this past weekend, our church had a pastoral candidate in town to visit/interview.  after over a year of searching and waiting – this might just be the right guy.  he’s originally from pittsburgh, living currently in durham, nc, is married and has 5 kids – 4 under the age of 12.

he seemed very passionate about us (a first) and our leadership team felt very passionate about him.  he mentioned something several times over the weekend that had never hit me before:  God must have really had a plan for the River for it to be this young and have survived so long without a pastor.  looking at it from that perspective, the fact that we’ve actually seen growth these past few months is truly a miracle – which means that our little church is being preserved for a reason – praise God!  now i’m just waiting to see if the last few pieces fall into place, and we could finally (finally!) have a new pastor at the River.

11.20.08 UPDATE:  We officially have a new pastor!  We asked, and he said yes!  Jonathan Tagg will preach his first sermon as pastor of the River on Sunday, December 7th.  woo hoooooo!