Received two letters from Pacific Coast Church yesterday, one from the elder board and one from Pastor Mike announcing that Mike will be leaving PCC after serving for 15 years. Evidently, the mediation wasn't successful! Then we met with our application study group last night for the last time under the auspices of PCC as our group leader is a close friend of Mike's and will be following him as he (probably) sets up another church in the not too proximate area (but which may be closer to our home).
This is rather distressing as we just went through this a little over a year ago at Mission Hills Church. We'll hear Mike preach his last sermon this Sunday, and then who knows where we will attend for the short-term including Easter. We're likely to follow Mike as we really like his teaching style, but it may be months before there is any place to meet or he may decide to take a bit of time just to rest. This whole event stresses families and friends as they choose different churches.
Please pray that Christian friendships won't be impacted, but that we might consider this an opportunity to expand Christ's influence throughout the Saddleback Valley.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment