1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,520 Good morning, real life, and happy 8th birthday. 2 00:00:03,520 --> 00:00:06,600 Hey, we're so excited you are here with us today. 3 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:09,240 Whether you're watching online or you're right here with us in 4 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:10,920 person. Stand to your feet so we can 5 00:00:10,920 --> 00:00:18,000 worship and celebrate together. I was very beneath my shame. 6 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:27,080 Who could carry that kind of a way? 7 00:00:29,680 --> 00:00:37,040 It was bad till I've made come on, put those things together. 8 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:48,200 I was breathing but not a light on. 9 00:00:48,240 --> 00:01:05,400 My fear is I've tried to hide. It was bad till I may You called 10 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:13,400 my day, and I ran out of that grave, out of the darkest tune 11 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:22,920 on the as day you called my day I. 12 00:01:32,120 --> 00:02:06,570 The darkest to your glorious day that I know, Jesus, when I made 13 00:02:06,850 --> 00:02:36,520 you. The target you Call My Name out 14 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:51,490 of the target to your Come on church. 15 00:02:51,490 --> 00:02:54,440 Are you grateful for him today? Give him a shout of praise this 16 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:57,920 morning. Come on, let's sing this out. 17 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:02,800 I needed rescue. My sin was here. 18 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:08,440 The chains break out the way to you. 19 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:11,800 I needed shelter. I was ignored. 20 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:14,920 Now you called me the seers in again. 21 00:03:14,920 --> 00:03:23,400 When I was broken, you were my Your love is here. 22 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:27,120 That I'm breathing. I have a future. 23 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:32,680 My eyes are closing. Because when you Call My Name. 24 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:35,760 Shut up. I ran out of that grave, out of 25 00:03:35,800 --> 00:04:04,880 the darkness. Out of the 26 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:19,399 target to your Louise day. Let's go. 27 00:04:19,399 --> 00:04:20,480 Amen, Amen. Praise this morning. 28 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:21,079 He was a good guy. Amen. 29 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:22,600 Awesome day we're going to have today. 30 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:26,360 I want to introduce a new song to you called Awake My Soul, and 31 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:30,560 it comes right out of Psalm 57. And it's an invitation for the 32 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:34,320 worshippers to arise, an invitation to rise up and say, 33 00:04:34,320 --> 00:04:37,080 God, you are good and we praise your faithfulness. 34 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:40,880 So lean in, sing along. Let's lift him up. 35 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:49,600 There is a sound I love to hear. It's the sound of the Saviour's 36 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:56,280 robe as he walks into the room where people pray, where we hear 37 00:04:56,320 --> 00:05:16,600 praises he hears. There is a sound I love to. 38 00:05:16,600 --> 00:05:18,560 Hear you. It's the sound. 39 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:24,840 Of a savior's robe as he walks into the room where people pray, 40 00:05:25,280 --> 00:05:48,000 where we hear worship. Wake my soul and sing. 41 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:54,760 Sing his praise out loud. Sing his praise out loud. 42 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:06,600 Oh, wake my soul and sing. Sing his praise out loud. 43 00:06:07,360 --> 00:06:30,880 Sing his praise out loud. 'Cause there is a sound. 44 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:35,760 That changes things. The sound of those people love 45 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:40,600 their beats away. God gives longer rain. 46 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:49,520 It's time to worship him away the my soul, and sing, sing his 47 00:06:49,800 --> 00:07:19,760 rain. And when we pray, Mr. The world 48 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:25,120 now stands away wherever we promises. 49 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:32,440 Amen. Then when he moves, you make no 50 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:36,600 mistake, move bounds of hell. He gets to shame. 51 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:49,160 I'll hail him alone. I'll hail him. 52 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:53,360 Hi. Hi. 53 00:08:18,490 --> 00:08:22,610 And sing. Sing is praise loud. 54 00:08:23,330 --> 00:08:54,180 Sing is praise loud. Can you believe it's eight 55 00:08:54,180 --> 00:08:57,340 years? Come on, somebody get loud in 56 00:08:57,340 --> 00:08:59,260 here. There's some awesome worship. 57 00:09:00,900 --> 00:09:02,580 Eight years. It's unbelievable. 58 00:09:03,020 --> 00:09:06,280 God's been faithful. Amen, Janet, where's Janet at? 59 00:09:06,760 --> 00:09:08,120 Do shoes get into this morning? Amen. 60 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:12,360 That was amazing. But God is good and we can 61 00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:15,000 celebrate today. And one of the most fitting ways 62 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:18,480 you possibly celebrate a birthday with baptism to 63 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:21,840 celebrate life change, transformation, what God's done. 64 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:23,840 Before we do that though, we guys give a big hand to 65 00:09:23,840 --> 00:09:25,520 everybody's new day. Everybody came to support these 66 00:09:25,520 --> 00:09:27,320 guys getting baptized. Let them know you love them. 67 00:09:27,320 --> 00:09:31,400 Come on. Well, you guys can be seated and 68 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:34,120 share with you just a little bit what baptism is all about. 