New Year's Message: Jan 6

The orange ball cap says TED. It doesn't stand for "The Episcopal Dementor" (a la Harry Potter). I like to think of it as "Ted Energizes Development." It's my coach cap for the second half of our transition time together (September 2011 - April 2012). We've done some fine work so far and have good information about Lamb of God from your surveys and focus groups. The Transition Task Force will put that together as a profile to be used by the Call Committee our Board of Trustees will name. Then working closely with Connie Schmucker (ELCA Florida Bahamas Synod) and Michael Durning (Episcopal Diocese of Southwest Florida), we'll move forward to name a candidate to be the senior minister for this community of faith. The orange cap you'll see during my Transition announcements on Sundays will remind you that the race is on and that each of us has a lap to run. Candidates for the position may be found by using resources of our Synod and Diocese, but it is even more likely that one of you will know someone who knows just the right person. When the profile is available we want to make sure that each of us sends it to every Lutheran and Episcopalian we know.

Sundays Forums at 9, between services, are a key time for the transition moving forward. Each Sunday in January our forums will be working on church finances. In February I'll be teaching BS with Ted, using Bible Study as a resource to talk about best church practices for Lamb of God. In March, we'll be in the final stages of the call process and updating you at the forums each week.

For more information always check the Lamb of God website.

Get out there on the field and start running laps!