wedding

 My final assignment for my pastoral ministry class was to perform a fucntion of the church from a list of three events that might happen during an extended stay working at a church.The three things to choose from were perform a baby dedication, a funeral, and a wedding. Neil was the first to pick and he picked the baby dedication. The next to pick was Larry who choose the funeral, who by the way did a great job and if I go be with the Lord before Larry I just might get him to do my funeral. I got the last one, which was the wedding. After studying and praying about how I should do it. I asked a couple from my home group if they woul participate and they said yes. The ceremony went from doing a wedding to a renewal of vows. Charlie and madi had been married a number of years and were excited to be doing it. The morning of my class, when I was to present my wedding Charlie’s wife called me six oclock in the morning from the hospital to tell me that her husband was in the hospital with what turned out to be a very bad viral infection. Once I learned this I had to scramble to fill in with somone else so I was going to use my son’s friends as standins. That night at class, I was waiting for Tom to arrive at class. Tom came into class and asked about my couple. I went on to explain the situation and Tom began to smile. Not more then two seconds later his wife Sherry walked in the classroom. I perform the renewal of vows on Tom and Sherry and even though a little nervous I did my duty. Looking back, I thought about Issac and Abraham when he was aked to sacrifice his son. The angel stopped his hand and to show God goodness he gave Abraham a sacrifice, a ram in the thicket, well Tom and Sherry were my ram in the thicket so to speak. My God is faithful even in the little details of my life that other people might not see as important, but I do. Thank you God for being my supplier, my caretaker and my friend.

visitation#4

Visitation#4

Today my visits were not to one place but to three different places in the city of Lebanon, PA.My fist visit of the day was at Good Samaritan hospital to a woman from our church that had just had knee replacement surgury. Mae Zimmerman was on the ICU when I arrived because an irregular heart beat. Carl and Mae have been regulars at tri- County for years. I was not worried much for her for the fact that when she is healthy she works in the same ICU floor as a head RN. My wife and I prayed for her husband and her. From there I headed to my next visit at the Lebanon rescue mission. There I meet Clay who is in charge of the rehab program that works out of the mission. I encouraged the guys and dropped off supplies to Clay.Clay asked when my friends and I were coming back to do another service. From there I went to the prison and did a bible study for the guys. One person stuck out to me who because his upcoming case was troubling him But through God’s word and prayer I felt in my spirit that we brought the situation before the Lord.

Visitation#3

 Today others and I went over the mountain to Pine Grove. A woman from my church had approached me about leading an evangelistic team to pine grove for the fact that the drug problems in that area have reached the point as she felt it was time for people to interceed for that town. I invited teen challenge students who were members of what they call the street team to come with us. The day brought many blessings to my heart, reaching out and loving people is not only our commision but also our joy. Many people shared their hearts and concerns about their community. In turn, we got to share Christ with them in a personal and loving way. As the teen challenge, men came to see what I have come to know that when we share our faith it encourages our spirit even more into the things of God. I thank God for the day we had because in reality we were blessed because of what he has done in our lives to begin with.

Pastor Bill

 Speaking from a leadership summit at willow creek Bill Hybel spoke about inspirational leadership. Bill said this message had been on his mind for a while and the Holy Spirit told him now is the time for it to be shared. He opened up with the question how much does inspiration matter. Whose job is it to inspire a leader?  Bill started talking about stats that motivated workers made productivity better compared to their unmotivated partners. He also shared about his times when he played different sports and how motivation or inspiration changed the dynamic of the game. Bill shared that when inspiration is absent that he caught himself assigning blame on others. The question in his life came up how are leaders encouraged. He looked at scripture and said that during a difficult time David encouraged himself in God. Soon after Bill never found himself putting blame on others, but he shared that, it took him several years until he laerned how to inspire himself. He went on to say when things become unclear the goal becomes vauge. Our thinking need to be clear about what God wants us to do. When those at the summit came to bill about this subject, he shared that somtimes we need to quiet ourselves to hear from God. For leadership to be effective we need to be near God’s heart. This in translation means we must be in his word, in prayer, and using our spiritual gifts for the betterment of those around us. Kepping ourselves away fron de-motivating people must also be addressed. Staying involved with events that inspire him he said is key such as a fishing tournament at his church for disabled kids. Being aware of others, acts of kindness can also be inspirational. He remembered speaking at a church with no heat and how they collected an offering for him and how that selflessness touched him. He also shared that although he speaks at large events it is small groups with one on one interaction that inspires him the most. Bill shared that we need to tend to our selves from time to time to keep ourselves inspiried. Finally, he shared that keeping yourself motivated in the things of God is key to staying inspiried.

