Pastor Steve's life ministry deals with bringing hope and restoration to the hurting and down trodden, both inside and outside of the church. His message of God's grace and love is backed by a powerful testimony of addiction from his past and his message of healing and hope of things to come is evidenced by the scars of his present. Driven by a heart to please God, Pastor Steve and his wife Gaye serve their community faithfully and show love and grace to all people.


Steve and Gaye Vanzant

In addition to being the Fire Chaplain of the Haltom City Fire Department, Pastor Steve is a certified Trauma Responder and a Certified Trauma Stress Specialist with the ATSS. He was deployed to Sri Lanka during the tsunami relief efforts, by the Green Cross as a Certified Field Traumatologist, to train the local people to deal with trauma.
His other certifications include Emergency Services, Spiritual Care, and Mass Disaster and Terrorism with the ICISF. For more information on these organizations, follow the links below.

http://www.greencross.org/

http://www.atss.info/

http://www.icisf.org/

http://www.haltomcitytx.com/

 

The head of the household, at the morning meal, had asked the blessing as usual, thanking God for a bountiful provision.  Immediately afterward, he began to grumble about the hard times, the poor quality of food he was forced to eat, and the way it was cooked. 

    His little daughter interrupted him.  "Father," she began, "do you suppose God heard you a little while ago?"  "Certainly," he replied confidently.  "And did He hear what you said about the bacon and the coffee?"  "Of course," he sheepishly responded.  "Then, Daddy, which did God believe?"

    We have now reached the season of Thanksgiving, a time when we are to give thanks to God for the many blessings He has bestowed upon us.  Unfortunately, for some, this is the only time in the year where there is even an inkling of gratitude.  Like the father in the story above, the words of our mouths validate who we really are most of the time. 

    I believe it's time for a change, a change of heart.

    We have a real opportunity this season to begin that change.  Most of you have received, or will receive, the letter concerning our opportunity to give on Miracle Sunday.  Again this year, we will be feeding a hot meal on Thanksgiving Day to those less fortunate than ourselves.  These are tangible, physical and financial ways to begin to let our gratitude, our giving of thanks, become a way of life, not just a day out of the year when we eat turkey and watch football.  

    As we put our hands and feet into action concerning gratitude, our mouths will follow shortly after.  Then, and only then, will we be known as authentic and genuine Christians, you know, Christ-like.

    So let's make this holiday season the beginning of a major transformation in our way of thinking, in our attitudes, and yes, in the words of our mouths.  Let's begin to give thanks now, verbally, for the blessings of the Lord.  After all, the words that we speak are the words that our Heavenly Dad really believes.

Sincerely His,
Pastor Steve Vanzant

The Significance of One is set to be released
January 2009