{"id":15469,"date":"2017-07-10T14:17:39","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T18:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=15469"},"modified":"2017-08-13T16:05:43","modified_gmt":"2017-08-13T20:05:43","slug":"pumc-welcomes-back-the-boltons-7917","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pitmanumc.org\/wp\/?p=15469","title":{"rendered":"PUMC Welcomes Back the Boltons! (7\/9\/17)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pastors in the United Methodist Church are appointed one year at a time.\u00a0 Clergy are members of the Annual Conference; not of the local church.\u00a0 And, they are “Itinerant Pastors”, serving for an average of 5-10 years at a local church.<\/p>\n

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Bishop Schol appointed Pastor Jim to our church during the 2014 Annual Conference<\/p><\/div>\n

July first is the official start of a clergy appointment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For many churches, the last Sunday is June is a difficult time where a congregation says “goodbye” to an outgoing pastor.\u00a0 For others,\u00a0 the first Sunday of July is a day of hope and celebration when the new appointees conduct their first worship service in their new church.<\/p>\n

But in our case, July 1 was a time to “breathe a sigh of relief” because we are keeping our pastor for (at least) another year; Pastor Jim was re-appointed to our church!\u00a0 And so, on the 2nd Sunday in July, we thankfully welcomed Pastor Jim, Judy, Rebecca, and Lindsey back to PUMC.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And how else should true Methodists celebrate?\u00a0 Cake! (it was too early in the day for a full-blown covered dish dinner<\/span><\/em>).\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Welcome back to the Boltons!!!<\/span><\/h3>\n

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