pastor mark

Tonight in class we meet with pastor Mark , an associate pastor from the assembly of God church in Shrewsberry, PA. After opening up in prayer Tom introduced Mark and found out that Mark was Tom’s brother in law. The interview began with tom introducing us to Mark and he had us share a little about ourselves. Mark’s church borders on the PA, Maryland border and come to find out it was the same church that Mark had attended since his birth. This filled me with wonder of the goodness of God seeing how God held Mark around the same body his whole life. Mark did admit that when he was young he had sensitivity to the ministry, but not a calling. He went on to speak of his education at Penn state and how he had become an engineer. Mark continued to serve at that church until the Head pastor, who by the way is still there at age 79, urged him to come into full time ministry. He started out as a youth leader. Mark shared that the change came into his heart at a tent meeting in 1986. He said he had a full surrender of his heart to God. Mark said the next milestone in his life was meeting his wife. He meet her in the parking lot of a Chritian book store. Mark and his wife to be Joell were married three months later. Mark went on to say that, marriage is better when two whole people get married.  I think what he was saying is that they were mature Christians.  Mark soon found out that ministry is a 60-70 hour workweek. He went on to say that his joy is working with couples and face to face is best. As he talked, you could see the passion he had for people and this encouraged me even more towards ministry. The more I heard him speak the more I saw that he had been with Jesus and it was a joy for me to see Christ alive and active in people's lives. 

visitation#2

 Last Friday I visited tha Lebanon prison and met with three men for a bible study. Lance, Art, and Edward.  I asked how they were doing and then we opened up in prayer. Most of my bible studys at the prison are interactive with questions being asked to challenge the men on whatever topic we are covering. This time we talked about Issac’s wells and how he faced difficulty once the wells were dug, but contiued until God gave him room. I shared that somtimes in life we need to keep digging because  It was one of them  wells that Issac’s son Jacob had that a person’s life was touched when Jesus showed up. The men said they were encouraged by it and that also encouraged me because somtimes when we sow seeds we don’t see the effect, but I learned that day when he shows up in men's heart while you are present it is a blessing.

Church planter assessment

  The time i have spent in the pastoral ministry class has not only been educational, but fun too. This last assignment was what I was looking forward too more then the others because it was an evaluation of myself. The class assignment I picked for this class was church planter pre-assesment. This one stuck out to me because it measures your strengths and weaknesses in ministry, aleast in regards to church planting.  This evaluation was made up of one hundred and two questions that measure a person’s ability to be a church planter. Once the questions are answered a print out is givin with a comparison chart or a grading system as I call it. The four breakdowns are as followed church planting, entepreneurial leadership, ministry expierience, and relational evangelism. Church planting I came in at forty percent out of one hundred. Tom, my teacher and a church planter also; said that the knock out questions in which he pointed out to me is where I was lacking. This is what I have been waiting to hear. I believe that any Christian will not always enjoy but accept comments about areas that growth is needed.  Personally, I find this process benificial. The time I stop evaluating my own strengths and fault is when I am taking my eye off the ball so to speak. Enterpreneuial leadersip was next in which I got a sixty-six percent only for the fact that I own a small buisness in the past. Ministry was next in which I got a fifty-five percent and after being faced with this i had to admit that there are many situations in ministry that I had not come across yet and more growth in that area is needed. The final section is relational evagelism. In this section, I scored an eighty-four percent. I was not suprised since this is one of my passions in ministry and for many years, I have reached out with Christ love to others. Over all this was a great assignment for the simple fact that I get a transparent look at where I am in certain areas of ministry. I believe self-examination is the best kind of exam because when I am honest about the areas in my life where the Holy Spirit needs to work on that is when freedom comes.

