Thank You Jesus!

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Good morning, real life, and
happy 8th birthday.

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Hey, we're so excited you are
here with us today.

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Whether you're watching online
or you're right here with us in

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person.
Stand to your feet so we can

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worship and celebrate together.
I was very beneath my shame.

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Who could carry that kind of a
way?

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It was bad till I've made come
on, put those things together.

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I was breathing but not a light
on.

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My fear is I've tried to hide.
It was bad till I may You called

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my day, and I ran out of that
grave, out of the darkest tune

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on the as day you called my day
I.

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The darkest to your glorious day
that I know, Jesus, when I made

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you.
The target you Call My Name out

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of the target to your
Come on church.

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Are you grateful for him today?
Give him a shout of praise this

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morning.
Come on, let's sing this out.

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I needed rescue.
My sin was here.

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The chains break out the way to
you.

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I needed shelter.
I was ignored.

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Now you called me the seers in
again.

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When I was broken, you were my
Your love is here.

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That I'm breathing.
I have a future.

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My eyes are closing.
Because when you Call My Name.

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Shut up.
I ran out of that grave, out of

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the darkness.
Out of the

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target to your Louise day.
Let's go.

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Amen, Amen.
Praise this morning.

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He was a good guy.
Amen.

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Awesome day we're going to have
today.

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I want to introduce a new song
to you called Awake My Soul, and

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it comes right out of Psalm 57.
And it's an invitation for the

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worshippers to arise, an
invitation to rise up and say,

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God, you are good and we praise
your faithfulness.

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So lean in, sing along.
Let's lift him up.

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There is a sound I love to hear.
It's the sound of the Saviour's

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robe as he walks into the room
where people pray, where we hear

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praises he hears.
There is a sound I love to.

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Hear you.
It's the sound.

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Of a savior's robe as he walks
into the room where people pray,

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where we hear worship.
Wake my soul and sing.

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Sing his praise out loud.
Sing his praise out loud.

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Oh, wake my soul and sing.
Sing his praise out loud.

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Sing his praise out loud.
'Cause there is a sound.

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That changes things.
The sound of those people love

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their beats away.
God gives longer rain.

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It's time to worship him away
the my soul, and sing, sing his

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rain.
And when we pray, Mr. The world

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now stands away wherever we
promises.

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Amen.
Then when he moves, you make no

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mistake, move bounds of hell.
He gets to shame.

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I'll hail him alone.
I'll hail him.

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Hi.
Hi.

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And sing.
Sing is praise loud.

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Sing is praise loud.
Can you believe it's eight

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years?
Come on, somebody get loud in

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here.
There's some awesome worship.

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Eight years.
It's unbelievable.

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God's been faithful.
Amen, Janet, where's Janet at?

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Do shoes get into this morning?
Amen.

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That was amazing.
But God is good and we can

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celebrate today.
And one of the most fitting ways

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you possibly celebrate a
birthday with baptism to

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celebrate life change,
transformation, what God's done.

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Before we do that though, we
guys give a big hand to

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everybody's new day.
Everybody came to support these

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guys getting baptized.
Let them know you love them.

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Come on.
Well, you guys can be seated and

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share with you just a little bit
what baptism is all about.

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And it's really unique because
it's really Jesus commands us to

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get baptized, to go therefore
make disciples baptized to them.

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It's the first step of obedience
and it's a picture of what Jesus

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has done in our lives.
Now you may think baptism was

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just established by Jesus, but
actually John the Baptist

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baptized in the Old Testament.
There was baptism with the

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temple and it was a picture of
purity when they got baptized.

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And so it's pretty amazing to me
when these people get baptized,

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their baptism is representing
their their permanent purity in

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Christ.
To get baptized.

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Once we know Jesus is a picture
of what Jesus did on the cross,

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they dive across for our sins,
paying the permanent, full,

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perfect sacrifice of our sin.
The Bible said that one man sins

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in the world and death through
sin, but by one man maybe became

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righteous.
His name is Jesus, Amen, Amen.

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And so God gives his
righteousness in this picture,

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in this tub.
There's no salvation in this

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tub, but it's obedience and
saying I love Jesus.

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I'm going to shame what he's
done in my life.

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I want to live for him.
I'm proud of relationship with

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him.
I want you to know that so many

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of you today were coming and you
may not even know Jesus.

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You may think, man, this is just
weird, but I'm here for my

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family and I want to encourage
you.

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There's something way deeper
than you can understand at this

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moment.
There's something spiritual

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happening and maybe guys are
going to call you today to step

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out in faith.
Maybe you realize from the

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stories you're going to share
that you need Jesus.

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You may recognize that you need
to get baptized.

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And I'm just telling you,
there's something so special,

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significant.
You hear their stories.

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Each story is so special.
It's going to be so encouraging.

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So once you lean in and they're
going to baptize, I want you

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guys to do something incredible.
I want you guys to shout like

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all the angels of heaven just
went erupted for these guys come

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out and they came up, man, can
you just give me a big real

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life?
We love you.

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A big shout of praise.
Amen.

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All right, do right now.
Let them know you love warm up.

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Come on, we're get started.
All right, well, I have the

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honor to read stories and
information that they have

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shared with us prior to being
baptized.

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So each person getting baptized
sends in information for us to

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share in this moment.
And so lean in.

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It's going to be just a really
special morning with these

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stories.
So first we have Melissa Colbert

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and Aiden Nichols.
Yeah, give them a round of

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applause.
So Melissa shared with us, I

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have always believed in Jesus
and this past year has been a

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struggle for my family and for
my country.

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And by praying, I have seen my
life been getting better.

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My son has been my support
system and guided me into

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learning more about Bible verses
and what they mean and I

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couldn't be more proud of him.
And so today I want everyone to

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know that I believe Jesus is my
Lord and Savior and that he

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saved me and set me free.
We ask, why do you want to get

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baptized?
She says I'm ready to show other

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people that I let Jesus in my
life and I'm ready to follow him

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to learn more about the Bible
and become a better Christ

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follower.
And who is someone who had a

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special impact on your Christian
walk you'd like to thank?

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She said my son Aiden has been a
very had a very big impact on me

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and seeing him help other kids
his age get through hard times

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has been really an inspiration.
Aiden shares.

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I was struggling with my mental
health and I started reading the

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Bible more to better understand
how to manage different

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situations in my life that led
me to help others in need to

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going through the same struggles
that I was.

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And so through that, I came to
know and believe that Jesus died

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for me and that He's my Lord and
Savior.

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I want to get baptized today
because I think it'll help my

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relationship with Jesus, my
beliefs, and help me to be more

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committed and following Him.
Aiden shared that he had a

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friend from school who told him
about the Bible and encouraged

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him to have faith in Jesus.
What a powerful story of the

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power of a teenager sharing with
Christ with another team.

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To see a family, come to know
Jesus and get baptized, it's

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awesome.
Let's give it up for.

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Melissa and Aiden.
Awesome.

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Next we have Finley Odell and
she is being joined in the

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baptistery by her mom and dad,
Lucas and Diana Odell.

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Finley shared with us that the
church helped me start my

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relationship with Jesus and I am
learning to get better at loving

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him.
She said When?

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Why do you want to get baptized?
Finley said.

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I want to show everyone that I
love Jesus and she said who is

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someone who had a special impact
on your Christian walk that

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you'd like to thank?
And Finley said Miss Christie

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has had an impact on her knowing
and following Jesus.

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It was actually this time last
year that Lucas was baptized and

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he's also seen his older
daughter Luciana, who goes to

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real life youth, be baptized.
So it's really special for them

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to see their family following
and loving Jesus together.

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All right, next we have Hannah
Blanton and she is being joined

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by Tanya Taylor.
Hannah shared.

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I grew up in church, but I never
felt like the perfect Christian.

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I often didn't measure up and
eventually church hurt pushed me

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to turn away from religion
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When I got married, my husband
and I struggled with infertility

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and it was the hardest season of
our life.

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I became angry with God for
placing such a deep desire in my

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heart to be a mother, yet not
answering that each failed

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attempt to make my heart
heavier.

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Until one day I broke.
I found myself on the bathroom

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floor on my hands and knees
crying out to God.

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In that moment I laid everything
before him and I promised if He

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fulfilled his promise and gave
us a child, I would recommit my

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life to him and raise that child
in the church.

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Not long after, God answered my
prayer and He gave us Owen and

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that was a turning point.
And so as a family, we began

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searching for a church home.
We visited real life.

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And before I went on Sunday, I
prayed and asked God if this is

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the church where we're meant to
grow in our faith and raise our

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family.
Let one person introduce

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themselves to us today.
And that morning, not one, but

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12 different people came up and
introduced themselves to us.

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And I knew God had answered me
again, confirming that real life

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was the place He was leading us.
And since then, I've recommitted

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my life.
I've learned God isn't looking

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for perfect Christians, which is
hearts that are willing to meet

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Him where they are.
And I want to be baptized today

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because it's a symbol of my new
life in Christ, an act of

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obedience, saying yes to Jesus
and following him.

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Hannah shared that her parents
had a huge impact on her life

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for raising her in church,
giving her a solid foundation,

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her husband so supportive and
walking in faith, and her friend

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Tanya for showing her that God
can meet her there in the

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valley.
Hey, let's give it up for

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everyone who has gotten baptized
today and all the people who

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have helped them walk towards
that moment.

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Give him a big, big shout.
There we go.

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There we go.
Go ahead and stand to your feet.

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We're going to continue to
worship Him this morning.

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We've seen His faithfulness,
we've witnessed His goodness

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this morning, and we're going to
give Him all our praise

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together.
Is lost and all alone.

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Your presence was where I found
home.

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You were there and you're here
right now.

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In every heart and every love.
You never left me with our hope.

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You were good and you're good
right now.

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Thank you that witness your
faithfulness.

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I've seen you real life with it.
So poor my praise.

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Your promises never fail.
I've got stories I live to tell.

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So poor all my crazy king, the
world thee got truly up all over

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thee, He of the throne, and
chose the cross lay down our

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light to rescue us.
The Savior there and the Savior

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now.
But even this might be it.

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You call the hell.
So I could be resurrecting that

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resurrecting now, resurrecting
that, resurrecting now.

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Not when it should Faithfulness
see you breathe Lifeway bed.

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So I pour out my praise and
grace, Your lady, that you're

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worthy of all the day.
Your promises never fail.

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I've got stories I live to tell.
So I pour out my praise with and

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your lady that you're worthy of
all the day.

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Yes, you're worthy.
Yeah,

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you're good.
And I've witnessed.

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You're strong enough.
Witnessed.

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You're constant.
I've witnessed and I'm

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comforted.
I'll see it again and again.

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You loving, I've witnessed it.
You healing, I've witnessed it.

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You saving, I've witnessed it
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I'll see it again and again.
You're good and I've witnessed

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it.
You're strong in our witness

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day.
You're constant.

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I've witnessed you and I'm
proper.

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It is.
I see it again and you know

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that.
I've witnessed day.

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You heal it.
I've witnessed day.

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You save it.
I've witnessed day and I'm

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tumbled.
I've seen it more.

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I've seen you be like when they
so I pour out my praise with me

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because you're worthy that
you're worthy of already, but

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your promise is never fair.
I've got stories I live to tell,

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so I pour out my praise.
You praise you be maturity of

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all the to the broken I'd
witness, to the hurting I'd

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witnessed, To the lost I will
witnessed.

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And I'll tell them.
I'll tell them what I'm willing

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to my family of Wednesday, to my
city of Wednesday, to the

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nations of Wednesday, and I'll
tell them that.

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I'll tell them what I'm ready.
Here's the turn, Roger.

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Worthy.
I've witnessed.

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I've witnessed your
faithfulness.

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I've seen you breathe life with
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So I pour out my praise again,
'cause you're worthy.

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Got you worthy of all of it.
And your promise is never fair.

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I've got stories I live to tell.
So I'll pour out my praise

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again, 'cause you're worthy,
God.

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You're worthy of all of it.
Man, what a way to kick off an

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8th birthday, man.
Give it up for God, man.

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God makes a way, man, Can we
take this opportunity?

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Can we just give it up?
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again, Let's celebrate.
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Love watching people take that
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Man, it is an honor and a
privilege just to be in that

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same tank with those guys and
just really we're in concert in

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worship and just honoring and
just watching these people take

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that next step.
And we're supporting community.

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That's who we are here in real
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So man, we are so excited that
you guys chose to worship with

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us.
I want you guys to know we have

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some awesome people that are new
with us that are in person and

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online.
Can we show those guys some love

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as well?
Give it up for him.

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Yeah.
There we go.

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All right.
Hey, take 30 seconds and just

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greet somebody around you.
All right, you guys can go ahead

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and find a seat.
I want you guys to know that you

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have something awesome on your
seat that you're getting ready

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to sit on right now.
And that's our connection card

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here, real life and our
connection card is this is for

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everybody.
If you call real life home, we

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remind you guys week in and week
out, we love it when you feel

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these out.
Let us know what's going on in

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your life.
Maybe man, God showed up and

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you've just got a huge, huge,
huge praise God.

