Saturday, May 15, 2010
I remember Minns. I was appointed to Columbia UMC in 1997. Minns and his dear wife Mildred attended there. It's a bit of a dance, being a new pastor to a charge and having an experienced retired preacher in the congregation! Minns kept me on my toes and was always helpful where he could. I recall having a Methodist Heritage Month at Columbia, where I invited pastors from Methodist churches which had joined to form the UMC. Minns was one! We gathered greetings and congratulatons from around the Louisiana Conference and honoured him on the day by reading them from the pulpit after he preached! Lyn and I eztend our heartfelt Christian empathy to Mildred and the family on Minns' Promotion to the Church Triumphant. Deo Vindice