Had breakfast yesterday with none other than the very first drummer at Pathway, Johnny Ropple. Johnny will finish up his college degree this semester at Greenville College, and then will be heading on to bigger and better things in Chillicothe, Ohio (south of Columbus), where he will be involved in helping start a new church with a couple of his college friends.
Johnny was just a high schooler when he committed to play drums for us for the first month of services here at Pathway. That month turned into several years! As I sat there eating breakfast with him, it dawned on me that this is FULFILLING THE REASON FOR PATHWAY (Johnny helping start a church, not me eating breakfast with him at the Essenhaus)! Raising up leaders to send them out! It was just one of those "sit back and take it in" moments for me as a pastor.
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