 30 years, through new marriage, parenting, leaving home, jobs conflits etc and I expect I’ll pull it out 1000 times over the next 30 years.
 * I think conflict management as well as expectation management are two of the most common stumbling blocks in almost every area of life and Henry and John roll skills to manage both of those into one toolkit, boundary management.


 * What was your favorite quote/passage and why?


 * That would be the one I started this with “The first thing to remember about boundaries is that they exist.” The importance of this statement can not be understated because if we don’t keep that front and center, we will spin our wheels in so many hard situations wondering what in the world is going on rather then just stepping back quickly and saying “what area of boundaries is this issue in” and then referencing this book to help in how to deal with it.

Rooted

 * Briefly write what the whole book is about and why the author has written it. (Imagine the author will read this and would say, “Yes, this is the main point of my book and the problem I wanted to fix.”)


 * You can have a good life and be a good person, or you can change the world around you for the kingdom. The difference is a life that is deeply connected to the 3rd Heavens and in constant communication with the Trinity. Rooted shows how important it is to develop the root system that facilitates that life and the many benefits of putting in the time to develop the spiritual relationship.


 * What is something that you are taking away from this book that you can apply to your daily life?


 * I found the book to be motivating on an issue that many, including myself, struggle with daily, Life. Life is like kudzu, it will take over everything if not properly managed. And that management takes work. Banning does such a good job at articulating these challenges and bringing them in a down to earth way that make one feel like “this is really possible” and not some far off type of life that only pastors and evangelists can attain. Again, I’m encouraged with new ways to ‘up my game’ in maintaining the ‘Rooted’ lifestyle on the daily and impact the world around me for the Kingdom.


 * What was your favorite quote/passage and why?


 * The “When fish swim alone” chapter and the info regarding Eastern cultures and togetherness impacted me as an introvert. When the tendency to retreat to be by myself is so strong, I am reminded of something impactful an old pastor friend said going into Sunday morning Meet and Greet time; “extroverts, go find someone new you’ve never met and make then you’re new best friend; Introverts, start by making yourself available.” As is said so many times in class just trying is a victory, there is victory in choosing community and working against solitude and that victory brings rewards in terms of living Rooted.

Bible Study Types
So I've learned about various types of bible study in the past, but this was impactful for a couple of reasons: 1. It was amazing to see all the different perspectives that would come out as the class shared what they saw in each lesson. It's such an example of how multi=faceted God is and how no matter how much you've studied or heard, there is more to discover. 2. Our two staff leaders where amazing, they pulled on us and made the class super impactful because of their knowledge and their passion for the subject.

Life and Dream Planning
This elective awakened new dreams. It challenged me to dream bigger then what I 'know' I can do with God and go for things I know I CAN'T do without him.

Public Speaking
This is still not complete so no comments on it yet.

Revive Group
Michael's Mishpokhe RG


 * What's been truly interesting to me has been watching the three groups how each one's make-up was so different. What's impactful in that is if you asked various members of each group, they would say they wouldn't want to be in any other group. This is true of mine as well. We've laughed an cried together, supported each other when one was battling something and cheered with each other when a victory was met. I've received texts at all times of the day for prayer requests and it's amazing to watch the family spring to action petition The Throne for what our bother or sister needed. Our three leaders have done a fantastic job of leading and loving.

New Family

 * I think I can very safely say I have more friends and people I genuinely want to see each week then I ever have before. I have people that actually pursue me rather then just exist together and I haven't had that for YEARS. Some of this comes from me valuing myself more but most of it because we have all learned how to lover others like Jesus loves us, we've learned to be Seen, Heard and Loved and to See, Hear and Love others.

BEST DAY EVER!!!!!!!!