For The Graduates of 2026 - Grad Sunday

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I want to say a big welcome and
thank you to those of you who

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are newer with us here at Real
Life Church.

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And we're so glad that you were
here with us this morning that

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you are spending your morning
with us.

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We truly have been praying for
you and planning for you this

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week.
And we really, we don't want

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anything from you.
We're not going to ask anything

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from you today except for this
one thing and that's simply just

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introduce yourself to us.
We'd love to get to know you, to

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welcome you here at Real Life
Church.

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And you can do that simply by
grabbing that connection card

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that is on your seat.
You can file the information

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there in that top section.
Check first time here.

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And you can just hold on to that
during the gathering, let you

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know what to do with that later.
But truly, we are so glad that

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you are here with us this
morning.

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And our mission here at Real
Life Church is to see people far

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from God discover their real
life and purpose in Jesus.

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That's right.
That's why we do what we do,

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man.
Last week and we threw a welcome

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party for some newer gifts and
first time guests and we had

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over 20 people come and get
connected to that, which was so

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awesome.
There we go.

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Yes, so good to see all those
people and you can check it out

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right there.
Hey, that could be you next time

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being connected.
Just real people, real

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connections, real friendships,
people finding their place and

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their home here at Real Life
Church.

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And it's truly because of
moments like that that we have

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eight people serving on the
Dream Team for the very first

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time today.
Let's give them a hand.

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So awesome to see people get
connected and find their home

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here at Real Life Church.
And hey, today is going to be a

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great day in the house.
Today is graduation Sunday.

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We truly are a church that
believes we put young people on

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our shoulders.
They're going to go further and

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farther and faster than we did.
And we are excited for them.

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And you're going to hear stories
of transformation, of life

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change, stories where they're
going to help shape their

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calling, their courage to follow
Jesus as they take their next

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steps.
You're going to hear from the

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graduate themselves this morning
with some testimonies.

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We're going to pray over them
and just Commission them out as

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they take their next steps.
And so to help us do that today,

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would you help me welcome our
youth pastor to the stage, Logan

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Hardy?
Oh man, you guys hear me man,

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give it up one more time for the
band.

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That was awesome worship, man.
This is going to be such a good

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morning.
I am so excited.

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I'm a little bit too far over,
man.

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As you've heard, we are
celebrating our real life youth

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graduates today.
We have three of them.

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It is going to be a blast.
And I will tell you, man, I am

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so proud of each and every
single one of these girls, man.

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I have enjoyed having them in
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I'll talk about this in a bit,
but if the kids team is in here,

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I'm sure we've enjoyed having
them come through the kids

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ministry and it has been such a
blessing to see how they have

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grown in their Christ likeness
and how they just are

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forerunners of the youth group.
I'll talk about this.

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But they are the very best that
we have to offer and today is a

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big moment for them.
Today signifies years of pushing

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for exams that have been taken.
Hopefully some late nights that

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have been studied.
Obviously we're going to hear

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their stories.
For some of them, this might not

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be a reality for, but most
people that graduate, this

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includes late night studied.
Maybe this is projects

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submitted.
Man, they're all going on to

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further education.
So this has been a grind for

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them to position themselves
academically, to take awesome

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steps moving forward.
But more importantly, more than

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the academics, more than just
the perseverance, it is

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perseverance.
But what we're really here to

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honor is how they have pushed
through, and they have made it

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all the way through high school
while remaining faithful to God.

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If you know anything, yeah, give
it up for that man.

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If you know anything about
school, that is no small feat.

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It is not easy to get through
school and remains faithful and

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steadfast in your relationship
with God in such a manner that

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these girls have done.
So today, let's honor them.

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I'm going to call them up.
I want you guys to show genuine

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excitement for this mile marker
and their lives.

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When I bring them up, I want you
to cheer super loud like Sean

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always says that baptism is like
the Chiefs just won the Super

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Bowl, man.
Be excited for them.

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Show them your love.
Show them that you're here to

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support them.
I'm going to call Brett up.

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He's going to give him a book
and a handshake.

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And as I, as I call him up, give
them a big round of applause and

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give them a bunch of excitement.
So starting us off, first up, we

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have Aubrey Cubbley.
If she wants to come to the

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stage, yes man, Aubrey's.
Aubrey's parents are Josh and

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Carrie Cubbley.
Yeah, let's give it up for them,

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man.
Aubrey is graduating from the

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Summit Christian Academy.
What Aubrey is going to miss

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most about high school is that
she is going to miss being able

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to hang out with her friends,
mess around in softball and go

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on field trips.
What she is going to miss the

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least about high school, she
says, quote UN quote, I will not

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miss waking up early for school.
Notice that she goes to Summit

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Christian Academy.
As I say this next thing.

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She will not miss listening to
boring tangents about nothing

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she and she will not miss the
people in the hallways that

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don't know how to walk.
Her plans after high school are

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that she plans on attending
UMKC, to major in biology with

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an emphasis in pre Med to
hopefully either study radiology

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or sonography.
And if she could do anything for

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God and not fail, she wants to
attend more mission trips and do

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more community service.
If there's anybody special that

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she would like to thank, she
would like to thank both of her

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parents for helping raise her in
a Christian environment and

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encouraging her to go to church.
She would also like to thank

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Tori Jones and Christy Hardy for
helping her grow in her walk in

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leadership.
Give it up one more time for

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Aubrey.
Next up, Grace Fairly, go ahead

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and come to the stage.
Grace's parents are Scott and

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Katrina Fairly.
She is graduating from Ray Peck

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High School.
What Grace is going to miss most

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about high school is her
friends.

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What she's going to miss the
least about high school is theme

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waking up early.
Her plans after high school are

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to attend college and major in
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Her goal is to become a
kindergarten teacher or a truly

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early childhood educator where
she can help young children

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learn, grow, and build a strong
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If she could do anything for God
and not fail, it would be to

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make a difference in other
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And somebody special that she
would like to thank are both of

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her parents.
Give it up one more time for

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Grace Fairly and our last
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Welcome up to the stage, Lily
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Lily's parents are Janelle and
Jeff Hough.

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She is graduating from Belton
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What Lily is going to miss most
about high school is she will

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miss her friends in wrestling or
she will miss the least about

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high school.
Again, quote UN quote.

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I will not miss homework is Lily
is not going to miss homework.

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Her plans after high school, she
plans on attending Missouri

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State University to get a degree
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I think that's going to take
some more homework so you're not

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done with that.
And she eventually wants to

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become a sonographer.
She could do anything for God

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and not fail.
She would like to become a

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teacher or a mother.
And somebody special that she

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would like to thank is she would
like to thank again Tori Jones

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and Logan Hardy.
Man, give it up one last time

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for all of our graduates.
Man, this is awesome.

