Dr. David Watson: Together in Mission
Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
I hope you’re finding the spring semester joyful and your work meaningful. For me, this has been a season of particularly intense travel, most of which has related to the work of fundraising and building new networks both for development and recruitment.
I was recently in Seattle and hoped to see former president David McKenna while there. We connected by phone, but his wife, Janet, was in hospice, and the situation was such that he could not leave her side. We prayed together on the phone. Janet passed into eternal glory this past Sunday. Please keep Dr. McKenna and all his family in your prayers.
I also had the opportunity to see Maxie and Jerry Dunnam on a recent trip to our Memphis site. They both seemed in good spirits and were able to join us both at a seminary chapel service and a dinner for friends of the seminary. I was grateful for the opportunity to thank them for the legacy of faithfulness they have left at Asbury Seminary.
On April 16-18, the seminary will hold a three-night tent meeting open to all. I do hope you’ll be able to attend. Our preachers will be Matt Reynolds, Kim Maas, and Luther Oconer. Any funding we bring in from offerings will go to student scholarships. Will you please pray that in this event, we will honor God, help to lead people to Christ, and strengthen the faith of those who already know him? Good weather would help, as well.
Please pray for Asbury Seminary. We have so many strengths in so many areas, and yet there are always ways in which we can grow as a community of faith and learning. I believe God is with us and, if we are faithful, will bless the work of our communal calling.
Harriet and I are grateful to be a part of this family of faith. Thank you for all you do to advance this important work of theological education. May God fill us with wisdom and love during this Holy Week as we reflect on the death and resurrection of our Lord.
Yours in Christ,
David F. Watson
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