I’ve been with you as your Transitional Pastor for three months.
I am deeply grateful for the ways in which you have warmly welcomed
me into the congregation and into your lives. Together we are finding
our way through this new territory in which we find yourselves after
Pastor Diane’s retirement. Some of what I bring to the experience
is change – parts of our worship time are different, how I present
myself is different, who I am is different. Along the way you may
discover that such change is uncomfortable. Not all of the changes
are going to be appreciated by everyone. That is very understandable.
Please know that part of my job is to help you experience church in
ways which are different from what you’ve been used to, so that you
have a fuller, richer perspective with which to decide how you want
to be the Church going forward from here. It may well be that you
will decide to return to some of the ways things used to be done. And
there may also be new things you discover along the way that you
choose to truly embrace. It’s all a part of the process of stepping
into the future to which God is calling you. Thank you for allowing
me the privilege of walking with you on this path for a while.
- Pastor Roger
(keeping my feet firmly planted in the flow)
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