THE FINAL STRETCH

When we started our church in the fall of 1998, I got a call from a local pastor offering to help us in any way he could. Anthony Pelella had not been in Medford too long himself, but he was beginning to see the dying Medford Assembly of God turning around and showing signs of life. Instead of being threatened by another church coming to the town, he got behind us and has been true to his word.

We borrowed their little building on Rte 112 and Horseblock Road a number of times before it was demolished almost three years ago to make way for the new building that will house his growing congregation.

I took a look around the new church with him yesterday and it's going to be a great place to pursue their vision to impact others for Jesus. It has been a long haul for them to get the building up and operational, but they are only a matter of a few weeks or a couple of months from moving back into a place of their own and getting on with the job.

Anthony is a great pastor and he has resurrected that church. The last few years have been particularly demanding, but he has kept pressing on, so my friend Anthony Pelella is my nomination for our Supercool Person Of The Week for this week.

Pray for him, for the completion of the building and the fulfilment of their dreams.