LET’S CELEBRATE!

The mission of DHPC includes celebrating God’s work in the world.  Today we celebrate the ways in which God has been at work in preparing member Jessica Chancey as she explores a potential call to the ministry of Word and Sacrament. At the Presbytery meeting on February 11, 2012, Jess moved into the candidacy phase of preparation (after serving as an “inquirer” for more than a year).   

Jess first came to DHPC as a soprano soloist, and we have enjoyed her considerable musical talents.  Thereafter Jess became a member of DHPC, came under the care of our session to explore the possibility of ministry, and is now in her second year as a student at Columbia Theological Seminary.  Last summer Jess served as a pastoral intern in a Presbyterian church in Fairhope, Alabama.  This coming summer Jess will pursue Clinical Pastoral Education as a chaplain at St. Joseph’s Hospital here in Atlanta. 

We celebrate all these milestones with Jess.  Please continue to hold Jess in your prayers that she might continue to attend to God’s leading in her life.       

We also celebrate the faithful service of member Paula Thweatt as Jess’s liaison.  Paula has provided important support and guidance to Jess through prayer and conversation during this journey of exploration and preparation.