A New Adventure Begins

Well, today was the first day of my second call. So far it has been productive since I was able to completely unpack my office, read the texts for Sunday, talked with the secretary and Christian Ed director and supervised the installation of our cable and internet. My first meeting will be tonight and it all begins with finance. I am hoping the meeting is productive and quick so that we can continue to unpack and make more shopping lists to complete our move into the new house.

So far we are enjoying the new place. Living in a parsonage is not the same as renting or owning our own place. We need to be more aware of our usage of utilities and how we maintain the house since the church is paying most of the utilities and at some point another family will be living here. We have some plans for changing some of the decor in the dining room and master bedroom especially. I am excited to try my hand at taking down wallpaper and repairing walls for painting. We are hoping to leave a positive mark on this house that will help whoever is here next to live here happily.

There is a lot to get done in this month and so far it is off to a good start. Among the many things are preparing 4 workshops for the annual Conference on Congregational Ministries and some important Project Connect arrangements. It's gonna be a busy few weeks.