Pray & Work/Wait

We now have the Pastor Search Committee in place with leadership. Sunday the group met and selected Chris Slayton to be the Chair and Glenna Applewhite as the Secretary.

Their first order of business was to select a time for weekly meetings. They will meet Sunday afternoons, from 3:00 to 5:00, to pray together and seek God’s direction. I gave them copies of the 16 resumes we have already received and let them know I was available to support them in any way they deem helpful.

Now they begin the arduous task of praying and working to find the man God has selected to be our pastor. We, the members of the congregation, have the responsibility to pray and wait. Both are difficult. Probably the reason many people don’t pray much is because it can become hard work. Anyone who takes prayer seriously knows it’s not something done casually and quickly. Genuine prayer can occur at any moment, in any situation, no doubt. But intercessory prayer takes time, effort and energy. Too many of us are not willing to invest the time/effort/energy to get serious about prayer.

Church NOW is the time to GET SERIOUS ABOUT PRAYER!  When our PSC (Pastor Search Committee) finds the man God has chosen for us, we will see God do some amazing things. However, if we are not serious about prayer and if we don’t allow the PSC time to do their work and pressure them to short-circuit the process OR if we attempt to convince them that we know who is the best person to be our pastor without allowing them time to make this discovery, then we won’t have our best days ahead of us. The stakes are too high for us to not be involved in prayer.

Please join me in praying for our PSC daily. Lift up the names of:

            Chris Slayton, Chair

            Glenna Applewhite, Secretary

            Mary Satterwhite

            Jay Jacobus

            Mark Finkner

            Ron Ward, Chairman of Deacons

            Harry Bruton, Chairman of Personnel

            Duane Locke, Alternate

            Dan Johnson, Alternate