"Never Can Say Goodbye"

One of the reasons why I feel this song has resonated so powerfully with so many is that saying goodbye is such a difficult thing to do, especially if it involves saying goodbye to people, places and things that have made such an indelible impression on our lives. This Sabbath the Sligo family says goodbye to such a person, Pastor Rebecca Brillhart.

Pastor Brillhart's impact upon the Sligo Church and the Sligo community at large is one that will never be forgotten. Although she has spent the last fifteen years as an associate pastor, her ministry has had the kind of impact that would be expected from that of someone in a senior pastor's role. The reason for that is that Pastor Brillart is a leader and good leaders have a way of knowing how best to impact people's lives by helping them to become leaders in their own rights. Yes the time has come for her to say goodbye, but in doing so she leaves behind more than just a host of good memories, and there are a lot of those. She leaves behind a band of committed leaders, leaders that she has cultivated to understand that the mark of a Christian leader is one's willingness first to become a committed follower of Jesus Christ.