PASTORAL INTERVIEWS

Annual Pastor Interviews and evaluations took place this week and will continue next week. Will Peterson and I drove to Harrisburg on Tuesday. Then I got up at 4 a.m. Wednesday in order to pick up Will in Reading by 5:30 a.m. and we drove together to Everett. On Thursday we left by 6:30 a.m. to drive to Williamsport.

At each location Will and I spent 1.5 hours each with a pastor, sharing a devotional message and prayer, then listening to them discuss their district churches. Then each pastor presented their achievements for 2010. They also shared the last 5 years numbers for membership, tithe and baptisms. Then the pastor would share their personal and professional growth goals for 2011 and the district church’s ministry goals for 2011.

Finally we would close with prayer. Most days Will and I each interviewed 3-4 pastors in each location. It is a joy to hear of the different ministry activities of the various churches. The Lord is really blessing our churches in the Pennsylvania Conference. I will be sharing just a few specifics in the President’s Communique.

Here is Will and I at the Everett church with Pastor Bob Williams and Pastor Lonnie Wibberding.