Pressing On

Change is continuing throughout the Indianapolis Districts. I know that pastors and their administrative assistants have felt the change. Charge conferences are all on one day, and the reports are due sooner than in the past. More than a year ago I made the decision to work through the transition without complaining. This has been a challenging time to keep this decision. A reminder of my decision was on my screen saver until the computer system was “CHANGED!”

I spoke to McCordsville United Methodist Church this morning about change. I invited them to be a part of the change within Metro Ministries and support the mission programs with their “change.” The demographics in McCordsville are changing. McCordsville UMC is changing by adding a new addition to their building. The new addition includes a new fellowship hall and classrooms. John Myrland preached keeping the theme of Change and Pressing On. I will take this back to Metro Ministries, asking the Metro Board of Directors to “press on” through the changes. As all of the community missions change their budgets accommodating the new structure of the conference funding, I invite you all to be a part of the Metro Ministries “change” and “press on” through the district changes.