Randy's Ramblings

I have enjoyed the summer and our Campmeeting days immensely. Now I am ready

to move back to our “normal” routine of worship. We begin our fall season by

welcoming Bryce and Elena Behnke to our church for the coming school year. Bryce

is a student at Candler School of Theology and is in second year there. I have the

honor of serving as Bryce’s mentor through his process toward ordination. We have

been developing that relationship for several months now. At Bryce’s request,

Candler has assigned him to serve at Antioch to help meet his requirements for

Contextual Education.

Bryce will observe our administrative process by sitting in on Council and some

committee meetings. He will participate with us in worship taking on

responsibilities for reading, offer prayers, and some preaching along the way. He

will also accompany me on some pastoral visits when appropriate.

As an added bonus for Antioch we will enjoy having Elena with us in Sunday School

and in worship. Elena is a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and works in the poultry

industry. Bryce and Elena live in the Talmo community in South Hall County. I

know you will join me in welcoming these two wonderfully energetic young people to

our fellowship for these next several months.

As I ramble on, our Evangelism Team has been very busy making plans for the fall.

You can read about hose plans elsewhere in the Journey. I just want to challenge all

of us to get on board. We need willing and enthusiastic volunteers to come forward

to help with Family Night Suppers, Youth Activities, and other events as they are

planned. Please step forward and tell Bo, Rita, or myself what you would like to do

to help us with theses new projects.

Finally, I appreciate so much those who have stepped forward to help create a new

website for Antioch. We have engaged the services of Lisa Bisson, a website designer

to help us put together a very professional and easy to use website. Please check us

out at http://www.antiochunitedmethodistchurch.com. Please be patient with us as

we work out the glitches. It is and will always be a work in progress.

Looking forward to seeing you on Sunday.

Randy