Welcoming the new guy

Over the past month our church family has been without a Senior Pastor and this week marked the first week for our intentional interim pastor.

My father was a pastor and so I'm use to the many changes that come when a pastor leaves a congregation. What I'm finding interesting about this experience is that I'm not the one who has left and I'm experiencing for the first time what it's like for a church to go through this type of transition. The shoe is on the other foot so to speak. So I'm finding this whole transition phase a little bit new.

To make the situation even worse there are always people who come up to you who are almost expecting you to resign because the senior pastor resigned. Before long you start asking yourself if maybe you're suppose to resign. One thing though through this whole process has been is a renewed sense of call to Hartland. My wife Natalie and I have both felt that this is the place that God has put us for now. It's been a real blessing to have that confirmation and to minister with that assurance.

So here's to a new chapter in the life of Hartland Baptist Church and we're praying that God will guide us in all that we say and do.