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You know, you've been praying
something for forever and God

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showed up and answer that prayer
or maybe you have a prayer

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request.
And when you we write these

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down, our team reads these week
in and week out.

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We want to stay connected to you
know what's going on.

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So if you go real life home, we
love it when you fill these out.

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If you are new or newer with us,
I'm going to make you once easy

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promise.
We're not going to ask anything

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from you today except for one
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We would love for you just to
introduce yourself to us.

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We want to know who you are and
the connection card's the best

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way that you can do that.
And so if you mark that you're

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new or newer and you fill that
out to the level that you're

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comfortable with, nobody's going
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Nothing crazy like that, but we
just want to be able to send you

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out some information this week
about who we are at real life,

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why we do what we do, and how
maybe you can connect with what

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God's got for you in your life.
And really, that's why we exist.

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And we like to say that we're a
church on a mission.

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And that mission is to see
people far from God discover

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their real life and purpose in
Jesus.

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And all that simply means is
this is that we know that week

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in and week out, people's lives
get wrecked.

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You know, their sickness, they
lose a job, they lose a

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relationship and when they when
they walk out of the

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circumstances, they don't know
what to do because they don't

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have that hope.
They don't have that meaning.

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But really God's the only one
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And the awesome privilege about
being a real life week in and

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week out is we get to see people
commit their lives to Christ and

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their lives are radically
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So we pray that you're on
mission with us this week and

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just come join us in that
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So today again, we are
celebrating big.

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We are looking back to what God
has done over the last eight

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years and this is going to be
awesome for you guys.

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This is such an encouragement to
seek God's faithfulness.

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We're not a Church of the status
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We're a church that is living in
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And so we're going to lean into
what Pastor Sean has as we look

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forward to the next step of real
life and just celebrate what

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God's done.
So can we give Pastor Sean some

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love and a big Earth 8th
birthday party?

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Welcome to Pastor.
It's been 8 years, I haven't

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done it yet, but today's the day
you stay after man.

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Well, can you give it up for
Jesus one more time?

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Let us know we love him.
Come on, 8 years.

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Oh man, all of the memories
today, we're going to just kind

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of go in a memory lane for a
little bit, share our story.

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I think it's important to hear
where we came from and then some

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stories of what God has done
recently in our church and I'm

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inviting some different people
up from our team and just share

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some stories.
It's been a big day of

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encouragement and cast a little
bit of vision.

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I probably won't have much time,
so I'm just going to run through

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some stuff at the end I'm sure,
but it's going to be good.

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Amen.
So today just kind of like

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memory lane a little bit.
So I'm trying obviously we start

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with Jesus, but for me
personally, when did the church

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birth in our hearts?
And I'll tell you it's probably

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2013 Columbia Bogota.
We're on a missions trip and I

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saw for the first time in my
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Now I had no idea what that
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There was just something special
about this church that they

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empower the next generation.
They preached people's best.

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They loved on people deeply.
It wasn't this controlled thing.

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I'm like, send this missionary.
I'm like, hey, you need send a

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mission team back to my church.
Like literally send the team

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back to my church and give us
what you got here because it's

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amazing.
And I didn't know all the

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details it looked like, but I
knew I had to have it.

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And I changed my philosophy
ministry, changed how I LED a

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change the rule of the mission
of why we have church which

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which is back to Jesus.
Amen.

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To reach people far from God and
we begin to reach people.

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Our youth ministry.
It was amazing.

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I mean, you saw thousands of
first time, I guess hundreds of

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people coming to Christ.
It was awesome.

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And I kept telling Diane it's
like, man, we need something

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like this for adults like being
a life giving church for adults

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and God through a lot of
circumstances really opened the

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door for us.
We're in between ministry going

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what should we do in 2015 and
Diane's boss, she's at Children

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Mercy Hospital.
Her boss has God put this moment

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together is a lady that is the
pastor's wife at Crosspointe

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Church in Lenexa, KS.
And she said even her this group

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called the Ark which is
association related churches.

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I have never heard of them and
they had meet up that week,

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which is a miracle because they
meet every five years.

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Amen.
Just saying it was a miracle of

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God.
Jack stack freight house and

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just met this group of life
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And so I took Barry down to an
ARC training at New Life Church

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in Arkansas.
And there's a picture and you

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can tell there's two dudes that
took this picture because we're

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not in the picture.
Come on, somebody.

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This is the beginning, baby, The
picture of a map.

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That's what we need to start
this thing out, you know, And

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you know, we're not gonna be
like selfie or can you take a

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picture of us?
That's kind of, you know, it's

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just how it went.
And we went down there.

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And I'll tell you, if you want
to see a grown man cry that's

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buried by the way you see
grandma cry, Take him out of an

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unhealthy church and bring him
into a healthy church.

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It's healthy seed and healthy
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And I remember having a
conversation with Bury just

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sitting on that very first day.
And it's like, I didn't know

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church could be like this.
I didn't know it could be on a

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mission like this.
We forgot that the father

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standing, staring down the road
for the prodigal to come home.

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That wasn't the type of church
that like I grew up in and came

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out of.
And so for us, it was just this

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life giving culture.
So we got connected to the ark

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and it was just an amazing
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And from that we started
interest socials.

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We started gathering just
interest in our community,

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telling people how we're going
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And this was going to be like,
and we started in January 2017.

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We started at the place called
the Den inside Aaron's Family

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Fun Center, right?
And This Is Us.

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We were so young.
Come on, somebody, right?

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We're in the bowling lanes.
The best part of this story is

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we had a lot of people show up.
It was amazing.

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But the bartender came.
Come on somebody and we're like

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what kind of church are we going
to be?

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It was like day one and we
tipped her out like hey stay,

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she helped us out.
But looking back, I literally we

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should like open that bar up
because there's some people that

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are going to leave anyway.
So let it go.

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Amen.
Some of y'all like dude, I don't

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know about this preacher.
Just saying man, it would have

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saved us some headaches.
But anyway, it was amazing.

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This is in January, very
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This next picture, this is
Memorial Park.

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Been inflatable.
This is behind Raymill

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Elementary, just out in the
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A team is gathering.
I don't think there's in a

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chronological order, but yeah,
we're sharing the vision of our

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church.
Next picture, you recognize

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these guys On the left, that's
Rob Hallford's house.

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And on the far, you're far.
That's Josh Covely.

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They'll be laughing at Josh.
All right?

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He's not Asian at all.
You got Tommy.

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You got no amazing.
Diane, Come on, somebody

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spiritual fox.
Holy hottie.

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Come on.
Looks the same fine wine.

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You know what I'm saying?
That belt high blue.

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I believe that's Belt high blue.
Next picture.

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Dude, Scott and Dana Jermaine's
house open their house up.

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Is this the one you guys went
to?

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Is this the this the first one?
And I don't know.

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So.
So Drew and Holly result.

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And if you don't Holly, step
here, sing a little bit, then

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the result.
And he drew on keys of one of

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these intraducals.
And I know Drew showed up and he

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was wearing his must not be this
one.

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His Macho Man Randy Savage
wrestling shirt.

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Come on, somebody come on.
Yeah, Step into a slim.

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Jim Oh, yeah.
And so I walked up to him.

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It was that same comment.
Maybe we're just kicking off.

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He's like, dude, these are my
people, man.

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These are my people and Holly's
embarrassed.

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Like don't burn that out to this
thing.

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You know, He's like, if they
respect this, they get this,

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they get me, you know?
So he's been here ever since.

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Amen.
Amazing to have that tattooed on

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my chest right now.
Anyway, so next slide.

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This is perfect.
All right, so then we went to

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our launch phase.
They were like, hey, we got to

454
00:32:59,080 --> 00:33:01,920
get this thing off the ground.
God open the door to meet here

455
00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:05,480
at KT God has blessed this
place, got his use this place.

456
00:33:05,920 --> 00:33:08,800
I sat across from one of the
vice superintendents of the

457
00:33:08,800 --> 00:33:10,920
school district and old Barry
walked in.

458
00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:12,680
He said, that guy's with you,
I'm all for you.

459
00:33:12,680 --> 00:33:15,120
He used to the flower work for
the city, for the for all the

460
00:33:15,120 --> 00:33:17,800
parks and all these things.
And he put a neighbor number

461
00:33:17,800 --> 00:33:20,160
across the table and said, Hey,
will this work for you?

462
00:33:20,440 --> 00:33:22,320
And it has worked for us ever
since.

463
00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:25,760
It's been a God size number for
us just to say yes.

464
00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:28,080
And so we thanked the Belton
School District for all the

465
00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:30,000
effort and energy.
I mean, they really, truly have

466
00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:31,400
opened this place for us and
been here.

467
00:33:31,520 --> 00:33:35,000
We were the first church and
only only church so far to ever

468
00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:37,280
meet in the school district.
And our goal is that when we

469
00:33:37,280 --> 00:33:39,720
leave the next guy, they're
like, Oh yeah, definitely come

470
00:33:39,720 --> 00:33:40,640
in.
Amen.

471
00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:42,560
Like, we'll leave it better than
we found it.

472
00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:46,000
OK.
So we travelled this, we drove

473
00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:48,480
to Troy, MI Portable Church
Industries.

474
00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:50,480
They put our stuff together and
we're like, now we're not going

475
00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:52,000
to spend $4000 to ship that bad
boy.

476
00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:54,800
We're going to drive it up.
So I took Barry up to Troy's

477
00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:57,200
right north of Detroit.
So I brought Barry up there.

478
00:33:57,200 --> 00:33:59,160
I run my windows down.
Went down Eight Mile blaring

479
00:33:59,360 --> 00:34:00,760
M&M.
Come on, somebody.

480
00:34:01,520 --> 00:34:02,680
I did.
It was for real, man.

481
00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:04,680
Where's Eight Mile?
I was like, this isn't that bad,

482
00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:05,760
punk.
What are you talking about?

483
00:34:07,320 --> 00:34:10,040
Some harsher streets than Eight
Mile, but it was a real deal.

484
00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:13,040
So went up there.
Barry lived, didn't get shot or

485
00:34:13,040 --> 00:34:13,880
Shank.
It was awesome.

486
00:34:14,719 --> 00:34:17,760
So we came back here.
So two weeks before we launched.

487
00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:20,800
We do this setup Sunday.
So next picture we unloaded.

488
00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:24,280
I I had so much stuff shipped in
from UPS that the UPS driver

489
00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:26,480
came to church and we launched
on that launched Sunday.

490
00:34:27,120 --> 00:34:29,719
It was just truckload after
truckload have the cases out.

491
00:34:29,719 --> 00:34:31,960
And all these cases in our
building were in my front yard.

492
00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:34,440
OK, I had a piece of wood hold
them because on the hill.

493
00:34:34,679 --> 00:34:37,840
And dude, I've never sweated or
worked so hard in my life just

494
00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:39,840
putting stuff in cases and
figuring things out.

495
00:34:39,840 --> 00:34:42,360
It was just incredible.
But anyway, team star unloading

496
00:34:43,120 --> 00:34:45,080
Josh actually brought those from
home from his twins.

497
00:34:45,080 --> 00:34:47,080
I'm just kidding.
He did have twins.

498
00:34:47,080 --> 00:34:50,480
But all right, next picture.
All right, So that we started

499
00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:52,000
doing launch training right here
in the hub.

500
00:34:52,480 --> 00:34:53,880
Just sharing the vision of our
church.

501
00:34:54,080 --> 00:34:57,600
Had amazing launch team.
Next picture had 55 people on

502
00:34:57,600 --> 00:34:58,480
launch team.
Amen.

503
00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:02,600
Yeah, you give it up.
I just gotta know.

504
00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:06,240
How many of you?
Were there one who was there at

505
00:35:06,240 --> 00:35:09,440
the at the bowling alley?
Show of hands dude.

506
00:35:09,560 --> 00:35:11,200
OG is right there.
Come on man.

507
00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:13,560
You guys signed them blood.
You know, for those guys man,

508
00:35:14,120 --> 00:35:17,000
that's amazing.
How many guys were at launch

509
00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:18,600
training?
We launched at that point as

510
00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:21,880
well.
OK, so all y'all result of a lot

511
00:35:21,880 --> 00:35:23,440
of these guys effort and energy.
Amen.

512
00:35:24,160 --> 00:35:25,920
I mean it's amazing and you guys
will play the part.

513
00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:28,400
Fast forward eight years, I'll
be like 8 years.

514
00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:29,720
Who was there at the 8th
birthday right?

515
00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:33,880
But anyway, it's amazing.
Next picture we have Moses.

516
00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:38,240
That's Jared.
OK, he does her her video and

517
00:35:38,240 --> 00:35:40,760
everything films everything and
Rose amazing team.

