Church: Riverside Church
Pastor Tom,
Your 20+ years of being our Senior Pastor has been beyond amazing!! Your quiet, humble spirit that is rooted in Christ is so welcoming and appreciated!! Your gift of sharing the Good News of Jesus is relatable, easy to understand and filled with HOPE for a lost world! Your passion is contagious!! This church has been through it’s ups and downs in it’s 90+ years of existence!! Much has changed but the thing that has stayed true is the MESSAGE OF HOPE through JESUS CHRIST!!
The past 20+ years, you have taken on a challenge to ignite a fire in us as THE CHURCH to BE the hands and feet of Jesus to our neighbors, coworkers, acquaintances and ultimately anyone we come across in our daily walk!! We are so extremely blessed to have you as our Senior Pastor and as you are about to close this chapter in your life and move into retirement – we want you to know, you have left us with a fire that won’t be extinguished, because you have ALWAYS shared the truth of who Christ is IN us and that we need to continue to share HIS message of HOPE!
You may be retiring from being a full time Senior Pastor but you will always be our good shepherd that has cared for us VERY WELL!! We appreciate you SO MUCH and pray that God will continue to bless you during this NEXT chapter of your life as much as he’s blessed the 46 years of ministry!!!
I love you and Gwen and truly do pray we see you often once retirement actually gets here!!
THANK YOU for giving us a 1 year notice…. we appreciate that time to really allow this transition to be “real” and to find the perfect candidate to be our new Senior Pastor!!!
THANK YOU PASTOR TOM!!
God bless you abundantly!
♥ You WILL be missed ♥