After 26 years, this Sunday will be my last official act as Lead Pastor at Riverbluff Church.

It’s been a wonderful experience and blessing to me and I don’t think I will ever be able to say enough “Thank You’s”  to the Lord and the congregation for their kindness and patience as I learned this thing called pastoring.  Of course, I never quite learned how to do it as well as my mentors and models; but I gave it a good try.

Serving as pastor of this church called Riverbluff (formerly Midland Park Baptist), never degenerated into work. I enjoyed going in because it always seemed to be Kingdom stuff I was doing and that never grew old. It was also a privilege and honor to serve people who were so gracious and generous and giving. These folks allowed me to be “Imperfect Curt”, a work in progress; and I don’t think any pastor could ask for more than that.

My new assignment in retirement will be to help pastors and churches who may be struggling. There’s a bunch of them out there and I really believe all of the experiences and learnings from my time at Riverbluff Church are to be treated as blessings to be stewarded. That is, what we have learned and experienced needs to be shared so we will. I look forward to opportunities to function as a Kingdom Coach for pastors and churches.

As my mentor Jim Herron told me in an email this morning, “The call never goes away”. My calling to make disciples who make disciples who change the world will always be what I do.  Hopefully God will open the doors to pastors and churches who could use an old bald guy’s help.

Blessings and I'll see you on the retirement side.