“A vocation found at the end of a long and twisting and surprising journey is no less a vocation than a vocation hoped for and dreamed of and lived for a lifetime.” Robert Benson in The Echo Within: Finding Your True Calling
On October 1, the Personnel/Search Committee of Immanuel Baptist Church in Nashville sent a letter to the congregation announcing that they were unanimously recommending me to serve as their Associate Pastor. I will preach next Sunday morning, October 11, and will share my faith story on Wednesday evening, October 14. The following Wednesday evening, members will vote on the recommendation to call me during the business meeting. My responsibilities will include providing leadership for young adults (with an emphasis on young families and their children), working closely with the Missions Committee to create opportunities for intergenerational ministry in the community, offering spiritual formation in small group settings, and participating in worship leadership and worship planning. Mine has indeed been a twisting and surprising journey, and I am inexpressibly grateful to God for providing me with this opportunity to use my gifts to build up the body of Christ at Immanuel Baptist Church. I look forward to sharing the details of my story with you face-to-face in the days to come. Many of you have been praying for me during the past year as I have sought to discern how God was leading me to serve Him in a new season of my life. God has very clearly led me down this path, and I deeply appreciate your intercessions on my behalf. "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight." Proverbs 3:5-6
