Our Pastor
In August of 2021our regular pulpit substitute, Rev. Mark Hayford agreed to serve as interim Pastor. In 2022 that appointment was made permenant by a unanimous vote of the congregation. We are glad to have Pastor Mark with us today
Rev. Hayford has an extensive pastoral history serving both in the U.S. and abroad in many ministry roles over the past 40 years. He and his wife Darci came to Milton-Freewater in 2017 with a sense of calling to minister the Word of God as He would open the doors. In her book "Scapegoat", Darci discribes the path that led them here "
Rev. Hayford has an extensive pastoral history serving both in the U.S. and abroad in many ministry roles over the past 40 years. He and his wife Darci came to Milton-Freewater in 2017 with a sense of calling to minister the Word of God as He would open the doors. In her book "Scapegoat", Darci discribes the path that led them here "
In 2021, Mark was asked to take the interim pastorate at Ingle Chapel Congregational Church in Milton-Freewater, Oregon. This was the culmination of several years of adventures that I believe only God could have orchestrated.
How did we get to Milton-Freewater from where we were? And why did we go to Milton-Freewater? Those are great and thought-provoking questions. The real answer is simple and profound: God has a plan.
And so it is all the time that we find God moving even when we are oblivious to exactly what He is doing. At Ingle Chapel we are glad to put our faith in God all the time and thankful that His plan has brought us our much loved pastor.