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A Wealth of Wisdom
April 11th, 2008 by 
Pam Parish
Last week, we had the privilege of meeting a wonderful Victory couple, Bill & Patsy Reily. As Pastor Dennis was preparing his recent message, Honor Each Other, he wanted to interview Bill who, at 86, is our oldest member and still quite active in the life of the church.
We arranged the interview, calling Bill to see if he was available. He answered the phone and not only was he very happy and honored to hear from us, he was a joy to talk to and had a great sense of humor. After sidetracking us for a moment with his question, “How much are you going to pay?”, Bill laughed at the success of his own joke and collected the details of the interview in a joyous manner.
After meeting and getting to know Bill & Patsy on the day of the interview we were all struck by the couple’s ability to make every person they met feel as if they were the most important person in the room. The genuine love that they have for all of God’s people was evident and inspiring.
I guess there are always times in life when you meet people who make an significant impression on your life, Bill & Patsy are those people. It was a joy to spend some time with them and we are all honored to have them as part of our church.
As I close, I’ll leave you with an inspiring quote from Bill Reily, “It’s not a matter of age, if you’re not growing intellectually and spiritually and in concern for the world, you are in a sense already dead yourself whatever age - at 30 or 40 or whatever.”
I don’t know about you, but I’m inspired to do more and to keep doing until Jesus calls me home.
Below is the link to the video interview with Pastor Dennis & Bill Reily:
Pastor Dennis\’ Interview with Bill Reily
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June 25th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
It is great to see the wisdom of God being sought after by the church and to know that it can be found in many of our older members. It will be a great day when we all come together in the presence of Jesus! God bless you!
Cary
July 8th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
I am so glad you got to meet the Reilys. I was priviledged to attend their overcomers ministry for 3.5 years. They are the most loving people I have ever met. They truly are the heartbeat of God for people. There ministry helped me get my life back on track and figure out who I was. They helped me overcome dependant and dysfunctional behaviors. My family and I love them dearly and pray God keeps them with us for many more years. I must confess, I don’t know what I enjoyed more, being healed or laughing at Pastor Bill’s jokes!