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 I've been thinking about our fourth year.

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 And so what I do about this, I wanted to start off with,

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 if you know me, my family's from Montana.

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 I was born in Texas.

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 My dad is a sixth-generation German farmer,

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 did not want to be on a ranch in Montana,

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 so he joined the military.

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 And so I was born in Texas.

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 We traveled everywhere.

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 And when you live on a military base,

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 you hear of a lot of urban legends and stories

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 are told amongst the military people.

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 And I remember growing up and just hearing

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 all these fancy, amazing stories

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 about fighter pilots and jet pilots

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 and all these other things that are going on.

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 But one stuck into my head.

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 It's the one that's kind of imprinted in my mind.

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 And my dad told me this.

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 I don't know if it's true,

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 but I'm just going to go by it and say it's true.

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 It might be an urban legend he can tell me later on.

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 And the story goes like this.

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 There was a corporal.

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 So in the business world, corporal is,

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 I don't know what you'd even call them.

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 They're probably an intern at McQuarrie

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 or someplace like that.

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 So there, an intern comes in, a corporal,

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 and he's in charge of the motor pool,

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 which is where you have all the trucks

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 and the Jeeps and the tanks on the military base.

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 And so he's sitting at his desk.

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 And then one day, the base commander calls up.

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 The base commander would be like,

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 you're head, head, head.

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 So he's the top of your company.

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 I don't know.

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 He's beyond a managing director,

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 whatever you want to.

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 So he's probably a three-star general.

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 And he's trying to figure out,

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 he needs a car for the day.

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 And so he calls up the motor pool.

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 He doesn't announce who he is.

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 He just says, hey, I'm calling to see

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 what kind of cars we have in the motor pool.

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 And the corporal, not knowing who's talking,

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 said, well, you know, we have a couple Jeeps.

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 We have a couple tanks that are being repaired.

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 We have a couple big trucks.

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 And we have this really nice limo

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 for a big, fat general.

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 And the general's listening on his phone, right?

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 And he's like, son, do you know who this is?

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 And he's like, no, no, no, no, sir.

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 And he goes, this is General, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah,

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 that big, fat general.

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 How dare you say something like that?

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 And there's this quiet.

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 And all of a sudden the private goes,

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 sir, do you know who this is?

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 And the general goes, no.

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 Goodbye, fatty.

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 I tell that story because I love it.

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 And I remembered it since I've been like 10 years old.

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 But I think it's a story that speaks to us today.

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 The story, I think, is, it talks about,

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 you know, sometimes we just forget who we talk to.

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 Sometimes we forget who we're talking to.

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 Sometimes we forget who we are.

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 Sometimes we forget our position and our job

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 and what we're supposed to do.

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 Sometimes we forget who we report to.

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 And the story I just told shares a great example of that,

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 and I hope it's true.

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 But the scripture talks about it over and over again.

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 In the passage that we talked about about four weeks ago,

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 we put it in the bulletin again today.

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 And it's because I think it talks to us

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 as a church at four years old.

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 And this is going to be a very interesting sermon time.

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 So what we're going to do is,

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 I hate meetings.

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 I hate AGMs.

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 I just, I'm always,

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 because it's just always these situations

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 where you're calling people up,

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 come here to this meeting,

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 and we need a quorum,

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 and we need all these things.

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 And it just never works out in churches

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 and businesses and everywhere.

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 And so what we decided to do,

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 and this is, I think, is our third one,

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 our second one,

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 we decided not to have AGM,

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 but we started to have a service.

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 And so what we're going to do is,

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 we're going to share.

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 So you're in our AGM right now,

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 but hopefully it'll be funner than a board meeting.

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 And we're going to share about

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 what God's been doing in the church's life.

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 We're going to share where we've been,

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 where we are now,

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 and where we're hoping to go.

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 And so this is basically Watermark's AGM.

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 So you got that.

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 Then afterwards, we're going to take a picture,

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 and there's food for people.

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 And if you haven't ordered your ticket yet,

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 we have some extra tickets.

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 Come see Christina and I.

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 We're going to have this great celebration.

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 But right now, we're looking at,

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 you got it.

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 Where are we going,

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 and what we're doing.

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 And the passage says this.

