Kaj shocked us with the news that he and his family will be moving to Aberdeen in June where he will become the associate pastor of a relatively new Four-Square church there. The current head pastor only plans to remain for a couple of years and then Kaj will step into that role. After more than 10 years, Kaj will be moving on and we'll definitely miss him. One thing Kaj appears to have done well is 'replace himself' in the various roles he plays at PSCC and to that end Matty Broweleit will start joining us each month. Welcome Matty, feel free to bring the guitar.
Another shock came in the news that Asbury Methodist will be closing soon. Rev. Joy McDonald has been leading that congregation's ministry to South Tacoma for over a decade and I think it difficult to overestimate the whole that will be left as this centrally located church closes. We grieve for the loss of this congregation and pray that God will bring to that place another people who can continue to reflect the good news to all people.
We closed with a few announcements and a reminder from Chris Rambo of our reason for meeting. In response, I pointed to our statement that we hope, one day, to talk more about:
"As ministers in South Tacoma, we desire to develop trust between one another so that when God presents us with an opportunity or challenge that is uniquely suited for us to collectively engage that we would be united enough to faithfully do so."
I hope that we can dig into this mission statement at our next gathering, which is at....
Grace Lutheran Church (across from the new Gray Middle School on Tyler Street) on Wednesday, June 3rd at 8:30.
See you then, Ken
