It Feels New

They announced my role change (effective this coming Thursday) to the church on Sunday morning.

I was offered lots of congratulations by people who have appreciated me, most of which not knowing that my role on the hierarchy chart hadn't already been pastor, as they had clearly seen me in that role.

For a lot of people, the changes to my role won't seem new.  I'll simply be called what I've been assumed to be for quite some time.

On my end though, it feels new.  There is a new sense of pressure I have put on myself.  A new sense of responsibility I feel the need to hold up to.  Maybe this is because I have large dreams for what can happen through this church, and has less to do with my role, but something about this week feels new in my Spirit.