Death in Calvary Chapel Bishop brings travailing and difficult birth pangs .
It would forever be the furthest thing from anyone's mind. No, it would have seemed not on the improbable but nearly impossible to imagine. On the night of March 27th 2015 nobody would ever expected that Pastor Daniel McClenaghan would not wake up in the morning to greet his wife Barbara in bed next to him.
While Daniel quietly slipped away from this life in his sleep leaving no trace of pain Or struggle it certainly could not be said of Barbara his wife , his family and the church he left behind.
The existing leadership cloistered around Jim and I when we arrived that late morning on March 28. The necessary questions of priority and what came first and a sense of organisation were the primary jobs for the next 48 hours, under Jim's leadership.
It was evident that this Body was committed to each other, and committed to working through and supporting each other in the midst of this difficulty.
I personally sat with those through the grieving process listening and offering my heart and in general being available any time for them, either at the graveside or in the service and on Sunday morning.
Jim has made himself available as Interim Pastor assisting in the administration the phone calls to set up visiting pastors and we have stayed with members of the Body and found them very giving and loving. To us this feels like our own loving church family we are very close to them.
New life has begun a Calvary Chapel Bishop it has been a triumph beset by tragedy but God is doing a work of healing and hope.
