Turn The Page

This week marks a new chapter in our lives as we transition from one church to another. A couple of weeks ago, I accepted the position of Associate Pastor of TrueNorth Church, a fast-growing new church in our city. For over 20 years, Beth and I had dreamed of seeing a contemporary, relevant ministry in our hometown. In fact, we made a feeble effort at starting such in 1998 but God had other plans.

We discovered Stevens Creek Community Church in August 1998 and fell in love with it. SCCC was the only contemporary church in the metro Augusta area so we decided to jump on board with them. At the time, they met in an elementary school cafeteria and had 200-250 in attendance. I joined the staff in May 2000 and it has been a great ride! Last Sunday, we had 1041. Pretty good growth in 8 years.

Today was our last day at SCCC and tomorrow I report to the offices of TrueNorth. It's been a little surreal the last couple of weeks. We didn't really see this coming but we know that God has orchestrated this all along. We are sad to say goodbye to so many dear friends at SCCC and yet we are excited about the new friends we are going to make at TNC. We are moving from one great church to another great church and from one great staff to another great staff. Our experiences at SCCC will help us minister at TNC.

We can't wait to see what God is going to continue to do as we turn the page and began a new chapter in our lives.