Welcome Back, David!

David Apple is back. He's back from vacation and back from his stint at Director of MercyNet. You may recall that beginning last August, we had loaned him to MercyNet for a year to help get that ministry established. Now he is back with us full-time feeling rejuvenated and excited about what is happening at Tenth. He and I were just reflecting on what is taking place that affects the ministries of ACTS and his work.

The Diaconate wants to begin intentional training for their roles and David will be providing much of that. The new City Outreach Commission includes ACTS as an important partner in ministering to Center City and Philadelphia. The influx of young adults into Center City and south of South Street is creating a body of "on-the-ground" Tenth members interested in the same ministries as ACTS. We will have this year our first ACTS intern since Aaron Messner served in that capacity. His name is Nick Batzig and will be moving with his family here in a couple of weeks in the same area of south of South Street. And then there are the faithful veterans of ACTS who stepped to the plate and kept all of the ministries going this past year. They are all the more equipped to carry on their work.

Pray with us for the new year of ACTS ministries and pray for David as he settles back in.