Sisters and Brothers in Christ at Hilltop United Methodist in Sandy, Utah!
Marilyn and I are excited about becoming part of what God is doing at Hilltop United Methodist.
In Matthew 28:20 Jesus gathers the remaining disciples on a mountain and uses these verbs: “go … make … baptize … teach.” That passage and those verbs are key elements of Marilyn’s and my spiritual formation. In order to “go” we must leave places of safety and boldly and confidently answer God’s call. Our Christian vocation is the intentional creation of new life-long students of the gospel realized through our relinquishment of worldly ways. Everything we understand about Hilltop communicates Hilltop is a community with that spiritual grounding.
I told the Hilltop Staff Parish Relations Committee that if we had been asked to write a description of a church where we would feel called, the description Hilltop provided was one we would have written.
We are impressed with what you are already doing.
We are excited about joining the Hilltop Christian family on this journey.
We look forward to being at Hilltop in July!
We see this as a sacred opportunity God has placed before us.
We both ask you to be in prayer for churches relinquishing their pastors to other churches this year. This is a time of anxiety you uniquely understand. Your collective prayers for patience and assurance are powerful, knowing that God is at work and will provide.
Yours in Christ,
Dennis Shaw
1 comment:
Pastor Dennis,
Well I know you've meet some of Hilltop already (SPRC), but let me say welcome in advance of meeting you!
We are anxiously waiting your and Marilyn's arrival and looking forward to building a faith community together.
We too will be will be sending off a trusted friend in Pastor David Henry and pray that with both of your callings, God continues to put you in the right places at the right time.
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