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 As Peter is talking to the church,

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 he reminds them of who they are.

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 He reminds them of who they're working with.

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 And the thing that always sticks out to me

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 in verse nine is he reminds them

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 that they are a priest.

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 He reminds them that everybody in the church

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 is a priest.

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 Now in the Jewish culture,

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 there were only a couple of priests,

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 and those priest jobs were really important.

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 But in the church,

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 what Peter is reminding us

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 is that everybody in the church is a priest.

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 The priest job was to bring broken people to God.

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 The priest job was to be this element of reconciliation.

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 The priest made the temple happen.

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 Anything that happened in the temple,

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 it was because the priest were serving,

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 they were doing, they were bringing.

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 And the priest job was to bring the broken people,

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 to bring the people who needed God

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 into the temple

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 and to help this reconciliation take place.

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 And when Peter's writing in 1 Peter 2,

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 what you realize is that the people forgot.

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 The people forgot.

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 And the Bible's full of this.

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 The Bible talks a lot about

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 sometimes we forget when it's prosperous

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 and things are great

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 and it can't even be better.

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 And then sometimes we,

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 as God's people, priests,

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 we forget when it's difficult

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 and when it's really hard.

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 But what he says here

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 is that the people forgot.

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 And as I look back on these four years

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 and if I think about the next 20 years,

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 and this is going to be short, guys,

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 but I think about the next 20 years,

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 there's some things that keep sticking into my mind

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 is that what I hope this church will look like.

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 And there's some things in my mind

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 that's sticking with what I hope this church

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 won't look like.

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 And I wonder, and my prayer is,

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 and I hope that we don't become like the priest

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 that Peter's writing to in 1 Peter.

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 I hope that 30 years from now

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 when people come into Watermark

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 that we're not a group of passive people.

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 I mean, sometimes we can become passive, right?

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 And that's why Peter's writing this message to him.

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 Sometimes we can come into the temple

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 and we can expect to have our needs met

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 instead of meeting other people's needs.

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 Sometimes we can come into the temple

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 and we can not want to be equipped.

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 We cannot want to be served.

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 We can just want to veg and sit down

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 because our life is so hard and so crazy

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 and we can come in and we can forget

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 that God has called us all to be priests.

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 I mean, he has called us all to help broken people

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 and to be a part of healing broken city, Hong Kong.

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 I wonder, and I hope,

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 that we don't become like the people in 1 Peter

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 because Peter wrote this story to this church

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 that's 30 years old.

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 And I hope in 25 years,

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 we're not struggling with the same things

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 that they were struggling with.

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 I hope that we're not so busy

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 that we become separated from where we live.

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 In Peter's day, the people were so busy

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 with their schedules and their life

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 and everything they were doing.

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 They were just so busy

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 that they didn't think about their neighbors

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 or the people around them.

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 And they stopped reaching out to new people.

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 They stopped reaching out to new people

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 because they were so busy.

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 It's amazing to me, sometimes in a church,

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 we can travel 20 minutes or 30 minutes

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 to get to a church or a watermark,

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 but we can't walk 10 feet out of our door

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 to talk to our neighbors.

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 And I hope that we're not like that.

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 I pray that we don't become like the people

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 in Peter's day.

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 I hope that we don't stop changing lives

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 and communities and relationships.

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 I hope that we keep reaching out and loving people.

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 I hope that we stay focused on the one teacher, Jesus,

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 and not whoever's teaching up here 20 years from now.

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 We don't want to become a mega church

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 that's focused on one personality,

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 but we want to become a church

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 that continually focuses on Christ and what he's done.

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 You know, when we first started praying about this church,

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 we wrote out some things.

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 We said we want to be a church

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 that knows what it was like before we became Christians.

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 We want to be a church that never forgets

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 what it was like when we walked in darkness,

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 when we were alone, when we felt guilt,

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 when we felt shame,

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 when we felt terrible,

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 and no one would ever talk to us.

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 We wanted to remember what that was like.

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 We wanted to be a church

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 that was for the unchurched people.

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 We wanted to be a church

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 that was for de-churched people,

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 people who gave up on church.

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 We wanted to be a church

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 that was also for church people,

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 but the focus was always never

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 to bring people from other churches.

