Dan Scarrow, from the Central District office, led the church through the evaluation form where we had a chance to give input on our church, its strengths and weaknesses and things we'd like to see in our next pastor. He also gave opportunity to ask questions. One thing he wanted us to be prepared for was a potential 8-12 months before we have a new pastor. Reasons for the time delay included: 1) time for us to heal from losing a man we loved, 2) time to go through the search process carefully, and 3) time for whomever we call to prepare their current church for departure like we had with Tim.
Later, Dan shared with us from Isaiah 58 focusing on our need to please the Lord and not ourselves. The passage also taught us to to not serve in the church out of a false sense of duty or religion but to serve, again, in an effort to please the Lord. There are things we should be doing to serve the Lord and the rewards that will come from following  Check it out in the New Living Translation that he used. www.BibleGateway.com 
Next week we hear from one of our pulpit supply pastors, a friend of Pastor Tim and highly recommended by him.
Don't forget we meet on Wednesdays at 7 pm to pray for our church family and future pastor.
If you have ever thought about joining us for Sunday School this is a great time to start. We meet at 9 am and the assignment for this week is to look at the book of I John and find the instances where the author says, "I write to you because" and the times he says, " by this we know" or similiar wording if your version doesn't use these exact words. Even if you can't make Sunday School this might be a good exercise for you to do on your own.