518
00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:45,800
Next picture Scott was locked in
the trailer all week to be a

519
00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:47,520
little short trailer.
I don't know what you're doing

520
00:35:47,520 --> 00:35:51,840
Scott, but thank you for that
whatever you're doing let's see

521
00:35:51,840 --> 00:35:54,440
next picture this is this is the
this is our screen eight years

522
00:35:54,440 --> 00:35:58,880
ago it's amazing it still exists
you can actually see the tape on

523
00:35:58,880 --> 00:36:01,120
the top edge sticking down today
from the pole that we had to

524
00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:04,040
taped to it so thank you Jesus
reportable right and I've never

525
00:36:04,040 --> 00:36:08,680
seen so many men on these
praying took 12 men to put

526
00:36:08,680 --> 00:36:12,040
together the screen that's why
it's still standing that's for

527
00:36:12,040 --> 00:36:16,000
babe all right next I'm how long
I'm taking too long on these

528
00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:20,840
pictures so all right so launch
day so this is September 17th

529
00:36:20,840 --> 00:36:25,080
2017 launch day right here this
is ad memory.

530
00:36:25,080 --> 00:36:28,040
This boy showed up a week early.
Actually, we had a, we had a,

531
00:36:28,080 --> 00:36:31,480
what do you call it a preview
Sunday or a, it was something

532
00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:32,960
like that.
And we're just going to run it

533
00:36:32,960 --> 00:36:35,280
all at once, you know, like just
just one time through, like

534
00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:37,040
let's see if everything works.
You know, we set up once.

535
00:36:37,320 --> 00:36:39,920
So we set up and the mailers
went out and some of the guys

536
00:36:39,920 --> 00:36:42,200
show up early, one of which was
Adam the week before and he was

537
00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:44,720
sitting out here and he showed
up early And as they came in,

538
00:36:44,720 --> 00:36:47,040
Barry's in the hub, right?
There's it's just like for our

539
00:36:47,040 --> 00:36:49,880
team, we're just running through
it and Barry seems Adam walk in.

540
00:36:49,880 --> 00:36:55,120
I think the, the, the foresters,
the came in and so fosters

541
00:36:55,160 --> 00:36:56,960
foresters because there's two
families there.

542
00:36:57,160 --> 00:37:00,200
And Barry sees him coming to the
sidewalk and literally he starts

543
00:37:00,200 --> 00:37:02,360
yelling.
There's real people here.

544
00:37:02,680 --> 00:37:10,160
There's real people here.
Oh, man.

545
00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:12,280
And I was going to preach like
just a little piece of the

546
00:37:12,280 --> 00:37:14,520
message, like, Oh yeah, we got
it going, you know, and they

547
00:37:14,520 --> 00:37:15,680
came in.
I'm like, I guess I'm preaching

548
00:37:15,680 --> 00:37:18,520
the full message today, right?
Oh, man.

549
00:37:18,520 --> 00:37:20,840
So God's good.
So launch Sunday, September 17th

550
00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:24,760
next picture three and 4-5
people, man 10:00 only packed

551
00:37:24,760 --> 00:37:26,840
out this space and I was in the
front.

552
00:37:26,920 --> 00:37:28,360
We sang some of the song.
I don't know if we sang that

553
00:37:28,360 --> 00:37:30,400
song.
We sang glorious day on launch

554
00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:33,080
day.
Shout out to that tip the hat.

555
00:37:33,080 --> 00:37:34,480
That was really good putting
that together.

556
00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:37,520
And I remember like just waiting
and I got up on stage.

557
00:37:37,520 --> 00:37:39,680
I was just floored because I was
like, I'm not going to look

558
00:37:39,680 --> 00:37:41,760
around like, you know what I
mean?

559
00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:45,000
Like, did this folder flopper
did God do something amazing?

560
00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:46,520
And God showed up?
Amen.

561
00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:49,520
And so here's launch day.
Here's here's me looking young.

562
00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:52,840
You guys may be old, but it's
all right.

563
00:37:52,840 --> 00:37:58,280
So all right, so this is just
some stats overall.

564
00:37:58,280 --> 00:38:01,920
So today we with after the
second we were baptized 177

565
00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:04,200
people in our church since
launch day.

566
00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:07,120
Amen 177.
That's amazing.

567
00:38:08,720 --> 00:38:11,160
That's amazing.
I mean that number this what to

568
00:38:11,160 --> 00:38:13,560
me is like the most important
stat like not just come to

569
00:38:13,560 --> 00:38:15,360
Christ, but like, are you
following Jesus?

570
00:38:15,640 --> 00:38:17,920
And that number is so
significant for a church and

571
00:38:17,920 --> 00:38:19,640
just there's so much I can say
about that.

572
00:38:19,760 --> 00:38:24,520
We've had 457 people commit
their life to Jesus that told us

573
00:38:24,520 --> 00:38:26,480
about it.
So 4 and 57, Amen.

574
00:38:27,040 --> 00:38:29,440
As eternity changed, that's
amazing.

575
00:38:30,120 --> 00:38:32,480
And that's just, it's amazing.
So it's been a move of God.

576
00:38:32,480 --> 00:38:34,760
We moved from just a group of
people that just kind of showed

577
00:38:34,760 --> 00:38:38,040
up to a real community and it's
been amazing.

578
00:38:38,040 --> 00:38:39,960
There's a verse that we've
talked about in launch season.

579
00:38:39,960 --> 00:38:43,280
It's Isaiah 4319.
And it says this, it says, see,

580
00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:45,360
I'm doing a new thing now it
springs up.

581
00:38:45,360 --> 00:38:47,600
Do not, do not perceive it.
I'm making a way in the

582
00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:49,680
wilderness and streams in the
wasteland.

583
00:38:49,960 --> 00:38:53,320
This verse is about the
captivity of, of the tribes of

584
00:38:53,320 --> 00:38:54,840
the, of the, of the southern
tribes.

585
00:38:54,840 --> 00:38:56,920
And they're in Babylon.
And it's like there's a way

586
00:38:56,920 --> 00:38:58,040
home.
Like you're gonna be set for

587
00:38:58,080 --> 00:38:59,640
your captives.
You're gonna be free again.

588
00:38:59,640 --> 00:39:01,880
And we launched this church like
we're gonna see people come to

589
00:39:01,880 --> 00:39:02,880
Christ.
We're gonna see freedom.

590
00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:05,800
We're gonna be a pave a road and
God's doing something new.

591
00:39:06,080 --> 00:39:10,120
And we said, thank you for those
that pave the way for Jesus to

592
00:39:10,120 --> 00:39:12,480
move people's lives.
Amen And those stories are no

593
00:39:12,480 --> 00:39:14,040
different today.
You actually heard the story.

594
00:39:14,040 --> 00:39:16,680
I think it was Hannah.
And she said, if God, if you

595
00:39:16,680 --> 00:39:20,320
just send me a sign, if one
person says hi and welcomes me

596
00:39:20,320 --> 00:39:22,720
or greets me and then 12 people.
Amen.

597
00:39:23,520 --> 00:39:25,520
Amen.
That should be every person that

598
00:39:25,520 --> 00:39:27,520
walks this best welcoming place
in the world.

599
00:39:27,680 --> 00:39:30,000
So thank you guys.
Thank you guys for playing a

600
00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:32,040
part of the story.
You paved the way in her life.

601
00:39:32,200 --> 00:39:34,200
It's amazing to think that
people who are visiting our

602
00:39:34,200 --> 00:39:37,680
church have actually prayed
about visiting our church.

603
00:39:38,440 --> 00:39:40,000
If you think about that, we've
been praying for people to come

604
00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:42,160
home.
They're praying to be home and

605
00:39:42,160 --> 00:39:44,560
we can play part of that story.
It's absolutely amazing.

606
00:39:44,880 --> 00:39:46,520
First Thessalonians 28 says
this.

607
00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:51,560
It says, so we cared for you
because we want to say we we

608
00:39:51,560 --> 00:39:53,720
loved you.
We loved you so much.

609
00:39:53,880 --> 00:39:57,280
We were delighted to share with
you not only the Gospel of God,

610
00:39:57,720 --> 00:40:02,600
but our lives as well.
There's something special about

611
00:40:02,600 --> 00:40:05,720
planting a church and putting
roots down the community.

612
00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:08,400
Like, if you're not going to put
your glave pot here, then don't

613
00:40:08,400 --> 00:40:10,960
go here.
Like, like we're committed not

614
00:40:10,960 --> 00:40:13,280
just to see the gospel, but
we're committed to each other as

615
00:40:13,280 --> 00:40:14,920
well.
I mean, how many people have

616
00:40:14,920 --> 00:40:18,240
been connected through life
groups and relationships?

617
00:40:18,240 --> 00:40:19,640
And my home has always been
open.

618
00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:21,840
My phone number is still on the
website.

619
00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:28,760
One day it won't be, it's just
going to be able to do it.

620
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:32,240
But my number is on the website.
Like we, we just want to welcome

621
00:40:32,240 --> 00:40:34,120
people, not just give you the
gospel, but give you all of

622
00:40:34,120 --> 00:40:35,920
ourselves.
And it's been kind of a picture

623
00:40:35,920 --> 00:40:39,280
of our church being a community.
We've seen families added,

624
00:40:39,280 --> 00:40:41,440
plates added, we've seen plates
taken away.

625
00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:44,120
We've walked to the story of
COVID.

626
00:40:44,320 --> 00:40:46,000
We've done so much to go to the
church, Amen.

627
00:40:46,320 --> 00:40:48,040
And God's been faithful or a
family.

628
00:40:48,320 --> 00:40:51,520
And so all we do is just have
some stories of how community,

629
00:40:51,680 --> 00:40:53,480
how the gospel through church
has changed lives.

630
00:40:53,480 --> 00:40:55,320
And so I'm going to divide up
just different people from our

631
00:40:55,320 --> 00:40:57,120
team and they're going to share
different stories these days

632
00:40:57,120 --> 00:40:58,760
would be super encouraging.
So I'm about up Holly.

633
00:40:58,960 --> 00:41:01,440
Holly, come on up.
Give it up for Holly.

634
00:41:06,240 --> 00:41:10,600
Well, I get just the honor and
joy and privilege of leading a

635
00:41:10,600 --> 00:41:13,560
few things on our staff team and
one of those is helping with

636
00:41:13,840 --> 00:41:16,960
first time guests and people
that are new to our church help

637
00:41:16,960 --> 00:41:19,000
them get connected to feel
welcome here.

638
00:41:19,480 --> 00:41:22,000
And so I get to share a story
about a family that started

639
00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:24,680
coming to our church.
It's probably been about 3 or 4

640
00:41:24,680 --> 00:41:27,640
weeks.
Her name is Carrie Hieronymus.

641
00:41:27,640 --> 00:41:29,640
Shout out to that last name is
so cool.

642
00:41:30,240 --> 00:41:38,520
But this is them here in 543.
We threw up their picture.

643
00:41:38,960 --> 00:41:40,880
That's Carrie Ironimus and her
family.

644
00:41:41,560 --> 00:41:44,040
So they've been coming for about
3 to 4 weeks, just Carrie and

645
00:41:44,040 --> 00:41:46,320
her daughter's summer, her
oldest daughter, their summer.

646
00:41:46,320 --> 00:41:48,960
She actually started coming to
our youth group this past

647
00:41:48,960 --> 00:41:50,960
summer, went to youth camp, had
a blast.

648
00:41:51,600 --> 00:41:54,280
And Carrie had shared with me
last week as she was leaving,

649
00:41:54,480 --> 00:41:57,760
she shared this story that they
live in Pleasant Hill.

650
00:41:57,760 --> 00:42:02,240
And she had just been feeling a
little disconnected, walked

651
00:42:02,240 --> 00:42:04,640
through some crazy things in her
life and just feeling like now's

652
00:42:04,640 --> 00:42:07,880
the time to to come back to God
to find a church where she can

653
00:42:07,880 --> 00:42:09,480
get connected and recommit her
life.

654
00:42:09,800 --> 00:42:11,960
And so she tried a few churches
in Pleasant Hill and just said,

655
00:42:11,960 --> 00:42:15,680
you know, I just never really
felt welcome or like those are

656
00:42:15,680 --> 00:42:17,600
my people or where I wanted to
get plugged in.

657
00:42:18,080 --> 00:42:20,840
So she decided to come to real
life church because she saw the

658
00:42:20,840 --> 00:42:23,360
impact that had made in summer's
life.

659
00:42:23,360 --> 00:42:25,840
Summer's loving youth group and
getting connected and making

660
00:42:25,840 --> 00:42:28,200
friends and feeling at home
here, and she wanted that too.

661
00:42:28,480 --> 00:42:31,560
So she made the drive out from
Pleasant Hill about 3 weeks ago

662
00:42:31,560 --> 00:42:34,680
to come to church.
And that Sunday she recommitted

663
00:42:34,680 --> 00:42:36,840
her life to Jesus, which is so
awesome.

664
00:42:37,200 --> 00:42:39,680
She shared with me last week
that that was the first time she

665
00:42:39,680 --> 00:42:42,440
had felt welcome like that in
her whole life.

