It has been a while since two little words meant so much to a group of people and to this church. You see, go to the page in the right hand column of this blog titled "Steps to Calling a New Teaching Elder/Head of Staff" and then look at number six. The words "in process" were just added to the next step in our journey of discerning and calling our new senior pastor.
Two little words...but two little words that represent months of hard work, hours and hours of sermon review and weekly meetings of two hours or more. We have received well over 140 PIFs now and have narrowed them down to our first group of candidates with whom we will proceed with a variety of interviews in the weeks ahead.
There are many other great candidates still in the mix. In fact, we are still receiving and processing new PIFs weekly. We have been blessed with a solid pool of interested, educated, and Godly people. But for now, we are moving forward with a select number.
No telling how long this next phase, or the one after that, will take. But we are in good hands--God's hands--and tonight, the 12 members of your PNC are happy about two little words.
Thanks for your continued prayers.
