Well Done, Good & Faithful Servants!

A couple weeks ago we took time to thank and honor our former Pastors, Arnie & Val ter Mors.  They faithfully served, loved, and lead our congregation for five years.  A number of people from the church took time to publicly thank them their service.  From everything that was said, these were the common themes that I heard...

• "Thank You for Leading us to Jesus"...  Arnie and Val have a contagious focus on Jesus that helps them to keep things simple and stay on track.  Thank you for reminding us that it is all about Jesus!
• "Thank You for Being Honest"...  Arnie's preaching style is to be more blunt than most and we appreciated his honesty and transparency.
• "Thank You for Helping Break our Religiousness"...  by helping us focus on Jesus, Arnie & Val helped us evaluate why we do what we do and if it is just religious activity or is there a right heart and right direction behind it.
• "Thank You for Getting our Addition Completed"...  Arnie and Val were able to lead our church through a $940,000 (7200 sq. ft) construction project.  In the two years it has been in operation we have paid $140,000 of that mortgage down.  Our children, youth, and community get to benefit from this great facility.

Thank you Arnie and Val for your faithful service to Jesus!  God has used your willingness to bless us and our community both now and for years to come.  "Well done, good and faithful servants!".