666
00:42:43,480 --> 00:42:45,680
So people are welcomed here no
matter what she'd walk through.

667
00:42:45,680 --> 00:42:48,200
She said, you know, I've, I've
walked through things in my past

668
00:42:48,200 --> 00:42:51,440
I don't want to talk about, but
I nobody judged me when I walked

669
00:42:51,440 --> 00:42:52,840
through those doors.
I felt welcome.

670
00:42:52,840 --> 00:42:54,320
I felt loved.
Yeah.

671
00:42:54,440 --> 00:42:58,400
Kudos to you guys for being such
a welcoming church, a place

672
00:42:58,400 --> 00:43:00,240
where people, no matter what
they've walked through, what

673
00:43:00,240 --> 00:43:02,840
they've been through, can come
here and find Jesus and

674
00:43:02,840 --> 00:43:05,080
ultimately find freedom and
change their eternity.

675
00:43:05,360 --> 00:43:07,800
And the coolest part about this
is she's getting baptized in the

676
00:43:07,800 --> 00:43:10,040
next gathering, which is so
awesome.

677
00:43:10,320 --> 00:43:11,640
Yeah, That's right.
Yep.

678
00:43:13,040 --> 00:43:16,240
Oh, God.
She came out actually to our

679
00:43:16,240 --> 00:43:17,840
dream team bonfire this last
week.

680
00:43:17,840 --> 00:43:19,680
She said, can I come?
I'm not even on the dream team.

681
00:43:19,680 --> 00:43:22,360
I said, heck yeah, come on out.
We would love to have you.

682
00:43:22,560 --> 00:43:25,400
She shared with me on Sunday as
well that her son and her

683
00:43:25,400 --> 00:43:27,720
husband, she'd been praying that
they would come to church too.

684
00:43:27,720 --> 00:43:29,520
And she said, I don't know that
it's going to happen, but I

685
00:43:29,520 --> 00:43:31,760
would love for them to come.
Well, they came out to the

686
00:43:31,760 --> 00:43:33,560
bonfire.
They got connected.

687
00:43:33,560 --> 00:43:36,600
People were talking to them left
to right, had such a good time.

688
00:43:36,640 --> 00:43:39,480
And they're coming today to
church to watch her get baptized

689
00:43:39,480 --> 00:43:42,400
in the second, which is, I know,
an answer to her prayer as well.

690
00:43:42,960 --> 00:43:47,240
Yeah, it's so cool just to walk
with people through that.

691
00:43:47,240 --> 00:43:50,120
And that's we hear those stories
all the time of how welcome they

692
00:43:50,120 --> 00:43:54,160
feel, which really helps to just
take down layer by layer

693
00:43:54,160 --> 00:43:57,480
sometimes in people's hearts for
them to be able to let Jesus in

694
00:43:57,480 --> 00:44:00,920
and to meet him and to know him.
And so just shout out to you

695
00:44:00,920 --> 00:44:03,280
guys for being such a welcoming
and awesome church.

696
00:44:03,280 --> 00:44:05,040
You guys are amazing.
And there's, once again, there's

697
00:44:05,040 --> 00:44:07,800
so many stories just like that.
But kudos to you all.

698
00:44:07,800 --> 00:44:14,960
You guys are awesome.
All right, we got Logan come up

699
00:44:14,960 --> 00:44:15,640
here.
Logan Hari.

700
00:44:16,960 --> 00:44:18,720
Logan leads our youth group.
Come on.

701
00:44:18,720 --> 00:44:23,600
He's excited.
Perfect.

702
00:44:23,800 --> 00:44:25,760
Yeah.
So I I lead our front of house

703
00:44:25,760 --> 00:44:27,200
team and I also lead our youth
group.

704
00:44:27,600 --> 00:44:30,640
And whenever they asked me to
talk about a story that I've

705
00:44:30,640 --> 00:44:34,040
seen take place in the church
there, there's obviously a ton

706
00:44:34,040 --> 00:44:35,840
because I've seen a lot of
stuff, awesome stuff happened

707
00:44:35,840 --> 00:44:37,600
here.
But there was one from a young

708
00:44:37,600 --> 00:44:39,960
man or a youth group that really
stood out that kind of

709
00:44:39,960 --> 00:44:43,920
exemplifies walking with God and
honing his relationship and just

710
00:44:43,920 --> 00:44:46,440
becoming more and more serious
in his faith.

711
00:44:46,800 --> 00:44:49,400
So if you could throw up that
picture, and also if Julian

712
00:44:49,400 --> 00:44:52,600
Torres can go ahead and take a
stand for me, Everybody give it

713
00:44:52,600 --> 00:44:54,880
up for Julian.
Let me tell you.

714
00:44:54,880 --> 00:44:56,360
Let me tell you about my friend
Julian.

715
00:44:57,960 --> 00:45:00,320
And Julian is one of the bright
spots that I have the

716
00:45:00,320 --> 00:45:03,480
opportunity to speak to and to
preach over at our youth group

717
00:45:03,480 --> 00:45:04,960
and to see how he's been growing
in Christ.

718
00:45:04,960 --> 00:45:08,040
And he started off, he was one
of the, he was one of the first

719
00:45:08,040 --> 00:45:10,120
people that really caught my eye
when I first had the opportunity

720
00:45:10,120 --> 00:45:11,720
to start preaching and start
leading the group.

721
00:45:12,040 --> 00:45:16,040
He he led the way in worship
every single Wednesday.

722
00:45:16,040 --> 00:45:18,840
He had his hands up in the air.
He was singing a lot better than

723
00:45:18,840 --> 00:45:22,320
I could at full volume every
single week, just leading the

724
00:45:22,320 --> 00:45:26,440
way, getting other kids involved
into the worship and excited

725
00:45:26,440 --> 00:45:28,680
about the worship.
And he has a very palpable and

726
00:45:28,680 --> 00:45:32,120
it's a very easy to see sense of
just genuine worship on his

727
00:45:32,120 --> 00:45:34,400
heart every time he lifts his
hands up and he lifts his voice

728
00:45:34,400 --> 00:45:36,200
up.
And that caught my eye

729
00:45:36,200 --> 00:45:38,200
immediately and it's only
snowballed from there.

730
00:45:39,120 --> 00:45:41,680
You guys know those little
difference cards that you use to

731
00:45:41,680 --> 00:45:43,840
invite people out every single
week?

732
00:45:43,840 --> 00:45:47,360
We have the little givitations
or whatever you call them, bring

733
00:45:47,360 --> 00:45:53,080
invitations, whatever Julian is
known at his school for the guy

734
00:45:53,080 --> 00:45:55,160
that hands those out.
And he has gone through stacks

735
00:45:55,160 --> 00:45:58,680
upon stacks over the last few
years of just inviting people

736
00:45:58,680 --> 00:46:01,080
out of school out to this
church.

737
00:46:02,720 --> 00:46:06,320
So we see reckless worship, we
see youth, we see giving

738
00:46:06,320 --> 00:46:09,040
evangelistic heart at school.
And that culminated into him

739
00:46:09,040 --> 00:46:14,320
actually paying his own way into
a mission trip on in Bogota with

740
00:46:14,320 --> 00:46:15,680
us.
And so he joined us.

741
00:46:15,680 --> 00:46:18,320
That's what this picture is of,
is actually Julian paying his

742
00:46:18,320 --> 00:46:22,880
way and joining us in Bogota on
mission, leaving out his calling

743
00:46:22,880 --> 00:46:26,440
for Christ in another country.
Yeah, that's big.

744
00:46:26,760 --> 00:46:30,440
That's big, man.
Anybody in here that knows

745
00:46:30,440 --> 00:46:32,880
Julian can attest to the kind of
character that he has.

746
00:46:33,000 --> 00:46:35,800
If you guys know Scott or Jenny
COO, Yeah, Go find them.

747
00:46:36,320 --> 00:46:37,760
Ask them what they think about
Julian.

748
00:46:37,760 --> 00:46:40,200
Ask anybody in the youth group
what they think about Julian.

749
00:46:40,480 --> 00:46:42,840
And Julian's been taking even
bigger steps recently.

750
00:46:42,840 --> 00:46:45,600
He's joined me in a disciple
making process.

751
00:46:45,600 --> 00:46:47,480
We've been meeting weekly.
We've been going through a book

752
00:46:47,480 --> 00:46:50,400
that is kind of like the seven
hallmarks of a genuine faith.

753
00:46:50,400 --> 00:46:54,040
And he's chasing after God.
He's doing it in a genuine way,

754
00:46:54,240 --> 00:46:57,000
and he's leading the way four
others his age.

755
00:46:57,000 --> 00:46:58,800
So just give it one more time
for Julian.

756
00:46:59,240 --> 00:47:06,080
Let him know you love him.
It's fantastic.

757
00:47:06,080 --> 00:47:10,120
So Diane, come on up here.
She'll share a little bit.

758
00:47:10,440 --> 00:47:18,800
Come on, get up for Diane.
All right, I'm Diane and I am

759
00:47:18,800 --> 00:47:21,560
going to get to share about so
I'm going to and I'm going to

760
00:47:21,560 --> 00:47:24,040
get to.
I'm not good at talking the

761
00:47:24,760 --> 00:47:28,480
about nine months ago, we have
launched our first iteration of

762
00:47:28,720 --> 00:47:31,640
our disciple making process at
real life called the way.

763
00:47:31,640 --> 00:47:34,280
And it was actually a year ago
at our birthday celebration that

764
00:47:34,280 --> 00:47:37,160
we kind of launched this idea
and birth this.

765
00:47:37,160 --> 00:47:41,120
How do we make disciples not
only who can follow Jesus, but

766
00:47:41,120 --> 00:47:44,120
how do we make disciples who can
make other disciples?

767
00:47:44,120 --> 00:47:45,800
Because that's really the call
of Jesus, right?

768
00:47:45,800 --> 00:47:48,400
We can't.
It's impossible for a small

769
00:47:48,400 --> 00:47:52,280
group of church leadership or
whoever to make disciples of all

770
00:47:52,280 --> 00:47:56,560
the nation, and so each believer
can be inspired, encouraged, and

771
00:47:56,560 --> 00:47:58,600
equipped to be able to do that
on their own.

772
00:47:58,600 --> 00:48:02,680
And so this January, a group of
men and a group of women started

773
00:48:02,680 --> 00:48:06,480
meeting every week.
They had committed to a year

774
00:48:06,480 --> 00:48:10,120
together that we would meet
weekly to go through different

775
00:48:10,560 --> 00:48:14,160
daily habits that we would do
together to keep ourselves

776
00:48:14,160 --> 00:48:17,560
accountable to each other, like
Bible reading, prayer,

777
00:48:17,560 --> 00:48:20,440
scripture, seeing how God is
moving in our lives and shaping

778
00:48:20,440 --> 00:48:23,440
in that.
And we also added in every month

779
00:48:23,440 --> 00:48:27,040
we kind of dive deeper into a
spiritual habit.

780
00:48:27,240 --> 00:48:30,320
So a month on scripture, a month
on prayer, a month on solitude,

781
00:48:30,320 --> 00:48:33,760
a month on fasting.
And it's been really cool to get

782
00:48:33,760 --> 00:48:36,600
to walk side by side with people
in this process.

783
00:48:36,600 --> 00:48:39,400
And some of my favorite
takeaways from this, it's just

784
00:48:39,400 --> 00:48:42,360
been kind of like getting
information and feedback from

785
00:48:42,360 --> 00:48:43,480
the people going through the
process.

786
00:48:43,480 --> 00:48:45,720
What is this like, what did you
think it was going to be like?

787
00:48:45,920 --> 00:48:48,280
What have you experienced?
What has God shown you?

788
00:48:48,280 --> 00:48:51,400
And so two stories came to mind.
And this actually, it was, it

789
00:48:51,400 --> 00:48:54,120
was actually a few weeks ago
after our Saturday morning

790
00:48:54,120 --> 00:48:56,520
meeting, this just kind of
organically came up in a

791
00:48:56,520 --> 00:48:59,520
conversation that we were having
about what has this been like,

792
00:48:59,520 --> 00:49:02,280
what's been different?
And so the first story that I

793
00:49:02,280 --> 00:49:05,720
want to share is Jenny Cuyat.
So you saw her up there a little

794
00:49:05,720 --> 00:49:06,800
bit.
She went on our missions trip

795
00:49:06,800 --> 00:49:09,560
last summer as well, but she
jumped into this disciple making

796
00:49:09,560 --> 00:49:12,000
ministry with us.
And Jenny had shared, she's

797
00:49:12,000 --> 00:49:15,840
like, I grew up in church.
I have been to a ton of disciple

798
00:49:15,840 --> 00:49:18,040
making classes.
I've done a ton of Bible

799
00:49:18,040 --> 00:49:19,840
studies.
What I love that she shared

800
00:49:19,840 --> 00:49:23,440
about this process is like, this
is the first time in my life

801
00:49:23,440 --> 00:49:27,240
that I've been challenged so
intentionally to put practices

802
00:49:27,240 --> 00:49:30,280
of God into my life.
Not just to go to a meeting and

803
00:49:30,280 --> 00:49:33,800
to learn things, but then to go
home and say, how do I put this

804
00:49:33,800 --> 00:49:36,560
in my heart?
How do I express this to others?

