No, not Fr. Scott Melanson!  This Sunday, September 30, Fr. Alan Melanson will be preaching at Church of the Messiah.  Fr. Alan worked with the youth at Church of the Messiah beginning in 1999 and, from 2001 to 2003, served as the Senior High Youth Pastor.  Fr. Alan met his wife, Katie, at a meeting for Gathering of Champions, a CEC youth event in Selma, Alabama.  They were married in 2002 and have three children.  Fr. Alan moved to Long Island, NY to serve as the Director of Youth and Children’s Ministries at the Cathedral Church of the Intercessor in Malverne, NY.  Fr. Alan was ordained a Deacon in May of 2011 and was recently ordained a Priest in June of this year.  In addition to his local ministry responsibilities, Fr. Alan is a member of the International Board of CEC For Life, the Patriarch’s Pro-Life Ministry.  Please join us, this Sunday at the Sam R. Marks Chapel at Jacksonville University, beginning at 10:30am, to hear Fr. Alan Melanson bring an inspired word from the Lord.