pastoral interview

This morning I meet with the pastor of Tri-County Worship Center in Bethel, PA. Ted or as he likes to be called Pastor Ted st with me in a relaxed atmosphere as i posed questions to him concerning ministry, mainly his. Ted said;” even early on i just knew that I had a burden to share what God had done in my life”. He went on to say that after he became saved in college his burden turned into a calling. He moved from studying law and moved into ministry. When asking what type of leader do you see you self as he said;” I like the idea of inviting or team leadership to try to find God’s heart in situations”. He went on to say his greatest joy is just serving this great God through evanglism, delivering God’s message through sermons or just working the streets with the lost. Study; praying and then studying some, more is how I find what to preach on. Taking notes finding illustrations and perfecting the message is the key to his approach to preaching. The goal is to motivate God’s people to serve and live for him. When faced with counseling at the church he says forming relationships is essential because you can speak into ther lives with meaning, fellowship with the body is key. Ted said; “the more I learn about God the more I encourage people to be faithful and share about what God is doing in thier lives”.  His strength is evanglism because of what God has done in his life he cannot help but share. When posed the question what is your church facing right now he said; “we have a good spirit in the church as a whole and I am grateful that God still sustains”. Moving forward in the Lord Ted said he is studying Greek and said that he is keeping his heart in tune with God’s. It was my pleasure to speak with Ted about ministy and am encouraged to continue in the faith that Christ has laid out before me.

Andy Stanley

Tonight Tom talked to us about a minister convention in which one of the speakers was Andy Stanley, Charles Stanley’s son.  Tom had us watch a DVD of the meeting. Andy topic was of casting vision. Andy pastors the Northpoint Comm. Church in Alanta, Georgia, but the meeting was being held at the Willow creek leadership summit. He opened up talking about his wife and praising the place he was speaking at saying, it had a good reputation even with non-believers. Andy’s main topic was making vision stick. It was clear that his passion was to share this info with others, but warned not to turn on followers but persevere with them or it is the leaders who become the failures. Communicate the vision with clarity, he said, because without clarity there will be chaos. Whether business or church success or failure and every thing in between causes vision to fail. Success brings complexity. Planning and strategy must always change to keep up with the vision. Andy used the first fundraising campaign as an example and how it failed. He said do not let failure change your vision. Repetition he said is the key to maintaining and keeping vision. When his body said is’nt this the same thing you talked about last year he said, yes that is the point. Casting, celebrating and living your vision and making it blend in is needed. He said, casting has to have substance and be clear. Celebrate provides inspiration, it puts skin on the vision. Living out the vision is a place of influence. Vision has to be repeated repeatedly. Casting vision for an upcoming season where the church will be doing ministry involes staffing for that vision. He also spoke on not changing the vision, but in new ways of casting the vision. The components are the following 1 define the problem, ask the tough questions.2 Offer a solution to the outstanding problem. 3 Present people with a resean or state the urgency of the problem so the church can address it. Andy went on to say that, anew church is not a new vision it is just a new church. Next, he went on to say that celebration should be part of your culture if not it becomes all work and no play. Praise reports ar a great reason for celebration like the one he said before it puts skin on the vision. Finishing he spoke of not losing the passion, listen to prayer request, and keep an ear out for complaints that will help the vision. Over all this dvd was informative and enjoyable.

book report

Tonight in class was the first of three nights where we presented our book reports before the class. Our presentations were to be a summary of the book that we had chosen at the beginning of the semester. Our goal was to present the book in a way that gave the class an overview of the book with the highlights noted. Tonight was my turn to give my presentation. The book I had chosen was simple strategic stuff, written by two men from Granger church in granger, Indiana. Granger church, which I found out, is about five thousand strong with a broad spectrum of ministies within it. As I started my presentation Tom had us go to the computers to see what we could find on the internet about Granger church. Granger churches web site came up and Tom started to point out how multimedia is being put into use by this church and what that media brings to the table in drawing people into churches. The church used graphics in a short presentation with the Pastors face being superimposed onto different people with the intent of reinforcing his message almost using technology as an illustration before preaching his message. A man followed this on a live horse walking into the sactuary and conversing with the pastor. Tom stressed the different strengths of there web site and we talked about the how they got there message about the church out there so it was understood, such as classes and upcoming events. Tom also gave us a crash course on power point and using it to improve our presentations for the benefit of the persons viewing. Even though it was my night to share, I was the one who learned the most I think. Tom did a great job of helping me see what areas were good and other areas that I needed improvement on for the next time I have to do a presentation. The thing I take home with me is that you should never be too old to learn something new and that advice on how to improve yourself from others should never be ignored. Thank you Tom for sharing your widom with us in this class.  

