Well it is nearly fall again.  My favorite time of year.  There is a disconnect for  me a little this time of year, seasonally it is the last season before winter and traditionally symbolizes an ending, but for me it always feels more like the beginning of my year.  The school years is just starting, it is the windup for Christmas which leads right into Easter, the fall is when we do all of our annual planning/visioning, budgeting and calendaring, and often times when we make some of our biggest changes.  And this year is no different.

This fall we move into our busy season down one.  Eddie and Kristi our long time partner at The Well decided at the end of the summer they were ready to return to Arkansas, Kristi’s childhood home to be closer to family and take on some new responsibilities at The Journey, the church Ed and Kris had been at before coming up to Chicago.  While that leaves a whole in our hearts it also creates new opportunities for new people to step into all different kinds of leadership at The Well.  And that is exactly what has been happening.  From Children’s church to Environment, From Worship team to Making Waves, our social justice outreach, we are seeing men and women step into new levels of leadership and thrive, and not just them but the Well.  Our new team of deacons, transitions that we will be announcing soon with staff and a renovation project launch on our new building all speak to the fact that God is up to something, and it is going to be great.

This is a season of new beginnings, it is a time to believe for anything, and then strike out and see what God will do.

Father,

Thanks for giving us eyes to see what you are doing and a will to join in,

Jerry