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 The focus was always to reach people

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 who weren't in church on Sunday

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 and to love them and bring them to the gospel.

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 When we started praying about this,

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 after six months,

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 one of our members came up and he said,

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 you know, this church, it's,

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 I said, what?

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 He goes, well, this is how I would define it.

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 I would say Watermark is the home of sinners

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 in the gospel.

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 Watermark is the home of sinners in the gospel

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 and I pray that 25 years from now,

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 we would continually be that group of people

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 who were changed by God's word.

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 We prayed that we would be a church community

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 where everybody knew your name

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 and everybody knew your story

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 or parts of your story.

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 That people could pray for you

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 and they could be a part of you.

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 How are we doing?

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 Are we doing good with that?

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 Because that's what we prayed for.

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 We prayed that we would be this church family

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 where, and this is amazing to me

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 because it's something I've been praying for forever,

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 we wanted to be a church

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 where even if friends knew

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 that somebody else was thinking

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 about spiritual things

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 and even if they weren't spiritual,

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 they would say, hey, go check out Watermark

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 because they're an interesting church.

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 I've heard good things about them.

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 And it's amazing to me

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 how many people are in church today

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 because somebody brought them

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 and the people who brought them

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 weren't churchgoers

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 or they weren't in the family of God

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 and some of them aren't even in here today

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 and that's the type of church

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 we want to be about.

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 We want to be a church

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 that integrates all the generations together, right?

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 We've talked about that

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 and sometimes that gets messy.

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 I mean, sometimes it gets messy

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 when you have kids around

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 and they're screaming and crazy.

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 I actually love it.

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 I mean, I think it's just what

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 the family of God's supposed to be like.

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 The family of God's supposed to be messy

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 and people are messy.

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 But that's the type of church we wanted to be

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 and what we realized is

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 if your kids,

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 listen to me really carefully,

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 even if you don't have kids,

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 you are raising the kids in this church.

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 If the kids never see you worship,

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 if they never see you sing,

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 if they never see you tithe,

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 if they never see you come to God's word,

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 they never see you open it,

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 if they just come and they get separated

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 and they go off to other places,

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 if they never are integrated

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 into the church family,

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 their faith will never become their own.

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 I mean, statistically,

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 the numbers are out of control.

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 And so we think that sometimes

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 the best thing to do

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 is get this great youth program

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 and that might help bring some people

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 into a church,

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 but that's not going to help them

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 walk a lifetime with the Lord.

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 What's going to help them

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 walk a lifetime with the Lord

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 is for us doing it together.

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 And so they see older people

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 and brothers and sisters

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 and I'm so thankful

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 for the singles in this group

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 because my kids are ministered

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 so much by you guys and ladies

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 because you love them,

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 you encourage them,

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 and you show them what it means

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 to be a Christian

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 even as you're older.

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 We want it to be a church

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 that was theologically sound.

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 We want it to always talk

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 about the gospel.

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 We want it to be a place

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 where you could ask questions.

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 We want it a place

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 where even if you didn't agree

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 with what was said,

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 you could feel free

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 to ask the question

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 and you could feel heard

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 and then you could walk away

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 going,

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 wow, that's an interesting church

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 because even though

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 I agreed very differently,

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 they love me,

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 they care for me,

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 they still pursue me

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 in their community groups

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 and I want to bring my friends there.

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 We want this vision

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 to drive everything that we do.

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 We want to be a church

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 that understands

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 that we're not in Hong Kong

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 to use Hong Kong.

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 We're not in Hong Kong

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 for the short period of time

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 just to use it

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 and then get our money

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 or our position

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 and then go back

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 to our hometown

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 but we believe

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 that God has placed you here

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 because he wants you

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 to serve the city.

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 He wants you to change the city.

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 He wants you to impact the city.

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 He wants you to use your gifts

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 and your talents

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 and your time

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 and we want to be a church

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 that does that

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 and thinks about that.

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 How are we doing?

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 My prayer,

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 I think that we're doing pretty good

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 but we could do better

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 in some areas

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 and so what we're going to do

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 is we're going to share

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 some of these things

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 of what God has been

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 allowing us to do

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 but again,

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 it's not the staff doing it,

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 it's you doing it

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 and if you don't engage,

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 if you don't pray,

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 if you don't do all these things,

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 then Watermark won't exist.

