Notice Of Church Administrative
Council Discussion
The church’s Administrative Council met
Tuesday evening (1-17-17) to inform the congregation that the Staff Pastor Parish
Relations Committee (SPPRC) has been in conversation with the Hutchinson
District Superintendent, Dennis Livingston, concerning the possibility of Faith
UMC entering into a two-point charge with a yet unnamed area church (two individual churches served by one
pastor) effective July 1, 2017.
The motivation for this change is Faith’s
improving, but still tenuous, financial status and the long-term viability of
this church. SPPRC members have strongly expressed to Dennis their
interest in Rev. Alan Gager continuing to serve Faith UMC in the next
appointment cycle (July 1), but, as we all know, in the United Methodist
Church, all appointment decisions are the purview of the Bishop, Rueben Saenz,
and his Cabinet, of which Dennis is a member.
Decisions
concerning use of the parsonage after July 1st (either occupied by the pastor
or rented out as an income source), worship schedule, and office hours for the
pastor would be made only after the two-point charge decision is finalized.
Dennis
Livingston will attend our previously scheduled January 24th Administrative
Council meeting to answer any questions concerning this possible change.
He will be available from 6:30 to 7pm. after which time, other business of the
church will be conducted.
I would ask that we be
in prayer about this possible future for Faith UMC.
Janet Hamilton
Administrative Council Chair
