If you were with us in worship on Sunday you know that the Staff Parish Relations team announced the name of our new Lead Pastor to be effective on July 1. If you missed it, I want to share with you that we will soon welcome Pastor Tony Fallisi to our Rock Church family. I am super excited about Pastor Tony. He comes with tremendous experience and has served very effectively in other large church settings. I know he is going to be a gift and a blessing to Rock Church as God leads us into our next chapter of life and ministry. Below is a summary of the announcement that was shared by the SPR on Sunday at all campuses.
Pastor Tony and Dotty currently live in Raymond and have daughters living in Haverhill, MA and Loudon, NH. Pastor Tony currently serves three churches in New Hampshire, namely Bethany UMC in Rochester, People’s UMC in Fremont, and East Kingston Community UMC in East Kingston.
Pastor Tony is originally from New England and earned his bachelor’s degree in economics at Merrimack College. Feeling the call to ministry, Pastor Tony became a Licensed Local Pastor in 2005 and went on to graduate from Duke Divinity School’s Course of Study in 2010. He has pastored churches in Pennsylvania since 2005 including Holiday Park United Methodist Church. He served there as Senior Pastor for 8 years and saw attendance roughly triple from about 250 per week to about 750 just before COVID.
Pastor Tony is a man of God, an accomplished leader, a gifted encourager, and loves scripture. When we met Pastor Tony, he let us know that he had reviewed the Statements of Faith on our website and said he reviewed and fully supports our values without reservation. We eagerly look forward to welcoming Pastor Tony and Dotty Fallisi on July 1st!
If would invite as to keep Pastor Tony and his wife Dotty in your prayers as they prepare to transition from his current appointment to serving here at Rock Church. I know God has great things in store for Rock Church!
I hope you will be with us in worship this Sunday as we continue our brand new series “Good Growth.” I’m particularly excited about this week’s message “Manure Happens!”
I love you all,
Pastor Steve