Good News, Part 1

After a tumultuous fall, the church that I serve accepted the resignation of the Associate Minister of Christian Education and Youth. There's lots of details there, and if you would like to know them, let me know. Some of them are...delicate to say the least, so I'm withholding for the sake of everyone involved.

I, of course, am about to graduate from Seminary and be ordained. Thus, I've been on the lookout for future ministry jobs. Cliff and I have been in deep discussions about our future, about houses and jobs and children and have been praying for discernment. I've also been struggling with the question of whether or not I wanted to be an Associate Minister for several years or if I wanted to jump right into the Senior Pastorate. There were lots of Senior Pastor positions all over Texas, but Associate Minister positions would take us out of the state, which I wasn't very enthusiastic about. I know that God has been and is preparing me to serve Him no matter the geographic location, but everybody has personal preferences!

So, it seemed like Cliff and I would be moving come May. But then something came up...