69 00:09:34,640 --> 00:09:37,480 And it's really unique because it's really Jesus commands us to 70 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:41,000 get baptized, to go therefore make disciples baptized to them. 71 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:45,200 It's the first step of obedience and it's a picture of what Jesus 72 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:49,320 has done in our lives. Now you may think baptism was 73 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:51,880 just established by Jesus, but actually John the Baptist 74 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:54,440 baptized in the Old Testament. There was baptism with the 75 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:57,840 temple and it was a picture of purity when they got baptized. 76 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:00,840 And so it's pretty amazing to me when these people get baptized, 77 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:05,200 their baptism is representing their their permanent purity in 78 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:07,040 Christ. To get baptized. 79 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:10,640 Once we know Jesus is a picture of what Jesus did on the cross, 80 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:14,200 they dive across for our sins, paying the permanent, full, 81 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:17,400 perfect sacrifice of our sin. The Bible said that one man sins 82 00:10:17,400 --> 00:10:20,160 in the world and death through sin, but by one man maybe became 83 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:23,720 righteous. His name is Jesus, Amen, Amen. 84 00:10:24,520 --> 00:10:26,920 And so God gives his righteousness in this picture, 85 00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:29,000 in this tub. There's no salvation in this 86 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:31,760 tub, but it's obedience and saying I love Jesus. 87 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:33,000 I'm going to shame what he's done in my life. 88 00:10:33,000 --> 00:10:35,600 I want to live for him. I'm proud of relationship with 89 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:36,720 him. I want you to know that so many 90 00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:39,600 of you today were coming and you may not even know Jesus. 91 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:41,800 You may think, man, this is just weird, but I'm here for my 92 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:43,480 family and I want to encourage you. 93 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:45,440 There's something way deeper than you can understand at this 94 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:46,600 moment. There's something spiritual 95 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:49,400 happening and maybe guys are going to call you today to step 96 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:51,320 out in faith. Maybe you realize from the 97 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:53,720 stories you're going to share that you need Jesus. 98 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:56,200 You may recognize that you need to get baptized. 99 00:10:56,640 --> 00:10:58,520 And I'm just telling you, there's something so special, 100 00:10:58,520 --> 00:10:59,960 significant. You hear their stories. 101 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:03,360 Each story is so special. It's going to be so encouraging. 102 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:05,360 So once you lean in and they're going to baptize, I want you 103 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:08,440 guys to do something incredible. I want you guys to shout like 104 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:11,720 all the angels of heaven just went erupted for these guys come 105 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:14,600 out and they came up, man, can you just give me a big real 106 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:15,600 life? We love you. 107 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:17,360 A big shout of praise. Amen. 108 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:19,880 All right, do right now. Let them know you love warm up. 109 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:25,560 Come on, we're get started. All right, well, I have the 110 00:11:25,640 --> 00:11:28,400 honor to read stories and information that they have 111 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:30,400 shared with us prior to being baptized. 112 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:33,960 So each person getting baptized sends in information for us to 113 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:36,520 share in this moment. And so lean in. 114 00:11:36,840 --> 00:11:38,760 It's going to be just a really special morning with these 115 00:11:38,760 --> 00:11:42,400 stories. So first we have Melissa Colbert 116 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:46,600 and Aiden Nichols. Yeah, give them a round of 117 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:50,400 applause. So Melissa shared with us, I 118 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:54,920 have always believed in Jesus and this past year has been a 119 00:11:54,920 --> 00:11:58,320 struggle for my family and for my country. 120 00:11:58,320 --> 00:12:02,560 And by praying, I have seen my life been getting better. 121 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:05,840 My son has been my support system and guided me into 122 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:08,600 learning more about Bible verses and what they mean and I 123 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:12,000 couldn't be more proud of him. And so today I want everyone to 124 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:15,560 know that I believe Jesus is my Lord and Savior and that he 125 00:12:15,560 --> 00:12:18,720 saved me and set me free. We ask, why do you want to get 126 00:12:18,720 --> 00:12:20,680 baptized? She says I'm ready to show other 127 00:12:20,680 --> 00:12:23,240 people that I let Jesus in my life and I'm ready to follow him 128 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:25,960 to learn more about the Bible and become a better Christ 129 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:27,800 follower. And who is someone who had a 130 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:30,320 special impact on your Christian walk you'd like to thank? 131 00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:34,720 She said my son Aiden has been a very had a very big impact on me 132 00:12:34,960 --> 00:12:37,720 and seeing him help other kids his age get through hard times 133 00:12:37,720 --> 00:12:40,840 has been really an inspiration. Aiden shares. 