Visitation#1

Visitation#1 Lebanon rescue mission

 Two others and I went to the Lebanon rescue mission tonight. We shared with the homeless at a victorious anonymous meeting {a Christian version of AA}. Our visit was an opportunity for us from tri-county worship center to share the gospel and our own personal faith in how God helped us overcome the sin in our lives. The men were very welcoming and they sang two gospel songs with us before we had an informal service with them. Each one of us shared a testimony and the gospel with the men. What I learned is that God loves people and my heart needs to be in tune with the Holy Spirits with compassion and love towards all people. I also realized it was my pleasure to love them guys, I hope we are invited back soon.

PastorVince

     Tonight in class we were locked out of our classroom, but we were not locked out of the life of a pastor whose vision for the city of Reading is full of hope and fervor for Jesus. Not only has he gained the attention of the local news channel but my attention too. Vince Donnachie was born the youngest of five children. He said he grew up fighting with his brothers and being an eagles fan. Though his father brought them up catholic he mentioned that his father was into astrology so much so that his dad created web sites devoted to astrology. Vince joked his family was very eccentric and spiritual beliefs varied in his family, but one by one his brothers came to know the Lord. It wasn’t until an AG pastor moved into town that had two beautiful daughters who invited Vince to church and Vince got saved. Shortly after during another service Vince said he was filled with the Holy Spirit.Commenting on the expierience he said it scared him a little, but siad he felt the power of the Holy Spirit come over him. That was the time in his life that things started to change, he met his girlfriend who later became his wife and felt called into full time ministry. Vince’s brother started a church in Woodbury, NJ and Vince said that he started working in different areas of ministry in his brother’s church. After being asked to fill a full time ministry position Vince said he was reluctant at first, but after a buisness opputunity fell thru he took a position in Pennington, NJ at an AG church. At that time he started meeting with pastors from the Lancaster area of PA. From there him and his wife felt led to Hopewell church which services the people of Lancaster .Vince commented that he knew early on that he would start a church. While spending time in Pa he came to know our teacher Tom Reese about a year and a half ago and then he started the Reading city church in the IMAX theater.Vince had throughout all of this kept his connections to other ministries. Now he had his own church. A church that was launched on 10/10/10 which started from a seed at the Google works in Reading. He said that his heart for the city of Reading has grew since he has been there.Vice said’ the biggest thing is staying fixed and focused on the glory of God.He went on to say that even thought there is a lot of ego in ministry we must keep our mind we exist for the work of God. As Vince runs the race in Reading he says his goal is to reach unchurched people for Christ.

2Timothy letter to Paul

Dear Paul,

    Your letter and encouragment could not have come at a better time. Your love for me and my family is not soon forgotten and I know now not only my mother and grandmother have poured into me, but you also are in that lineage. Just as great waves pound against the shore line so do the enemies of the gospel pound against my faith , but your words and the faith that I hold close to my heart help me to not move away from the cross , but move towards it.  Your words about Christ echo in my Spirit and reverberate from my lips with boldness and confidence. I am coming to realize that the youthful desires you spoke about are a hiderance to my flesh and Christ’s ministry so I push on even more to live a life that is pleasing to our heavenly father. I must tell you that the gospel is making inroads with using common sense and God’s word to quell arguments even though my flesh rises up I allow the Holy Spirit to rise higher in my speech and interaction with others. These last days you spoke of are troubling to my Spirit and I am confused of how our numbers for Jesus are growing that this thing will happen. I am using this talk of godlessness to propell my heart even more with Gods love to all who will listen to the gospel. Thank you for reminding me of your past and present troubles it has keep my life in perspective concerning the opposition I now am facing and has renewed the fire in my heart not to fight back , but to love back to those who blindly persecute Christ. Your charge has ignited my heart with the glimse of eternity in view I can’t help to say that I fear from your words that although glory awaits you my heart sinks with the feeling that Paul will no longer be on this earth, but I know that your example for Christ will live on down through the ages as much as the very land I stand on today as I write you this letter. When you mentioned the men who let you down saddened me. The fact that the Lord stood by you and encouraged you has inspired me and has givin me renewed strength for the road ahead. I now know that it is not just men defying you, but Satan himself who wants nothing more than to destroy the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.I think of the saying: the Lord knows how to rescue godly men from trials and this ecourages me to step out in faith .God bless you and see you in eternity.

