From the Desk of
Reverend Thomas P. Carney

Dear Friends in Christ,

I cannot tell you how much I am looking forward to returning to the United Methodist Church of Babylon. As may of you know I was the student intern and then the Associate Pastor in Babylon from 1971 to 1978. Thirty four years have passed since then. We have a lot of catching-up acquainting and reacquainting to do as we begin this new venture in ministry.

In preparation for my coming I have met with the Lay Speakers, the Pastor-Parish Relations Committee and other church leaders. Changing pastors is always a difficult thing especially for those who have only known Reverend Lange as their pastor. It is a joyous thing that he is going to a well-deserved retirement after an outstanding ministry in the New York Conference.

Many of you know that I have been in my present church for 32 years, but it is time for a change in my life. I am so grateful that not only is it a change but it is a going home. There are so many warm and familiar faces in the Babylon church and those of you whom I do not know, I am looking forward to getting to know you.

Sunday July 1st is my first Sunday in Babylon. I understand there is to be one service that day at 9:30am. I am preaching about our call to be disciples of Christ and on a very personal note I will be talking about a call to ministry that came to a teenager on June 4th 1968 in the Babylon Methodist Church. I look forward to our shared ministry. Thank you for welcoming me back. God bless you.

Yours in the Love which is Christ,

The Rev. Thomas P. Carney