134 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:42,960 I was struggling with my mental health and I started reading the 135 00:12:42,960 --> 00:12:45,760 Bible more to better understand how to manage different 136 00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:48,800 situations in my life that led me to help others in need to 137 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:51,240 going through the same struggles that I was. 138 00:12:51,240 --> 00:12:54,120 And so through that, I came to know and believe that Jesus died 139 00:12:54,320 --> 00:12:56,360 for me and that He's my Lord and Savior. 140 00:12:57,040 --> 00:12:59,680 I want to get baptized today because I think it'll help my 141 00:12:59,680 --> 00:13:02,720 relationship with Jesus, my beliefs, and help me to be more 142 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:15,240 committed and following Him. Aiden shared that he had a 143 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:18,440 friend from school who told him about the Bible and encouraged 144 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:21,600 him to have faith in Jesus. What a powerful story of the 145 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:24,920 power of a teenager sharing with Christ with another team. 146 00:13:25,040 --> 00:13:28,200 To see a family, come to know Jesus and get baptized, it's 147 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:31,040 awesome. Let's give it up for. 148 00:13:34,130 --> 00:13:46,120 Melissa and Aiden. Awesome. 149 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:50,720 Next we have Finley Odell and she is being joined in the 150 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:54,800 baptistery by her mom and dad, Lucas and Diana Odell. 151 00:13:55,840 --> 00:14:00,120 Finley shared with us that the church helped me start my 152 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:04,880 relationship with Jesus and I am learning to get better at loving 153 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:06,760 him. She said When? 154 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:08,960 Why do you want to get baptized? Finley said. 155 00:14:08,960 --> 00:14:14,280 I want to show everyone that I love Jesus and she said who is 156 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:17,080 someone who had a special impact on your Christian walk that 157 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:19,600 you'd like to thank? And Finley said Miss Christie 158 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:23,280 has had an impact on her knowing and following Jesus. 159 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:50,160 It was actually this time last year that Lucas was baptized and 160 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:52,480 he's also seen his older daughter Luciana, who goes to 161 00:14:52,480 --> 00:14:54,920 real life youth, be baptized. So it's really special for them 162 00:14:54,920 --> 00:14:58,120 to see their family following and loving Jesus together. 163 00:15:23,080 --> 00:15:26,880 All right, next we have Hannah Blanton and she is being joined 164 00:15:26,880 --> 00:15:28,880 by Tanya Taylor. Hannah shared. 165 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:31,840 I grew up in church, but I never felt like the perfect Christian. 166 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:35,120 I often didn't measure up and eventually church hurt pushed me 167 00:15:35,120 --> 00:15:37,000 to turn away from religion altogether. 168 00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:40,480 When I got married, my husband and I struggled with infertility 169 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:42,240 and it was the hardest season of our life. 170 00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:46,320 I became angry with God for placing such a deep desire in my 171 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:49,320 heart to be a mother, yet not answering that each failed 172 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:50,680 attempt to make my heart heavier. 173 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:53,800 Until one day I broke. I found myself on the bathroom 174 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:55,840 floor on my hands and knees crying out to God. 175 00:15:55,840 --> 00:15:59,440 In that moment I laid everything before him and I promised if He 176 00:15:59,440 --> 00:16:02,200 fulfilled his promise and gave us a child, I would recommit my 177 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:05,120 life to him and raise that child in the church. 178 00:16:05,520 --> 00:16:08,400 Not long after, God answered my prayer and He gave us Owen and 179 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:10,960 that was a turning point. And so as a family, we began 180 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:13,560 searching for a church home. We visited real life. 181 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:17,240 And before I went on Sunday, I prayed and asked God if this is 182 00:16:17,240 --> 00:16:19,720 the church where we're meant to grow in our faith and raise our 183 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:22,280 family. Let one person introduce 184 00:16:22,280 --> 00:16:25,920 themselves to us today. And that morning, not one, but 185 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:29,480 12 different people came up and introduced themselves to us. 186 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:32,720 And I knew God had answered me again, confirming that real life 187 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:35,360 was the place He was leading us. And since then, I've recommitted 188 00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:37,400 my life. I've learned God isn't looking 189 00:16:37,400 --> 00:16:39,960 for perfect Christians, which is hearts that are willing to meet 190 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:43,240 Him where they are. And I want to be baptized today 191 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:46,480 because it's a symbol of my new life in Christ, an act of 192 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:49,760 obedience, saying yes to Jesus and following him. 193 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:59,360 Hannah shared that her parents had a huge impact on her life 194 00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:01,760 for raising her in church, giving her a solid foundation, 195 00:17:01,760 --> 00:17:04,960 her husband so supportive and walking in faith, and her friend 196 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:09,079 Tanya for showing her that God can meet her there in the 197 00:17:09,079 --> 00:17:11,760 valley. Hey, let's give it up for 198 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:14,960 everyone who has gotten baptized today and all the people who 199 00:17:14,960 --> 00:17:17,079 have helped them walk towards that moment. 200 00:17:17,079 --> 00:17:31,200 Give him a big, big shout. There we go. 201 00:17:31,240 --> 00:17:33,160 There we go. Go ahead and stand to your feet. 202 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:35,320 We're going to continue to worship Him this morning. 