envelop spinner search close plus arrow-right arrow-left facebook twitter

Relating Together for Tomorrow: Day 7

Invite someone from VPC to do something on a weekday. Evaluate your capacity for hospitality.

by David Joynt on October 08, 2016


ACTS 2:46

Church Challenge: Richer Relationships

Where do richer relationships grow? Some growth can happen at church, in pre- and post-worship times, or in casual encounters, or fellowship events, or even committee meetings! But rich relationships require connection in other settings too. Notice that the early Christians met in their homes and ate together. We would say they “did life together.” Investing in Christian friendships that extend into our homes and workplaces is important.

Invite someone from VPC to do something on a weekday.

Evaluate your capacity for hospitality.

Family Focus: Think of a family from church you’d like to know better.  Get your kids’ input.  Plan a way to get together.

Tags: relating, together

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.

More from Pastor Joynts Devotionals

return to Pastor Joynts Devotionals