Dominos cheese pizza will be provided for children in the Romper Room Parents with nursery children: please send your child’s lunch and a beverage
Congregational Vote to extend a call to Sean Lucas as next Senior Pastor of IPC
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25
LISA MITCHUM “Sean Lucas is everything we are seeking in a Senior Pastor. He is gifted and experienced in preaching, leadership, and vision, a man of humility, love, integrity, and prayer. I believe God has called him for the specific purpose of leading IPC as our next Senior Pastor.”
JOHN CREWS, SR.
The mission of Independent Presbyterian Church is to make disciples of Jesus by gathering for worship, growing in community, and going out in love.
“My experience during the past year on the search committee has been a wonderful time of getting to know various members of IPC, that I typically might not have had the opportunity and to know. I look forward to knowing Sean more and to us all being at IPC together.”
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Sean Lucas will preach and a reception in the Fellowship Hall will follow.
“At one point during our search, I prayed specifically that God would send us a man who could build solidarity amid differences and a culture of mutual respect in the church body and leadership despite disagreement. I believe God sent us Sean Lucas, and I believe him to be, by God’s grace, that unifier for whom I prayed.”
IPC SENIOR PASTOR SEARCH
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
2016 PULPIT SEARCH COMMITTEE
Worship with us at the 8:30 and 11:00 a.m. services
LORI KELLUM
JACK STOKES “I am absolutely sure that Sean Lucas is the man God is calling to be our next Senior Pastor and am confident that he is the right fit for IPC. I am praying that once they know Sean and his family that our congregation will think the same.”
CHARLES CLOWERS “Sean’s vision for a Memphis metro presbytery and church planting brought a lot of excitement as we thought about what God might do in Memphis through IPC over the next 20 years.”
2016 PULPIT SEARCH COMMITTEE
“This has been an amazing journey. From the beginning, we have been praying that God would show us who He is calling to be the next Senior Pastor of IPC. I believe God has answered that prayer. We prayed that God would lead us to His choice, not our individual choice. Sean is a good man with an extraordinary skill set. He lives our core values of truth, grace, community, humility, and love in his ministry and in his family life. These are important aspects of why we were drawn to Sean, but the most significant thing is, we are all convinced that God has shown us who He is calling to IPC. We realize that this calling can only be affirmed by our congregation and that is the focus of our continued prayer.”
2016 PULPIT SEARCH COMMITTEE
CHUCK HALFORD PULPIT SEARCH COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN
“GETTING TO KNOW SEAN AND SARA has been such a blessing to each one of us on the committee. I can’t wait to see how God will use him at IPC. I love my church and truly believe that God has answered my prayers as a member of the search committee. What I hope and asked for is that God would show us who He was calling and that we would be united as a committee. Seeing God do that has been amazing and encouraging. Sean is an extraordinary man in many ways, but what draws me to him is the deep sense of calling to IPC that I sensed in him from the beginning. I look forward to serving with him in this next phase of IPC’s journey.”
DANIELLE HANSON “God has been so good to us, not only has he given us a wonderful preacher, pastor and leader, but he has also given us an organized man with strong administrative skills and unsurpassed work ethic. Sean pays attention to the details of loving and pastoring his people. It is my strong opinion that Sean is God’s choice for IPC.”
BRANTLEY DAVIDSON “There are multiple reasons why I think Sean is a great fit: his intentionality, teaching ability, enthusiasm for Memphis, and leadership capacity. I’ve been personally shepherded by Sean throughout this process and am excited about the opportunity for God to use his gifts to impact IPC, Memphis, and beyond for God’s Kingdom.”
BRIAN HAWKINS
NELL WOMACK
“From the onset of the search process, we prayed together as a team that God would provide the right fit for IPC— in His timing and He always does—God delivered with care, compassion, and hope for better things to come.”
“It is clear to me that Sean is uniquely gifted to pastor, preach, and lead, and his wife Sara is a crucial component of his fruitful ministry. She is warm, relational, and dynamic—with a great sense of humor. In Sean’s words, she is a “really good church member.” Together, they make a great team.”