Big News!

We have big news: we are moving!  On December 9, 2012 Jim was extended a call to be pastor of Messiah Lutheran Church in Kenosha, Wisconsin.  After much prayer and deliberation and a trip out there to check it out, he announced on January 6 that he accepted the call.  While we are sad to leave all the wonderful friends we made here in Michigan, we are excited about this adventure.  The church is much bigger than Good Shepherd (avg weekly attendance is around 110, while we had a whopping 23 souls at Good Shepherd on Sunday!), and has a school.  Preschool through 8th grade.  They also have a very nice parsonage.

We are already somewhat familiar with the Kenosha area as our good friends, The Chrysts, live in Racine, about 11 miles north of Kenosha and we have been over to visit them several times.  In case you are unfamiliar, Kenosha is just about 50 miles north of Chicago, just across the Wisconsin border on the western shore of Lake Michigan.

I have put a few pics of the new church and house up on my Picasa page:

Picasa Web Albums: Kenosha Pics

Please keep us in your prayers during this transition time. This Sunday, January 27, is Jim's last Sunday at Good Shepherd and we will be leaving Michigan on Thursday, January 31. Jim's installation at Messiah will be Sunday, February 10 at 4 pm (CST).

I still need to post pics from Mom's 60th birthday in December and all of our Christmas pics, but that probably won't happen until we get settled in Kenosha.

Update: Got the post for Mom's birthday done: Mom's 60th Birthday
Update: Got Christmas pics done: Christmas 2012