Moving On

While many of you have already received this news, I would like to share it here again, since the newsletter reaches members of our church family that are dispersed far and wide, and may not yet have heard. It is with mixed emotions that I submit to you notice of my resignation as your Associate Pastor. I currently anticipate my last day of employment to be in mid-July of 2008.

While we have enjoyed our time at First Presbyterian Church and have grown to love the people here, an opportunity has opened up to Elizabeth and I that we cannot allow ourselves to miss: We have been asked to serve together as Co-Pastors for Youth Ministry at a church in Princeton, NJ.

It will be hard for us to say goodbye and leave our friends and church family. We pray that God will continue to bless this church as it seeks to follow God's call. Likewise, we ask that you pray for us, as we seek to be God's servants in this next chapter of our lives.

I am grateful for all of the love, support, and opportunity that this church has provided for me and Elizabeth since our arrival. You have given me my start in ordained ministry. You have welcomed our children into your family, especially joining us in celebrating the arrival of Anna. And you have encouraged me and further confirmed my lifelong call as a Pastor. Please accept my sincere thanks. My experiences here and your kindness to me will be passed on to those I serve wherever God calls me.