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Like I said, these are the best
that real life youth has to

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offer.
And I feel like some honoring is

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in order.
So if you're in here and you are

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a parent of these graduates,
please stand up.

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Parents.
I know there's two here.

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We got Scott and Katrina.
Give it up for them.

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All the way in the back.
We have Carry ON soundboard.

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Josh is blending in with his
hat, blocking the lights.

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I don't see Janelle, but
Janelle's somewhere.

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All right, Give it up for all
the parents.

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Yeah.
All right, parents.

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You can take a seat, mate.
If you are a grandparent and you

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are in here, please stand up.
Any grandparents in here?

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Oh, we do.
We'll give it up to the

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grandparents.
Man, I don't know, make

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grandparents make such a large
imprint on the lives.

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I know in my story, my great
grandma had such a big, she had

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such a big imprint on my walk
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So man, grandparents are
amazing.

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If you were in here and you
serve on the youth team, would

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you stand up?
Oh, we have Tori up here in the

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front.
That's Hannah.

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We have Hannah over there.
We have Brett in the back.

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Yeah, man, thank you guys so
much for serving week in and

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week out.
You heard Tori was mentioned

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twice for people that made the
biggest impact on these

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graduates.
So I appreciate all of our youth

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team and this church long enough
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If you are on the kids team,
would you stand up?

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If you are on the kids team, you
had an impact on them.

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We got my brother Coleman back
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He sat back down.
He didn't really feel it.

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They're all on the kids team.
So give it up the graduates

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again.
Oh man, this is awesome.

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I'm I'm having such a good time
so far.

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But you guys have heard a lot
from me.

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I'm going to give you guys the
opportunity to hear from the

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graduates themselves.
So welcome up Lily Huff to give

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her testimony.
Hi, OK I'm just going to read

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off of this.
I said I was born into a

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Christian family and we went to
church weekly for several

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several years.
After a while we felt

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disconnected from the church and
decided to search for a new one.

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I then started attending real
life church within the first

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year of launch.
For several years I was just

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going to church to see friends,
but I didn't take it very

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seriously.
Once I started youth group, I

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felt more connected to the
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But camp is where I really
started to notice a change.

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I started feeling more motivated
to spread the gospel and invite

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people to church.
Though it is a constant battle,

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I know God is always working
through me and for me, and

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you've had a large impact on my
walk with God.

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Hashtag real life youth is
great.

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Man, that's awesome.
I love that God is working

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through me and for me.
Man, Lily has been such a joy to

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have in youth.
She's always active, whether or

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not this is productivity or not.
She is always active at real

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life youth and she has been such
a blessing.

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So man, give it up one more time
for Lily.

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And as you give it up, welcome
Grace to give her testimony.

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Hello, so I'm grateful enough to
have been raised in church my

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whole life as well.
I was fully, I fully gave my

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life to Christ when I was around
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when I moved here, I was looking
for a church that I could feel

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welcome and have that like come
as you are feeling.

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And as soon as I came to real
life, I, I felt immediate

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connection with the girls and
the leaders.

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I felt like I could have people
sharpen me and impact my walk in

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a positive way.
And I could definitely say that

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if it wasn't for them, then I
wouldn't be where I am in my

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walk right now.
OK man, this is so awesome.

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Grace has been awesome in the
youth group.

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She is one of our most steady
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She's very consistent coming out
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She's always willing to engage
in the messages and she always

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brings her a game during live
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Before I invite Aubrey up here
to pray and lead us out of the

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celebration, I have a little bit
of a charge for our graduates.

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It's going to be on the screen.
But First Timothy, First Timothy

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612 says to fight the good fight
of the faith, take hold of the

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eternal life to which you were
called, which you made your good

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confession in the presence of
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There are three big things that
stand out to me that Paul writes

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for us to fight the good fight
of our faith.

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To me, this means that we were
to anticipate resistance.

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Like I said, it's no small feat
getting through high school,

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being faithful to God.
But the the resistance does not

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stop there.
It might be even more ramped up

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as these girls get ready to
enter the adult world to go off

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to college.
Man, you're going to have people

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in, it sounds like you're all
going for higher education.

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There is going to be people that
are going to ridicule your

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beliefs, whether it's
classmates, whether it's

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professors, whether it's just
random people you meet in your

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daily lives.
There are going to be people

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that just make fun of you for
what we hold to as our faith.

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There's going to be peers that
test your restraint and as you

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step out and as you get ready to
be a little bit more on your

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own, it's going to be less of a
support group that is going to

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hold you accountable.
You're going to hold yourselves

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accountable as you're going to
have peers that are going to

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test what you really believe and
test what your convictions are

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to live out a Christ like life.
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This is one of the most
unfortunate things about getting

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older is you realize that your
quote UN quote friends are going

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to be the first people that are
going to drag you down.

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They're going to be the first
people that are going to make it

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harder for you to follow your
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But as Paul writes for us to
fight the good fight, he gives

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us some advice on how to do
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He says to keep our eyes on the
prize and to take hold of

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eternal life.
We started this year going

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through a message series called
Heaven, and learning about

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heaven is all the motivation we
need to fight that good fight

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and to encounter that
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It is so much easier to fight
for your convictions, to fight

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for your Christ likeness, to
stand against peers that drag

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you down when you know the
reward that is waiting for you

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in heaven.
It's easier to fight with that

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prize in mind.
And what I don't want you to

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forget is Paul writes that you
made your confession in the

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presence of many, that when you
started your faith, you started

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with the support of your church,
you started with all these

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people rallying around you when
you decided to start a

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relationship with God.
And as you've grown in your

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faith, you've still had that
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You've come to youth group,
you've been here at church every

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Sunday morning, you've been
going to life groups, you've

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been doing all the various
ministries that we have, and

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you've had the support for your
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But as you go out and as you
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want to give you the
encouragement that that support

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is never going to leave.
If missions take you somewhere,

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you always have a home in real
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If you find yourself in
Springfield, you will always

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have a home in real life youth.
Maybe you're just up the road at

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UMKC or at MCC.
Wherever you are, you will

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always have the support of this
church to rally behind you and

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give you everything you need to
support you in your Christ like

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this and in your sanctification.
Amen.

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Church.
Yeah, so man, that's my push for

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you.
Fight for your fight.

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Anticipate resistance.
Fight for your faith.

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Anticipate resistance and let
the church support you.

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Man, this has been a blast.
I appreciate you guys for being

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so energetic and celebrating
them.

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And I'm going to invite Aubrey
to pray us out of this

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celebration.
Slip gang.

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OK, let's pray.
All right, Dear Only Father,

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thank you so much for this
amazing group of people.