805
00:49:36,560 --> 00:49:40,040
How do I share this with other
people or see God really make a

806
00:49:40,040 --> 00:49:42,560
move in my life?
And I thought it was so cool to

807
00:49:42,560 --> 00:49:47,920
see how we're working to move
beyond just information, but

808
00:49:47,920 --> 00:49:49,760
transformation from the word of
God.

809
00:49:49,760 --> 00:49:52,400
And so I love her perspective
because she's been to so many of

810
00:49:52,400 --> 00:49:54,760
these different things over the
year, different iterations, but

811
00:49:55,040 --> 00:49:57,920
the constant challenge to say,
man, what is going to be our

812
00:49:57,920 --> 00:49:59,960
next practice?
And how is that going to be

813
00:49:59,960 --> 00:50:03,240
flipped on its head from what I
think maybe that practice of

814
00:50:03,240 --> 00:50:05,600
Jesus could be?
And so it's just really been

815
00:50:05,600 --> 00:50:09,160
cool to see how God has moved in
that to take, you know,

816
00:50:09,160 --> 00:50:12,160
sometimes that, oh, I'm going to
the disciple making class has

817
00:50:12,160 --> 00:50:14,880
kind of a weird connotation if
you've grown up in church or had

818
00:50:14,880 --> 00:50:17,640
different experiences.
But it's really been cool to see

819
00:50:17,640 --> 00:50:20,480
how relational it can be.
And it's not just like the

820
00:50:20,480 --> 00:50:23,520
teacher teaching, but it's a
group of us together, growing

821
00:50:23,760 --> 00:50:25,280
together as we dive through
this.

822
00:50:25,280 --> 00:50:28,000
And so the second story, that
was another person in this

823
00:50:28,000 --> 00:50:31,280
conversation with Jenny, Anna
afterwards is Kristen Baker.

824
00:50:32,160 --> 00:50:35,880
And Kristen Baker is, yeah,
she'll love this picture.

825
00:50:35,880 --> 00:50:37,680
She's gonna be so excited that I
put this on the screen.

826
00:50:38,440 --> 00:50:40,880
But Kristen's been really fun
because she kind of had the

827
00:50:40,920 --> 00:50:43,440
opposite experience where she
had some growing up in church,

828
00:50:43,440 --> 00:50:47,440
but like, me and the challenge
to jump in and dive in to doing

829
00:50:47,440 --> 00:50:49,120
something deeper.
And I remember as I was

830
00:50:49,120 --> 00:50:51,400
launching this and talking about
it, I don't even know how.

831
00:50:51,400 --> 00:50:52,920
And maybe she heard about it on
stage.

832
00:50:52,920 --> 00:50:55,280
And she's like, I'm doing that.
And I'm like, OK, we'll talk.

833
00:50:55,280 --> 00:50:58,080
She's like, no, I'm doing it.
I'm like, OK, Kristen, calm

834
00:50:58,080 --> 00:50:59,040
down.
We can find a way.

835
00:50:59,040 --> 00:51:02,360
You can do it.
But what's been really awesome

836
00:51:02,360 --> 00:51:04,480
and what she shared is that
she's like, I went into this

837
00:51:04,480 --> 00:51:07,240
thing and I was like, man, I am
going to have like the perfect

838
00:51:07,400 --> 00:51:10,720
Instagrammable quiet time every
morning and I am going to nail

839
00:51:10,720 --> 00:51:13,200
this disciple making and I'm
going to do it in a few weeks

840
00:51:13,200 --> 00:51:15,440
ago.
She's like, I totally did not.

841
00:51:15,560 --> 00:51:19,240
She's like, I have not met the
mark of this in any way.

842
00:51:19,240 --> 00:51:22,200
That was my own expectation of
what I thought it was going to

843
00:51:22,200 --> 00:51:24,360
be.
She's like, I missed days.

844
00:51:24,360 --> 00:51:26,160
I didn't respond on the group
text.

845
00:51:26,160 --> 00:51:27,760
I missed, you know, group
meetings.

846
00:51:27,760 --> 00:51:30,720
I didn't do the practices
perfectly, but what it pointed

847
00:51:30,720 --> 00:51:33,560
out and what I think is so
beautiful in the transformation

848
00:51:33,560 --> 00:51:36,560
of that is that we like to think
that spiritual growth is this

849
00:51:36,560 --> 00:51:39,200
like linear path.
Like I started down here and

850
00:51:39,200 --> 00:51:42,800
then I just went and I grew, but
spiritual growth is squiggly.

851
00:51:43,080 --> 00:51:47,320
It's like a this kind of thing.
And it's really cool to see the

852
00:51:47,320 --> 00:51:50,400
transformation in her to say
that I don't have to look like

853
00:51:50,400 --> 00:51:54,640
the perfect follower of Jesus to
still look back and say, but

854
00:51:54,640 --> 00:51:56,760
look at where I am from nine
months ago.

855
00:51:57,000 --> 00:51:59,880
I didn't hit every daily Bible
reading in these things, but God

856
00:51:59,880 --> 00:52:03,360
has moved in my life and it is a
beautiful way to see

857
00:52:03,560 --> 00:52:05,480
transformation happen over the
course of time.

858
00:52:05,480 --> 00:52:08,920
And she said if I would not have
committed to this longer

859
00:52:08,920 --> 00:52:11,080
commitment of time.
She's like a life group wasn't

860
00:52:11,080 --> 00:52:14,760
long enough for me to see God
move in that way, but she's like

861
00:52:14,760 --> 00:52:17,400
me and this year commitment and
just to be able to get to the

862
00:52:17,400 --> 00:52:20,760
end of it and say I committed a
year of my life to following

863
00:52:20,800 --> 00:52:24,400
Jesus has been really cool.
So both of of those stories we

864
00:52:24,400 --> 00:52:27,560
are actually reading in John 14
this week reflecting on and then

865
00:52:28,480 --> 00:52:31,520
Thomas I wrote it down because I
wouldn't remember said in John

866
00:52:31,520 --> 00:52:33,880
14-5 and six.
He said, Lord, how will we know

867
00:52:33,880 --> 00:52:35,840
the way and Jesus said I'm the
way.

868
00:52:36,360 --> 00:52:38,920
And so the whole of this
disciple making process and we

869
00:52:38,920 --> 00:52:42,040
are launching this out in
January and several iterations

870
00:52:42,040 --> 00:52:44,920
that are still being formed for
more people to get involved

871
00:52:44,920 --> 00:52:48,080
because we have a heart for
people of all walks to say I've

872
00:52:48,080 --> 00:52:51,400
known Jesus a long time.
I just committed my life to

873
00:52:51,400 --> 00:52:54,640
Jesus today, or I'm somewhere in
between that to have a place

874
00:52:54,640 --> 00:52:56,960
where you can go and have
spiritual growth and connection

875
00:52:56,960 --> 00:52:59,400
because that happens in
relationships, it happens with

876
00:52:59,400 --> 00:53:03,240
people, but it's really the call
of God to go and make disciples.

877
00:53:03,240 --> 00:53:04,560
And so we want to be faithful to
that.

878
00:53:04,560 --> 00:53:06,720
So I'm really excited about how
this is going to continue to

879
00:53:06,720 --> 00:53:10,520
grow and just seeing how God has
moved through both of our groups

880
00:53:10,520 --> 00:53:19,080
that are going through this.
How many guys would say, man, I

881
00:53:19,080 --> 00:53:21,840
could walk a little closer to
Jesus, I could put some

882
00:53:21,840 --> 00:53:23,880
spiritual habits in my life,
some some disciplines, some

883
00:53:23,880 --> 00:53:25,800
practices.
All of us are real honest.

884
00:53:25,800 --> 00:53:27,480
Like man, we could really grow
and dine.

885
00:53:27,480 --> 00:53:28,360
Say it's not up and to the
right.

886
00:53:28,360 --> 00:53:31,240
That'd be amazing, right?
It's always up and to the right.

887
00:53:31,680 --> 00:53:34,440
But like long obedience,
obedience over a long time, it's

888
00:53:34,440 --> 00:53:36,320
amazing how it changes.
So we're really excited about

889
00:53:36,320 --> 00:53:37,480
that.
So thanks for taking extra time

890
00:53:37,480 --> 00:53:39,960
and sharing.
Really passionate our church to

891
00:53:39,960 --> 00:53:41,720
create disciples that make
disciples.

892
00:53:41,720 --> 00:53:42,880
So we're going to see more in
the future.

893
00:53:43,440 --> 00:53:51,160
Christy Hardy, come on up.
You've got I love yous out

894
00:53:51,160 --> 00:53:52,120
there.
You're like the most popular

895
00:53:52,120 --> 00:53:54,640
person in the world.
Hey, real quick, how many guys

896
00:53:54,640 --> 00:53:56,200
were invited to church by
Christy Hardy?

897
00:53:56,480 --> 00:53:58,360
Show of hands.
Seriously, how many guys are

898
00:53:58,400 --> 00:53:59,680
invited by church?
Christy?

899
00:53:59,760 --> 00:54:01,720
I feel like half the visitors
come to church because of

900
00:54:01,720 --> 00:54:03,000
Christy.
So give her Christy one more

901
00:54:03,000 --> 00:54:03,840
time.
Come on, you're amazing.

902
00:54:08,040 --> 00:54:11,880
So I'm already emotional, so
this is going to be even harder.

903
00:54:13,200 --> 00:54:20,000
I am very blessed to be able to
coordinate real life kids and to

904
00:54:20,000 --> 00:54:23,800
be back in the kids.
Kids are important.

905
00:54:24,120 --> 00:54:29,280
Who would agree?
And then God gave us kids as a

906
00:54:29,280 --> 00:54:32,120
gift.
And God specifically said in the

907
00:54:32,120 --> 00:54:33,720
Bible to let the children come
to me.

908
00:54:33,720 --> 00:54:39,560
And, and kids can be loud and
messy and obnoxious and all

909
00:54:39,560 --> 00:54:42,760
those things, right?
And God said, I want those kids.

910
00:54:43,400 --> 00:54:48,960
God has placed such a love in my
heart for kids to see Finley get

911
00:54:48,960 --> 00:54:53,760
baptized today.
And Finley came, and Finley

912
00:54:53,760 --> 00:54:56,720
came, and Finley's been a part
of a family that gave their life

913
00:54:56,720 --> 00:54:59,560
to God and they gave their life
to God as a family, which has

914
00:54:59,560 --> 00:55:04,680
been the coolest thing ever.
And when Finley said that, she

915
00:55:04,680 --> 00:55:07,560
was thanking me for being a part
of that.

916
00:55:07,560 --> 00:55:10,840
And it's just been such an
amazing privilege that God has

917
00:55:10,840 --> 00:55:14,440
given me to have a heart for
kids and to love kids.

918
00:55:14,520 --> 00:55:19,240
And it's not just we don't just
babysit and we don't just chase

919
00:55:19,240 --> 00:55:20,320
kids.
We do a lot of that.

920
00:55:20,320 --> 00:55:24,480
But we share the love of Christ
with your kids every week.

921
00:55:24,840 --> 00:55:27,080
And we want that continue
through the week.

922
00:55:27,840 --> 00:55:31,640
So I'm so thankful for those of
you that have your children back

923
00:55:31,640 --> 00:55:35,200
in the children's ministry.
And we truly love your kids and

924
00:55:35,200 --> 00:55:37,560
we want them to know Jesus as
their Savior.

925
00:55:39,080 --> 00:55:42,000
There were two other baptisms
today that were because of kids.

926
00:55:42,440 --> 00:55:47,280
So Melissa and Hannah both came
and were baptized because of

927
00:55:47,280 --> 00:55:51,400
their children.
Tanya and I have a very unique

928
00:55:51,400 --> 00:55:57,560
and special job in our job world
and we have an amazing privilege

929
00:55:57,560 --> 00:56:00,880
to be able to go into homes and
to help people with their

930
00:56:00,880 --> 00:56:04,000
children.
And God has turned that into a

931
00:56:04,000 --> 00:56:07,640
ministry.
And that is why Hannah was here

932
00:56:07,640 --> 00:56:11,200
today is because Tanya didn't
just take information on growth

933
00:56:11,200 --> 00:56:14,920
into a home, she took the love
of God into a home with her.

934
00:56:17,800 --> 00:56:22,040
It's amazing.
So there are two other kids in

935
00:56:22,040 --> 00:56:25,560
our kids ministry that there's
many of our kids who were here

936
00:56:25,600 --> 00:56:28,360
since the very beginning, some
of them in their mama's tummies

937
00:56:28,360 --> 00:56:30,560
since the like that since the
beginning.

