John Gibson asked at a Session meeting not too long ago, “Pastor, at the annual meeting are you going to give a ‘state of the church’ address?” It should not be surprising to me that in this part of the country, where politics and government is the home-town industry, that such a request be made. After all, briefing books and position papers are as common in this town as Paula Deen’s buttered collard greens and lima beans, and smoked sausage are in Savannah. Still, it did put me back a bit. I don’t consider myself an expert on the state of any church, much less Church of the Covenant. Further still, lack of expertise hasn’t stopped anyone in this town from giving opinions, solicited or not, on any subject from Girl Scouts to guns to Lady Gaga. So I’ll take up that challenge—at the annual meeting on Sunday, January 27. See where that leads us.
