Message from the Minister
Hello Everybody,
We’ve reached the halfway point in our journey together as minister and congregation; two and a half years into my five-year contract. The honeymoon is over and now we’re seeing what we’ve got ourselves into! LOL!
In my experience as a minister these past forty-two years, I’ve observed a pattern emerging from this relationship. The first is generally excitement, new energy, curiosity, and getting acquainted. The next is our first “fight” or stressful event that signals that the honeymoon phase is behind us. In our modern era this moment, seems to come much earlier than it did in years past. Now, we’re in a sorting out phase, where some people are buying into the new leader and others are moving on. There is always a group of people that stay no matter who the minister is. Trust is something that hopefully comes later.
