The Move...

Home Sweet Home


After an incredible 6 1/2 years of service at the North Vernon Church of the Nazarene God has opened the door to a new church and new ministry for me. About three days after we returned from our honeymoon Kara and I loaded up our house and moved to Canton Illinois. I accepted a call from Canton First Church of the Nazarene to be their Senior Pastor.

We both had a difficult time leaving a town, church and friends that have such a special place in our lives. But we are looking forward to our new ministry in Canton. The church has been such a blessing to Kara and I already. Our new home is beautiful, the people are loving, encouraging, and kind. We are really looking forward to ministry here.

Below are some pictures of our new church and home. If you are ever in Canton Illinois we would love to have you stop by! Or you could even plan a special visit, we like those too.

Thank you to everyone that helped us with the move! We would have had a tough time without you!



David Sharp doing some heavy lifting!



Bill Beville and his family were a huge help to us my entire 6 years in North Vernon and the continued with our wedding and our move. There are so many things they helped with along the way. They watched our dog (no easy task! and for 2 weeks straight!) stored some of our boxes at their home, provided a listening ear and so much encouragement! We are blessed to have friends like the Beville's in our lives.



Sheila was a big help on moving day too! I miss our office chats and having a person to solve the worlds problems with!



One Last hug before we lock the door behind us in our sort of (2 days) first home together!



We arrived at our new home to a crew of 20-30 people ready to haul boxes. We unloaded the entire truck in around an hour! We were so blessed to have such a loving church family welcome us into our new home!




The new house! It has three bedrooms (plenty of room if you want to come visit!) a huge living room and a newly remodeled kitchen with all new appliances and floors and a newly redone master bathroom. We love it! It also has a nice backyard surrounded by cornfields which Claxton loves. We have plans and help already lined up to put in a garden this spring.



Here is a shot of us eating our first breakfast together in the new place. Kara made us waffles on a new waffle iron we received as a wedding gift. We also got to use our new plates for the first time!



This is our new church. Inside it has a beautiful newly remodeled sanctuary with plenty of room for a large worship service.

Thank you again to everyone that helped us move. We appreciate so much the love and support we received as we began our new life together. If your ever in or near Canton stop by!