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And thank you for everybody here
just being so encouraging and

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working on us into the future.
I pray that hopefully, wherever

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you take us, that we will still
pursue our faith in you.

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And I thank you so much for all
the amazing opportunities you've

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given us at this church.
Amen.

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To guys, books are tickle.
Yeah, give it up one last time

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real loud for our graduates.
This has been a blast.

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I've enjoyed celebrating you
guys so much and that is the

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heart of today.
It is celebration.

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It is happiness, it is exuberant
joy because we've seen God's

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working hand in each and every
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So let's celebrate that today.
We're going to continue the

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celebration and I'm going to
tell you guys about real life

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youth, man.
I told you Aubrey, Lilly and

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Grace are the forerunners of our
group up here, man.

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They have been leaders in the
youth group.

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They are always willing whenever
I'm preaching.

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This is such a fight.
If you know students, whenever

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I'm preaching, they are always
willing to engage with the

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message.
If I ask somebody to read a

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verse, they will always be
willing to read it.

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If I ask a question, they'll
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If people are getting too loud,
they'll either correct them or

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they'll correct themselves.
If it's them, I never usually

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have to correct them.
They are very much young women

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that have been intimately shaped
by God and they are the best at

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the moment.
I would say real life youth has

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to offer.
They are the cream of the crop

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and they are setting such an
example for our young students

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to follow in their path.
They're the best we have to

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author offer.
So what I want to do as we get

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ready to get into the message of
this morning and as we wrap up

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the morning, I want to do a few
things in regards to real life

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youth.
I want to cast light and I want

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to cast vision on to what real
life youth is and what we are

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doing.
I want to tell you about what we

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value and in the morning I want
to tell you about where we are

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going.
The heartbeat of real life youth

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is the heartbeat of this church.
What's our church's mission?

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Guys, tell help me out.
Tell me to see people far from

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God discover real life and
purpose in Jesus.

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I mean, I don't know if you guys
know that, but that is the Great

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Commission put into our own
language.

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The Great Commission is found in
Matthew 2819 through 20.

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And this is the heartbeat of
what we value at real life

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youth.
Therefore what?

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Go, go and make disciples of all
nations, baptizing them in the

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name of the Father and of the
Son and of the Holy Spirit, and

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teaching them to obey everything
I have commanded you, and surely

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I am with you always to the very
end of the age.

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The Great Commission has two
very important pieces is to go

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out and evangelize the lost, to
tell people about the hope that

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we've been given, but then also
to bring them in and help equip

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them in the faith.
We're to find the lost and to

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equip the Saints.
So for us, this comes down to 4

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pillars of language for what we
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The first of these 4 pillars is
that we are welcoming.

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We do our very best and I think
we do a very good job of not

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being judge mental for those
that come out to the youth

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group, man, we view our ministry
as a hospital and you don't have

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to be healthy to come get the
treatment of the gospel, to come

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get the medicine of Christ.
We don't judge.

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We don't care if you're perfect.
The leaders of real life youth,

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of real life youth group, we are
not perfect.

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The fellow students of the
group, they are not perfect.

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You don't have to be perfect to
show up to our ministry.

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We don't care how you dress.
When Brett's son used to come to

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the youth group, he came in a
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But we also have people that
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We have a whole spectrum of
people and they show up in

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different ways and we meet them
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We don't care if you have a
past, there is no there is not a

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plane, there is no baggage limit
on what you can bring to real

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life youth.
Come with what you got.

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We'll show you what we have and
we'll all find help together

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underneath the umbrella of
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We don't need you to show up
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We just want to meet your
students where they are and as

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they are now.
We get this heart from Romans

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15-7.
Romans 15 says and says accept

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one another.
Then just as who accepted us?

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Christ, man.
As you read the New Testament,

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as you read the writings of Paul
and somebody else that I'm

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blinking on their name right
now, there are so many things

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that we were called to do that
is an emulation of Christ.

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James man.
Paul writes for us to be

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generous because Christ was
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He writes for us to be humble
because Christ was humble to us.

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And he also writes for us to be
welcoming, because Christ was

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welcoming to us.
I think back to the story of the

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woman at the well.
Do you guys know that story

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where Jesus found the woman at
the well and he confronted her

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about this adulterous
circumstance that she was living

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in?
But did he condemn her?

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No, He met her where she was at
and he gave her the medicine of

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the gospel.
And what did she do with that?

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She went out and she told every
person that she knew.

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That is our heartbeat for the
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Man.
We want to accept students as

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they are because that's what
Christ did for us, so that when

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they come to the youth group and
when they come to be equipped

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and they learn about the gospel
and they foster a relationship

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with Jesus, they can take that
out and tell their friends at

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school.
Man, I don't know if you guys

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have noticed, but the church is
growing and the youth group has

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been feeling that we have had so
many new students come and join

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us over the last few weeks, the
last couple months really.

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And it is our heart to see them
given a safe, a fun, and a

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reverent home to learn about,
foster a relationship with, and

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find rest in Jesus so that they
can take that and they can take

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it out to their world.
So we want to be welcoming.

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And our second thing that we
want to do is we strive to be

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life giving.
But how many of you guys know

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that being a Christian is hard?
Many guys know that being a

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Christian is hard.
And we talked about this.

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It is a lot harder, arguably,
when you're a teenager, when

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you're a student.
Man, being a teenage Christian

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can sometimes feel overwhelming.
Between social media, it does

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not take very many scrolls down
TikTok and Instagram and YouTube

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to know that this world is not a
world interested in becoming

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more like Christ that deforms
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Or what about school?
What about teachers?

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What about fellow students that
have ridicule beliefs?

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Or what about friends?
What about friends that are

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unequally yoked with our with
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Not that that's a bad thing,
like we want those friends to

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come to the ministry, but those
are the kind of friends that if

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we're not careful, can deform
our faith if we give them too

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much influence over us.
Or maybe for some of our

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students, that's our own family
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Man, there's so many influences
that can deform our teenagers.

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So we want to be life giving.
We love to see our students

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given a stress free environment
to learn about, to engage with,

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and to fall deeply in love with
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One way we do this is through
discipleship.

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We have a book that we go
through in our discipleship

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making relationships.
It is by Andy Stanley.

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It's called the Seven
Checkpoints.

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It's really cool.
It walks through seven key

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things for our students to be
given a faith that can stand

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through the test of these
afflictions.

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Checkpoint #1 we we talk about
having an authentic faith and

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then we talk about establishing
spiritual disciplines, giving

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moral boundaries in our
relationships, making meaningful

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friendships, making wise
choices, submitting to the

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ultimate authority of God over
our given authorities on earth,

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and putting others first.
So we meet with our students

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that want to go through this
relationship.

