After three incredible years serving as the Associate Rector at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, I have now been called to serve as Rector at St Peter’s Episcopal Church Plant City, Florida!
Good Shepherd has been such a wonderful home for us and we are so grateful to our friends and parish family here. It will not be easy to leave. I have loved working with Sanford Groff and all of our staff and volunteers, and they will continue to do great things with Good Shepherd.
And yet the Holy Spirit is moving in some exciting ways and leading us to a really wonderful parish in St. Peter’s, a community with which we already share so much in common.
St. Peter’s is also just down the road from where I grew up. And now our boys will get to grow up near their grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins!
Please pray for us as we make this transition! My last Sunday at Good Shepherd will be July 21st and my first Sunday at St. Peter’s will be August 18th.
Thoughts on Faith 
Congratulations, Derek, how awesome for you and your family that you get to return and be close to family! And blessings on your transition to rectorhood!
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