{"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":"

\"image\"<\/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

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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…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"Blessed With Another Year at The Gathering","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6,12],"tags":[619,81,685,214,703,450],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3jKZO-Qh","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3682,"url":"http:\/\/davidcprice.com\/welcoming-chris-petty-to-the-gathering\/","url_meta":{"origin":3241,"position":0},"title":"Welcoming Chris Petty to The Gathering","date":"December 9, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I have the privilege of welcoming a friend of mine, Chris Petty, to preach\u00a0at The Gathering this Sunday. \u00a0Chris is formerly the Pastor at Poplar Springs Baptist Church in Ringgold, GA, but has recently been called as a career missionary to Bolivia. \u00a0He and his family are planning on moving\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2979,"url":"http:\/\/davidcprice.com\/mothers-day-at-the-gathering-a-safe-place\/","url_meta":{"origin":3241,"position":1},"title":"Mother’s Day at The Gathering – A Safe Place","date":"May 9, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I know that Mother's Day can be one of the absolute worst Sundays to go to church. 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