• A drama group from Union Chapel (Fort Wayne, Ind.) opened the service with a powerful skit.
• A worship team from Hillsdale UB (Hillsdale, Mich.) led the congregational singing.
• Pat Jones led a communion service.
• Bishop Ron Ramsey spoke, switching form the car-racing metaphor to a running-the-race metaphor.
• Bishop Ramsey led the installation service for Bishop-Elect Phil Whipple.

Phil Whipple will take office August 15. But the Executive Leadership Team took action last fall to allow for a two-week overlap with Bishop Ramsey, prior to August 15. In the past, the changeover happened rather abruptly–one bishop one day, a different bishop the next.

Pray for Phil and Sandy Whipple as they busy themselves with all the arrangements for moving from one state to another. They don’t have a home to sell in Michigan, so that’s a plus. But they will need to find a place to live in the Huntington/Fort Wayne area, and soon.