After meeting with the PPRC (Pastor Parish Relations Committees) of the two churches this morning, along with our District Superintendent, Bill Koch, I am very humbled, and excited, to share this news with everyone: I will be the new pastor for Bear Branch and Purdin United Methodist Churches beginning on July 1st!
Praise be to God! Jeannie and I are ready to put our spiritual energies and time as much as we can into leading people into a saving relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ.
Thanks to EVERYONE for the prayers, the encouragement, the gifts, and everything else that you have given along this wonderful ministry path. I am truly blessed to be able to finally fulfill the Lord’s calling in my life after ALL these many years. 
June 20, 2007 at 6:00 am
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