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We meet weekly over each
checkpoint there are 7 days and

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there are 7 scriptures attached
to it.

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So we get into the word, we feed
into your students when they go

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through this because like I
said, we want to be life giving.

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We have a couple people that
have already finished.

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Julian and Aubrey who graduated
have already finished a disciple

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making relationship and they
enjoyed it, right guys?

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00:23:32,640 --> 00:23:36,320
Did you enjoy it?
Yes, man, they got Bibles for

455
00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:38,400
going through it.
I know Julian specifically.

456
00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:42,000
He, I took Julian through it.
He was a rock star with going

457
00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:43,800
through this.
And right now we have still some

458
00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:45,040
other people that are going
through it.

459
00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:48,280
Kate and Ashton in Brooklyn are
all being LED through it by

460
00:23:48,280 --> 00:23:51,840
Mandy Spratt, superhero Mandy,
who has such a heart for her

461
00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:55,320
girls and for discipleship.
Luciana and Julie, man, Julie

462
00:23:55,320 --> 00:23:56,960
has had so many things on her
plate.

463
00:23:56,960 --> 00:24:00,000
She finds herself being taken
out of Missouri so often, but

464
00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:04,160
when she is here, she feeds into
Luciana to the best of her

465
00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:06,280
ability.
And then right now, me and

466
00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:08,840
Saban, Lily's little brother,
we're going through a

467
00:24:08,840 --> 00:24:12,000
relationship right now.
So we started to be life giving

468
00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:14,520
and we love to see our group
students grow because of our

469
00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:18,560
third thing, which is that we
value relationships.

470
00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:23,240
We want our students to be
poured into by our leaders, man,

471
00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:25,120
Our leaders kind of brag on our
leaders for a minute.

472
00:24:25,440 --> 00:24:28,320
Our leaders have a radical heart
for your students.

473
00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:32,320
Our leaders have a radical
passion for going above and

474
00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:36,640
beyond to care for, to pour
into, and to challenge your

475
00:24:36,640 --> 00:24:37,800
students.
We have some awesome

476
00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:41,280
relationships forming right now
at Real Life Youth as we speak.

477
00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:44,280
Brett, who is up here giving our
girls handshakes and handing him

478
00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:47,520
out books.
He and Brady have an awesome

479
00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:50,320
relationship.
Man, Brady looks up to Brett so

480
00:24:50,320 --> 00:24:51,800
much.
Brady is like me.

481
00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:55,760
He loves sports and particularly
basketball is Brady's thing.

482
00:24:56,560 --> 00:24:59,200
And as much as it pains me to
say it, I'm a Mizzou fan through

483
00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:01,920
and through.
But Kansas does have the Mecca

484
00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:05,360
of basketball.
So Brady was brought out by

485
00:25:05,360 --> 00:25:08,640
Brett to go to a women's
basketball game all the way out

486
00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:10,360
in Lawrence.
They took a day trip together.

487
00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:13,120
Man, Brett has brought Brady,
Brady out to basketball games.

488
00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:16,040
He took them golfing and he
takes them out to dinner every

489
00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:18,800
once in a while.
Brett is doing such an amazing

490
00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:21,200
job fostering that relationship
with Brady.

491
00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:25,360
Man, how many times what I heard
Brett say something?

492
00:25:27,120 --> 00:25:28,840
How many times do you hear
Tori's name up here?

493
00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:31,560
Man, Tori has been super
intentional with these

494
00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:34,160
graduating girls.
They are super close knit.

495
00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:38,320
They have a text group together.
She has, she LED Aubrey through

496
00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:41,560
the disciple making process.
They always have a ton of fun in

497
00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:43,800
life groups, as you guys have
heard, probably too much fun

498
00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:45,600
sometimes, but they always bring
it back.

499
00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:47,360
They always bring it back to the
Bible.

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00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:49,320
Man.
You heard about her already, but

501
00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:52,120
Mandy?
Mandy has a heart for our girls.

502
00:25:52,360 --> 00:25:57,600
Mandy feeds into and has a
radical heart for discipling our

503
00:25:57,600 --> 00:26:00,600
younger girl.
She has awesome dynamic man.

504
00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:04,920
Her birthday was last Wednesday.
Do you know how awesome of a

505
00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:07,640
relationship you have to have to
have a 16 year old girl buy you

506
00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:09,360
a birthday present and bring it
to youth?

507
00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:12,480
That says everything about
Mandy.

508
00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:15,280
One of her girls got her a
Starbucks cup and a Starbucks

509
00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:17,560
gift card for her birthday last
Wednesday.

510
00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:19,760
And that says everything about
that relationship that they have

511
00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:21,840
fostered.
And I've been having a ton of

512
00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:23,640
fun getting connected with
Saban.

513
00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:26,880
Saban in his own words.
I'll, I'll, I'll change up the

514
00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:29,440
phrasing a little bit, but Saban
wants to intellectually

515
00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:32,000
reconcile his faith.
We've talked about it with the

516
00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:34,120
Bible, but it extends to
Christianity.

517
00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:38,600
We have faith, but we don't have
a blind faith and Satan does not

518
00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:40,840
want a blind faith.
And that is the kind of faith

519
00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:43,320
that is going to last.
I'm so grateful for that.

520
00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:48,560
So finally, everything that we
do is for God's glory.

521
00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:53,040
All the students, the graduates
that have come up here, that is

522
00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:54,760
not to credit of real life
youth.

523
00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:58,360
That's not the credit of Logan
or Tori or Mandy or any other

524
00:26:58,360 --> 00:27:00,880
leader.
That all goes back to God that

525
00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:04,280
empowered their relationship.
Romans 15-7 says that we are

526
00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:09,400
welcoming in order to bring
praise to God.

527
00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:13,280
Man, everything that we do, our
ultimate and our ultimate goal

528
00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:17,160
is for the glory of God.
Man, we love our ministry and we

529
00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:20,360
serve it to the best of our
ability, but we cannot win glory

530
00:27:20,360 --> 00:27:22,840
for ourselves.
We get win glory for the

531
00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:27,320
Heavenly Father that has enabled
us and enabled our students to

532
00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:30,240
know and to love Him and a real
life youth.

533
00:27:31,360 --> 00:27:34,120
We live this out.
We love your students and we

534
00:27:34,120 --> 00:27:37,520
work for the glory of God
because we have seen the glory

535
00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:39,320
of God.
I'm going to tell you guys about

536
00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:41,680
a girl that has been coming out
to real life youth for a few

537
00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:44,720
years now, I think.
But Brooklyn, and she's up here,

538
00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:49,720
Brooklyn has been, I don't think
you're supposed to rank wins

539
00:27:50,120 --> 00:27:52,080
that you've seen in a ministry,
but I think Brooklyn has

540
00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:54,880
probably been my favorite win
that we've seen in real life

541
00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:57,640
youth, man.
Brooklyn has been in these few

542
00:27:57,640 --> 00:28:00,000
years that she's come out, she
has been very steady.

