Clent is heading back to the Far East again; he left today for a two week trip back to Chiba, Japan and other areas around Tokyo. Clent has recently received a special designation that many of you many not be aware of; not only is he our Senior Pastor here at HHPC, but he has been named as the Pastoral Associate for the MTW (Mission To the World - the PCA’s missions organization) team in Japan. In order for him to be able to minister to these missionaries, he will be visiting them in person each year. Please pray for him as he will be in Japan for two weeks, as well as for Betsy who is not able to do this visit with Clent.
As you are aware, we have a number of missionaries that we support in Japan (click here to find out about all of the missionaries, including those in Japan, that we support), and they need the wisdom, care and support of a pastor just as we here at HHPC need it. We are glad that our Senior Pastor is able to use the spiritual gift of shepherding he has received from the Holy Spirit in a way that goes beyond just our congregation. Clent will be able to meet individually with the missionaries to care for them and their families.
That leads me to ask a question: are you using your spiritual gifts? Do you even know what your gift(s) is? Every Christian has at least one; and you don’t need to have a big investigation or do numerous Spiritual Inventories/tests to be able to identify them. Come speak with a pastor or an elder - we’d love to help you figure out how God has uniquely and specially empowered you to serve Him and the Church.
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