Two Minute Tuesday

I first want to say thank you and welcome to two new members of the Fresh Start Team. Ken has a great heart and has served at PVC for some time. I have worked with his wife in the hospital ministry. They are great people you will want to get to know. Velma is new to PVC, but has served Christ for some time. I am excited to get to know her and her husband. Along with Connie, who has such a compassionate heart, the team has grown by three in the past several weeks. Keep praying that God sends workers to the harvest!

I want to focus for a minute on love and joy. In your personal and spiritual life, I encourage you to foster, focus, and grow in these areas. Learn to love God more and draw closer to Him. Learn to love people more and focus on drawing them closer to Christ, especially those our culture considers "unlovely" or "unlovable". May your joy increase as you grow closer to Christ and others and get to Him and His people better and better. Out of love and joy comes the best service! If you aren't serving out of love and joy, we need to find you another place to serve. We also need to spur one another to greater levels of love and joy. Not just as we serve new believers, but in life.

As we prepare for Thanksgiving, take some time to express your gratitude to God for what He has done and continues to do in your life. Thank Him for the opportunity to be used by Him to help others grow closer to Him. You do a great work serving new believers.

I love you all and my heart is filled with joy when I think of you and the ministry we have the privilege of sharing in together!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Paul