543
00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:02,880
She comes in week after week.
She is very level headed.

544
00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:05,880
She never causes any problems.
She's been faithful to the group

545
00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:07,760
in her time.
There's been times that she's

546
00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:11,440
shadowed the worship team.
There's been times that like

547
00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:14,600
right now, she's meeting with
Mandy, like the girls over here.

548
00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:17,840
She's always engaged with
messages through and through,

549
00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:21,560
off top and down, left to right.
She is a rock star in real life

550
00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:24,720
youth.
In January to start January, we

551
00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:27,080
celebrated the new year.
We went out to main events.

552
00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:28,400
We had a ton of fun.
We had a blast.

553
00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:31,440
We came back, we had ice cream
or cupcakes or something to that

554
00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:33,640
effect.
And we also had a message before

555
00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:37,040
we got ready for the ball drop.
It was a quick message.

556
00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:38,720
I was anticipating some new
students.

557
00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:40,960
So I had a really strong
evangelistic push.

558
00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:43,480
And as I went through this
message and as I went through

559
00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:46,960
this invitation, what Brooklyn
told us after the fact is that

560
00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:50,400
as she was listening to the
gospel again, she realized she

561
00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:52,400
could not say for certain
whether or not she had a

562
00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:55,360
relationship with Jesus.
So as we were going through the

563
00:28:55,360 --> 00:28:57,440
message, as we were going
through the invitation,

564
00:28:57,640 --> 00:29:01,040
Brooklyn, the rock star that had
been through real life youth for

565
00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:03,960
a couple years at that point,
faithful week in and week out

566
00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:08,080
fully and finally gave her life
to Christ and made a decision to

567
00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:11,320
follow Jesus.
And that invitation, Yeah, you

568
00:29:11,320 --> 00:29:16,640
can give it up for that.
Then on that night, during that

569
00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:20,200
invitation to start the year,
Brooklyn started a relationship

570
00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:23,600
with God.
And I can speak for myself, but

571
00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:26,160
I also imagine I'm speaking for
every leader that is in here at

572
00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:28,720
Real Life Youth and in the kids
department and any other

573
00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:31,760
ministry we have.
That is all the fuel we will

574
00:29:31,760 --> 00:29:34,600
ever need to keep going and keep
serving in the ministry.

575
00:29:34,920 --> 00:29:37,080
But that's not for us, that's
for God.

576
00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:41,280
It's thank you God for Brooklyn.
It's thank you God for these

577
00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:43,640
graduating girls.
It's thank you God for Julian.

578
00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:45,240
Thank you God for these serving
leaders.

579
00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:49,320
It's all to God's glory.
That is why real life youth

580
00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:52,000
exists.
So we talked about where we are.

581
00:29:52,560 --> 00:29:55,320
We talked about what we value.
But I want to tell you guys

582
00:29:55,320 --> 00:29:58,640
about where we're going.
We are extremely proud of how

583
00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:02,680
God has used real life youth,
but let me tell you about what I

584
00:30:02,680 --> 00:30:06,400
see God doing in even bigger
work through our ministry.

585
00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:11,160
I see a youth group that has top
to bottom all the students

586
00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:13,160
bringing the gospel into their
schools.

587
00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:15,240
Julian is a shining example of
this.

588
00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:17,920
I give him connection cards and
bring invitations.

589
00:30:17,920 --> 00:30:20,120
We call them.
He goes through stacks upon

590
00:30:20,120 --> 00:30:23,280
stacks week in and week out.
He's passing them out at his

591
00:30:23,280 --> 00:30:24,920
work.
He's passing them out at school.

592
00:30:24,920 --> 00:30:27,520
He's telling everybody he can
about the good news that has

593
00:30:27,520 --> 00:30:30,040
been given to him.
I see every single one of our

594
00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:32,040
students being like Julian in
that way.

595
00:30:32,960 --> 00:30:36,520
I see, I see a youth group that
has tools and even more

596
00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:40,240
opportunities with at their
fingertips to grow and knowing

597
00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:43,320
God deeper man.
Maybe this looks like a Bible

598
00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:44,920
study that we start outside of
the group.

599
00:30:45,120 --> 00:30:47,280
Maybe this looks like classes
that we host.

600
00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:49,480
Maybe it looks like just outside
of the group entirely and it's

601
00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:52,640
the students forming their own
cohorts and going through Bible

602
00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:56,200
studies together.
I see a youth group that is

603
00:30:56,400 --> 00:31:00,960
radically Invitational,
evangelistic, and lives out

604
00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:03,320
every single day.
The mission of real life youth

605
00:31:03,560 --> 00:31:07,360
in order for students that are
far from God to discover their

606
00:31:07,360 --> 00:31:11,120
real life purpose in Jesus
living out Matthew 28 every

607
00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:15,680
single day.
Man, I am so glad that we have

608
00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:19,760
the ministry that we have.
I am so proud of all the girls

609
00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:22,960
that are graduating and I thank
you guys so much for giving me

610
00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:24,920
the opportunity to talk about
our ministry.

611
00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:28,000
If you guys all would go ahead,
bow your heads and close your

612
00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:32,120
eyes.
Man, this has been such a day.

613
00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:35,280
I cannot help but imagine there
are some people in here that

614
00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:37,360
have just been inspired by the
morning.

615
00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:40,680
Maybe you've seen all the work
that God is doing through the

616
00:31:40,680 --> 00:31:43,920
ministries of real Life youth.
Maybe you're being inspired to

617
00:31:43,920 --> 00:31:47,680
get plugged in with how the
church is moving and this could

618
00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:49,640
look like a different thing.
This could look like a few

619
00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:51,240
different ways for all of you
guys.

620
00:31:51,480 --> 00:31:54,680
Maybe this looks like serving.
Maybe you're feeling called to

621
00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:56,400
serve in a ministry like the
youth group.

622
00:31:56,600 --> 00:31:59,480
Or maybe you're feeling called
to serve in the kids team or in

623
00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:02,560
the hospitality team set up,
tear down whatever it is.

