Dear MERCYhouse,
It is with bittersweet joy for us to announce that Anna Plummer will be taking the full-time position of Program Coordinator at the Emily Dickinson Museum in Amherst. Congratulations Anna! This position is one that Anna has been working toward since 2015 and is an answer to many prayers. We’re excited for Anna and are in full support of her using her experience and gifts to glorify God right here in our community! She will be leaving her role as MERCYhouse’s Church Administrator at the end of May.
Anna has been such an encouragement to our staff and church body these past five months as she stepped into an incredibly challenging role during an incredibly difficult season of our church. She has been able to wrap her mind around the many responsibilities which our previous Church Administrator Lois held for over 20 years, and execute them with joy and excellence. In the words of JD, Anna has done a wonderful job making sure all the trains run on time.
I (Tommy) am very thankful for her service and grateful for her friendship. While we are sad to see her leave this position, I want to encourage our church family that Anna’s time on staff at MERCYhouse has proved incredibly fruitful. Not only in helping to facilitate a space where worship of God and fellowship with one another can happen without distraction, but also in distilling and organizing the duties and responsibilities that are critical to those ends. In other words, she has been carefully constructing a manageable baton to hand off.
As MERCYhouse matures, we will continue striving toward being a body which utilizes all of its members in service to God and one another. We will be looking for someone to fill the role of Church Administrator (if you want to learn more, please click here) but are using this opportunity to involve more of our membership in some administrative and operational tasks. We hope that you’ll answer the call when it comes!
Please take some time to let Anna know if you’ve been blessed by her (you can reach her at anna@mercyhouse365.org)! Anna, we love you and are thankful for you. We look forward to hearing the testimony of your experience on staff, and how God has used this season in your life. We praise God that you’ll remain in this area and can’t wait to see how God will continue to use you as a member of our church family.
In Christ,
Tommy, Steve, Jake and Garrett
If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to reach out to us at elders@mercyhouse365.org. Thank you!