Happy Day

We voted in a new Senior Pastor / Head of Staff this morning at First Presbyterian Church.  She gave her candidate sermon which I thought was very good, only partly because she built it around the very funny story of a family camping experience which brought back some memories. And speaking of family, her husband (also a Presbyterian pastor) and children were with her, and I like them too. The truly outstanding thing about the vote this morning was that, for the first time in the 35 years that I have been a member, it was a unanimous vote. A true vote of confidence I think.  Now she just needs to break the news to her present congregation that she is leaving. I feel for that congregation because we went through the same thing a year ago when our head pastor announced, very unexpectedly, that he had taken a different position.  I do think that she seems like a good fit for us. She won't be starting until the first Sunday in June which is going to seem like a long wait, but it's so good to know she will be coming.