{"id":156,"date":"2021-11-06T17:24:40","date_gmt":"2021-11-06T17:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ephemeron.org:81\/~jeremy\/stage1\/?page_id=156"},"modified":"2024-07-17T18:08:05","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T18:08:05","slug":"leadership-and-staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/?page_id=156","title":{"rendered":"Leadership and Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Pastor Nat&#8217;s Profile:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/website-pic_1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2004 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/website-pic_1-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/website-pic_1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/website-pic_1-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote is-style-default\" id=\"Pastor-Nat\"><blockquote><p>&#8220;I am excited to be here and to take up the role of teaching and shepherding for the glory of God.&#8221;<\/p><cite>Pastor Nat<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Hi! My name is Nat Erickson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As pastor, here\u2019s where I\u2019m trying to go. The church exists to love God, love others, and teach people to do the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To carry out God\u2019s big purpose for the church, we are pursuing connection. That looks like helping people connect to the love of God in Jesus, connecting to one another, connecting God\u2019s love to their community, and learning to connect God\u2019s truth into their daily life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We want to join you on your spiritual journey, whether you are at the beginning, middle, end, or don\u2019t even know if you are on one. Come along and join us as we seek to build a community of people being fully restored through God\u2019s grace into the fullness of who God desires us to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, if you\u2019re seeking to better experience and understand God\u2019s grace to humanity in Jesus, come join us!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve learned well over the past couple years that a PhD in New Testament (especially Greek!), makes me no more than the novice pastor that I am. The room for improvement is the biggest room in the house. My wife and 3 kids keep me growing on the home front, too. As I learn and grow, there are a few places that I regularly write, teach, or make videos to share. Check out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/?cat=56\">The church blog<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>My YouTube channel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@pilgrimontheway4572\">Pilgrim on the Way<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>My personal blog, <a href=\"https:\/\/ntgreeketal.com\/\">NT Greek et al.<\/a>, focused on Greek and other scholarly stuff<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>My <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@njerickson07\">Medium profile<\/a> where I write on a variety of topics including gospel meditation, a christian perspective on cultural issues, and creative writing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Staff<\/strong><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Secretary<\/span>: Tracy Block<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Custodian<\/span>: Ella Ziemba<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Pianist<\/span>: Jill Connin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Technology Director<\/span>: Jeremy Connin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pastor Nat&#8217;s Profile: &#8220;I am excited to be here and to take up the role of teaching and shepherding for the glory of God.&#8221; Pastor Nat Hi! 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The church exists to love God, love others, and teach people to do the same. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/?page_id=156\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Leadership and Staff&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Leadership and Staff - First Baptist Church of Manistique<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fbcmstq.org\/?page_id=156\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Leadership and Staff - First Baptist Church of Manistique\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pastor Nat&#8217;s Profile: &#8220;I am excited to be here and to take up the role of teaching and shepherding for the glory of God.&#8221; Pastor Nat Hi! 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