New Opportunity

Today I (Marla), along with 2 others, were commissioned by Peace Mennonite Church to work as a pastoral team in the absense of a pastor. My duties are the communications: bulletins, mailboxes, announcements, emails, responding to phone calls and mail (the type of stuff an administrative assistant would do.) My biggest challenge will be learning everyone's names and the history of how this group works. I will be paid a small amount each month for these tasks. Today as we were commissioned to do this in front of the congregation, I began to wonder what I had gotten myself into, to be part of a pastoral team that does everything the pastor would do on a daily basis. Yikes! I can honestly say I never, ever would have thought I would be on a pastoral team. I officially start the first week of February.