938
00:56:30,800 --> 00:56:38,560
So Jack and Kyler have both been
so here's Jack up on the left.

939
00:56:38,920 --> 00:56:42,240
So Jack is obviously Shawn and
Diane's oldest son.

940
00:56:42,400 --> 00:56:45,560
He is 8 years old.
The church is 8 years old.

941
00:56:45,560 --> 00:56:47,120
So Jack's been here since the
beginning.

942
00:56:47,560 --> 00:56:52,080
And Kyler, there's a picture of
him up there as well.

943
00:56:52,320 --> 00:56:54,600
There we go.
He's over until revival moves

944
00:56:54,600 --> 00:56:57,680
our city.
Today is Kyler's birthday and he

945
00:56:57,680 --> 00:57:04,560
is 9.
So they also have been with us

946
00:57:04,560 --> 00:57:08,320
since the very beginning.
These two young men, the coolest

947
00:57:08,320 --> 00:57:14,000
thing about them at church camp,
I saw both of them helping other

948
00:57:14,000 --> 00:57:19,120
kids find verses in their Bibles
and back in the kids ministry.

949
00:57:19,320 --> 00:57:22,320
They will be the ones getting up
and go into tables and helping

950
00:57:22,320 --> 00:57:26,800
kids find verses in the Bible.
They didn't learn that just from

951
00:57:26,800 --> 00:57:32,640
coming to church for an hour.
Church like Jesus happens Monday

952
00:57:32,640 --> 00:57:35,080
through Sunday.
Jesus doesn't just happen on

953
00:57:35,080 --> 00:57:38,200
Sunday.
So we are a life giving church

954
00:57:38,200 --> 00:57:41,840
that believes that we train our
children, but we do it as a

955
00:57:41,840 --> 00:57:45,040
family and it doesn't just
happen at church.

956
00:57:45,840 --> 00:57:49,600
So it's super exciting to see
these kids come with a passion

957
00:57:49,600 --> 00:57:52,960
to love and to know Jesus.
And then throughout the week,

958
00:57:52,960 --> 00:57:56,440
their parents are fostering that
love and talking and reading the

959
00:57:56,440 --> 00:57:58,800
Bible together.
And I think that's why our

960
00:57:58,800 --> 00:58:02,280
church is growing because we
truly love Jesus seven days a

961
00:58:02,280 --> 00:58:04,960
week.
So thank you for the blessing of

962
00:58:04,960 --> 00:58:12,480
your children.
Who knows?

963
00:58:12,480 --> 00:58:17,160
Our children need Jesus.
Amen I mean it's amazing it's

964
00:58:17,400 --> 00:58:19,760
you watch the young kids that
like are are in the back of the

965
00:58:19,760 --> 00:58:22,360
real life kids area look
sometimes come from youth group

966
00:58:22,360 --> 00:58:24,400
just because families are
hanging during things worship

967
00:58:24,400 --> 00:58:26,560
practice happening and then
there were the verses are at

968
00:58:27,120 --> 00:58:31,160
they're shown adults with the
verses are at my my son Jackie

969
00:58:31,480 --> 00:58:33,840
drop the graph like a home
during camp this year started

970
00:58:33,840 --> 00:58:35,160
playing he's 8 years old.
I put it away.

971
00:58:35,160 --> 00:58:38,120
He goes, oh, I can play and
like, oh, OK.

972
00:58:38,560 --> 00:58:40,120
And he jumped in.
It's just amazing to watch how

973
00:58:40,120 --> 00:58:41,680
got used our next generation.
And we love him.

974
00:58:41,680 --> 00:58:44,880
So I want to invite up one last
person I'll know.

975
00:58:44,880 --> 00:58:48,000
It's probably how you hear.
Where's Barry at?

976
00:58:48,440 --> 00:58:49,400
There he is.
He's in the back.

977
00:58:49,400 --> 00:58:50,680
Come on.
Give it up for Barry Hardy.

978
00:58:50,680 --> 00:58:56,200
Come on.
I noticed he changed out the

979
00:58:56,200 --> 00:58:59,440
swim trunks.
There's a great story there.

980
00:58:59,440 --> 00:59:01,280
You talk to him.
Later you guys don't need to

981
00:59:01,280 --> 00:59:03,440
know about that story you about
found out.

982
00:59:06,360 --> 00:59:09,880
Use your imagination.
So I got it before I show the

983
00:59:09,880 --> 00:59:12,160
two people that I want to talk
about, I got to tell you guys

984
00:59:12,160 --> 00:59:14,360
and some of you guys know my
story, but a little bit about

985
00:59:14,680 --> 00:59:17,360
how I grew up.
And so I grew up in a world

986
00:59:17,360 --> 00:59:19,960
where I grew up in church and it
was a great church.

987
00:59:19,960 --> 00:59:22,440
It was Blue Ridge Baptist simple
back in the day at 470 Blue

988
00:59:22,440 --> 00:59:25,040
Ridge, one of the biggest
churches in the city.

989
00:59:25,680 --> 00:59:29,400
And I, I had the, I had the joy
and the privilege of growing up

990
00:59:29,400 --> 00:59:32,520
a church that just would bring
people together at some level,

991
00:59:33,480 --> 00:59:36,040
at a big level and look for
Jesus.

992
00:59:36,560 --> 00:59:39,440
But they did it in a way
sometimes where people never

993
00:59:39,440 --> 00:59:42,200
felt comfortable if, if they
didn't measure up right off the

994
00:59:42,200 --> 00:59:44,200
bat.
Because, you know, Diane said it

995
00:59:44,200 --> 00:59:45,800
perfectly.
A lot of times we think that

996
00:59:45,800 --> 00:59:48,240
once we, when we find Jesus,
everything should be fixed,

997
00:59:48,240 --> 00:59:50,920
right.
And Sean gave us a great a

998
00:59:50,920 --> 00:59:53,720
phrase and an idea when we
launched, we're gonna give here

999
00:59:53,720 --> 00:59:55,960
in real life, we're gonna give,
we're gonna give God as much

1000
00:59:55,960 --> 00:59:58,840
time to fix a life as Satan took
to destroy it.

1001
00:59:59,400 --> 01:00:01,880
That makes sense.
So when we have somebody come in

1002
01:00:01,880 --> 01:00:03,960
and they've had a life, you
know, that's been wrecked for

1003
01:00:04,120 --> 01:00:07,440
twenty, 30-40 years.
That, that we expect them to be

1004
01:00:07,440 --> 01:00:10,440
perfect, you know, day 2.
It's just not realistic.

1005
01:00:10,760 --> 01:00:13,040
So I grew up in a church that
had a lot of people that were on

1006
01:00:13,040 --> 01:00:16,960
fire for God and living for God.
And on the other side, my

1007
01:00:16,960 --> 01:00:19,160
parents had another group of
people that, that, that

1008
01:00:19,160 --> 01:00:21,480
surrounded me.
They were called construction

1009
01:00:21,480 --> 01:00:23,520
workers, specifically concrete
guys, right?

1010
01:00:23,960 --> 01:00:26,360
I don't know if you know
anything about concrete guys or,

1011
01:00:26,360 --> 01:00:30,320
or construction guys in in
general, you can have a really

1012
01:00:30,320 --> 01:00:33,680
good time with them, but man,
they live a hard life, right.

1013
01:00:34,000 --> 01:00:37,120
And so on one side I would, I
would, I would go to church on

1014
01:00:37,120 --> 01:00:40,360
Sundays and, and, and Sunday
night and Wednesday with people

1015
01:00:40,360 --> 01:00:42,400
that were, you know, preaching
Jesus and living for Jesus.

1016
01:00:42,600 --> 01:00:45,040
And then the rest of the week
I'm, I'm surrounded by guys that

1017
01:00:45,040 --> 01:00:48,160
are dealing with drug addiction,
alcohol addiction, broken homes

1018
01:00:48,400 --> 01:00:49,760
heading.
There was one guy, he got in a

1019
01:00:49,760 --> 01:00:52,680
fight with six of the Cass
County deputies and beat them

1020
01:00:52,680 --> 01:00:57,760
all up over here by Ranger right
here as a kid is what I saw.

1021
01:00:58,600 --> 01:01:01,880
Those worlds really never
collided because sometimes my

1022
01:01:01,880 --> 01:01:04,400
dad would get those guys to come
to church and they were so out

1023
01:01:04,400 --> 01:01:05,840
of place.
They never fit in.

1024
01:01:06,320 --> 01:01:08,720
They would walk away and their
life were never changed.

1025
01:01:09,600 --> 01:01:12,360
And so I always thought it was
kind of a tragedy that that our

1026
01:01:12,360 --> 01:01:15,240
church had a hard time
assimilating those people.

1027
01:01:15,240 --> 01:01:17,280
And you read the gospels and you
see the disciples and I'm like,

1028
01:01:17,280 --> 01:01:20,400
man, those people were screwed
up to Peter, John, James, all

1029
01:01:20,400 --> 01:01:24,160
those guys, they screwed up.
They had mountaintop experiences

1030
01:01:24,160 --> 01:01:25,360
and then they went to the
valley.

1031
01:01:26,080 --> 01:01:28,360
What I'd loved about real life
is these two guys that I'm gonna

1032
01:01:28,360 --> 01:01:29,640
throw up and they're probably
gonna kill me.

1033
01:01:31,640 --> 01:01:35,280
I've got to watch their lives
where at a lot of churches and a

1034
01:01:35,280 --> 01:01:37,840
lot of communities.
People probably would have given

1035
01:01:37,840 --> 01:01:40,280
up on them.
But what's been cool is, is that

1036
01:01:40,280 --> 01:01:43,000
real life hasn't given up on
them and they haven't given up

1037
01:01:43,000 --> 01:01:45,560
on Jesus.
And So what I love about him is

1038
01:01:45,560 --> 01:01:47,840
there's some of the the two of
the most honest men that I ever

1039
01:01:47,840 --> 01:01:48,880
know.
And you guys go ahead and throw

1040
01:01:48,880 --> 01:01:53,040
their pictures up back there,
Tim Phelps and Tony Marrone.

1041
01:01:57,960 --> 01:02:00,080
I won't make you stand up, Tim,
because you're still taller than

1042
01:02:00,080 --> 01:02:03,680
everybody else sitting down.
What I love about these two is

1043
01:02:03,680 --> 01:02:07,040
this is that go talk to them and
they'll tell you that where they

1044
01:02:07,040 --> 01:02:10,520
screw up day in and day out.
But I tell you what, you talk to

1045
01:02:10,520 --> 01:02:14,400
them a little longer, then you
find out how God is moving in

1046
01:02:14,400 --> 01:02:16,440
their lives, how they're
reaching forward to find the

1047
01:02:16,440 --> 01:02:18,040
next step.
Take some ground for Jesus.

1048
01:02:18,040 --> 01:02:20,640
Had a great conversation with
Tim on Tuesday night at the Hog

1049
01:02:20,640 --> 01:02:23,480
Roast Man.
God is moving in their lives,

1050
01:02:23,760 --> 01:02:26,440
and as a church, as a community,
as a gathering of believers

1051
01:02:26,440 --> 01:02:29,400
here, we have a space for people
to come in no matter what they

1052
01:02:29,400 --> 01:02:31,760
look like, no matter what
they've been through, and they

1053
01:02:31,760 --> 01:02:38,160
can meet Jesus.
It's a good word, man.

1054
01:02:39,680 --> 01:02:40,800
Yeah, I came up with this
phrase.

1055
01:02:40,800 --> 01:02:43,040
A scene.
We can trust God for salvation,

1056
01:02:43,040 --> 01:02:45,080
but all the time don't trust God
for sanctification.

1057
01:02:45,800 --> 01:02:46,760
It's a process.
Amen.

1058
01:02:46,760 --> 01:02:49,480
And nobody's perfect.
I'm not perfect.

1059
01:02:50,040 --> 01:02:52,280
There's nobody that doesn't mess
up, but it's amazing how our

1060
01:02:52,280 --> 01:02:55,760
church has loved on people that
sometimes look hard to love on.

1061
01:02:55,960 --> 01:02:57,280
But that's what church is here
for, Amen.

1062
01:02:57,280 --> 01:03:00,000
You know, oftentimes you look at
people, it's like it should not

1063
01:03:00,000 --> 01:03:02,200
be harder to go to heaven than
it is to go to church.

1064
01:03:03,080 --> 01:03:04,920
And I came from a church with a
lot of separation.

1065
01:03:04,920 --> 01:03:08,080
And you had to be a certain way.
And real life is real life on

1066
01:03:08,080 --> 01:03:10,440
purpose, Amen.
And so we talk about the future

1067
01:03:10,440 --> 01:03:12,520
like this is the first eight
years, like what's, what's it

1068
01:03:12,520 --> 01:03:14,360
look like in the future for our
church?

1069
01:03:14,360 --> 01:03:17,560
And I can just tell you it's
going to sound cliche and

1070
01:03:17,560 --> 01:03:20,600
familiar, but our church is not
moving off our mission to see

1071
01:03:20,600 --> 01:03:23,120
people far from God, discover
real life and purpose in Jesus,

1072
01:03:23,640 --> 01:03:25,520
Amen.
Like that's why we're here.

