This picture is of two Veterans who still make positive contributions to their community as they nurture their faith and the faith of others. A Sunday School Class may not sound like life-shaping experience, but these men find it does help shape their lives.

This is how the United Methodist News Service describes the photo above.

In nearly every United Methodist congregation in the United States, veterans are active. They serve as pastors, Sunday School teachers, choir members, committee chairs, and so much more.

Those who have served the nation through the armed forces are “brothers and sisters in Christ who have already demonstrated that they’re going to give you everything,” explains the Rev. Felicia Hopkins, a veteran of the United States Army, and pastor of St. Paul United Methodist Church in Abilene, Texas.

On Sundays, St. Paul offers a special Sunday School Class led by veterans. Charles Rice has found a spiritual home because of the class called Pathfinders. “This class is what keeps me coming back to this church,” he says.