Sarah Blake was recently prompted by God at NAC. “I had been considering going to seminary for several years,” she explains, “and was prompted to begin the process because of something that happened at NAC 2006. I attended a seminar given by David Neidert called ‘The Seven Questions of Jesus.’ The final question was the question Jesus asked Peter: ‘Do you love me?’ I had done one of my devotional writings on this passage a couple of months prior. The revisit was very convicting concerning the fact that I was sitting on the fence about seminary. I realized that if I was going to ‘feed sheep,’ I needed to equip myself to do so.” Sarah will be graduating from the Anderson University School of Theology with her Masters of Divinity this coming August.God has used the North American Convention to strengthen and equip Tim Means throughout his life. “I would say that I have definitely been restored many times while visiting NAC. I have attended NAC for all of my life and I take pride in the fact that I am a third-generation pastor that has attended. I have grown up through Kid’s Place and the youth-ins.” This year, Tim will be attending NAC for the first time as a full time youth pastor at the First Church of God in Saint Elmo, Illinois.
Pattie Jantz Thompson and her family regularly finds renewed strength for the ministry while attending NAC. “We have always found the commissioning of missionaries to be a renewing of purpose for us. The lighting of candles in expressing our unity, as well as the testimonies of how God is working around the world, revitalizes our passion for ministry.” She continues, “It helps the minister, or the lay person who may serve a small church all alone, refresh and renew. It also helps us carry the message that we are not alone in serving Christ back to those congregations. This is why we travel across the country to attend.” Pattie will be traveling from Elk City, Oklahoma to attend this year’s NAC.
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