Filling a need

SKANEATELES - The congregation of the First Baptist Church has found itself without a pastor, but it has not found itself without guidance in recent weeks.

Ed Posecznick, a deacon at the Skaneateles church, said pastors will often stay for a brief time before feeling their calling is to move on to another part of their mission.

“In the Baptist Church, it isn't like other traditions,” Posecznick said. “A pastor will stay for a while and then move on and the congregation will find itself without a pastor until we find new candidates and when that happens we will find people to serve in the interim.”