Greetings POJ, and Happy New Year!
Too early? Well, just so you know, as 2025 begins for all of us, your Temp GP would like to ask for invitations.
As I collaborate with the Mission Council and others to navigate our new reality, I am hopeful that I may be invited to attend worship with you, and yes, even attend a session meeting with you as well. Now, that would be 198 separate invitations, so we will need to be thoughtful in the asking and accepting.
If invited, I envision being welcomed by your pastor, asked to participate in Sunday worship, and spending time with the congregation before and after the service. To be honest and upfront, since there are so few Sundays in our year, I believe being a “supply pastor” only would not enable me to accomplish what I’ve been asked to achieve in this role; I want to maximize/optimize/make the most of the time I have with you.
Now, session meetings may present more options. My hope here is to spend some time with more of the leaders within this presbytery, to be able to know names AND faces, and to share reflections, hopes, and dreams. And, Spirit willing, be able to enhance connections with the Presbytery and congregations–and far more importantly, to enhance connections between congregations as I share stories of what is happening in and around the Presbytery.
You have my email; you have my cell phone (804-514-3358). Know that I have your back.
Let us make this work for all of us.
Blessings,
Temp GP Kerry