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You are here: Home / Archive / From the Pastor’s Study

March 5, 2022

From the Pastor’s Study

If I were you, I would want to know what your new Interim Pastor hopes to accomplish by coming to Nacoochee. In a nutshell, I hope to lead you through the transition period which brings you to readiness to call and welcome your next long-term pastor.

Nacoochee had Bob Prim for twenty-four years, which is about twenty years longer than the average pastorate. (Of course, Bob is anything but average!) Odds are, you won’t have another pastorate of that great duration for a long time. But I am here to increase the odds in your favor. The more ready you are to select and welcome your next pastor, the more likely you will be to keep him or her for longer than average.

Your next question may well be, “How do you intend to accomplish that?”

First, trust must be built and nurtured within the congregation and between myself and the congregation. If we are going to pull together to get Nacoochee through the valley to the next mountaintop experience, we need to learn to trust one another and to know what to expect from one another. That will take a couple of months.

Then we’ll be ready to start working together to answer some basic questions about the congregation’s sense of identity and hopes for the future. As Bob has already told you, we’ll do a Mission Study or Self-study together, the purpose of which is to begin to answer the foundational questions of who you are and who you want to be. The Mission Study is estimated to take six to nine months. When it is complete, the congregation will be ready to nominate and elect the committee which will search for the next pastor. It is called the Pastor Nominating Committee or PNC.

Getting ready is a process. Everything that needs to be done in preparation can’t be done all at once. Lots of things must be built in stages, like remodeling a house. You can’t put new walls and flooring in until you have removed the old paneling, carpet, and linoleum and hauled it away. (And maybe done some cleaning.) There will be a point when the new cabinets can go in and the old pine floors refinished, but that time won’t come in the first month of renovation.

Preparing to call and welcome a new pastor, also, is a process. There will be distinctive steps we will take along the way. I am here to help you negotiate the twists and turns through the process, and I am very happy to finally arrive on the scene and get to work alongside all of you.

Thank you for welcoming me so graciously.

Teresa

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  • April 2023

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1 event, 26

10:00 am - 11:00 am Event Series

Sunday Service

March 26 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am Event Series

Sunday Service

1 event, 27

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

March 27 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

1 event, 28

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

March 28 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

4 events, 29

7:30 am - 8:30 am Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

March 29 @ 7:30 am - 8:30 am Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

10:15 am - 11:00 am Event Series

Tai Chi Chih with Teresa

March 29 @ 10:15 am - 11:00 am Event Series

Tai Chi Chih with Teresa

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

March 29 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

+ 1 More

1 event, 30

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Event Series

Lenten Study Series

March 30 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Event Series

Lenten Study Series

Please join us on Thursday evenings during Lent, February 23 – March 30, 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM, for a Lenten Study Series for Adults, based on Cynthia E. Cowen’s […]

0 events, 31

0 events, 1

1 event, 2

10:00 am - 11:00 am Event Series

Sunday Service

April 2 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am Event Series

Sunday Service

1 event, 3

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

April 3 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

1 event, 4

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

April 4 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

6 events, 5

7:30 am - 8:30 am Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

April 5 @ 7:30 am - 8:30 am Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

8:30 am - 10:00 am Event Series

Men’s Breakfast at Crossroads Café

April 5 @ 8:30 am - 10:00 am Event Series

Men’s Breakfast at Crossroads Café

10:15 am - 11:00 am Event Series

Tai Chi Chih with Teresa

April 5 @ 10:15 am - 11:00 am Event Series

Tai Chi Chih with Teresa

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1 event, 6

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Maundy Thursday

April 6 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Maundy Thursday

Bread and lentil soup supper and Celebration of the Eucharist

1 event, 7

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Good Friday

April 7 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Good Friday

Service of scripture reading, hymns, and choral music focusing on the final hours of Jesus’ life

0 events, 8

2 events, 9

7:30 am - 8:30 am

Sunrise Service

April 9 @ 7:30 am - 8:30 am

Sunrise Service

Breakfast following the 7:30 service

11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Easter Worship Service

April 9 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Easter Worship Service

Fellowship and Egg Hunt following the 11:00 service

1 event, 10

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

April 10 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

1 event, 11

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

April 11 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

5 events, 12

7:30 am - 8:30 am Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

April 12 @ 7:30 am - 8:30 am Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

10:15 am - 11:00 am Event Series

Tai Chi Chih with Teresa

April 12 @ 10:15 am - 11:00 am Event Series

Tai Chi Chih with Teresa

11:00 am - 12:00 pm Event Series

Centering Prayer

April 12 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Event Series

Centering Prayer

+ 2 More

0 events, 13

0 events, 14

0 events, 15

1 event, 16

10:00 am - 11:00 am Event Series

Sunday Service

April 16 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am Event Series

Sunday Service

1 event, 17

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

April 17 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

1 event, 18

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

April 18 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

6 events, 19

7:30 am - 8:30 am Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

April 19 @ 7:30 am - 8:30 am Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

