Well, what a joy it is to worship the Lord with you this morning and to be a part of what God is doing here. I, I thank the Lord for this church and for the way that God is using you to spread the gospel light of His Son, not only out to this community, but also into the world. And your church has been a blessing to us, to the ministry of your pastor Milton. He has spoken many times at our retreats.
We've even joked of putting his picture on our website as an adjunct pastor. we would love to have that. And as you mentioned, this past year, we did celebrate by God's grace our 10 year anniversary. And at the end of the service, the pastoral staff got the elders some gifts, and because of our partnership with Milton, they thought it would be great to, and I have my gift here.
They got us this gift. This t-shirt and so You've seen, the ones that say Jonathan Edwards is my homeboy. Well, Milton Vincent is my homeboy. He was gracious enough to sign it.
And yes, it's not for sale, by the way. I, I did get offers after the first service, just to let, I'm sorry. and the other gift they got us was the same picture of Milton printed on a coffee mug and The thought of having my lips so close to his head every morning just didn't feel right, so I gave that to Donna, and so she's happily using that coffee mug every day. Well, this morning as we look ahead to the holidays, especially this week, with the Thanksgiving holiday approaching us, I know that we have so much to be thankful for....
