Dear LTCC Family,

May 2023 has been an eventful month for LTCC. Relying on Our Savior, we have both celebrated the life of one beloved pastor and called another to serve for the time being. As I hope you read in last week’s update, we extended a call to Bob Slack of Interim Pastor Ministries (IPM) to serve as our interim pastor. He accepted and will begin his time with us on July 2nd. As I anticipate Bob’s ministry to us, I have been contemplating my response and responsibilities. 

I realized that I am excited to see what God is up to in our church. After all, Tom Harris, the president of IPM, along with coauthor, George Bullard, have written a book describing IPM’s process, fittingly entitled, SOARING BETWEEN PASTORS. That alone gives me such a vision for what the coming months will entail.

I also realized I have a part to play in this transition, too. July is just a month away, so I started asking God, “What can I do in the next month to assist in the transition?” 

This caused me to re-open Tom and George’s book to see what they might suggest as an appropriate response. Their answer seemed so obvious: Pray! Now I don’t want to bore you with a book report, but said briefly, each chapter covers an action to perform in order to, as they say, “Thrive During Pastoral Transition.” Along with their “Calls to Action,” each chapter wraps up with a “Call to Prayer.”

Though God has likely already led you to this same conclusion, I would like to challenge you to join me in prayer for some specific items. They are:

• Pray for Sue and the rest of the Heath family as they mourn their loss.

• Pray for Bob and Ronda Slack and their family as they make adjustments to their lives.

• Pray for our church, for our leaders and for clarity of God’s leadership for the next month, for the first 60 days of Bob’s ministry and for all of the days that follow.

• Pray that God will lead our church to His choice to be our future pastor.

Wayne Worthen
For your elder & deacon team

PS - Please join us for our 9:15 AM prayer time on Sunday mornings to thank, adore and take our supplications to God corporately.

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