Dear Church Family,

For those of you who were not on the search committee or who missed my brief self-introduction in worship last Sunday, I would like to once again tell you how pleased and excited I am to have been called to Midway Christian Church. I think this church can teach me many things I need to know about the Ministry, and I hope the things I already know can be used for the good of the congregation.

I would also like to tell you a little about myself. I grew up between the cities of Raleigh and Durham, North Carolina (about an hour east of Heather’s hometown) and was raised in St. Paul’s Christian Church in Raleigh. I began to teach Sunday School there when I was sixteen and began to consider ministry as a career when I was eighteen.

In May 2005 I received a BA in English from Meredith College in Raleigh—a private women’s college of about 1200 students. I moved to Kentucky in August 2005 to attend Lexington Theological Seminary and am halfway through my second year there. Once I graduate I plan to be ordained and enter full-time congregational ministry.

My parents live in Durham county. I also have a younger brother who lives in Raleigh and is working on a BS at North Carolina State University.

Thank you all for the warm welcome I have already received. I am eager to see what shape my future will take now that I have landed here in Midway.

Peace,

Amanda