Me... writing a blog for the Church Herald? It's a rather funny idea that I would be blogging for something with any kind of a readership. In any case, welcome to my CH Blog!
My name is Tim TenClay. I'm the pastor of Dunningville Reformed Church, a rural congregation in Allegan, Michigan. We are a mid-sized congregation and I am the only person on staff - literally. Everything else is done by volunteers. We take turns cleaning the facilities; we take turns greeting; we take turns providing coffee and cookies for fellowship time after worship on Sundays; music is led by volunteers, and the bulletin is copied by a volunteer.
From a denominational perspective, I facilitate the General Synod Seminarian Seminar (affectionatly known as GS3); I'm the current moderator of the RCA's Commission on Christian worship, and I'm on the editorial committee for a joint hymnal project between the RCA and the CRC.
I'm married to a wonderful woman who goes by the name of "JJ" (she is a social worker at Holland Hospital), and we have a daughter, whom we call "Phia." Our family is rounded out by a 6-year old Italian Greyhound named "Carina."
When time allows, I enjoy knitting, tatting, roasting coffee, riding bike (the pedal kind), and scuba diving - I bore the (few) readers of my regular blog with exploits on all of those fronts but will do my best to keep these pages a little more focused.
I look forward to meeting you and sharing discussions related to this wonderful family we call the Reformed Church in America!
Grace and Peace,
`tim