Hi Friends!

As most of you know, in 10 days I am leaving Washington D.C. for Grand Rapids MI to begin my next chapter. This fall I start a Master of Divinity program in Pastoral Studies and Church Planting at Grand Rapids Theological Seminary (and quite possibly do a dual program with a Master of Arts in Historical Theology). I am excited, scared, overjoyed, nervous, humbled, and expectant of this new chapter, but sad to leave a city and community in which I invested 5 years of my life and which gave me ten-fold.

You are in this email because you are a part of that community.

While I have not been in contact with some of you in several months because of life circumstances (and for that I really am sorry…) and some of you are no longer in DC, I wanted you to know how much I have valued you while living in here. So much has happened over the last 5 years–so much change and growth and joy and pain–and I can honestly say that I made it this far because of you all! I carry with me so many memories and stories that I am overwhelmed sometimes when I look back on my life here…

One thing I’ve learned throughout my time in DC is that really the only thing you can take with you through life and from one stage to the next are the people whom you befriend and who befriend you. And as I leave this place, I will take much of you with me; not only will I take you as a person, but the bits and pieces of you that have clung to me over the years, too (pieces you probably didn’t even know stuck!). So whether you are here now or have already gone ahead of me away from DC in your life journey, please know I leave the person I am because of you.

Seriously, to each of you: thank you so much for being apart of my life and for allowing me to step into yours throughout my time in DC. I would love to stay in touch as much as possible and would love for you to do the same.

Leaving Thankful and Blessed,
-jeremy

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