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Pastor Mike Drop

Reopening Churches #2019 | Chris Gunnare & Gail Smith

Pastor Mike Drop

Lutheran Church of Hope

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9775 Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2020

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

The question that's pressing on everyone's mind: When can we go back to church as usual? It's a complicated, and still largely unknown answer, but two of Hope's organizational leaders—Executive Minister of Operations Chris Gunnare, and Hospitality Director Gail Smith—talk through their plans for what's to come, and let Pastor Mike & Emily know what to expect in the coming weeks and months.

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0:00.0

Well, hello and welcome to the Pastor Mike Drop podcast. My name is Mike Householder. I am your host,

0:15.9

and I am honored that you've taken some time to join us today. And I'm joined as always by my co-host, Emily Lang Paul,

0:22.9

our executive minister of youth and family. Hello. Hi, Emily. How are you? I'm good. How are you?

0:27.8

Good. Happy anniversary to you and your husband this week. Thank you. That's a great one. I remember it well.

0:33.4

Yes. I was presiding and officiating at that wedding. Now eight years ago.

0:38.2

Eight years is it?

0:39.1

Yeah.

0:39.5

Wow.

0:40.1

That's amazing.

0:41.0

Look what you guys have already done with eight years.

0:42.9

Yeah.

0:43.6

It's phenomenal.

0:44.1

Three kids, multiple houses.

0:45.5

Yeah, that's right.

0:45.8

I feel all of it.

0:46.9

You just, and you just moved right in the middle of COVID-19.

0:50.0

Yes, we sure did.

0:52.2

As if there wasn't enough change, we pulled off a big one.

0:57.0

But you're obviously are surviving, but is it going okay?

1:01.8

Yeah, it's good.

1:02.8

All right.

1:03.1

It's good.

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