This period of time is a time for healing and refocusing our energy to begin again. We appreciate the work of John & Jill Parker in helping to provide a healthy spiritual environment for growth and renewal. We also appreciate them for inviting the whole congregation to their farm and we are looking forward to visiting it on July 25th. and hope as many as possible will take advantage of the opportunity to get away from the world and enjoy some Christian fellowship.

     We appreciate your support of John and Jill because the natural urge is to hire a minister as quickly as possible.  Studies, however, show that hiring a new minister too quickly is not wise. The experience of those who have been through this before shows that it is better to wait at least three to six months and in some cases it has been demonstrated that it is beneficial to wait as much as one month for every year that the previous regular preacher was at the congregation. In our case this would be as long as twenty months.  We do not anticipate at this time taking that long.

     In the next few weeks a search committee will be formed. Several men will be asked to join this committee. More announcements will be made in the coming weeks. The elders appreciate your continued support and prayers. If you have any questions, please ask.     

- Jimmy Hand, Jimmy Hatcher, Eddie Hyche