                                                                                                                     Your son Timothy

Pastor Angelo

Pastor Angelo

      Tonight we spoke with a pastor from the innercity of Reading, PA. Born in the Bronx Angelo, whose grandparents were first generation Italians, lived in the city until he was four and a half and then moved about fifty miles north of the city. He met his wife Terry in high school and started dating in college. While in music college in Boston Angelo questioned believing in God , but after living life without God he began crying out to God and at that point God started moving in his life he said “ God if your real you have to show up in my life”. Shorlty after marrying Terry they both got saved in 1981. The sacification process was difficult for him Angelo said but after a bad night he fell on his knees and asked for God’s help. He also spoke about how he and his wife being baptized change there lives. At that time Angelo said he was working in a supermarket where he continued to work for twenty years. Angelo was brought up catholic. He noted that while attending a catholic church that something changed after getting saved. He noticed the Holy Spirit beginning to move. During his time there a man named Greg Hubbard who was a traveling evangelist and after hearing a sermon on the “cities of refuge” Greg had preached he felt called to evangelism. Angelo said he prayed for clarity on his calling and while waiting for Greg to meet him and his wife for lunch he saw a big sign that said Reading, he took it as a sign from God. The eight plus years he spent pastoring in Reading he said he learned that longevity and consistency need to be seen in us by other people. We need to be genuine and open to hurting people. Now his church is moving into a new phase ,they are working with a pastor from Pittsburg, PA, named Brian Boltz, who is helping them start a men and hopfully soon a womens home that will be connected with the church. Trusting in God is essential, Tom mentioned and that flexibility is key. Angelo finally said that when you think you can’t take it no more that’s when the breakthrough comes and resilience is the key to innercity ministry. This was interesting and educational from perspective since I feel the Lord is drawing my heart to the innercities also.

1Timothy letter to Paul

Dear Paul,

I have been blessed by your letter concerning the church.  I thank God for your apostleship and your guidance. Through the grace and mercy of our God and our Lord Jesus Christ I am able to write you back. Without your urging I would not have had the opportunity to defend the gospel as I am now doing among those who would dilute it with falsehoods. I am trying to be led by the Spirit in dealing with these false teachers and have endeavored even more to show God’s love and truth to them since they themselves are prisoners of their own beliefs. Many have come to accept the Gospel through proper explanation of the scriptures. In which all point to Jesus. Your continuing testimony about overcoming has strengthened many including myself. The instructions you gave about living a godly life have been put in to practice and this in itself has drawn people to become interested in the gospel. The instructions you gave concerning leaders was much needed.  Clarification on leader’s lives and how they should be lived was of much benefit, but I must keep in mind that the work of sanctification is at work in all of us and will not be completed till the day of Christ Jesus. I have continued to reach out with Christ love to those who Jesus died for the lost. Keeping in mind of the latter times you spoke about I have taken up with urgency disciplining those who have accepted Jesus and are trying to live for him, I have realized that salvation is a personal choice, but there is a larger responsibility I feel in my spirit to believers. Christ gave his all for others, shouldn’t I?  Your advice to respect other has made great inroads into people’s hearts. Keeping in mind that Christ died because I was a sinner keeps my heart tender towards others loving them with compassion and mercy and forgiveness. We are striving towards contentment trying to meet people needs spiritually and practically this is of great advantage to God’s word spreading. Thank you for your charge it has empowered me even more to help build God’s kingdom with Jesus being the foundation. I wish you could be here at my side.  God bless your heart and dedication to Christ’s ministry. May his grace and mercy continue to fall on you.

                                                                                   Your son in the faith, Timothy

Pastor Clark

 Tonight in class we spoke with Clark Bossler an Assembly of God pastor from Richland, PA. Clark pastors the Faith community church. Clark started by saying that his parents did not have a deep relationship with God but they still brought him to church. His father a blue collar worker who worked part time as a bartender brought them to a EC church. He remembered as a kid sorting beer bottles for his dad. As talking about his childhood he said how he got saved, it was at the age of twelve at the twin pines camp he attended thru his church. Clark went on to say friends at church helped keep him close to the Lord and at the age of fifteen after an alter call he felt called to ministry. He decided later to go to Lancaster bible college in luau of the marines at his parents request. Clark went on to say that after grad school with a masters in divinity he struggled find a church to pastor. He was working as a trainer at a spa when a friend from school called him about a job in Florida at a Lutheran church in educating various groups. He put in three years there before moving back to PA. After his ex his experience he said he was disillusioned. Once back in Pa he got married and went on as staff at Glad Tidings. He said he learned a lot from Pastor Brian, head pastor of that church, shedding light on the inner workings of church administration. He spoke fondly of his time there talking about being accountable to each other and supporting other staff. He learned about calendar planning and said that finding God’s guidance through prayer and worship was essential. Always looking for ways to improve ministry. Marketing is Key was mentioned. After two and half years Clark went on to pastor a church plant by Glad Tidings in Richland. Clark spoke about the issues he faced at that church. He found that through difficulties it had made his character stronger and made him bolder. His final advice was this; work hard and have discipline for yourself, keep trying, be willing to change and through it all have a good perspective. He went on to say thru the ups and downs of pasturing spend time in word and prayer always giving one hundred percent.

