In early
March both Rev. Sue Pethoud and Rev. Paul Hahm were recommended for ordination.
Sue, who serves at Cass Community UMC, will be ordained a deacon and Paul, who
serves at Grace UMC (Lansing) will be ordained an elder in the United Methodist
Church in June. Paul served as an associate pastor at Brighton First and Sue is
a former member. Daniel Hyer, a member of Brighton First, who is currently
finishing his Master of Divinity degree at Asbury Theological Seminary in
Kentucky, will begin serving as pastor at LaSalle:
Zion UMC and Petersburg UMC in
July.
Brighton First is blessed to
have a “culture of call”. We expect that God is calling people to remarkable
service and we celebrate many who have become ministry leaders through their
experiences with the Brighton First faith community. We have small group
facilitators, teachers and mission leaders who never thought God would call
them to fill those roles.
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| Rev. Robert Fuchs |
Several of
our church staff members have been called from the congregation for ministry,
including Wendy Carmack, office assistant, Missy Setty, Children's Ministry
Director and Lisa Guise, First Steps Preschool Director. Rev. Loretta Job and
Rev. Bob Fuchs, who are appointed to serve at Brighton First, were once lay
members of the congregation.
Other
former Brighton First members currently serving in other ministries are Jesse
Stark, Rev. Beth Titus, Rev. Bob Miller, Rev. Dan Phillips, Rev. Suzy
Hutchison, and Rev. Bryan Kilpatrick. Rev. Margo Kivisto was called to serve as
a pastor and has returned to Brighton First in retirement.
If you are
feeling that God may be calling you to try something new in ministry, perhaps
even to professional ministry, please contact Pastor Bob, Deacon Loretta or
me.
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