First Baptist welcomes all faiths Sunday to installation ceremony
NORWICH – The First Baptist Church of Norwich will officially welcome new Pastor David Speigel during installation ceremonies scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. Sunday at the church located at 10 Park Place.
The service is open to the public and people of all faiths. Pastor Speigel fills an opening left by Rev. Susan Panie-Palusi who took a pastorship in Lowell, Mass. in 2008. Rev. Jim Horton, secretary for this region of American Baptist Churches for New York, was interim pastor.
Previously, Pastor Speigel led the Fellowship Baptist Church in West Windsor, N.J. for 11 1/2 years. A native of New Jersey, he received his master of divinity from Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wynnewood, Penn. He was ordained in the American Baptist Churches of the United States of America.
The pastor and his wife of 27 years, Martha, have moved to Norwich along with their son David Jr. and his wife, Nicole and their three children, Delilah, Colton and newborn, Jack. The couple’s daughter Shannon is a student at Pace University in New York City.
Speigel credits the church congregation’s kind, generous and loving character and the friendly sense of community felt in Norwich as reasons for accepting his new post. “Coming from a larger area, there’s not always a sense of community. We really felt it here ... a sense of community with everyone working together,” he said.
“I believe very firmly that God puts us in the places that are the best for us and where we can be the most help in,” he said.
Longtime family friend and colleague the Rev. Dawn Mays will give the installation sermon titled, “Who is sufficient for these things.” Those offering greetings include members of the congregation, the American Baptist Churches of the USA and family. The church choir and musicians will perform.
The service is open to the public and people of all faiths. Pastor Speigel fills an opening left by Rev. Susan Panie-Palusi who took a pastorship in Lowell, Mass. in 2008. Rev. Jim Horton, secretary for this region of American Baptist Churches for New York, was interim pastor.
Previously, Pastor Speigel led the Fellowship Baptist Church in West Windsor, N.J. for 11 1/2 years. A native of New Jersey, he received his master of divinity from Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wynnewood, Penn. He was ordained in the American Baptist Churches of the United States of America.
The pastor and his wife of 27 years, Martha, have moved to Norwich along with their son David Jr. and his wife, Nicole and their three children, Delilah, Colton and newborn, Jack. The couple’s daughter Shannon is a student at Pace University in New York City.
Speigel credits the church congregation’s kind, generous and loving character and the friendly sense of community felt in Norwich as reasons for accepting his new post. “Coming from a larger area, there’s not always a sense of community. We really felt it here ... a sense of community with everyone working together,” he said.
“I believe very firmly that God puts us in the places that are the best for us and where we can be the most help in,” he said.
Longtime family friend and colleague the Rev. Dawn Mays will give the installation sermon titled, “Who is sufficient for these things.” Those offering greetings include members of the congregation, the American Baptist Churches of the USA and family. The church choir and musicians will perform.
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