Today is a pretty cool day for me......one of my closet friends from many years ago, Roger Hirth, begins his first day on staff at Harvest as our Administrative Pastor.
Roger and Theresa Hirth, and their children, Courtney (17), Erin (15), and Austin (13) are some of the finest people we know. We have been friends almost 20 years, having met in Bible College. Last year, Deb and I were talking about the need for an Administrative Pastor to fill things out at the church, and how wonderful it would be to have Roger in that position. At the time, he was on staff up in upper NY state at another church.
Well, it's a long story how it all came about, but I am convinced God heard the "prayer of our heart" and they are now here. It has been great to see our congregation embrace this family so quickly. FYI, here is a quick bio on where they have been....
- Theresa was raised in Birmingham, Roger in Tampa. They married in 1986.
- Graduated from Liberty Bible College. Served as a Youth Pastor from 1993 to 1995.
- Missionaries in Romania 1995 to 2005.
- Assoc. Pastor New York......
- HARVEST!
As you can see from the picture here, Roger has a wonderful, self-deprecating sense of humor. As he said yesterday, "We are here to serve....period!"
God is good....
PB
Hey Bobby,
Good to see you and roger and hear about what you are doing now a days. Is there a website to connect with other liberty grads?
take care
kevin
Posted by: Kevin Elliott | April 11, 2007 at 04:34 AM
Thanks David....passed on the word to them tonight, as we watched FLORIDA whup up on UCLA over at there house...:-)
Natalie, concerning our building, one third of it was finished this past June and it has stopped since. We are wonderfully cast upon God and learning afresh that the building of the Body of Christ and reaching the lost marches forward regardless...I wish I had an answer for you, but stay tuned as God leads us...! Glad the blog is a blessing to you.
Roberto.......Will took the picture last week. I then thought, "Hey....I always wanted to be called Pastor Vinnie..."....so we went with it. :)
Love you, bro....looking forward to hanging out in DC!
Posted by: Bobby Lepinay | April 04, 2006 at 12:31 AM
Congrats on the new addition... and by the way... I like the new picture of you playing pool... has kind of a cheesy look... and makes me want to call you Vinnie. Fuggedaboutit!
Posted by: Robert Pooley | April 03, 2006 at 07:32 PM
Pastor Bobby,
I don't know if you will remember me or not because it has been such a long time since I have been home, but I started going to Harvest during the summers that I was home from college at Oral Roberts University back about three years ago. A lot of things have changed due to the hurricanes and life in general, and although we still live in Milton, I am rarely there anymore to come to church. I was just wondering what was going on with the reconstruction of the theatre building at Herman. I will be graduating from O.R.U. with my bachelors in Social Work in about four weeks and will be moving home for the summer. I know that you have been having church in another building and will be trying to get there as often as I can, but I was just curious about the progress, or non-progress of the other building. I love that you keep this blog, because it helps me to be able to keep up with what is going on at home. Thanks! Natalie
Posted by: Natalie Presley | April 03, 2006 at 04:10 PM
Bobby,
Congrats on Roger and Theresa- say hello to them for me.
Posted by: David Kerr | April 03, 2006 at 03:59 PM