Pensees: Southeast Valley Baptist Church Celebrates 10 Years

Southeast Valley Baptist Church Celebrates 10 Years

It’s fun to go other places to minister. Especially if one’s wife can go with him. That’s exactly what Jennie and I did this weekend. We dropped our kids off in Minneapolis, MN with my brother and family and took a flight to Phoenix, AZ where we, first of all, spend about 36 hours alone celebrating our upcoming 18th anniversary and then drove to Gilbert, AZ to join Joel and Toni Tetreau on Saturday evening. The following day Jennie and I celebrated with Southeast Valley Baptist Church their tenth anniversary. I was honored to be asked to preach the morning worship service. There was an enthused spirit and genuine thanksgiving to their Head. They also had the Heritage Quartet sing in the morning and perform a concert in the afternoon. The gray-haired tenor was in college with Jennie and me. It was a bit disturbing to know that I had gone to college with someone who now has gray hair. Oh, well…..

It’s fun to celebrate mile markers with other congregations. It reminds me that we are just a small hangnail in the glorious Body of Christ. But it’s great to be attached.