Meet The Pastor
Pastor Karen Sculley
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Pastor Karen Sculley, 404-388-0518, karen@srsoln.com
(scroll down for more about the leadership structure of our church)
Here is the poem I wrote and presented the day I was installed as Pastor of Liberty Vineyard Church:
My journey, like yours, has had both lows and highs –
raw breathless wonder, heartbroken sighs,
seasons of plenty, days of delight,
parched desert wanderings with no end in sight.
Songs in the sunshine, songs in the night,
songs when we're fearful, songs of delight.
Prayers in anxiety, prayers when storm-tossed,
prayers for the desperate, when all hope seems lost.
Some dreams fulfilled, others buried with time,
dreams that seem silly, others somehow sublime,
dreams formerly dreamt long forgotten, asleep.
Nothing’s wasted or lost, for God’s reach is quite deep.
Through the highs and the lows, one thing remains clear –
the Lord has been faithful, year after year.
God is with us and for us each moment, each breath,
the one thing that’s constant (plus taxes and death).
May we live in the present more fully, and rest
in the fullness of Trinity love – God’s the best!
I gratefully give all I am to The King
of creation – each soul, being, world, everything!
Church, thanks for your trust! Oh, Lord, grace us to stay
interdependent, united, as we trust and obey
our Lord Jesus, who’s faithful to lead and provide,
as we listen, love fiercely, and walk side by side.
Believing in Jesus, we are born from above.
Spirit, fill us today with your pure, perfect love.
With a wholehearted “yes” to my Sovereign’s call.
Jesus is risen! Christ is all!
Liberty Vineyard Church follows a model of interdependent and shared leadership by each member of the Pastoral Care & Leadership Team (PCLT), including a Pastor who has additional specific roles and responsibilities. Our Pastoral Care & Leadership Team is the leadership arm of Liberty Vineyard Church, offering servant leadership, pastoral care, equipping, and empowering to people in our local and global community, to build up the body of Christ. Pastoral care includes walking with people in their spiritual journeys through listening, prayer, and relationship. This vital ministry is one of comfort, encouragement, sustenance, spiritual, and other practical help. It includes praying for and visiting the sick and suffering. Pastoral care also involves caring for persons through significant life crises such as hospitalization, grief, various losses, and family dilemmas. Our Pastoral Care & Leadership Team is characterized by love, relationship, integrity, excellence, creativity, and accountability. Karen Sculley (Pastor), Nancy Penton (Associate Pastor), Paul Sculley, Jim Roberson, Allen Penton, Dawn Roberson (Pastoral Care & Leadership Team members)