{"id":3241,"date":"2015-12-04T07:24:24","date_gmt":"2015-12-04T12:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidcprice.com\/?p=3241"},"modified":"2015-12-04T07:24:24","modified_gmt":"2015-12-04T12:24:24","slug":"blessed-with-another-year-at-the-gathering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/davidcprice.com\/blessed-with-another-year-at-the-gathering\/","title":{"rendered":"Blessed With Another Year at The Gathering"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>December4, 2006 was a Monday. \u00a0On that day I was excited, uncertain, confident, humbled, overwhelmed and\u00a0a knotted bundle of a hundred other emotions. \u00a0I was beginning my first week as the Pastor of Memorial Baptist Church, the foundation upon which The Gathering would be built and I had no idea of what all was in store.<\/p>\n With today being the start of my ninth year as Lead Pastor, I still feel a little of all of those things. \u00a0I am so grateful for all that God has done through this faith-family and am looking forward, with great anticipation, to all He has yet to do. \u00a0He has raised up leaders that are second to none, built a community of faith that is solid. \u00a0He has matured Believers, taking them from infants needing milk to Disciples feeding on the Word. \u00a0He has, in short, done more than I could ever think, hope or even dream of.<\/p>\n To say this journey thus far has been easy would be a joke. \u00a0To say it\u00a0has been\u00a0free of deep heartaches and pains\u00a0would be a\u00a0lie. \u00a0To say it has been joy-filled would be a\u00a0gross\u00a0understatement. \u00a0Through everything so far–all of my mistakes and all of our accomplishments–I can’t\u00a0imagine\u00a0being anywhere else or doing anything else.<\/p>\n I am grateful to God\u00a0for letting me be His\u00a0undershepherd for a church like The Gathering, Chattanooga<\/a>. \u00a0To Him be all the praise and glory!<\/p>\n