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Julia Hansen – Ward, Colorado … Glacier View Ranch was blessed to host the RMC Women’s Ministries group on its campus, September 23-25. Jana Thurber, RMC Women’s Ministries Director, coordinated the weekend’s program on, which brought over 100 women and teen girls from throughout the Conference. “When God Enters Your Story…You Become God’s Wonder Woman!” was a retreat theme, based on Ephesians 6:10-18 we can become “strong in the Lord and in his mighty power” when we wear his armor.
The main speaker, Sharon Leach, delved into the wisdom of Jesus’ grandmothers. She began Friday night with “The Shady Lady of Jericho” – how God used Rahab for his purposes. The Sabbath morning program started with “The Showdown at the Not-So-OK Corral” – recounting Abigail’s wisdom and grace. And the evening continued with the theme, “A Fresh Start” – looking at Mrs. Noah and her family’s story. The retreat ended Sunday morning with testimonies from both Sharon and Benjie Leach on the evidence of God’s leading in their lives.
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Greg Hodgson – Denver, Colorado … I was feeling a bit anxious as we waited in the rain at the Poland/Ukraine border for our partners to come across. The leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist clinic in Kiev had agreed to meet Roger Cabbage, founder of GA 2020, a non-profit which supplies water filters to developing countries, and I at the border and then travel with us to Lviv, Ukraine for further meetings.
With no commercial flights available into Ukraine, the next option was to fly into Poland, drive to the border crossing, leave our vehicle in an empty field turned into parking lot, and walk across the border into Ukrainian territory. It was a relief when we saw the smiling faces of Olena Vladovska, COO of the clinic, and her husband Vlad, as they made it through the border controls.
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Dorie Panganiban – Crownpoint, New Mexico … As one of six sites participating in the 2022 Native Impact Evangelism on the Book of Revelation, La Vida Mission hosted and led the Crownpoint, New Mexico 10-night “Message from the Metal Man” Bible prophecy revival.
Reporting in Navajo Mission, Dorie Panganiban, La Vida Mission Outreach co-coordinator, said that two local community members were baptized as a result of this outreach.
Joseph, who was baptized, asked Dorie after his baptism, “People will know about my baptism, so what shall I say and do if someone ask me that they too want to get baptized? Because I know of at least three friends of mine who would.”
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By Mickey Mallory
Every October in North America, we celebrate the gift of pastors. What a great gift they are to the Lord’s work! When you consider all that, they do for our churches, schools, and communities, we know how very blessed we are to have their support.
To better appreciate all that a pastor does, consider the following list of roles that a pastor fills:
- Leadership for the elder team
- Vision casting for church ministries
- Planning and participation in church-growth initiatives
- Preaching the Sabbath sermon
- Worship thoughts for prayer meeting/school worship
- Crisis care for church members and community
- Officiant for weddings and funerals
- Participation in baptisms and child dedications
- Hospital/nursing home visitations
- Volunteer recruitment
Even though this list is not exhaustive, it gives you an idea of how integral pastors are to the life of the church, school, and community. It is very clear that, without their support/contribution, the work would suffer.
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