624
00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:06,360
Maybe you're just feeling called
to serve on real life at real

625
00:32:06,360 --> 00:32:09,800
life church may get connected to
a leader after this if this is

626
00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:13,240
you or maybe it's generosity
that needs to be changed after

627
00:32:13,240 --> 00:32:16,360
hearing this.
How many you guys know that this

628
00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:19,200
story that you heard this
morning, all these stories that

629
00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:21,480
you heard would not have
happened without the faithful

630
00:32:21,640 --> 00:32:25,600
giving of all of you guys?
Man, maybe it's prayer that you

631
00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:27,800
need to give.
Maybe you just need to pray for

632
00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:29,960
our students.
Maybe you need to pray for us

633
00:32:29,960 --> 00:32:34,640
leaders so that we disciple the
students biblically and well and

634
00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:38,880
with passion and with reverence.
Or, man, maybe you're up here

635
00:32:38,880 --> 00:32:42,280
and don't miss this.
One of the biggest takeaways you

636
00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:46,280
should have tonight or this
morning is that the parents of

637
00:32:46,280 --> 00:32:49,000
these graduates are worthy of
emulation.

638
00:32:49,320 --> 00:32:52,520
Maybe you see what Josh and
Kerry have done, or what Janelle

639
00:32:52,520 --> 00:32:55,480
has done, or what Scott and
Katrina have done and you feel a

640
00:32:55,480 --> 00:33:00,000
call to disciple your kids.
Even better, maybe it's getting

641
00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:02,320
the Bible, reading the Bible
with your kids regularly.

642
00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:04,840
Maybe it's making sure your kids
come to church regularly,

643
00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:07,160
getting them plugged into youth
group, getting them plugged in

644
00:33:07,320 --> 00:33:09,440
to the kids ministry.
That whatever it is, maybe

645
00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:12,080
you're feeling a push to get
more plugged into the church.

646
00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:14,880
So if any of these things spoke
to you after this morning, would

647
00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:16,640
you raise your hand if you're
feeling spoke?

648
00:33:16,640 --> 00:33:20,040
Maybe I need to be serving, or
maybe I need to be discipleling

649
00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:23,920
my kids better, or maybe I just
need to be praying for the youth

650
00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:24,800
group.
And if that's you, would you

651
00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:26,560
raise your hand?
I see your hand.

652
00:33:26,560 --> 00:33:28,440
I see your hand, and that's you.
Pray this prayer after me.

653
00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:32,000
Hey, God, you're good.
I pray for boldness in plugging

654
00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:34,320
into my church.
My church is moving and taking

655
00:33:34,320 --> 00:33:37,000
ground for Christ, and I want to
be a part of that.

656
00:33:37,440 --> 00:33:40,000
I pray.
I pray for wisdom and serving.

657
00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:41,920
I pray for wisdom and leading my
kids.

658
00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:46,800
I pray that I will be faithful
in praying on behalf of all the

659
00:33:46,800 --> 00:33:48,560
students.
And keep your head bowed.

660
00:33:48,640 --> 00:33:51,240
Keep your eyes closed because
maybe there's a second group in

661
00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:54,640
here today, and maybe you're in
here today and you don't know

662
00:33:54,760 --> 00:33:56,640
Jesus.
Maybe you're relating to one of

663
00:33:56,640 --> 00:33:59,480
our stories in that way, and
you're just hearing the stories

664
00:33:59,480 --> 00:34:03,160
of how the ministry of real life
has been working and how God is

665
00:34:03,160 --> 00:34:06,080
working and there's just a story
that has touched you.

666
00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:09,120
Maybe, maybe one of these
stories are making you want to

667
00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:12,040
start a relationship with God.
But if that's you, can I tell

668
00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:16,239
you that God created this world
good and unstained, but our sins

669
00:34:16,239 --> 00:34:19,000
and rebellion against God
separate us from perfect

670
00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:21,480
communion with Him.
And these sins, they can't be

671
00:34:21,480 --> 00:34:24,400
paid by good deeds.
They can't be paid by anything

672
00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:28,840
that we do, but they have been
paid by Jesus on the cross and

673
00:34:28,880 --> 00:34:31,920
to secure eternal life with God,
to secure what we have been

674
00:34:31,920 --> 00:34:35,120
created for, The only thing that
you need to do is confess with

675
00:34:35,120 --> 00:34:38,360
your mouth and believe in your
heart that Christ is Lord and

676
00:34:38,360 --> 00:34:41,000
you will be given the eternal
life that starts now and lasts

677
00:34:41,159 --> 00:34:42,880
forever.
So if you're in here and just

678
00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:44,920
something is stirring in you
after listening to these

679
00:34:44,920 --> 00:34:46,639
stories, would you raise your
hand?

680
00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:49,639
If you're in here and you want
to start a relationship with

681
00:34:49,639 --> 00:34:53,679
God, would you raise your hand?
Man, if that's you, you're in

682
00:34:53,679 --> 00:34:55,360
here.
Just pray this prayer after me.

683
00:34:55,520 --> 00:35:00,720
Thank God you are so good.
I'm a Sinner in need of a Savior

684
00:35:01,120 --> 00:35:04,680
and I accept and I recognize
that Jesus died on the cross for

685
00:35:04,680 --> 00:35:08,080
my sin.
I thank you for your Son and I

686
00:35:08,080 --> 00:35:10,960
will live out every single one
of my days in complete

687
00:35:10,960 --> 00:35:13,880
dedication to you.
Hey man, give it up for anybody

688
00:35:14,040 --> 00:35:20,320
that made that decision.
Thank you guys so much for

689
00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:22,200
coming out to supporting our
graduate.

690
00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:25,360
I appreciate your guys's energy
in celebrating them and I

691
00:35:25,360 --> 00:35:28,800
appreciate you guys letting me
tell you about real life youth.

692
00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:39,280
Thank you guys so much.
Logan is a ball of fire.

693
00:35:39,320 --> 00:35:42,320
Amen man, we're blessed by
Logan.

694
00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:48,920
You met for Logan, you know,
it's so interesting when you

695
00:35:48,920 --> 00:35:51,240
when you leave these, you know,
you have honor or glory,

696
00:35:51,240 --> 00:35:54,840
everybody and Logan, you know,
nobody says, hey, you're great

697
00:35:55,240 --> 00:35:58,440
and he's fantastic.
Just a passionate man for God.

698
00:35:58,720 --> 00:36:00,760
And it's been amazing to watch
the transformation, the youth

699
00:36:00,760 --> 00:36:03,920
group, and it's hard for people
and I'll encourage you guys.

700
00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:07,040
The goal really is to reach the
youngest duration possible when

701
00:36:07,040 --> 00:36:10,160
it comes to following Jesus.
And I was thinking about why is

702
00:36:10,160 --> 00:36:13,000
that so significant?
It's because we have an enemy

703
00:36:13,240 --> 00:36:15,680
that his goal is to reach the
youngest generation possible.

