A Time of Change

The Church of Living Water, ON.

Pastor Murray Finck with his wife Devon.

It has been an exciting time at The Church of Living Water with all the recent changes. The first change was that our previous pastor retired and moved away around Thanksgiving of 2023. I filled the preaching role as soon as he left, but a congregational vote about me taking the role of lead pastor didn’t happen until mid-December. Being so close to Christmas (which is a very busy season), I didn’t really feel like I was able to fully step into the role until the beginning of the new year.

Now that 2024 is off to the races, so is CLW. The church itself is getting a bit of a makeover as we work towards clearing out clutter and setting up some spaces to be used for ministry purposes. It is too early for me to tell if the numbers swell a little bit at this time of year or if we are starting a growth process, but for the last month, the number of people seems to grow ever so slightly week to week.

We are having a big pancake dinner on February 13 to kick off Lent. I am hoping this is a chance for some of the seniors in our church to invite their adult children and grandchildren back to the church for some good food, fun and worship. God is starting to move here, and I hope the small congregation at CLW feels that as well.

-Murray Finck