203 00:17:35,320 --> 00:17:38,640 We've seen His faithfulness, we've witnessed His goodness 204 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:41,240 this morning, and we're going to give Him all our praise 205 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:51,240 together. Is lost and all alone. 206 00:17:51,800 --> 00:17:55,240 Your presence was where I found home. 207 00:17:56,240 --> 00:18:00,320 You were there and you're here right now. 208 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:13,120 In every heart and every love. You never left me with our hope. 209 00:18:13,120 --> 00:18:16,680 You were good and you're good right now. 210 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:23,200 Thank you that witness your faithfulness. 211 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:31,400 I've seen you real life with it. So poor my praise. 212 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:44,640 Your promises never fail. I've got stories I live to tell. 213 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:53,760 So poor all my crazy king, the world thee got truly up all over 214 00:18:58,880 --> 00:19:03,960 thee, He of the throne, and chose the cross lay down our 215 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:10,640 light to rescue us. The Savior there and the Savior 216 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:18,400 now. But even this might be it. 217 00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:25,400 You call the hell. So I could be resurrecting that 218 00:19:25,680 --> 00:19:40,720 resurrecting now, resurrecting that, resurrecting now. 219 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:47,760 Not when it should Faithfulness see you breathe Lifeway bed. 220 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:54,400 So I pour out my praise and grace, Your lady, that you're 221 00:19:54,400 --> 00:20:00,360 worthy of all the day. Your promises never fail. 222 00:20:01,240 --> 00:20:08,960 I've got stories I live to tell. So I pour out my praise with and 223 00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:13,400 your lady that you're worthy of all the day. 224 00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:20,440 Yes, you're worthy. Yeah, 225 00:20:31,280 --> 00:20:32,760 you're good. And I've witnessed. 226 00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:37,280 You're strong enough. Witnessed. 227 00:20:39,160 --> 00:20:42,720 You're constant. I've witnessed and I'm 228 00:20:42,720 --> 00:20:47,000 comforted. I'll see it again and again. 229 00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:54,280 You loving, I've witnessed it. You healing, I've witnessed it. 230 00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:59,880 You saving, I've witnessed it and I'm comforted. 231 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:06,560 I'll see it again and again. You're good and I've witnessed 232 00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:10,640 it. You're strong in our witness 233 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:13,920 day. You're constant. 234 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:17,120 I've witnessed you and I'm proper. 235 00:21:17,120 --> 00:21:21,600 It is. I see it again and you know 236 00:21:22,120 --> 00:21:23,160 that. I've witnessed day. 237 00:21:25,320 --> 00:21:27,560 You heal it. I've witnessed day. 238 00:21:29,400 --> 00:21:31,720 You save it. I've witnessed day and I'm 239 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:35,840 tumbled. I've seen it more. 240 00:21:42,080 --> 00:21:48,840 I've seen you be like when they so I pour out my praise with me 241 00:21:49,160 --> 00:21:54,560 because you're worthy that you're worthy of already, but 242 00:21:54,600 --> 00:22:01,760 your promise is never fair. I've got stories I live to tell, 243 00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:11,120 so I pour out my praise. You praise you be maturity of 244 00:22:11,120 --> 00:22:16,960 all the to the broken I'd witness, to the hurting I'd 245 00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:21,960 witnessed, To the lost I will witnessed. 246 00:22:22,840 --> 00:22:26,960 And I'll tell them. I'll tell them what I'm willing 247 00:22:28,040 --> 00:22:36,600 to my family of Wednesday, to my city of Wednesday, to the 248 00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:39,440 nations of Wednesday, and I'll tell them that. 249 00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:52,400 I'll tell them what I'm ready. Here's the turn, Roger. 250 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:58,480 Worthy. I've witnessed. 251 00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:04,160 I've witnessed your faithfulness. 252 00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:08,280 I've seen you breathe life with it. 253 00:23:08,880 --> 00:23:14,840 So I pour out my praise again, 'cause you're worthy. 254 00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:21,920 Got you worthy of all of it. And your promise is never fair. 255 00:23:23,360 --> 00:23:30,480 I've got stories I live to tell. So I'll pour out my praise 256 00:23:31,120 --> 00:23:34,280 again, 'cause you're worthy, God. 257 00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:44,600 You're worthy of all of it. Man, what a way to kick off an 258 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:50,200 8th birthday, man. Give it up for God, man. 259 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:52,880 God makes a way, man, Can we take this opportunity? 260 00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:54,880 Can we just give it up? For those that got baptized 261 00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:56,680 again, Let's celebrate. Man. 262 00:23:56,800 --> 00:23:59,040 Love watching people take that next step of faith. 263 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:02,000 Man, it is an honor and a privilege just to be in that 264 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,800 same tank with those guys and just really we're in concert in 265 00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:07,640 worship and just honoring and just watching these people take 266 00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:09,240 that next step. And we're supporting community. 