Resignation letter
Below is the letter of resignation I read yesterday to the dear members of FBC, Sioux Falls. Thought it might be of interest.
November 12, 2006
Dear Friends at FBC, Sioux Falls,
Ecclesiastes 3 tells us that there is a time for every matter under heaven, a time for a thing to begin and a time for it to end—and a time for beginning again. With this word of biblical assurance in mind, I submit to you my resignation as your Senior Pastor so that I may accept the call as Senior Pastor for the First Baptist Church, Arkadelphia, Arkansas. Our last Sunday will be December 10, 2006.
Our four and one-half years here have been brief but eventful. Living on the Great Plains brought new experiences for us: snow (though never the real blizzard I wanted) and snow blowing, and Great Bear, and the Black Hills, and Camp Judson, and pheasant hunting, and ice fishing. For southerners who had never experienced these things, we will carry with us all our days these joyful memories.
But more importantly, we will carry with us the deep relationships we have developed and the friendships that have nurtured our souls. You have loved us and prayed for us. You stood by us tenderly during last year’s episode with our precious grandson, Andrew. I asked you last December to pray for a miracle for this little guy—and God gave us one! We are forever indebted.
First Baptist Church, Sioux Falls, is truly one of the Lord’s great churches. Brenda and I have marveled at the spirit and energy that is alive here. God has guided this great church since those pioneering days in 1875 and has brought to fulfillment accomplishments for the Kingdom that can be explained only as God’s moving hand. The same grace and power that has guided in days past will guide into a blessed and encouraging future. I am sure of it.
The church in Arkansas is three blocks from Ouachita Baptist University, where our son, Nick, is a student and where Brenda and I both graduated, and also Brenda’s parents. We were married in the university chapel, its steeple in sight from the church. We will be thirty miles from my hometown, and less than one hundred miles from Brenda’s parents. We have a deep sense of peace in our hearts about this decision. We are going home.
Please know of our continued prayers for you as the days of transition begin. And we covet your prayers as we step into a new situation. May God’s greatest gift of his presence be with us all.
Grace and peace,
Lee McGlone
November 12, 2006
Dear Friends at FBC, Sioux Falls,
Ecclesiastes 3 tells us that there is a time for every matter under heaven, a time for a thing to begin and a time for it to end—and a time for beginning again. With this word of biblical assurance in mind, I submit to you my resignation as your Senior Pastor so that I may accept the call as Senior Pastor for the First Baptist Church, Arkadelphia, Arkansas. Our last Sunday will be December 10, 2006.
Our four and one-half years here have been brief but eventful. Living on the Great Plains brought new experiences for us: snow (though never the real blizzard I wanted) and snow blowing, and Great Bear, and the Black Hills, and Camp Judson, and pheasant hunting, and ice fishing. For southerners who had never experienced these things, we will carry with us all our days these joyful memories.
But more importantly, we will carry with us the deep relationships we have developed and the friendships that have nurtured our souls. You have loved us and prayed for us. You stood by us tenderly during last year’s episode with our precious grandson, Andrew. I asked you last December to pray for a miracle for this little guy—and God gave us one! We are forever indebted.
First Baptist Church, Sioux Falls, is truly one of the Lord’s great churches. Brenda and I have marveled at the spirit and energy that is alive here. God has guided this great church since those pioneering days in 1875 and has brought to fulfillment accomplishments for the Kingdom that can be explained only as God’s moving hand. The same grace and power that has guided in days past will guide into a blessed and encouraging future. I am sure of it.
The church in Arkansas is three blocks from Ouachita Baptist University, where our son, Nick, is a student and where Brenda and I both graduated, and also Brenda’s parents. We were married in the university chapel, its steeple in sight from the church. We will be thirty miles from my hometown, and less than one hundred miles from Brenda’s parents. We have a deep sense of peace in our hearts about this decision. We are going home.
Please know of our continued prayers for you as the days of transition begin. And we covet your prayers as we step into a new situation. May God’s greatest gift of his presence be with us all.
Grace and peace,
Lee McGlone
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