Within the church, it seems I've been in many places and served many roles and now have the privilege of serving as the spiritual leader of a church with over 1,000 people and several staff persons. During my first twenty years, I felt a great Spirit and presence of God here at Fountain City UMC that could meet any challenge and be in ministry to the world. I recall our missionary at the time, Barbara Norris, and collecting dimes in our missionary banks and bringing them to the altar the Sunday she came and shared with us. To me, she seemed bigger than life itself. Fountain City UMC helped me to realize that there was more to life than material things, status, financial gains, and church budgets.
Life is made up of relationships.
The most important relationship in my life is knowing Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. On November 11, I am looking forward to sharing in the church's Consecration Sunday. This is the time when you will have the opportunity to make an estimate of giving to the ministry and operating need for 2002. I will come to share and be straight forward about our opportunity to give back to God. You see, I learned a long time ago from many people here that you cannot out-give God.