“Service is what prayer looks like when it gets up off its knees and walks around in the world.” Michael J. Graham

Pastors Tim and Beverly Smith celebrated thirty years of service at the Seadrift Assembly of God Church March 10th. For the first time they team-tagged their Sunday morning message. It was entitled “Characteristics of a Healthy Church.” Pastor Tim in part of the message made this comment, “There has never been the need for the Church to be healthy as it does today.”

Pastors Tim and Beverly Smith outlined the message with four points: Commitment to Doctrine, Commitment to Fellowship, Commitment to Worship, and Commitment to Evangelism and Prayer. In the message Pastor Beverly commented that she was thankful for the unity among the congregation at the church. As a token of their appreciation for the pastors’ years of faithful service the church presented them with a check for $1,500!

Before coming to pastor at the church Pastor Tim had prayed this prayer, “Lord, send me somewhere where people love us as much as we love them.” Reflecting on their thirty years of service Pastor Tim said, “It’s just been an honor for us to serve for so many years in the same place and we’re looking forward to what God has for us in the future.” Pastor Beverly had this to say, “It has been a joy to be pastors of such a loving, caring church. We love them and we know they love us.”