Today was a very special celebration honoring 4 years of a shared ministry between two churches who are separate but equal. The slide show should convey the comradery that transpired today. The first two years was spent working out all the logistics and then we hired the Reverend Jeannine Lamb, who has served both churches for two years this coming May.
The history of the United Churches of Christ here in Pueblo, Colorado is one best gone into at a later date. First Church started in 1878 and in 1957 the more progressive Christ Church splintered off from the First Church. Needless to say, all you need to know at this point is that we been around a very long time!
Pastor Lamb conducts two services every Sunday. But this is about our celebration. The mere fact that 4 years later we are still here and still in a committed realtionship while remaining completely seperate is enough to make me scratch my head, but here we are.
Tom Rehling, the Conference Minister was an active participant in the festivities. Retired Reverend Will Green and his wife Delores attended. As did retired Reverend Bob Howard and his wife Evelyn. My personal favorite was the retired Reverend Faye Gallegos who was twice the Interim Minister at First Church when I attended there. I love her and I am going to do a blog on her soon because she actually marched with Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
I had a wonderful day and now I am very tired, so I want you to enjoy the slide show and I will write more tomorrow. Just know that this is a good day!
1 comment:
Very cool, Lou! Nice summary. And you got photos of all the clowns!
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