704
00:36:16,360 --> 00:36:19,360
And so much of A youth and teens
and young people, there are so

705
00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:22,360
many distractions and there's so
many things in the way and

706
00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:27,160
there's so many counterfeits and
there's so much delusion and

707
00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:29,480
deception.
It is so important to have a

708
00:36:29,480 --> 00:36:34,120
life giving like kids program,
but also youth Group A Ben and

709
00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:37,040
not about you, but I'm a product
of a youth ministry.

710
00:36:37,400 --> 00:36:40,400
I I came to Christ because there
was passionate men and women

711
00:36:40,400 --> 00:36:43,720
that love Jesus that would give
up all the things that could be

712
00:36:43,720 --> 00:36:47,800
doing in their 20s and 30s and
40s to show up to invest in

713
00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:50,520
young people, Amen.
And we have an amazing team and

714
00:36:50,520 --> 00:36:53,000
amazing people love Jesus.
And I just want to encourage

715
00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:53,760
you.
The youth group has been

716
00:36:53,760 --> 00:36:56,240
growing.
There's been amazing things

717
00:36:56,240 --> 00:36:57,800
happening, people coming to
Christ.

718
00:36:57,800 --> 00:37:00,040
They've been packing out all the
seats in the building,

719
00:37:00,040 --> 00:37:02,000
apparently buy more chairs,
Amen.

720
00:37:02,720 --> 00:37:04,120
It's a thing.
It's a great problem to have.

721
00:37:05,160 --> 00:37:07,400
But with that, we need life
giving people to serve our young

722
00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:09,680
people, Amen.
And there there's somebody took

723
00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:11,800
a chance on me and I, I started
thinking, where would these

724
00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:15,960
young people be if it wasn't for
a life giving youth group or men

725
00:37:15,960 --> 00:37:17,240
and women that will not pour
into them.

726
00:37:17,800 --> 00:37:19,960
And I don't know about my wife's
going to share her story a

727
00:37:19,960 --> 00:37:25,040
little bit, but we, we both came
to Christ because a friend in

728
00:37:25,040 --> 00:37:27,680
high school invited us to a
youth group that changed our

729
00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:30,160
life.
And it's a mission field and a

730
00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:32,320
right mission field, but it's,
it's dangerous to that age,

731
00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:34,320
right?
Because there's so many hooks

732
00:37:34,320 --> 00:37:35,960
and so many lures that Satan
puts out.

733
00:37:35,960 --> 00:37:39,480
And it's so important to shine a
light as bright as possible in

734
00:37:39,480 --> 00:37:41,760
the next generation because
ultimately a lot of people give

735
00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:44,360
up their 20s to follow Satan.
I was going to encourage you

736
00:37:44,360 --> 00:37:45,560
guys.
We have an amazing group out

737
00:37:45,560 --> 00:37:46,720
there that serves every
Wednesday.

738
00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:49,160
I'm very blessed by them.
I trust them.

739
00:37:49,360 --> 00:37:52,120
They love our teens, they love
Jesus.

740
00:37:52,280 --> 00:37:53,960
They're doing a fantastic job.
Amen.

741
00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:57,480
I mean, you keep pushing into
the light and I think about our

742
00:37:57,480 --> 00:37:58,560
church.
It's important that we're

743
00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:02,360
passionate about a harvest.
They'll take bold steps to see

744
00:38:02,360 --> 00:38:04,040
the next generation to reach for
Christ.

745
00:38:04,280 --> 00:38:07,360
And I was thinking about our
held some 8 project we're

746
00:38:07,360 --> 00:38:09,400
stepping into and I started
dreaming.

747
00:38:09,480 --> 00:38:11,480
I was out of the parking lot
last night and I was like, you

748
00:38:11,480 --> 00:38:13,960
know, maybe do this here and do
this here and blah, blah, blah.

749
00:38:14,440 --> 00:38:16,800
But start thinking maybe so
amazing to pack this place out

750
00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:18,440
for young people for Jesus,
Amen.

751
00:38:19,080 --> 00:38:21,320
Would be pretty crazy.
Instead of going to a movie and

752
00:38:21,320 --> 00:38:23,680
just, you know, being
entertained, showing up and

753
00:38:23,680 --> 00:38:26,280
hearing the gospel, let the
light of Christ change your life

754
00:38:26,280 --> 00:38:29,320
to about Brooklyn coming to
Christ and you don't know where

755
00:38:29,320 --> 00:38:31,800
God's going to go with that.
Like my journey would not be

756
00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:33,640
here if it wasn't for other
people.

757
00:38:33,640 --> 00:38:34,800
I've stood on their shoulders,
Amen.

758
00:38:35,520 --> 00:38:37,000
And that's what we get to play a
part of the story.

759
00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:39,200
So I would encourage you guys
when you give here and when you

760
00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:41,880
serve here, this is all fruit to
your account, Amen.

761
00:38:42,360 --> 00:38:45,440
It takes a whole team.
It takes a lot of energy, a lot

762
00:38:45,440 --> 00:38:47,360
of effort.
It takes revenue.

763
00:38:47,640 --> 00:38:50,080
We're still praying for a way to
camp, Amen.

764
00:38:50,840 --> 00:38:54,280
We don't have a bus right now.
Like it just takes a lot to

765
00:38:54,280 --> 00:38:55,160
reach.
The young people I know

766
00:38:55,160 --> 00:38:57,080
mentioned camp.
Some of you are like, man, this

767
00:38:57,080 --> 00:38:59,280
is the place that God changed my
life was at camp.

768
00:38:59,280 --> 00:39:01,000
Some of you guys talked about
the next generation.

769
00:39:01,160 --> 00:39:02,880
You felt welcomed.
I thought that was pretty cool.

770
00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:04,680
Logan talked about being
welcoming and you mentioned

771
00:39:04,680 --> 00:39:08,240
being welcomed ever being out
there talking to you about how

772
00:39:08,240 --> 00:39:10,240
you felt.
So just, it's so important

773
00:39:10,240 --> 00:39:13,000
people show up to church that
they know they're loved, Amen.

774
00:39:13,720 --> 00:39:16,120
Of any place in the world that
you could walk into, whatever

775
00:39:16,120 --> 00:39:18,400
situation you come out of, most
people think the building's

776
00:39:18,400 --> 00:39:20,520
gonna catch on fire and burn
down, Amen.

777
00:39:21,120 --> 00:39:23,680
I was every every week, somebody
tells me it hasn't crashed yet,

778
00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:25,520
it hasn't come on fire.
It's like it's not going to

779
00:39:25,520 --> 00:39:27,720
catch on fire, Amen.
You might catch on fire for

780
00:39:27,720 --> 00:39:30,280
Jesus, but the building's gonna
burn down because God's been

781
00:39:30,280 --> 00:39:32,480
calling you here.
So man, it's exciting.

