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Here and Now devo Nov 26

by David Joynt on November 26, 2022


MATTHEW 25:34-36 | 34 Then the king will say to those at his right hand, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world, 35 for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, 36 I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.’

What we give and invest here at VPC also helps our three mission partners in Malawi. Ministry of Hope provides emergency food and help to 5,000 orphans in Lilongwe. Villages in Partnership, led by Liz Heinzel-Nelson, is developing the Sekata area near Blantyre, in partnership with 25,000 villagers. Water provision, food security, schools and education, economic empowerment and medical care are the focus. VPC Mission’s Pastor Chris Woodard is on their board and our church has been a main sponsor of a new high school. Urban    Promise International, led by Bruce Main, trains young kingdom    entrepreneurs to start ministries to children and youth in six African countries, Latin America, and in eight cities in North America. There are currently 10 ongoing programs serving different groups in
Malawi.

Pray for all our mission partners in Malawi.

 

Tags: mission, entrepreneurs

About the Author
David Joynt

Dave Joynt began his service as a pastor at Valley Presbyterian Church in Paradise Valley, Arizona in September 2014. This meant a move away from the Northeast, where he has a long history, growing up in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and then serving congregations in Delaware and New Jersey for a total of 23 years.

Dave was nurtured in a great church in Bethlehem where his parents, Anne and Carey, served as elders. He graduated in classics from Lehigh University where his Father taught, and then from Oxford, where he met his wife Julia. Ordained in 1988, he completed a Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1993.

He and Julia have a son, Tristan, and a daughter, Madeleine.

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