A LETTER FROM AMERICA

News has just reached our ears, that our very own Richard Gibbons will soon be leaving us for an exciting new challenge in South Carolina. Richard is an outstanding preacher and we have been blessed in many ways by his involvement within Hilton Church.
We'll let Richard tell you all about it himself. Prepare to be impressed when you read the link from First Presbyterian Church in Greenville's website announcing Richard's appointment!

Dear All
Warm greetings and I trust that u are well and not too busy.
This past Sunday, the 22nd April, the congregation at First Presbyterian Church in Greenville, South Carolina, voted to call me as their tenth Senior Pastor and head of staff. The Foothills Presbytery’s Examination Commission, having examined me on the previous Thursday, invited me back for a full examination from the floor of Presbytery on Sunday afternoon and then ratified the congregation’s vote. I have been chatting to the congregation since Christmas and consider it an enormous privilege to be called of God to serve this congregation. If all goes according to plan, including immigration issues, we hope to move in mid to late August, taking up my new responsibilities in early September. For more information on the congregation see http://www.firstpresgreenville.org/
These last few months have been an incredibly exciting period for us as a family as we have wrestled with a number of issues relating to a change of this magnitude and I wanted to thank so many of you for your prayers.
With warmest Christian greetings
Richard

We will be remembering Richard along with Ruth and Michael in our prayers as they make plans for such a major change in their lives

D MacP