267 00:24:09,240 --> 00:24:10,440 That's who we are here in real life. 268 00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:13,720 So man, we are so excited that you guys chose to worship with 269 00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:14,880 us. I want you guys to know we have 270 00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:17,920 some awesome people that are new with us that are in person and 271 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:19,600 online. Can we show those guys some love 272 00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:20,840 as well? Give it up for him. 273 00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:21,560 Yeah. There we go. 274 00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:24,880 All right. Hey, take 30 seconds and just 275 00:24:24,880 --> 00:25:02,760 greet somebody around you. All right, you guys can go ahead 276 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:04,520 and find a seat. I want you guys to know that you 277 00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:06,880 have something awesome on your seat that you're getting ready 278 00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:09,120 to sit on right now. And that's our connection card 279 00:25:09,120 --> 00:25:12,040 here, real life and our connection card is this is for 280 00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:14,000 everybody. If you call real life home, we 281 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:16,120 remind you guys week in and week out, we love it when you feel 282 00:25:16,120 --> 00:25:17,280 these out. Let us know what's going on in 283 00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:19,600 your life. Maybe man, God showed up and 284 00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:22,560 you've just got a huge, huge, huge praise God. 285 00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:25,200 You know, you've been praying something for forever and God 286 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:28,600 showed up and answer that prayer or maybe you have a prayer 287 00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:30,280 request. And when you we write these 288 00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:32,440 down, our team reads these week in and week out. 289 00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:34,600 We want to stay connected to you know what's going on. 290 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:37,280 So if you go real life home, we love it when you fill these out. 291 00:25:37,880 --> 00:25:40,920 If you are new or newer with us, I'm going to make you once easy 292 00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:42,760 promise. We're not going to ask anything 293 00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:45,360 from you today except for one small thing. 294 00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:47,680 We would love for you just to introduce yourself to us. 295 00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:50,000 We want to know who you are and the connection card's the best 296 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:52,080 way that you can do that. And so if you mark that you're 297 00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:54,480 new or newer and you fill that out to the level that you're 298 00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:56,160 comfortable with, nobody's going to show up your door. 299 00:25:56,160 --> 00:25:58,600 Nothing crazy like that, but we just want to be able to send you 300 00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:01,640 out some information this week about who we are at real life, 301 00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:04,560 why we do what we do, and how maybe you can connect with what 302 00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:08,160 God's got for you in your life. And really, that's why we exist. 303 00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:10,280 And we like to say that we're a church on a mission. 304 00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:13,560 And that mission is to see people far from God discover 305 00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:16,080 their real life and purpose in Jesus. 306 00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:19,680 And all that simply means is this is that we know that week 307 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:21,840 in and week out, people's lives get wrecked. 308 00:26:22,120 --> 00:26:24,040 You know, their sickness, they lose a job, they lose a 309 00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:26,480 relationship and when they when they walk out of the 310 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:28,840 circumstances, they don't know what to do because they don't 311 00:26:28,840 --> 00:26:30,320 have that hope. They don't have that meaning. 312 00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:32,640 But really God's the only one that gives that to us. 313 00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:35,000 And the awesome privilege about being a real life week in and 314 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:38,320 week out is we get to see people commit their lives to Christ and 315 00:26:38,320 --> 00:26:40,320 their lives are radically transformed and changed. 316 00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:43,720 So we pray that you're on mission with us this week and 317 00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:45,280 just come join us in that community. 318 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:47,720 So today again, we are celebrating big. 319 00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:50,520 We are looking back to what God has done over the last eight 320 00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:52,680 years and this is going to be awesome for you guys. 321 00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:54,720 This is such an encouragement to seek God's faithfulness. 322 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:56,720 We're not a Church of the status quo. 323 00:26:57,080 --> 00:26:58,960 We're a church that is living in faith. 324 00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:02,000 And so we're going to lean into what Pastor Sean has as we look 325 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:04,640 forward to the next step of real life and just celebrate what 326 00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:06,600 God's done. So can we give Pastor Sean some 327 00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:08,960 love and a big Earth 8th birthday party? 328 00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:19,200 Welcome to Pastor. It's been 8 years, I haven't 329 00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:22,440 done it yet, but today's the day you stay after man. 330 00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:24,240 Well, can you give it up for Jesus one more time? 331 00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:27,480 Let us know we love him. Come on, 8 years. 332 00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:31,240 Oh man, all of the memories today, we're going to just kind 333 00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:33,240 of go in a memory lane for a little bit, share our story. 