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Meeting People Where They Are

Posted on August 21, 2023August 1, 2023 by ptsblog

Amy Newell is a part-time pastor with a full-time ministry that models the blessings and relational opportunities of a bi-vocational call. It’s not uncommon for someone to move across the street from a church and become its pastor. But usually these events happen simultaneously, not three decades apart. PTS alumna and member of the Board…

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Retirement Advice for Pastors

Posted on August 14, 2023August 1, 2023 by ptsblog

Cruising into a “Sterling” Retirement From the beginning of my ministry in 1985, my spouse, Dara, had warned me that I should plan to retire on June 30, 2021, should I live that long. As United Methodists, this would be the end of the appointment year after I had turned 67. Since she is a…

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Starting Well in a New Church

Posted on August 10, 2023August 1, 2023 by ptsblog

  Life is like a mountain railroad, With an Engineer that’s brave; We must make the run successful, From the cradle to the grave; Watch the curves, the fills, the tunnels; Never falter, never quail; Keep your hand upon the throttle, And your eye upon the rail. Blessed Savior, Thou wilt guide us, Till we…

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