Perhaps as significant for our future is that the Synod heard a report from the Task Force on Diocesan Status and approved the report, along with some specific steps for follow-on action. What does that mean to us?

For families, when you start having children, it’s a time when you get plugged back into church because you want them to be raised with Christian roots. For me what’s exciting is that I get to see parents that are coming in with little kids that are struggling, they’re trying to make right decisions and I can say, “Hey man, I know exactly how you feel. I’ve been there, lived it, let me tell you what I did.”