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 We want to be a church community

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 where everyone serves

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 and use their gifts and talents

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 and the focus point

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 is changing lives

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 and so I've asked Danielle

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 to come up.

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 Danielle, where are you?

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 Okay.

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 And as I think about

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 what God has called us to do,

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 it's my privilege

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 as a pastor

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 just to see God

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 changing people's lives

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 and so Danielle

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 has agreed to come up here

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 and she's going to share

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 a little of her story.

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 I promise not to be

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 as hard on her

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 as I am with my wife

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 sometimes up here

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 by asking funny questions

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 or things like that.

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 So Danielle,

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 as I think of

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 God changing people's lives,

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 I know that there's

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 many stories out here

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 but I really want people

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 just to kind of hear

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 a part of your story

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 so maybe just share

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 who you are

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 and how you,

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 just share who you are.

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 Hi everyone.

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 My name is Danielle

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 and I'm currently working

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 for Watermark Church

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 as a graphic designer

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 and my husband

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 is a non-believer

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 which is why

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 he's not here today

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 but he supports

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 my choice of faith

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 because he has witnessed

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 the change in me

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 over the last two years

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 after I've become baptized

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 and my seven-year-old daughter,

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 she comes to church

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 with me every Sunday

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 so she's on this journey

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 together with me

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 and I got baptized

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 two years ago

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 just outside.

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 In our great kiddie pool

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 that we have out there.

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 Yes,

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 and then I have

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 started coming ever since.

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 Okay,

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 well can you tell

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 a little bit about

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 your story

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 about how the Lord

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 has been moving

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 in your life

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 and in your marriage

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 and just the things

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 that you've been learning,

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 I mean as comfortable

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 as you feel

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 during this time.

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 Yeah,

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 a couple of years ago

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 I was going through

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 a phase whereby

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 nothing seems to matter

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 or mean to me,

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 like nothing seems

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 to mean anything to me

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 and I was feeling

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 empty and lonely

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 no matter what,

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 even though I have

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 all the things

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 that I need

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 and I was depressed

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 so,

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 and because of that

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 I started picking

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 on my marriage,

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 my life,

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 and my partner.

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 I resented many things

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 that I have been through

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 in Hong Kong

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 and I really,

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 really blamed him

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 for everything

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 and we separated

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 for a while

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 and I started coming

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 to Watermark Church.

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 So what God

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 has taught me

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 was,

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 he actually showed me

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 a miracle,

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 a miracle for me

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 because during that time

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 I was so 100% sure

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 that I'm not going

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 to give my marriage

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 a second chance

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 but he changed my heart

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 and he healed my heart

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 and I started to learn

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 how to love my husband again

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 and we got back together

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 and we are now having

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 a really healthy marriage.

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 You have a very

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 interesting story

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 of,

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 can you just share

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 maybe how you came

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 to be about

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 at Watermark

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 and what the church

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 has been doing

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 in your life

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 since that happened?

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 So I was going

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 through a phase

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 like where I was

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 so upset

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 and I was talking

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 to a friend

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 when I went back

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 to Singapore.

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 I'm from Singapore

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 and she's from here

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 and she asked me

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 if I'm doing alright

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 and I usually

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 would tell people

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 say I'm fine

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 but on that evening

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 I was with Scarlett

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 I was feeling really down.

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 I told her

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 no I'm not fine at all.

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 Something is really

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 wrong in me

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 and I don't know

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 how to fix it

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 and I think she said

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 you should go to

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 this church with me

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 and check it out

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 and I said okay

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 and we did

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 so it was

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 Watermark Church

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 and I came

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 without any expectations

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 and without

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 like thinking

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 whether it's really

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 the solution

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 to my problems

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 and yeah

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 so she kind of

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 indirectly

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 helped

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 sort out

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 my messy life

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 I'm grateful for that

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 and of course

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 I know it's

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 through God

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 that you know

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 he brought her

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 to my life

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 on that night

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 and asked me

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 to come here.

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 and you told me

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 that she's not

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 a church goer

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 and she no longer

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 goes to church

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 here right

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 so my question is

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 why did you keep coming?

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 I don't make fun

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 of Singaporeans

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 so you're okay

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 with that

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 because there's

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 too many rules there.

