What a joke although not funny
phone call Friday from DS
I’m emailing you script to read Sunday
no livestream
I’m emailing different script for SPRC chair to read
out loud
at end of worship
announcing who Massey’s new pastor will be
who is it? I asked
I cannot tell you she replied
well what church is Massey’s being paired with? I
asked
I cannot tell you she said
is it in Durham!? I cannot tell you
you will find out Sunday when chair reads her script.
That’s what you think I didn’t say.
Later that day surprise
here came email to me from district office
containing the chair’s script!
Oops!
So that’s the new pastor!
I looked her up
what? rural church 45 minutes away?
never would have guessed
if she can manage the driving
she will do well at Massey’s
I watched her Easter livestream
there’s an accent but not hard to understand
a sweet lilting African accent
reminds me of Shepherd’s House.
Sunday: chair read long boring script
which said I was moving (not retiring)
which she corrected
blah blah blah
new pastor is who?
script gave her name only
not her church
did not say she was ordained
married with children
or from the Congo
I did not read my script
but came out of the pulpit
said it all!
answered questions
reassured congregation
you will love this pastor!
her own church loves her
(and it's rural and white I didn't say)
church doesn’t want to lose her
she’s young (compared to us) energetic
everyone exited smiling
it’s going to be okay.
The DS thinks we are both morons
chair told me afterwards
no she’s dogpaddling in the deep end
she’ll be a good DS in a few years I replied
or maybe she does think I’m a moron
because I have a part-time appointment
what? chair said
oh never mind
I try to care what God thinks.
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