Supercool Frank Summers

There's no secret about the indentity of our Supercool Person Of The Week this morning, it's Frank Summers who also celebrates his 50th birthday today.

Frank passes a milestone or landmark or something like that and I just hope he blows out the candles quickly before they all melt the icing on his cake!

I have known him for almost 20 years now and there is no one I would rather have alongside me in life or ministry. He is caring, reliable, gifted, tireless and of course has a wicked sense of humor - you need that to survive in Grace!

I was thrilled back in the summer of 2003 when Frank agreed to join our pastoral team and he brings a lot to the table, especially with his experience and passion for young people and family life.

I cringe when I hear people occasionally refer to him as our youth pastor. He's not. We don't use designations for any of our pastors to start with, but my problem is the term normally describes someone who is in a lower level of leadership than other pastors. Frank is an equal part of the team here and what he focuses on happens to be youth ministry and counselling.

Thankfully he's continuing to improve after his heart attack a couple of months ago, but it's difficult for him to take things easy. He probably won't be doing that today, but let's hope he has a great day as he joins the rest of us who qualify for membership of the AARP!