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By LISA G. CURRIE
Rappahannock Newt SUIT Writer
Amissville United Methodist Church welcomes a new face, but a familiar name, to its pulpit.
Pastor Peter Weems has returned to Rappahannock to deliver the weekly Sunday message as minister of the Amissville United Methodist Church.
The name may sound familiar to Rappahannock churchgoers as this is Pastor Weems second visit to the county. In 1979, Sperryville, Flint Hill and Willis Chapel welcomed the eager and energic pastor, fresh from seminary.
“I remember it well,” the pastor said, sitting in his office/home in Amissville. “It was 1979. I was given a license to marry. That’s the big milestone,” he added with a smile, explaining as soon as a pastor graduates from seminary, his first step is to become licensed to marry in a state.
Pastor Weems is orginially from Massachusetts, though he studied at Wesley Seminary in Washington D.C. While he feels some nostalgia for the New England countryside, he said he feels this area is home.
After spending three years in Rappahannock pastoring for the Sperryville, Flint Hill and Willis Chapel churches, in 1981, Pastor Weems left Rappahannock County to study. He become pastor at Faith Methodist Church in Alexandria. Since 1981, Weems has pastored in Shady Grove Methodist Church in Spotslyvania County and at Miller’s Tavern Methodist Church in Tappahannock County.
“I worked hard to get back to Rappahannock,” the pastor said, adding with his return to Rappahannock he brings new ideas and new energy. “We have a youthful and vibrant congregation. And, I am excited to be here.”
Though Pastor Weems is just settling into his new pulpit, new home, making new friends and renewing friendships with old friends, he hopes to add several new programs to the church such as parenting workshops, youth groups, and other pastoral counseling programs. “The workshops use videos, expert guests and talks sessions,” Pastor Weems said, adding he used them in other areas and found them both successful and well-attended.
“I will be listening to what the congreation wants and adding programs that address the needs of the community . . . Right now,” the pastor added, “we are working on getting the chimes working.
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