Catching Up
with Pastor Candy
As many of you know, for the past several months I’ve been participating in the Financial Leadership Academy, a two-year training program designed to equip pastors in areas of leadership and financial practices. The FLA program includes large group teaching presentations, small group brainstorming sessions, individual study, and one-on-one coaching. It’s been an invaluable process for me in these first few months at Wesley. Part of the FLA program includes a process of goal-setting, with encouragement and accountability provided by a small group of committed laity. When I first began speaking to our Nominations and Leadership Development team about this newly-forming small group, I didn’t yet have a good name in mind, so I jokingly referred to them as “The Avengers”… and the name has stuck!
Meet the Avengers, pictured here (and in the artistic depiction created by Ellie during our last meeting): Ardis Chapman, Stephen Collins, Emily Doll, and Chuck Stehly. Together, they’ll be helping me set and refine goals, brainstorm new possibilities, and work through difficulties. I am grateful for their faithfulness!
~ Pastor Candy