1073
01:03:25,520 --> 01:03:27,880
That's that's the evangelism,
that's to stop making all

1074
01:03:27,880 --> 01:03:29,960
together.
It's to send out a mission, help

1075
01:03:29,960 --> 01:03:31,360
people find their purpose in
Christ.

1076
01:03:31,880 --> 01:03:34,080
That's where we're standing on.
We're staying on Scripture,

1077
01:03:34,280 --> 01:03:36,480
Amen.
In a world that's absolutely

1078
01:03:36,480 --> 01:03:37,960
just seems to go crazy all the
time.

1079
01:03:38,200 --> 01:03:40,600
I'm so glad we have the rock of
the word of God.

1080
01:03:40,600 --> 01:03:44,800
I'm so glad it's written down so
AI can't change it, Amen.

1081
01:03:45,280 --> 01:03:47,560
Like I'm glad as we can build
our life on Christ.

1082
01:03:47,760 --> 01:03:50,680
And so we're excited to guys you
the next really, it's next year.

1083
01:03:50,880 --> 01:03:52,400
There's a few things going on
this next season.

1084
01:03:52,400 --> 01:03:54,120
I'll let you guys know about
one.

1085
01:03:54,120 --> 01:03:56,200
We're starting a thing called a
welcome party.

1086
01:03:56,440 --> 01:03:57,920
It'll actually cook off next
month.

1087
01:03:57,960 --> 01:03:59,800
It's why we actually changed our
gathering times.

1088
01:03:59,800 --> 01:04:04,120
It knows from 9:15 to 9:00.
So it's 9/10/45 to create some

1089
01:04:04,120 --> 01:04:06,800
space in between.
We connect with so many new

1090
01:04:06,800 --> 01:04:10,120
people are coming to our church.
If you just hang around and

1091
01:04:10,120 --> 01:04:12,520
watch and say, hey, do I know a
person, there's so many people

1092
01:04:12,520 --> 01:04:15,240
coming every week and to get
them connected to what it looks

1093
01:04:15,240 --> 01:04:18,600
like to belong to community to
to know what we're here for,

1094
01:04:18,600 --> 01:04:20,720
what's our church about, But to
help them find those

1095
01:04:20,720 --> 01:04:23,360
relationships, how to find the
right people, help to find the

1096
01:04:23,360 --> 01:04:25,320
right truth and where to grow,
where to belong.

1097
01:04:25,720 --> 01:04:26,840
And so we're really passionate
about this.

1098
01:04:26,840 --> 01:04:29,440
So next month, like each month
moving forward, we're doing a

1099
01:04:29,440 --> 01:04:32,160
welcome party.
And so they come out one Sunday

1100
01:04:32,160 --> 01:04:34,600
month between the gatherings and
a chance to really just pour

1101
01:04:34,600 --> 01:04:37,120
into them.
It helped them find their place

1102
01:04:37,480 --> 01:04:39,600
that belong here and we care for
them.

1103
01:04:39,760 --> 01:04:41,680
Amen.
So you're going to see that it's

1104
01:04:41,680 --> 01:04:43,840
going to be rolling out and
that's on our heart.

1105
01:04:43,840 --> 01:04:46,760
We've been working out on quite
a bit last few months.

1106
01:04:47,280 --> 01:04:49,880
We've changed up our growth
track crash course with a lot of

1107
01:04:49,880 --> 01:04:52,040
different ways.
And we believe this can be what

1108
01:04:52,040 --> 01:04:53,880
God's calls to do right now in
this season.

1109
01:04:54,240 --> 01:04:56,960
Same thing is this.
We're jumping into our disasple

1110
01:04:56,960 --> 01:05:00,160
making pathway.
Me and I spent a year between

1111
01:05:00,160 --> 01:05:03,840
January to December this year
with with the I with these guys

1112
01:05:03,840 --> 01:05:07,040
5:30 in the morning Thursday's
come on somebody riding early

1113
01:05:07,840 --> 01:05:12,000
last Thursday I was up at 3:45.
Man, I could not believe I grew

1114
01:05:12,000 --> 01:05:15,920
up at 3:45 and just prepping out
praying and just believe in

1115
01:05:15,920 --> 01:05:18,600
Gaza, do big things.
We have a great group of men and

1116
01:05:18,800 --> 01:05:20,120
dines leading these women on
Saturday.

1117
01:05:20,320 --> 01:05:24,080
But the idea behind this is that
we released them in January to

1118
01:05:24,080 --> 01:05:26,480
make disciples of our whole
church and beyond our church to

1119
01:05:26,480 --> 01:05:29,120
reach into neighborhoods.
It's it's decentralized disciple

1120
01:05:29,120 --> 01:05:31,800
making, which means that it can
happen anytime, any place, any

1121
01:05:31,800 --> 01:05:35,560
space, and it can help people
find and walk with Jesus.

1122
01:05:35,560 --> 01:05:37,680
And so you're going to see in
the way of prayer, the way of

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01:05:37,680 --> 01:05:41,640
solitude, the way of Scripture,
like just simple things to help

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01:05:41,640 --> 01:05:43,160
you grow.
And you may see this, I'm not

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01:05:43,160 --> 01:05:45,360
sure how we're going to lay it
on maybe with life groups, but

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01:05:45,560 --> 01:05:48,400
you're going to have an
opportunity to have a spiritual

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01:05:48,400 --> 01:05:51,720
coach, a spiritual mentor doing
life together with you and just

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01:05:51,720 --> 01:05:54,920
showing you what it is to live
like Jesus, Not just know the

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01:05:54,920 --> 01:05:57,320
Bible because we have enough
information in the United

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01:05:57,320 --> 01:05:59,440
States, that's for sure.
But to actually live it out is

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01:05:59,440 --> 01:06:02,120
what we're called practices.
And so the way is what they

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01:06:02,120 --> 01:06:03,600
called early church is called
the way.

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01:06:03,920 --> 01:06:05,240
They're so different than the
culture.

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01:06:05,240 --> 01:06:06,560
There's like that's that's the
way.

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01:06:06,560 --> 01:06:09,040
It wasn't called real life or
something.

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01:06:09,040 --> 01:06:11,760
It was just the way.
And so we want to be counter

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01:06:11,760 --> 01:06:13,160
cultural, just live in the way
of Jesus.

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01:06:13,160 --> 01:06:15,360
Amen.
So if you need to grow, just

1139
01:06:15,360 --> 01:06:17,400
look for that in January, like
you're going to see this just

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01:06:17,400 --> 01:06:20,680
move through our church very
organically and very, very

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01:06:20,680 --> 01:06:22,400
powerfully and very excited
about that.

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01:06:22,840 --> 01:06:24,560
Last thing is this, we're
leading to this season.

1143
01:06:24,560 --> 01:06:27,880
We're starting a series on
October 12th called Difference

1144
01:06:27,880 --> 01:06:30,240
Maker, and we've been talking
about this, We talked about this

1145
01:06:30,240 --> 01:06:35,240
last birthday and in December
about jumping in what it looked

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01:06:35,240 --> 01:06:37,640
like to have our first permanent
home.

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01:06:38,160 --> 01:06:42,160
And this series is going to be
the number one series, the most

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01:06:42,160 --> 01:06:45,560
important series that would ever
preach so far in a life of our

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01:06:45,560 --> 01:06:47,800
church.
So six weeks long.

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01:06:47,800 --> 01:06:50,560
I'm going to invite you guys to
come be a part of this every

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01:06:50,560 --> 01:06:53,240
single week and learn what is to
be a difference maker and what

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01:06:53,240 --> 01:06:56,600
it look like for us to step out
of the face together so we can

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01:06:56,600 --> 01:06:59,720
get the opportunity to be in our
first permanent space.

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01:07:00,360 --> 01:07:02,560
Amen.
That's a big deal.

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01:07:03,360 --> 01:07:05,920
That's a big deal.
And I believe God can do just a

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01:07:05,920 --> 01:07:07,880
miracle through US.
I believe you can open doors

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01:07:07,880 --> 01:07:09,360
through US.
I'll encourage you to be a part

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01:07:09,360 --> 01:07:11,760
of this.
Help write the story in the next

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01:07:11,760 --> 01:07:13,440
generation.
You know, eight years, it's been

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01:07:13,440 --> 01:07:15,880
great.
We had just under 500 people

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01:07:15,880 --> 01:07:17,960
come to Christ and almost 200
baptisms.

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01:07:18,320 --> 01:07:21,080
I'm thinking the next eight
years, I'm thinking 10s of

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01:07:21,080 --> 01:07:22,640
thousands of people come to
Christ.

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01:07:23,160 --> 01:07:26,160
I'm, I'm thinking thousands of
people being baptized.

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01:07:26,520 --> 01:07:29,920
Like I don't, this is not plain
as safe like stepping out on a

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01:07:29,920 --> 01:07:32,760
limb, like actually put your
money in your mouth.

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01:07:32,760 --> 01:07:36,120
This like, like serving hard,
believing hard, praying hard,

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01:07:36,360 --> 01:07:38,720
walking with Jesus and see what
God can do.

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01:07:38,720 --> 01:07:41,000
Amen.
And so this is what God's asked

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01:07:41,000 --> 01:07:43,400
us in this season.
I love being a part of a church

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01:07:43,400 --> 01:07:46,880
that has a big vision, that's
bold, that's not going to just

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01:07:46,880 --> 01:07:50,280
be status quo because we, we can
stay in the portable space,

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01:07:50,520 --> 01:07:52,200
maybe stay there for those 10
years.

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01:07:52,640 --> 01:07:55,160
But God, I don't believe he's
called us the status quo, Amen.

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01:07:55,880 --> 01:07:58,000
He's called us to move and be a
permanent fixture in our

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01:07:58,000 --> 01:08:01,400
community, to let the world know
that we're here and here to stay

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01:08:01,400 --> 01:08:04,440
in a place to preach the gospel,
a place where young people come

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01:08:04,440 --> 01:08:06,920
to Christ.
We don't walk into a scuba wall.

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01:08:07,280 --> 01:08:09,080
Come on, somebody that's a pipe
and trape, right?

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01:08:09,080 --> 01:08:10,880
A place where everything points
to Jesus.

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01:08:10,880 --> 01:08:12,240
And we're very, very excited
about it.

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01:08:12,240 --> 01:08:14,440
So just look forward to the next
three months.

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01:08:14,440 --> 01:08:17,080
You're going to see a lot of
amazing new things happening in

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01:08:17,080 --> 01:08:19,399
our church, Amen.
Because God is not done with us.

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01:08:19,399 --> 01:08:21,160
So give it up for Jesus one last
time.

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01:08:21,200 --> 01:08:23,720
For eight years.
God, you're always faithful.

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01:08:23,760 --> 01:08:25,640
That we've learned in these
eight years, your promise has

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01:08:25,640 --> 01:08:28,080
always come true.
God, we are not.

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01:08:28,399 --> 01:08:30,680
We are the limiting factor, not
you.

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01:08:30,680 --> 01:08:33,399
Lord, you are willing, You
provide for us.

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01:08:33,600 --> 01:08:35,439
And so God, thank you for your
Holy Spirit.

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01:08:35,880 --> 01:08:37,880
God, I pray you would fill this
place once again.

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01:08:38,439 --> 01:08:42,080
You'd fill us with your spirit,
God, to do your work, to do

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01:08:42,080 --> 01:08:44,000
extraordinary things for your
name.

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01:08:44,000 --> 01:08:48,359
God the gospel would go out as a
light as we hold on to truth

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01:08:48,359 --> 01:08:52,040
like salt and that we would put
seasoning on our community.

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01:08:52,160 --> 01:08:54,960
We shine a light into the place
that we live, work, play and

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01:08:54,960 --> 01:08:57,399
study.
God the gospel move way outside

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01:08:57,399 --> 01:08:59,880
the four walls of this church
and go into our community, our

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01:08:59,880 --> 01:09:02,160
city and beyond and across the
world.

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01:09:02,600 --> 01:09:05,840
So God, I pray you call men,
call women, children, young

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01:09:05,840 --> 01:09:09,600
people into the mission to
remind us there were ambassadors

1203
01:09:09,600 --> 01:09:12,120
for you.
God that the mission is outside

1204
01:09:12,120 --> 01:09:15,240
this place that people like Tim
and Tony and they even brought a

1205
01:09:15,240 --> 01:09:17,960
friend today that's curious
about Jesus.

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01:09:18,359 --> 01:09:20,840
Then he's got life walking with
Christ.

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01:09:21,200 --> 01:09:23,439
God that this would be our
testimony.

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01:09:23,920 --> 01:09:26,760
God, you would write the story.
God, we have a blank page.

