Harry
Flad, who served as interim minister in six Massachusetts Conference
churches in the 1990s, has been named the Interim Central Area Minister.
Flad will begin Sept. 1, when Area Minister Richard Sparrow moves on
to a post with the national United Church of Christ.
Flad
most recently served as interim at the First Church in Cambridge and
the Needham Congregational Church.
Flad officially retired last year, but has been working as a consultant
with non-profit organizations in transition in Vermont. He has also
been volunteering as a mentor for first-year pastors in the Vermont
Conference.
“I’ve
been ‘retired’ for a year, but I’ve been very busy,” Flad said. “And
I’m happy to be going back to Massachusetts. This is very exciting.
The Central Association is a strong one, a very vital one, and I’m happy
to be part of the transition there.”
The Flads will be moving to West Newton, where Flad’s wife, Margaret,
has been called as the Interim Associate Pastor at Eliot Church. Margaret
Flad is currently the pastor of the South Hero (Vermont) Congregational
Church.
A search committee for a Central Area Minister will be gathered later
this year, and is expected to begin working early in 2002.
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