Pastor Claude Atcho leaving to plant a church in Charlottesville, VA

Fellowship Family,

I want to share my deepest thanks for the encouragement my family has received from you all over the last month as we shared the news of our call to plant an Anglican Church in Charlottesville, VA in March 2022.

This transition, as I shared at our November member’s meeting, is truly bittersweet. Our years with you here have been a privilege and a joy—from developing close community with our Collierville outpost to building relationships across our campuses to learning how to follow Christ together in the midst of a pandemic, you have been gracious, encouraging, and faithful partners in the gospel.

I am eager to make the most of our last few months together, and as I pray for Fellowship and our future ministry in Charlottesville, I would love for you to pray with me for both of those places, knowing God has great things in store for Fellowship here and for the new church in Charlottesville that our family will seek to start.

If I can serve you in anyway — or just get some coffee together — before we move in March, please drop me an email or note.

Grace and peace to you all,

Claude