334 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:36,040 I think it's important to hear where we came from and then some 335 00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:39,040 stories of what God has done recently in our church and I'm 336 00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:41,440 inviting some different people up from our team and just share 337 00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:42,760 some stories. It's been a big day of 338 00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:44,880 encouragement and cast a little bit of vision. 339 00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:46,640 I probably won't have much time, so I'm just going to run through 340 00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:48,720 some stuff at the end I'm sure, but it's going to be good. 341 00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:51,680 Amen. So today just kind of like 342 00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:55,160 memory lane a little bit. So I'm trying obviously we start 343 00:27:55,160 --> 00:27:58,320 with Jesus, but for me personally, when did the church 344 00:27:58,320 --> 00:28:00,480 birth in our hearts? And I'll tell you it's probably 345 00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:04,840 2013 Columbia Bogota. We're on a missions trip and I 346 00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:08,520 saw for the first time in my life a life giving church. 347 00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:10,000 Now I had no idea what that meant. 348 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:12,120 There was just something special about this church that they 349 00:28:12,120 --> 00:28:14,840 empower the next generation. They preached people's best. 350 00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:18,080 They loved on people deeply. It wasn't this controlled thing. 351 00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:20,600 I'm like, send this missionary. I'm like, hey, you need send a 352 00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:23,920 mission team back to my church. Like literally send the team 353 00:28:23,920 --> 00:28:26,640 back to my church and give us what you got here because it's 354 00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:28,280 amazing. And I didn't know all the 355 00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:29,840 details it looked like, but I knew I had to have it. 356 00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:33,480 And I changed my philosophy ministry, changed how I LED a 357 00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:36,080 change the rule of the mission of why we have church which 358 00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:37,640 which is back to Jesus. Amen. 359 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:41,520 To reach people far from God and we begin to reach people. 360 00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:43,120 Our youth ministry. It was amazing. 361 00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:46,000 I mean, you saw thousands of first time, I guess hundreds of 362 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:48,000 people coming to Christ. It was awesome. 363 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:49,920 And I kept telling Diane it's like, man, we need something 364 00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:53,880 like this for adults like being a life giving church for adults 365 00:28:54,160 --> 00:28:56,760 and God through a lot of circumstances really opened the 366 00:28:56,760 --> 00:28:58,800 door for us. We're in between ministry going 367 00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:03,400 what should we do in 2015 and Diane's boss, she's at Children 368 00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:05,920 Mercy Hospital. Her boss has God put this moment 369 00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:10,800 together is a lady that is the pastor's wife at Crosspointe 370 00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:14,200 Church in Lenexa, KS. And she said even her this group 371 00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:17,520 called the Ark which is association related churches. 372 00:29:17,840 --> 00:29:20,840 I have never heard of them and they had meet up that week, 373 00:29:20,840 --> 00:29:23,200 which is a miracle because they meet every five years. 374 00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:26,040 Amen. Just saying it was a miracle of 375 00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:28,320 God. Jack stack freight house and 376 00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:31,480 just met this group of life giving people. 377 00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:38,040 And so I took Barry down to an ARC training at New Life Church 378 00:29:38,080 --> 00:29:40,520 in Arkansas. And there's a picture and you 379 00:29:40,520 --> 00:29:44,040 can tell there's two dudes that took this picture because we're 380 00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:45,360 not in the picture. Come on, somebody. 381 00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:48,280 This is the beginning, baby, The picture of a map. 382 00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:51,480 That's what we need to start this thing out, you know, And 383 00:29:51,560 --> 00:29:54,200 you know, we're not gonna be like selfie or can you take a 384 00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:55,760 picture of us? That's kind of, you know, it's 385 00:29:55,760 --> 00:29:57,280 just how it went. And we went down there. 386 00:29:57,280 --> 00:30:00,400 And I'll tell you, if you want to see a grown man cry that's 387 00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:03,600 buried by the way you see grandma cry, Take him out of an 388 00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:06,960 unhealthy church and bring him into a healthy church. 389 00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:09,800 It's healthy seed and healthy soil. 390 00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:12,240 And I remember having a conversation with Bury just 391 00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:14,720 sitting on that very first day. And it's like, I didn't know 392 00:30:14,720 --> 00:30:17,400 church could be like this. I didn't know it could be on a 393 00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:19,520 mission like this. We forgot that the father 394 00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:22,920 standing, staring down the road for the prodigal to come home. 395 00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:25,320 That wasn't the type of church that like I grew up in and came 396 00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:27,080 out of. And so for us, it was just this 397 00:30:27,080 --> 00:30:29,360 life giving culture. So we got connected to the ark 398 00:30:29,560 --> 00:30:31,200 and it was just an amazing godsend. 