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 That was a good one

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 I didn't prepare

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 for that.

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 Okay

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 why do I keep coming?

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 Why do you keep coming?

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 Because

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 yeah

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 Okay

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 firstly

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 I've been to churches

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 in Singapore

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 but they are like

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 maybe not the ones

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 that I really feel

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 comfortable with

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 so that puts me off

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 and then when I was here

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 and I was down

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 and I came here

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 I don't feel intimidated

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 I like the music

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 and I like the atmosphere

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 and I like your sermons

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 yeah

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 You don't have to say that

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 because you work for me

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 No

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 yeah

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 so that's why

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 and also

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 after I started joining

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 a community group

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 I have a sense

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 of belonging

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 and I just realized

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 that I can't stop

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 coming anymore

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 yeah

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 What would you tell

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 somebody who

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 was experiencing

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 the same things

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 that you were experiencing

00:17:27.799 --> 00:17:28.679
 in that sense?

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 Well

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 this I have to read

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 from the script

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 for those of you

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 or even a friend

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 or a family member

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 you see that

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 if they are experiencing

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 something similar to me

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 I just want to say

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 as cliche as it sounds

00:17:42.200 --> 00:17:43.259
 we are not alone

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 and that God

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 is always

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 around

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 as forms of church

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 as forms of

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 a church mate

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 a neighbor

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 or even a friend

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 who is sitting right beside you

00:17:53.940 --> 00:17:54.880
 who brought you here

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 like

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 I think

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 God wants us

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 to be here

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 and there's a room

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 you just don't know

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 or maybe you know

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 and you don't know

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 where to start

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 so

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 coming here

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 I think

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 is a good place

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 to start

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 Can I pray for you?

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 Yeah

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 And then we'll let

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 the next guys come up

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 Father we thank you

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 for my sister

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 and I pray for her family

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 and pray for her husband

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 who is still on this journey

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 thank you that he

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 is happy to have

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 Danielle and his daughter

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 come to church

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 and the community

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 and stay in it

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 and I pray for

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 just his eyes

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 that you would open

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 his eyes

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 to your son Christ

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 pray that you

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 just encourage her

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 and just thank you

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 for how you

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 you've healed her marriage

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 in many many ways

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 but we know

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 that the journey

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 isn't completed

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 and so we pray

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 that you would continue

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 to go before her

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 and give her wisdom

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 give her peace

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 and to encourage her

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 and just give her

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 the words

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 that would point

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 those around her

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 to your son

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 so Father

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 we just thank you

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 and we love you

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 and we pray these things

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 in your son Jesus name

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 Amen

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 Thanks

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 Good morning

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 Are we on?

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 Following on

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 from what Tobin

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 has been saying

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 I'm going to talk

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 a little bit about

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 community groups

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 but connected

00:19:18.099 --> 00:19:18.700
 to what Tobin

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 was saying

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 in 1887

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 a guy called

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 Ansel Bourne

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 who is the guy

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 that Jason Bourne

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 from the Bourne

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 was named after

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 he was a Christian

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 preacher

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 who one day

00:19:36.259 --> 00:19:36.960
 set off to visit

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 his sister

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 he was in Rhode Island

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 it was only a couple

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 of miles away

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 but then mysteriously

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 he ended up

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 withdrawing all

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 of his savings

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 moving to Pennsylvania

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 and opened up

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 a store

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 under the name

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 of Alfred J. Brown

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 for two months

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 he was there

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 when after two months

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 he suddenly

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 woke up one morning

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 thinking

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 where on earth

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 am I?

