White Bluff Pastors Meeting

Yesterday, I met for about two hours with the pastors in the White Bluff area of Tennessee, where Bishop Gary Riley serves as the District Presbyter. We had all but a few of the pastors in attendance and I thoroughly enjoyed the time of fellowship and sharing.

This is the third of these meetings I have conducted, having met with the Cleveland/Chattanooga area pastors, the Nashville Area Pastors and now this group. This means that I have now met with almost a half of our pastors in the last few weeks, with the next meeting scheduled for the Manchester area.

In these meetings, we discuss the upcoming International Assembly Business reports and a reminder that the Proxy expressions are due in my office on April 30, 2012. Please help me reach 100% participation in Tennessee by reminding your pastor to send these in. God bless.

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