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Randy Harmon,
Pastor First Baptist
Church 12 Church St. Dunlap,
Tennessee (423)
949-2441 |
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Dear First Baptist Dunlap Family, About one year ago, a series of events lead me to begin
to pray about my effectiveness as your pastor. In the midst of this, Kim had
an opportunity to interview for a supervisory position. At that time, we begin to pray for God’s
direction for the future of my ministry.
It was made very clear to us at the time that Kim should take the
position. We continued to pray for
God’s guidance through this year as Kim worked in Nashville and I continued
to pastor here. Approximately two
months ago, a church in the Nashville area approached me and asked that I
begin praying about becoming their Pastor.
As you are aware, their committee visited here last month. As of October 16, 2011, I will assume the
duties of Pastor of Rock Springs Baptist Church in Greenbrier,
Tennessee. I have committed to preach
a Homecoming service at my former church Double Springs Baptist in Athens,
Tennessee on September 25, 2011. I
have also committed to preach a revival at Lee Station Baptist on October
2-7, 2011. This service was moved from
the week of September 18th, because of the poor health of Pastor
Bill Wolfe. I plan for my last sermon
at First Baptist Dunlap to be on the evening of October 9, 2011. I will serve out that week and will do my best
to be out of the parsonage by October 31, 2011.In addition, I plan to leave
behind the refrigerator Kim and I purchased when we moved into the parsonage
as a benefit to the next pastor who occupies it. First Baptist Dunlap has great potential in this
community as it sits in the middle of downtown and has the capacity to
minister to a great variety of people in the Sequatchie Valley. My prayer for First Baptist Dunlap is that
God will unite you and give you a Pastor with the capacity to lead this church
to minister to this community. You have loved us through great tragedy and celebrated
significant events in our lives. Many
of you have shown your love and support to me as a pastor. We have established many life-long
friendships and will always hold a place in our hearts for this
congregation. Despite the difficulty
in leaving many dear friendships behind, we celebrate in having grown close
to God’s people from this place and will continue to pray for you often. Respectfully Submitted,
Bro. Randy Harmon |
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