Hello church family!

I want to share some very exciting news with you this morning. Over the last two months a team from SPR and our Children’s Ministry leadership have engaged in much prayer, discernment and conversation for what is best for both ministries that focus upon our children, our preschool and our children’s ministry.

Our preschool is the front porch of our church, a porch that has grown tremendously over the last two years. God is bringing us families who share they don’t have a church home. Our children’s ministry ministers to many children in our congregation on Sunday mornings, and our Wednesday evenings are filled with children whose families attend and many families from our community. Our community events bring hundreds from our community to our campus.

In order to more closely align these two ministries, we have reached the decision to combine the leadership of these ministries. We recognize this is a big undertaking, so we are moving ahead with a 6 months interim period to allow us to evaluate this new alignment of ministries.

I am thrilled to announce that Mary Lina Pardue has accepted the leadership position of Director of Preschool and Children’s Ministry. She and her team will guide us through this transition. We are building a greater support team in the preschool and our children’s ministry.

Mary Lina has led our preschool for the last two years. Under her leadership we have seen tremendous growth. She brings a love for sharing Christ with children, strong leadership skills, years of experience in education and a calling to Children’s Ministry.

Please join me in congratulating Mary Lina and praying for this re-structuring. May we serve those in our congregation and our community with excellence as we live into our call to Transforms Lives and Communities by Building Bridges to Jesus Christ.

Blessed and humbled to serve together,
Rev. Liz Millar
Minister of Discipleship