782
00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:34,240
I would encourage you guys, be
faithful in your generosity,

783
00:39:34,240 --> 00:39:36,680
faithful in your giving.
It's a fun season.

784
00:39:37,280 --> 00:39:39,320
I'm not going to say it's
without a stress, Amen.

785
00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:42,960
But man out last night I kept
waking up over and over and over

786
00:39:42,960 --> 00:39:46,640
again so excited what God is
going to do in this next season

787
00:39:46,640 --> 00:39:48,480
of our church.
I mean every every like every

788
00:39:48,480 --> 00:39:50,600
hour kept waking up start think
about that building going man,

789
00:39:50,760 --> 00:39:52,880
what could God do in this space
and how we're going to do this

790
00:39:52,880 --> 00:39:54,520
and just so exciting.
Amen.

791
00:39:55,080 --> 00:39:56,480
So encourage you guys to play
part of the story.

792
00:39:56,480 --> 00:39:59,640
You guys know how we give here.
You can give the buckets will

793
00:39:59,640 --> 00:40:00,680
come up.
So you guys can come up right

794
00:40:00,680 --> 00:40:03,240
now and we'll pass buckets, but
we give it online.

795
00:40:03,480 --> 00:40:04,880
And more than that, just be
praying.

796
00:40:05,240 --> 00:40:07,520
How, how Lord, how can you use
me to make a difference here?

797
00:40:07,760 --> 00:40:10,600
It's God multiplies the money,
but it's really after your

798
00:40:10,600 --> 00:40:12,240
heart.
And there's so much work to be

799
00:40:12,240 --> 00:40:14,440
done for the Kingdom.
There's so many lost souls and

800
00:40:14,440 --> 00:40:18,120
there's other teams that we need
to find and reach for Jesus.

801
00:40:18,440 --> 00:40:19,920
And so Lord, we thank you so
much for what you're doing.

802
00:40:19,920 --> 00:40:22,280
Thanks for Logan, thanks for the
team, thanks for your heart to

803
00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:26,280
die for us, God to love us.
Pray that we can just express

804
00:40:26,280 --> 00:40:28,880
that we can serve others.
God is behind the scenes of so

805
00:40:28,880 --> 00:40:31,920
many faithful ways.
God, we just make your name and

806
00:40:31,920 --> 00:40:34,680
your noun and your glory go out
to lost and dying world and

807
00:40:34,680 --> 00:40:37,080
praise in Jesus name.
The church said Amen.

808
00:40:37,080 --> 00:40:39,280
I'm gonna buy my wife dying up
to the stage coming up here.

809
00:40:39,280 --> 00:40:44,960
Babe, leave us out here today.
All right, last thing, this is

810
00:40:44,960 --> 00:40:50,400
your reminder 7 days in advance
that next Sunday is Mother's

811
00:40:50,400 --> 00:40:53,000
Day.
And like we love to do it real

812
00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:54,120
life.
We're going to pull out all the

813
00:40:54,120 --> 00:40:57,560
stops, bouquet bars, so many
things to make our ladies feel

814
00:40:57,560 --> 00:41:01,040
super special next week.
So you're not going to want to

815
00:41:01,040 --> 00:41:02,440
miss it.
I know we've said before, but

816
00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:07,080
this is one of those Sundays
where maybe God's put someone on

817
00:41:07,080 --> 00:41:10,240
your heart that's far from him
but close to you.

818
00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:13,080
And this might be an opportunity
to say, you know what?

819
00:41:13,080 --> 00:41:16,200
That neighbor I've been praying
for, that Co worker who's been

820
00:41:16,200 --> 00:41:19,320
telling me about the tough time
they're going through, this is

821
00:41:19,320 --> 00:41:21,720
the moment to invite them out.
And Sean, sure, just a little

822
00:41:21,720 --> 00:41:23,280
bit.
But my story is that way.

823
00:41:23,600 --> 00:41:26,320
One time when I was a high
schooler, someone took a chance

824
00:41:26,320 --> 00:41:30,200
on me and invited me out to
church, and I got to hear about

825
00:41:30,200 --> 00:41:32,320
the love and the goodness of
God.

826
00:41:32,880 --> 00:41:35,880
And God is so good in the way
that he works that we think that

827
00:41:35,880 --> 00:41:38,480
this big, beautiful production
is what draws people in.

828
00:41:38,480 --> 00:41:42,520
But it's the faithfulness of a
person reaching another person.

829
00:41:42,760 --> 00:41:46,600
And he multiplies that in such a
beautiful way to see his Kingdom

830
00:41:46,600 --> 00:41:50,000
spread all across the world.
And so it's easy to think, man,

831
00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:51,760
they're up on stage, they have a
microphone.

832
00:41:52,160 --> 00:41:55,080
But he's called every single one
of us to be that person to the

833
00:41:55,080 --> 00:41:57,960
people that are in our circle,
people in your circle that

834
00:41:57,960 --> 00:41:59,600
Pastor Sean is never going to
see.

835
00:41:59,640 --> 00:42:01,680
He's never going to meet, he's
never going to reach.

836
00:42:01,680 --> 00:42:04,120
But God has called you to invite
them.

837
00:42:04,200 --> 00:42:06,880
And so next Sunday is going to
be super special.

838
00:42:07,120 --> 00:42:09,600
I do hope that you'll come out
and I hope you'll bring somebody

839
00:42:09,600 --> 00:42:11,720
to sit with you.
It's going to be at 9:00 and

840
00:42:11,720 --> 00:42:13,760
10:45, just like our normal
times.

841
00:42:13,800 --> 00:42:15,560
And so we can't wait to see you
then.

842
00:42:16,280 --> 00:42:18,720
And if you need prayer for
anything today, we're going to

843
00:42:18,720 --> 00:42:21,800
have somebody up here who can
pray for you and pray with you

844
00:42:21,800 --> 00:42:23,680
and connect you with a pastor if
needed.

845
00:42:24,040 --> 00:42:27,440
And right before you go, it's
very important that you know, if

846
00:42:27,440 --> 00:42:31,880
you haven't had breakfast yet,
please go and grab a graduation

847
00:42:31,880 --> 00:42:33,440
cupcake.
We've got them out there to

848
00:42:33,440 --> 00:42:35,840
celebrate our graduates, but
really to celebrate with all of

849
00:42:35,840 --> 00:42:37,520
you.
So grab a cupcake.

850
00:42:37,520 --> 00:42:41,280
And as you go, remember that
whoever finds Jesus discovers

851
00:42:41,280 --> 00:42:43,080
real life and purpose.