1.0Serve Globally Bloghttp://blogs.covchurch.org/servegloballyrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="zasq7sc6Yv"><a href="http://blogs.covchurch.org/serveglobally/2015/05/01/melanie-viana/">Serving God … Oh the Joy!!!</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="http://blogs.covchurch.org/serveglobally/2015/05/01/melanie-viana/embed/#?secret=zasq7sc6Yv" width="600" height="338" title="“Serving God … Oh the Joy!!!” — Serve Globally Blog" data-secret="zasq7sc6Yv" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=http://blogs.covchurch.org/serveglobally/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> I’m fortunate…  One of the blessed who get to serve God full time as my vocation.  I am not alone.  I have many brothers and sisters who also have this honor.  Right now I am thinking of my Mozambican family.  They work hard, they love their Lord, and for this past week they have been meeting together to grow, receive training and to baptize 36 new believers!  What joy!  What privilege! If you have not yet discovered the joy of serving God … well … you’re missing out on one of the greatest joys a believer in Christ can experience.  It takes a bit of experimenting though to figure out where you fit, what you are gifted at, and what God has called you to do. My first exposure to ministry was as a Sunday School teacher.  I was only 16 and I was TERRIBLE!!!  No one gave me any instructions on how to do it.  I was handed a book and let loose.  I would finish the lessons so quickly that we soon began playing games to fill in the time left, one of which was tag in the dark!  When I left teaching Sunday School the kids were […]http://blogs.covchurch.org/worldmission/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2015/05/PIC_0636-300x168.jpg