Titus to Paul

Shawn Tighe   

Dear Paul,

     Thank you for your last letter. The instructions you gave was of great advantage to the body of Christ, yet I have some further questions for you. Many have asked for clarification on certain matters that you spoke on in the last letter. Before we get to these matters I must first ask do you know the exact date when Jesus is returning. If you do know the exact time and date please write me back A.S.A.P.Now with that aside here are some of the concerns that were brought to me. I hope you can shed light on these matters. I have done as you said by going through the towns appointing elders, but what happens when I go through a town and no suitable Christian men are available or eligible? Can a woman be appointed if she meets the qualifications? If not why? Speaking about people, the rebellious people you mentioned in your last letter you said that because of the trouble they were causing you said “they must be silenced”. How exactly do I do that? Do I force behavioral changes through force? What did you mean when you said to rebuke such people sharply? Can you tell me how you would administer a sharp rebuke? I want to know God’s will in such matters so I do not take advantage of the grace of God by abusing others, but in the same way I want to bring Honor to the ministry Christ that he has lain out before us. Please I need your wisdom on this matter. When you spoke about the pure what did you mean when you said” all things”? I fear that believers may use this verse to indulge themselves. You say to teach slaves to be subject to their masters for the cause of Christ. What do I tell a slave who says slavery is wrong and that he is free in Christ? Does he have a right to freedom? Should Christians help those under the bonds of slavery fight for their freedom? I am looking forward to hearing from you on these matters. God bless you for your wisdom and letting the Holy Spirit use you in making Gods word more clear. Thank you for your dedication in helping build God’s kingdom.

                                                                                                  Your son in the faith, Titus

Dave the Lutheran

Tonight in class a Lutheran pastor named Dave Peterson gave us a candid interview. Dave was born in southern California and into a Christian family. As the subject of his family came up Dave commented about his father had worked with Dave Wilkerson, and that even at the early age of four he remembered praying and laying hands on his friends in the school yard. Christianity appeared to grow in his life even more and at the age of ten he received the baptism in the Holy Spirit from a man named Jack Frost. He mentioned that the influence the Holy Spirit had on His life was contradictory to what his belief of being a Lutheran was. Dave at age fifteen felt called into the ministry. Eventually he did two years at a local college and then went Teal College and though that experience was a trial of his faith he graduated with a bachelors in religion. From there he went to Divinity Lutheran seminary. Looking back he spoke of great ministry coming out of a great relationship with Christ. Through difficult times Dave said that through introspection and solace God began putting humpty dumpty back together again as he put it and through this brokenness he found an avenue for ministry in nursing homes. He said that one of his biggest challenges was letting God work through him. When spoke of the hospice aspect of ministering in nursing homes he said that ministering to such people grew his compassion. When asked about incidents that stuck out to him he mentioned a retired pastor with Alzheimer’s have a moment of clarity during communion, and a former drug addict coming to Christ brought joy not only to the man but his two daughters also. From there Dave went on to be the pastor of two Lutheran churches. Dave had mentioned comically that to earn the congregations’ trust you had to bury at least three grandmas. He continued to speak fondly about his experience as pastor. I asked about his lows and he mentioned two times ,one bury a marine killed in battle and a murder suicide, he shared that were difficult and said that sometimes you don’t have to solve the problem with words you just have to be there. His high as a pastor there was a time when him and about 18 others went hiking and they came upon a small pond where the hiking turned into a baptismal service, not only in water but in the Holy Spirit. He said that it was a supernatural experience the whole pond came alive with fish exhibiting strange behavior as if they were praising God. By the end of him speaking I sensed this man’s humility and humbleness it was a pleasure to have met him.