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I hope all is well with you and your family.
As you most likely know by now, Pastor Meagan was ordered by the bishop on a leave of absence from all pastoral duties. Due to privacy and confidentiality issues I have not been told the reason. I hope you keep her and her family in your prayers. This is a new experience for me/us and I will be as transparent about the process as I can with the limited information that was passed onto me. The pastor will be reevaluated by the bishop after 60 days are up (in December). At this time, he will decide if she should continue to remain on a leave of absence for an additional period, or will be able to return to our church, or will be removed from pastoral care for good. We cannot do anything within the 60 day period. However, if the bishop decides after the 60 day period to extend her leave of absence, we have the right to reach out to secure a new pastor to replace her (again, after the 60 day period). But, that bright light at the end of the tunnel is Pastor Mike, who has agreed to lead us in service until this leave of absence is done. Pr. Mike has served us before a few years ago and has already met with James, our church secretary, to get the lay of the land and to see how he can help with our situation. It is wonderful that he has taken such an interest in our church. We are truly blessed to have him give us the consistency we need.
One thing that is truly important in a time like this is for us all to band together and become even stronger. We have lost pastors before and have rallied through together and we can do this again. We are our church - all of us members and we need to lift each other up and stay strong for each other. Please show your support and, if you haven't attended in a while, come on back! We are seeing more and more faces that we haven't seen since covid coming back to church and it's a beautiful thing!!!
We have some events coming up that we would love you to attend -
November 6th (Sunday) is All Saints Day, our regular service but please bring a photo of someone you have lost.
November 19th (Saturday) we are hosting a Soup and Bingo church fundraiser, starting at 5:00 p.m. There is a $10 donation that provides unlimited soup. Bingo cards can be purchased for 5 cards/$5.00. There will be fellowship, soup, bingo, raffles (including one for a brand new road bike) and a split the pot, as well as jokes (sorry...).
December 17th (Saturday) will be our annual Cookie/Craft Sale from 9:00 to 12:00 - we'll need buyers, bakers, volunteers and friends - please join us, it's our biggest church fundraiser and we need you there!
We've done a lot of good for being such a small church and plan on doing a lot more. We need your support, love, help and presence, please join us.
God bless you all,
written with love,
Karen Lanners
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