“Time, talent, and treasure. If people give their time to God’s work, that’s very important, and use the talents that God gives you, not for yourself, it’s for the greater glory of God, but you use your talents. Everybody's got different kind of talents, but you use some of your talents for the greater glory of building up the Kingdom of God on Earth.”

—  Michael Wiwchar

Honouree Announcement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjTtG_muVhM (November 1, 2020)

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