Pastoral Changes
We have an interim pastor right now and apparently we’re going have someone new appointed in July. I approached the last change with a lot of anticipation. As a Gen X’er, I kind of enjoy change, even if it is only change for the sake of change. But our church experienced such turmoil and pain as a result of that change that I’m kind of nervous about this one. I’m also afraid that our annual conference is watching us closely. We’ve had trouble paying apportionments and we are a small church. I’m afraid that if we run into any difficulties they’ll use it as an excuse to take away our full-time pastor. We want to pay our apportionments and we want to grow. It just seems like every time we start to make some progress we get hit with something. I hope they’ll give us some time. I think we have a lot of promise.