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The First Congregational Church of Ithaca, United Church of Christ, recently formed a covenant with the Rev. Dr. David Ashby who will serve as its Intentional Interim Pastor. His first sermon will be delivered on Sunday, March 10 at 10:00 a.m. at the 309 Highland Road location, and a reception will follow.

Rev. Dr. Ashby is a member of the Interim Ministry Network and has considerable training and experience in intentional interim ministry, including being the co-founder of an Interim Pastor Peer Group which has met monthly since 1999. A longtime resident of Dundee, Ashby was ordained in the Presbyterian Church in 1982 and has served in several pastorates in the area. In recent years he has focused on intentional interim ministry, and has just completed work at the McLean Community Church. He was elected Moderator of the Presbyterian Synod for the Northeast for the upcoming term.

While interim pastors sometimes provide a stopgap while a congregation searches for a new pastor, an intentional interim pastor has additional training to help a congregation become responsive to its broader community and during a time of pastoral transition. An intentional interim minister will guide a church through developmental steps preparing for a new future.

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