I became a Christian through the faithful preaching of my grandfather at a young age in my hometown of Dana. Recently I’ve seen God shaping my life in the deepening of my love for His Word and the local church. Sins of my youth have become loathsome to me by God’s grace. Gospel centered relationships have become increasingly common as I see loving bonds forming with people with whom I likely would not have much in common otherwise. My interest in the Word has become more of an interest for reading together with my family and church as well as personal private devotion. Through my work in The Vine I have enjoyed teaching, which I expected. What has surprised me was how much I have enjoyed setting up the structure of this program. Planning the curriculum of large group lessons, finding appropriate chunks of Scripture for the memorization assignments, and writing and recording songs to help the students in that memorization have been administrative tasks I did not expect to enjoy as much as I have.
Nate Pollard - Lay Pastor