Interims Keep the Fire Burning Interim ministry is a vital component in the health and life-cycle of many congregations. To serve in this capacity, a priest must be trained to assume leadership between rectors. Interims can help a congregation to shape its new vision for leadership all the while tending to a serious “to-do” list of important matters. Right now we have three interims serving in Western Mass. We want to introduce them to you and thank them for their service among us.
The Rev. Dr. Randall K. Wilburn Trinity, Ware Randy was ordained a Lutheran pastor in 1968 after completing his Master of Divinity at Luther Theological Seminary in St. Paul, Minn., and served in full-time ministry for 37 years. Since 2005, Randy has been accepting calls to interim for Lutheran, UCC and Episcopal churches including at Trinity, Lenox; Grace, Amherst; and St. Francis’, Holden. Randy has studied and trained extensively. He has a Master of Arts in Sacred Theology from Southern Methodist University, a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Andover Newton Theological School and a certification in spiritual direction. Randy was in private practice as a marriage and family therapist for 16 years. n
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