It was 2 months ago today that we met together following our Sunday worship service, and agreed unanimously to call Pastor Luther Zeigler to be with us, to be our spiritual leader, to take a journey that has yet to be charted, and to “grow” a new ministry. During the coming 2 months which will go by quickly, we will begin to talk about what could be, what might be, and how we can work together to forge a new path. The Worship Team together with Pastor Don and Pastor Luther are planning what may be the first obvious demonstration of this new partnership, the Installation of Pastor Luther as our called minister which is scheduled to take place on October 1 at 4PM. The title for this worship service when we will publicly acknowledge our new path will be “Celebration of New Ministry.” I’m struck by how perfectly those words form a virtual image of this future: exciting, stimulating, a bit intimidating, and both celebratory and new. Several Holy Trinity friends have commented to me about how they are feeling a new and different sense of excitement of what lies ahead. Yes, I totally agree. Beginnings are both exciting and unsettling. Over these next months, we need to look inwardly to ascertain what gifts each of us can bring to share in our new ministry. Do you have the gift of compassion, or teaching, or leadership, or music, or writing, or speaking, or fixing things, or organizing, or cooking, or art, or finance, or planning, or working with young people. All types of gifts are needed to make our vision a reality. Let us all pray that we might know our gifts and find ways to share those gifts with others. As I prepared this message, I was drawn to the words of Julian of Norwich –‘all shall be well, and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well’. I believe it to be true. Please note the date of October 1 on your calendar so you can join the celebration of this new ministry at Holy Trinity.