It’s 7:30 in the morning on Monday, July 21st. Today we welcome not one but TWO new ministers for their first day of work.
Ken McDaniel joins us as our Adult Discipleship and Outreach Minister. He and his wife Cindy are Delaware natives who have lived most of their adult lives in Lexington. Ken comes to us after ministries at Southland Christian Church and Mount Zion Christian in Winchester. Cindy is the director of the Assurance Pregnancy Center here in Lexington. They have three kids and one granddaughter Avery, who lives a long way away 
but in Orlando :) . Welcome, Ken!
Katy Lines comes to us as our Children’s Minister. She is from Colorado, her husband Kip is from Pennsylvania, and their sons Patrick (9) and Brian (6) have spent most of their entire lives in Kenya, where the Lineses have been missionaries among the Turkana people with CMF. In the next few weeks, Kip will start a Missions PhD program at Asbury, and over the weekend they moved into their new home, not far from the church. Welcome, Katy!
And so the BIG QUESTION, amidst all of my excitement here in the early morning office, is this: WHO WILL GET TO WORK FIRST TODAY? It’s almost like seeing which twin will be born first, but with possibly even bigger stakes than a birthright. A matter of seconds could determine which new staff member occupies the bottom spot on the totem pole.
(I am leaving town tonight, but will try tomorrow to post the answer to this big question here on the blog).
Regardless of where they land on the totem pole, I know I speak for the whole congregation in welcoming both Ken and Katy, and of saying how excited we are for what the Lord is going to do through you–and in you–while you serve here!!!