399 00:30:31,440 --> 00:30:33,120 And from that we started interest socials. 400 00:30:33,120 --> 00:30:36,240 We started gathering just interest in our community, 401 00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:37,560 telling people how we're going to launch it. 402 00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:42,400 And this was going to be like, and we started in January 2017. 403 00:30:42,600 --> 00:30:46,480 We started at the place called the Den inside Aaron's Family 404 00:30:46,960 --> 00:30:49,280 Fun Center, right? And This Is Us. 405 00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:54,320 We were so young. Come on, somebody, right? 406 00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:57,520 We're in the bowling lanes. The best part of this story is 407 00:30:57,520 --> 00:30:59,320 we had a lot of people show up. It was amazing. 408 00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:02,680 But the bartender came. Come on somebody and we're like 409 00:31:02,680 --> 00:31:03,960 what kind of church are we going to be? 410 00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:07,160 It was like day one and we tipped her out like hey stay, 411 00:31:07,160 --> 00:31:09,280 she helped us out. But looking back, I literally we 412 00:31:09,280 --> 00:31:11,520 should like open that bar up because there's some people that 413 00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:13,640 are going to leave anyway. So let it go. 414 00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:15,760 Amen. Some of y'all like dude, I don't 415 00:31:15,760 --> 00:31:19,880 know about this preacher. Just saying man, it would have 416 00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:21,640 saved us some headaches. But anyway, it was amazing. 417 00:31:21,640 --> 00:31:23,080 This is in January, very beginning. 418 00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:26,120 This next picture, this is Memorial Park. 419 00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:27,960 Been inflatable. This is behind Raymill 420 00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:29,840 Elementary, just out in the middle. 421 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:32,080 A team is gathering. I don't think there's in a 422 00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:35,440 chronological order, but yeah, we're sharing the vision of our 423 00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:37,000 church. Next picture, you recognize 424 00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:39,880 these guys On the left, that's Rob Hallford's house. 425 00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:43,760 And on the far, you're far. That's Josh Covely. 426 00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:48,280 They'll be laughing at Josh. All right? 427 00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:50,400 He's not Asian at all. You got Tommy. 428 00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:52,960 You got no amazing. Diane, Come on, somebody 429 00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:54,560 spiritual fox. Holy hottie. 430 00:31:54,560 --> 00:31:58,320 Come on. Looks the same fine wine. 431 00:31:58,320 --> 00:32:00,480 You know what I'm saying? That belt high blue. 432 00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:03,120 I believe that's Belt high blue. Next picture. 433 00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:06,600 Dude, Scott and Dana Jermaine's house open their house up. 434 00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:08,720 Is this the one you guys went to? 435 00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:13,760 Is this the this the first one? And I don't know. 436 00:32:13,760 --> 00:32:16,080 So. So Drew and Holly result. 437 00:32:16,080 --> 00:32:18,400 And if you don't Holly, step here, sing a little bit, then 438 00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:20,680 the result. And he drew on keys of one of 439 00:32:20,680 --> 00:32:22,640 these intraducals. And I know Drew showed up and he 440 00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:24,280 was wearing his must not be this one. 441 00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:28,160 His Macho Man Randy Savage wrestling shirt. 442 00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:31,480 Come on, somebody come on. Yeah, Step into a slim. 443 00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:35,160 Jim Oh, yeah. And so I walked up to him. 444 00:32:35,160 --> 00:32:37,600 It was that same comment. Maybe we're just kicking off. 445 00:32:37,600 --> 00:32:38,960 He's like, dude, these are my people, man. 446 00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:41,000 These are my people and Holly's embarrassed. 447 00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:42,520 Like don't burn that out to this thing. 448 00:32:42,520 --> 00:32:44,720 You know, He's like, if they respect this, they get this, 449 00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:47,520 they get me, you know? So he's been here ever since. 450 00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:51,360 Amen. Amazing to have that tattooed on 451 00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:54,880 my chest right now. Anyway, so next slide. 452 00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:57,440 This is perfect. All right, so then we went to 453 00:32:57,440 --> 00:32:59,080 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 1123 01:05:37,680 --> 01:05:41,640 solitude, the way of Scripture, like just simple things to help 1124 01:05:41,640 --> 01:05:43,160 you grow. And you may see this, I'm not 1125 01:05:43,160 --> 01:05:45,360 sure how we're going to lay it on maybe with life groups, but 1126 01:05:45,560 --> 01:05:48,400 you're going to have an opportunity to have a spiritual 1127 01:05:48,400 --> 01:05:51,720 coach, a spiritual mentor doing life together with you and just 1128 01:05:51,720 --> 01:05:54,920 showing you what it is to live like Jesus, Not just know the 1129 01:05:54,920 --> 01:05:57,320 Bible because we have enough information in the United 1130 01:05:57,320 --> 01:05:59,440 States, that's for sure. But to actually live it out is 1131 01:05:59,440 --> 01:06:02,120 what we're called practices. And so the way is what they 1132 01:06:02,120 --> 01:06:03,600 called early church is called the way. 1133 01:06:03,920 --> 01:06:05,240 They're so different than the culture. 1134 01:06:05,240 --> 01:06:06,560 There's like that's that's the way. 1135 01:06:06,560 --> 01:06:09,040 It wasn't called real life or something. 