10:15 am - 11:00 am Event Series

Tai Chi Chih with Teresa

April 19 @ 10:15 am - 11:00 am Event Series

Tai Chi Chih with Teresa

11:00 am - 12:00 pm Event Series

Woman’s Spirituality Group

April 19 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Event Series

Woman’s Spirituality Group

+ 3 More

0 events, 20

0 events, 21

0 events, 22

1 event, 23

10:00 am - 11:00 am Event Series

Sunday Service

April 23 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am Event Series

Sunday Service

1 event, 24

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

April 24 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

1 event, 25

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

April 25 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

5 events, 26

7:30 am - 8:30 am Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

April 26 @ 7:30 am - 8:30 am Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

10:15 am - 11:00 am Event Series

Tai Chi Chih with Teresa

April 26 @ 10:15 am - 11:00 am Event Series

Tai Chi Chih with Teresa

11:00 am - 12:00 pm Event Series

Centering Prayer

April 26 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Event Series

Centering Prayer

+ 2 More

0 events, 27

0 events, 28

0 events, 29

1 event, 30

10:00 am - 11:00 am Event Series

Sunday Service

April 30 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am Event Series

Sunday Service

1 event, 1

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

May 1 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

1 event, 2

5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

May 2 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

6 events, 3

7:30 am - 8:30 am Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

May 3 @ 7:30 am - 8:30 am Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

8:30 am - 10:00 am Event Series

Men’s Breakfast at Crossroads Café

May 3 @ 8:30 am - 10:00 am Event Series

Men’s Breakfast at Crossroads Café

10:15 am - 11:00 am Event Series

Tai Chi Chih with Teresa

May 3 @ 10:15 am - 11:00 am Event Series

Tai Chi Chih with Teresa

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0 events, 4

0 events, 5

1 event, 6

11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Water for the World Benefit

May 6 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Water for the World Benefit

Save the date for May 6th for the Water 4 the World Benefit!! This will be a day filled with music, silent auction items, crafts, food and activities for the […]

March 26
March 26 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am Event Series

Sunday Service

March 27
March 27 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

March 28
March 28 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

March 29
March 29 @ 7:30 am - 8:30 am Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

March 29 @ 10:15 am - 11:00 am Event Series

Tai Chi Chih with Teresa

March 29 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

+ 1 More
March 30
March 30 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Event Series

Lenten Study Series

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April 2
April 2 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am Event Series

Sunday Service

April 3
April 3 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

April 4
April 4 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

April 3
April 3 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

April 4
April 4 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

April 5
April 5 @ 7:30 am - 8:30 am Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

April 5 @ 8:30 am - 10:00 am Event Series

Men’s Breakfast at Crossroads Café

April 5 @ 10:15 am - 11:00 am Event Series

Tai Chi Chih with Teresa

+ 3 More
April 6
April 6 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Maundy Thursday

April 7
April 7 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Good Friday

  • There are no events on this day.
April 9
April 9 @ 7:30 am - 8:30 am

Sunrise Service

April 9 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Easter Worship Service

April 10
April 10 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

April 11
April 11 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

April 12
April 12 @ 7:30 am - 8:30 am Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

April 12 @ 10:15 am - 11:00 am Event Series

Tai Chi Chih with Teresa

April 12 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Event Series

Centering Prayer

+ 2 More
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April 16
April 16 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am Event Series

Sunday Service

April 17
April 17 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

April 18
April 18 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

April 19
April 19 @ 7:30 am - 8:30 am Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

April 19 @ 10:15 am - 11:00 am Event Series

Tai Chi Chih with Teresa

April 19 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Event Series

Woman’s Spirituality Group

+ 3 More
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  • There are no events on this day.
  • There are no events on this day.
April 23
April 23 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am Event Series

Sunday Service

April 24
April 24 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

April 25
April 25 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

April 26
April 26 @ 7:30 am - 8:30 am Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

April 26 @ 10:15 am - 11:00 am Event Series

Tai Chi Chih with Teresa

April 26 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Event Series

Centering Prayer

+ 2 More
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April 30
April 30 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am Event Series

Sunday Service

May 1
May 1 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

May 2
May 2 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

May 3
May 3 @ 7:30 am - 8:30 am Event Series

Outside Group Meeting Downstairs Room

May 3 @ 8:30 am - 10:00 am Event Series

Men’s Breakfast at Crossroads Café

May 3 @ 10:15 am - 11:00 am Event Series

Tai Chi Chih with Teresa

+ 3 More
  • There are no events on this day.
  • There are no events on this day.
May 6
May 6 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

Water for the World Benefit

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