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01:09:27,000 --> 01:09:30,240
We ask for you, God, to write
our story in these years to

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01:09:30,240 --> 01:09:31,600
come.
God, thank you for the vision

1211
01:09:31,800 --> 01:09:33,960
that you're not just giving me,
but our team and our church.

1212
01:09:34,200 --> 01:09:37,120
God, thank you for the faithless
of our people to welcome people

1213
01:09:37,120 --> 01:09:39,800
like you're the only person to
care for people, like the only

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01:09:39,800 --> 01:09:43,000
person to shepherd people.
And God, thank you for giving us

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01:09:43,000 --> 01:09:46,000
a church that's so
countercultural, God, that's

1216
01:09:46,000 --> 01:09:52,040
full of love and grace and mercy
and your truth and the power of

1217
01:09:52,040 --> 01:09:55,560
the gospel goes off through this
place, God, not just from a

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01:09:55,560 --> 01:10:00,040
stage on Sunday, but through us
throughout the week with our

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01:10:00,040 --> 01:10:01,640
family and friends and our
community.

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01:10:01,640 --> 01:10:05,040
God, thank you for us being a
light to lost people that are

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01:10:05,040 --> 01:10:07,240
far from you.
God, let's continue.

1222
01:10:07,240 --> 01:10:09,640
God, to use us in a big way,
God, for your Kingdom.

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01:10:10,040 --> 01:10:13,200
God we humbly ask you God as
your servant, God as your

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01:10:13,200 --> 01:10:18,080
disciples God to lift this place
up as we step out of faith

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01:10:18,080 --> 01:10:21,160
together in the season got these
next eight years will be a

1226
01:10:21,160 --> 01:10:24,960
hallmark eight years that the
community would know that we

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01:10:24,960 --> 01:10:27,280
weren't here because of the
change that would happen.

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01:10:27,480 --> 01:10:30,360
And so God, we're so blessed to
be part of this community and

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01:10:30,360 --> 01:10:31,640
the school system.
All of her things.

1230
01:10:31,640 --> 01:10:33,680
Thank you for those
relationships got things for the

1231
01:10:33,680 --> 01:10:35,400
faithfulness of the men and
women who came to the stage of

1232
01:10:35,400 --> 01:10:38,880
leader teams got things that are
stepped up as elders got that

1233
01:10:38,880 --> 01:10:43,160
lead the way as a board that put
in tireless hours by the scenes

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01:10:43,400 --> 01:10:46,240
to build this house.
And so God we trust you continue

1235
01:10:46,240 --> 01:10:47,800
to that in the future.
God we give you all the glory,

1236
01:10:47,800 --> 01:10:50,440
the praise, the honor, we praise
in Jesus name and the church

1237
01:10:50,440 --> 01:10:53,360
said Amen.
Give it for Jesus one more time

1238
01:10:53,360 --> 01:11:01,120
on our 8th birthday.
Man 8 years what a day I just to

1239
01:11:01,120 --> 01:11:03,480
celebrate and.
Reflect in here just the

1240
01:11:03,480 --> 01:11:06,840
goodness of God through all of
those stories and through all

1241
01:11:06,840 --> 01:11:10,200
that he's doing here.
And maybe today you met Jesus.

1242
01:11:10,200 --> 01:11:12,520
Maybe you accepted him.
Today you recognize you need him

1243
01:11:12,520 --> 01:11:15,280
in your life.
If that's you, we are so excited

1244
01:11:15,280 --> 01:11:17,560
for you that you're taking this
next step in your journey with

1245
01:11:17,560 --> 01:11:19,520
him.
You can grab that connection

1246
01:11:19,520 --> 01:11:21,640
card that's on your seat there.
You can fill that out there, but

1247
01:11:21,640 --> 01:11:25,080
check the box that says I
committed my life to Jesus and

1248
01:11:25,080 --> 01:11:27,680
you can drop that in the giving
buckets here in just a few

1249
01:11:27,680 --> 01:11:29,960
minutes.
But just by doing that allows us

1250
01:11:29,960 --> 01:11:34,000
to walk alongside you to answer
any questions to resource you.

1251
01:11:34,320 --> 01:11:37,080
We'd love to get you a free book
in the mail this week.

1252
01:11:37,240 --> 01:11:39,920
It's called begin.
It's a short read, but it really

1253
01:11:39,920 --> 01:11:42,720
truly is a powerful read and
will help you on your first

1254
01:11:42,720 --> 01:11:46,040
steps with Jesus and if you
commit your life to Jesus here

1255
01:11:46,040 --> 01:11:48,480
in Kentucky Trail today as you
exit the worship center, there

1256
01:11:48,480 --> 01:11:50,560
is a table with some red bags on
it.

1257
01:11:50,560 --> 01:11:52,080
Please grab one of those as
well.

1258
01:11:52,240 --> 01:11:53,640
And there's a free Bible in
there.

1259
01:11:53,640 --> 01:11:56,400
There's a few other resources
that we would love to get to you

1260
01:11:56,400 --> 01:11:58,920
this week.
Hey, if you are newer with us,

1261
01:11:58,920 --> 01:12:01,280
if this is your first time here
with us, thank you so much for

1262
01:12:01,280 --> 01:12:03,240
coming.
We're so glad that you chose to

1263
01:12:03,240 --> 01:12:06,440
spend your morning right here
with us and we truly don't want

1264
01:12:06,440 --> 01:12:08,920
anything from you except for
this.

1265
01:12:08,920 --> 01:12:10,680
And that's just to introduce
yourself to us.

1266
01:12:10,680 --> 01:12:13,520
We'd love to know you if you can
fill out that same connection

1267
01:12:13,520 --> 01:12:16,240
card, fill out your information
on the top there, but check that

1268
01:12:16,240 --> 01:12:19,480
box that says first time here.
If you would hold on to that and

1269
01:12:19,480 --> 01:12:21,560
just take it out to the new here
booth when you leave, it's

1270
01:12:21,560 --> 01:12:23,320
outside those doors just to the
right.

1271
01:12:23,640 --> 01:12:26,360
If you give that to the ladies
behind the booth there, we would

1272
01:12:26,360 --> 01:12:28,960
love to get you a free gift.
Just our way of saying thank you

1273
01:12:28,960 --> 01:12:31,280
so much for being here.
But we would love to see you

1274
01:12:31,280 --> 01:12:33,320
back here next week.
We'd love to see you and just

1275
01:12:33,320 --> 01:12:36,360
thank you so much for being here
with us this morning.

1276
01:12:37,280 --> 01:12:41,880
I want to pause as we celebrate
our 8th birthday and just say a

1277
01:12:41,920 --> 01:12:45,880
heartfelt thank you.
Thank you to each and everyone

1278
01:12:45,880 --> 01:12:48,920
of you who has faithfully given
to Real Life Church over the

1279
01:12:48,920 --> 01:12:51,640
last eight years everything that
you've given.

1280
01:12:51,640 --> 01:12:55,800
It's allowed us to fuel
ministry, to change lives, made

1281
01:12:55,800 --> 01:13:00,320
to advance the Gospel in more
ways than we may ever know.

1282
01:13:00,960 --> 01:13:04,240
And so thank you so much.
And today we get to celebrate

1283
01:13:04,240 --> 01:13:06,160
some of that.
We at the end of today, we will

1284
01:13:06,160 --> 01:13:11,840
have baptized 177 people, 177
stories of life change and of

1285
01:13:11,840 --> 01:13:14,760
people who have made the
decision to go public with their

1286
01:13:14,760 --> 01:13:17,880
faith.
We've seen about a four, 460

1287
01:13:17,880 --> 01:13:22,160
people in the last eight years
commit their lives to Jesus, 460

1288
01:13:22,160 --> 01:13:25,760
lives who are changed for
eternity because of your

1289
01:13:25,760 --> 01:13:29,520
faithfulness to give here.
We invest 20% of all that's

1290
01:13:29,520 --> 01:13:32,040
given here right back to our
kids and our youth ministry.

1291
01:13:32,360 --> 01:13:35,200
Our youth ministry is thriving.
It's growing.

1292
01:13:35,200 --> 01:13:39,080
We see about 25 teens on average
every week get to hear about

1293
01:13:39,080 --> 01:13:42,120
Jesus and get connected each and
every Wednesday night.

1294
01:13:42,120 --> 01:13:44,360
Our kids ministry is just so
awesome.

1295
01:13:44,640 --> 01:13:47,200
I've got 4 kids that go back
there and I can attest to that

1296
01:13:47,200 --> 01:13:48,320
too.
But they're little world

1297
01:13:48,320 --> 01:13:51,160
changers, and they're not just
being babysat back there, but

1298
01:13:51,160 --> 01:13:54,360
they know that Jesus loves them.
It's not just information and

1299
01:13:54,360 --> 01:13:57,040
learning the stories, but it
truly is transformation in their

1300
01:13:57,040 --> 01:13:58,560
little hearts.
And so thank you for that.

1301
01:13:58,960 --> 01:14:02,160
We've seen the gospel go out
across the world through

1302
01:14:02,160 --> 01:14:06,040
missions.
We've seen people disciples

1303
01:14:06,040 --> 01:14:07,800
being made.
You heard about that this

1304
01:14:07,800 --> 01:14:09,800
morning through the way and
going out and doing that.

1305
01:14:09,800 --> 01:14:13,440
So thank you so much to each and
everyone of you who give here

1306
01:14:13,720 --> 01:14:16,320
all glory to God for all of
that, not through real life

1307
01:14:16,320 --> 01:14:18,800
church, but just for him, all to
his name.

1308
01:14:19,160 --> 01:14:22,400
And so here's the invitation.
If you never give in or maybe if

1309
01:14:22,400 --> 01:14:24,600
you're giving has been
inconsistent, man, what better

1310
01:14:24,600 --> 01:14:27,840
day then today on our 8th
birthday to start that we truly

1311
01:14:27,840 --> 01:14:31,640
do invite you to write the next
chapter with us because we

1312
01:14:31,760 --> 01:14:35,040
really believe that the best is
yet to come here at real life

1313
01:14:35,040 --> 01:14:36,400
church.
So if you call real life church

1314
01:14:36,400 --> 01:14:38,480
home, there are so many ways you
can take part in that.

1315
01:14:38,680 --> 01:14:41,240
You can check out the screen
there, you can scan the QR you

1316
01:14:41,240 --> 01:14:43,120
can text to give.
You can head on over to our

1317
01:14:43,120 --> 01:14:46,080
website.
There's also a giving box in the

1318
01:14:46,080 --> 01:14:47,760
back that you can drop a cash or
check in.

1319
01:14:47,760 --> 01:14:50,600
The buckets are going to pass
here in just a few minutes as

1320
01:14:50,600 --> 01:14:53,320
well.
Also, if you or your family find

1321
01:14:53,320 --> 01:14:56,920
yourself in any kind of
immediate need this week, would

1322
01:14:56,920 --> 01:14:59,040
you please reach into the
buckets as they pass here in

1323
01:14:59,040 --> 01:15:01,680
just a few minutes?
Please grab out any loose cash

1324
01:15:01,680 --> 01:15:04,160
that's in there.
We truly do want to bless you

1325
01:15:04,160 --> 01:15:09,160
and your family this week.
Hey man, who enjoyed?

1326
01:15:09,160 --> 01:15:11,120
Today, man, can we give it up
for God one more time?

1327
01:15:11,120 --> 01:15:13,720
What He's?
Doing man Amen Amen.

1328
01:15:13,920 --> 01:15:16,040
Because these buckets, are you
guys going past the buckets?

1329
01:15:16,280 --> 01:15:18,520
Hey, I want to leave you guys
with one last thing before I get

1330
01:15:18,520 --> 01:15:20,800
you guys out of here and maybe
for some of these awesome

1331
01:15:20,800 --> 01:15:22,440
stories today.
And you're like, that sounds

1332
01:15:22,440 --> 01:15:24,800
good, but what's next for me?
What's my next step?

1333
01:15:25,040 --> 01:15:26,440
You know, I'm struggling to get
connected.

1334
01:15:26,760 --> 01:15:29,480
Come check us out.
And we meet throughout the week

1335
01:15:29,520 --> 01:15:31,360
in our life groups.
Come find us on a board.

1336
01:15:31,360 --> 01:15:34,400
Find a group that meets at a
time that's convenient for you,

1337
01:15:34,400 --> 01:15:36,320
works for you, and we would love
to have you.

1338
01:15:36,320 --> 01:15:38,440
We're in our third week.
It is not too late.

1339
01:15:38,440 --> 01:15:41,400
There's room for you.
So man, that is the best way to

1340
01:15:41,400 --> 01:15:44,280
get connected and take that next
step to see what God's got for

1341
01:15:44,280 --> 01:15:46,600
you.
Find a life group that fits for

1342
01:15:46,600 --> 01:15:48,000
you.
So hey, if you need prayer for

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any reason, we would love to
pray with you up here, whether

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it's as individuals or as a
family.

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Can't wait to see you guys again
next week, either 9:00 or 10:45.

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And as always, remember, whoever
finds Jesus discovers real life

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and purpose.