1136 01:06:09,040 --> 01:06:11,760 It was just the way. And so we want to be counter 1137 01:06:11,760 --> 01:06:13,160 cultural, just live in the way of Jesus. 1138 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 1140 01:06:17,400 --> 01:06:20,680 move through our church very organically and very, very 1141 01:06:20,680 --> 01:06:22,400 powerfully and very excited about that. 1142 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 1146 01:06:35,240 --> 01:06:37,640 like to have our first permanent home. 1147 01:06:38,160 --> 01:06:42,160 And this series is going to be the number one series, the most 1148 01:06:42,160 --> 01:06:45,560 important series that would ever preach so far in a life of our 1149 01:06:45,560 --> 01:06:47,800 church. So six weeks long. 1150 01:06:47,800 --> 01:06:50,560 I'm going to invite you guys to come be a part of this every 1151 01:06:50,560 --> 01:06:53,240 single week and learn what is to be a difference maker and what 1152 01:06:53,240 --> 01:06:56,600 it look like for us to step out of the face together so we can 1153 01:06:56,600 --> 01:06:59,720 get the opportunity to be in our first permanent space. 1154 01:07:00,360 --> 01:07:02,560 Amen. That's a big deal. 1155 01:07:03,360 --> 01:07:05,920 That's a big deal. And I believe God can do just a 1156 01:07:05,920 --> 01:07:07,880 miracle through US. I believe you can open doors 1157 01:07:07,880 --> 01:07:09,360 through US. I'll encourage you to be a part 1158 01:07:09,360 --> 01:07:11,760 of this. Help write the story in the next 1159 01:07:11,760 --> 01:07:13,440 generation. You know, eight years, it's been 1160 01:07:13,440 --> 01:07:15,880 great. We had just under 500 people 1161 01:07:15,880 --> 01:07:17,960 come to Christ and almost 200 baptisms. 1162 01:07:18,320 --> 01:07:21,080 I'm thinking the next eight years, I'm thinking 10s of 1163 01:07:21,080 --> 01:07:22,640 thousands of people come to Christ. 1164 01:07:23,160 --> 01:07:26,160 I'm, I'm thinking thousands of people being baptized. 1165 01:07:26,520 --> 01:07:29,920 Like I don't, this is not plain as safe like stepping out on a 1166 01:07:29,920 --> 01:07:32,760 limb, like actually put your money in your mouth. 1167 01:07:32,760 --> 01:07:36,120 This like, like serving hard, believing hard, praying hard, 1168 01:07:36,360 --> 01:07:38,720 walking with Jesus and see what God can do. 1169 01:07:38,720 --> 01:07:41,000 Amen. And so this is what God's asked 1170 01:07:41,000 --> 01:07:43,400 us in this season. I love being a part of a church 1171 01:07:43,400 --> 01:07:46,880 that has a big vision, that's bold, that's not going to just 1172 01:07:46,880 --> 01:07:50,280 be status quo because we, we can stay in the portable space, 1173 01:07:50,520 --> 01:07:52,200 maybe stay there for those 10 years. 1174 01:07:52,640 --> 01:07:55,160 But God, I don't believe he's called us the status quo, Amen. 1175 01:07:55,880 --> 01:07:58,000 He's called us to move and be a permanent fixture in our 1176 01:07:58,000 --> 01:08:01,400 community, to let the world know that we're here and here to stay 1177 01:08:01,400 --> 01:08:04,440 in a place to preach the gospel, a place where young people come 1178 01:08:04,440 --> 01:08:06,920 to Christ. We don't walk into a scuba wall. 1179 01:08:07,280 --> 01:08:09,080 Come on, somebody that's a pipe and trape, right? 1180 01:08:09,080 --> 01:08:10,880 A place where everything points to Jesus. 1181 01:08:10,880 --> 01:08:12,240 And we're very, very excited about it. 1182 01:08:12,240 --> 01:08:14,440 So just look forward to the next three months. 1183 01:08:14,440 --> 01:08:17,080 You're going to see a lot of amazing new things happening in 1184 01:08:17,080 --> 01:08:19,399 our church, Amen. Because God is not done with us. 1185 01:08:19,399 --> 01:08:21,160 So give it up for Jesus one last time. 1186 01:08:21,200 --> 01:08:23,720 For eight years. God, you're always faithful. 1187 01:08:23,760 --> 01:08:25,640 That we've learned in these eight years, your promise has 1188 01:08:25,640 --> 01:08:28,080 always come true. God, we are not. 1189 01:08:28,399 --> 01:08:30,680 We are the limiting factor, not you. 1190 01:08:30,680 --> 01:08:33,399 Lord, you are willing, You provide for us. 1191 01:08:33,600 --> 01:08:35,439 And so God, thank you for your Holy Spirit. 1192 01:08:35,880 --> 01:08:37,880 God, I pray you would fill this place once again. 1193 01:08:38,439 --> 01:08:42,080 You'd fill us with your spirit, God, to do your work, to do 1194 01:08:42,080 --> 01:08:44,000 extraordinary things for your name. 1195 01:08:44,000 --> 01:08:48,359 God the gospel would go out as a light as we hold on to truth 1196 01:08:48,359 --> 01:08:52,040 like salt and that we would put seasoning on our community. 1197 01:08:52,160 --> 01:08:54,960 We shine a light into the place that we live, work, play and 1198 01:08:54,960 --> 01:08:57,399 study. God the gospel move way outside 1199 01:08:57,399 --> 01:08:59,880 the four walls of this church and go into our community, our 1200 01:08:59,880 --> 01:09:02,160 city and beyond and across the world. 1201 01:09:02,600 --> 01:09:05,840 So God, I pray you call men, call women, children, young 1202 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. 1206 01:09:18,359 --> 01:09:20,840 Then he's got life walking with Christ. 1207 01:09:21,200 --> 01:09:23,439 God that this would be our testimony. 1208 01:09:23,920 --> 01:09:26,760 God, you would write the story. God, we have a blank page. 1209 01:09:27,000 --> 01:09:30,240 We ask for you, God, to write our story in these years to 1210 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 1214 01:09:39,800 --> 01:09:43,000 person to shepherd people. And God, thank you for giving us 1215 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 1218 01:09:55,560 --> 01:10:00,040 stage on Sunday, but through us throughout the week with our 1219 01:10:00,040 --> 01:10:01,640 family and friends and our community. 1220 01:10:01,640 --> 01:10:05,040 God, thank you for us being a light to lost people that are 1221 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. 1223 01:10:10,040 --> 01:10:13,200 God we humbly ask you God as your servant, God as your 1224 01:10:13,200 --> 01:10:18,080 disciples God to lift this place up as we step out of faith 1225 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 1227 01:10:24,960 --> 01:10:27,280 weren't here because of the change that would happen. 1228 01:10:27,480 --> 01:10:30,360 And so God, we're so blessed to be part of this community and 1229 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 1234 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 1343 01:15:48,000 --> 01:15:50,000 any reason, we would love to pray with you up here, whether 1344 01:15:50,000 --> 01:15:51,680 it's as individuals or as a family. 1345 01:15:51,880 --> 01:15:54,400 Can't wait to see you guys again next week, either 9:00 or 10:45. 1346 01:15:54,400 --> 01:15:57,520 And as always, remember, whoever finds Jesus discovers real life 1347 01:15:57,800 --> 01:15:58,600 and purpose.