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Reaching Out to Your Neighbors

June 7, 2013

Pastors Jay Pathak and Dave Runyon, along with Angela Wheaton, offer practical guidance for reaching out to others in your neighborhood, highlighting how "loving your neighbor" can literally be the person next door.

Original Air Date: June 7, 2013

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Jay Pathak

Jay Pathak is the lead pastor of the Mile High Vineyard (MHV) where he strategically guides the mission and vision of the church as a whole, is the main teaching pastor, and provides oversight to each of MHV’s neighborhood churches. Committed to engaging and impacting those outside the church walls just as much as to those within, Jay and his team have worked to build MHV into a vibrant community that engages and impacts the city at every turn. In addition, Jay is a member of Vineyard USA’s Executive Team, and he has spoken nationally and internationally for Vineyard as well as other groups in both conference and classroom settings. He has co-authored a book with Dave Runyon titled The Art of Neighboring which inspires readers to follow the biblical commandment to love our neighbors. Jay and his wife, Danielle, have two daughters.

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