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 when the people

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 around him

00:20:04.320 --> 00:20:04.940
 told him

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 oh we think

00:20:05.980 --> 00:20:06.460
 you are called

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 Albert J. Brown

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 he was totally

00:20:09.620 --> 00:20:10.460
 confused

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 because

00:20:12.079 --> 00:20:13.980
 Mr. Bourne

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 had had a case

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 of amnesia

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 for two months

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 he'd forgotten

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 who he was

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 and what he was

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 meant to be doing

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 and he ended up

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 living a completely

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 different life

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 from what he was

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 meant to be doing

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 he went back

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 after two months

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 and lived completely

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 normally

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 as Ansel Bourne

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 for the rest

00:20:33.059 --> 00:20:33.640
 of his life

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 now

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 why do I tell

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 that story

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 you may be wondering

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 basically

00:20:40.079 --> 00:20:41.199
 as Christians

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 we often have

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 an amnesia problem

00:20:43.599 --> 00:20:46.240
 at Watermark

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 we know

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 that actually

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 we often forget

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 who we are

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 and what we're here for

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 why actually

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 God has brought us

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 into Hong Kong

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 and at Watermark

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 we have community groups

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 which is one of the places

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 where

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 we are to remind

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 each other

00:21:02.599 --> 00:21:04.240
 of who we are

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 and what we're here for

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 we are to remind

00:21:06.359 --> 00:21:06.759
 each other

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 that as Christians

00:21:07.619 --> 00:21:09.179
 we're to be

00:21:09.179 --> 00:21:10.559
 God's word junkies

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 we're to have

00:21:11.319 --> 00:21:11.899
 the gospel

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 shaping every part

00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:13.519
 of our life

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 increasingly

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 day by day

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 we're to be people

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 who are

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 who don't forget

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 that actually

00:21:19.419 --> 00:21:20.759
 we are family members

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 we're here to love

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 and serve

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 and care for each other

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 and encourage each other

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 not just attend

00:21:26.719 --> 00:21:27.919
 Sunday meetings

00:21:27.919 --> 00:21:29.219
 we're also

00:21:29.219 --> 00:21:30.439
 to remember

00:21:30.439 --> 00:21:31.639
 that we

00:21:31.639 --> 00:21:33.359
 are God's ambassadors

00:21:33.359 --> 00:21:34.579
 called to share

00:21:34.579 --> 00:21:35.159
 the gospel

00:21:35.160 --> 00:21:35.720
 to people

00:21:35.720 --> 00:21:36.519
 who don't know it

00:21:36.519 --> 00:21:37.720
 to the world around

00:21:37.720 --> 00:21:38.940
 who needs to hear

00:21:38.940 --> 00:21:40.140
 the amazing good news

00:21:40.140 --> 00:21:41.880
 that is why

00:21:41.880 --> 00:21:42.700
 we started

00:21:42.700 --> 00:21:43.680
 community groups

00:21:43.680 --> 00:21:44.600
 at Watermark

00:21:44.600 --> 00:21:45.980
 to have people around us

00:21:45.980 --> 00:21:46.920
 who can help us

00:21:46.920 --> 00:21:47.519
 to remember

00:21:47.519 --> 00:21:48.740
 who we are

00:21:48.740 --> 00:21:49.960
 so we don't

00:21:49.960 --> 00:21:50.759
 fall into

00:21:50.759 --> 00:21:51.800
 the same case

00:21:51.800 --> 00:21:53.160
 as Ansel Bourne

00:21:53.160 --> 00:21:54.700
 now I have

00:21:54.700 --> 00:21:56.560
 I have a couple of

00:21:56.560 --> 00:21:58.140
 wonderful people

00:21:58.140 --> 00:21:58.560
 with me

00:21:58.560 --> 00:21:59.560
 Colin and Kristen

00:21:59.560 --> 00:22:02.279
 who are part of

00:22:02.279 --> 00:22:03.259
 one of the 14

00:22:03.259 --> 00:22:04.080
 community groups

00:22:04.079 --> 00:22:04.639
 that we have

00:22:04.639 --> 00:22:05.779
 across Hong Kong Island

00:22:05.779 --> 00:22:07.299
 and Kowloon

00:22:07.299 --> 00:22:08.879
 and in Lantau Island

00:22:08.879 --> 00:22:10.299
 and I've just

00:22:10.299 --> 00:22:10.779
 invited them

00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:11.679
 to share a little bit

00:22:11.679 --> 00:22:12.779
 about what

00:22:12.779 --> 00:22:14.199
 community group

00:22:14.199 --> 00:22:15.139
 has been like

00:22:15.139 --> 00:22:16.119
 for them

00:22:16.119 --> 00:22:17.399
 over this last year

00:22:17.399 --> 00:22:18.599
 so maybe

00:22:18.599 --> 00:22:19.199
 if you'd just like

00:22:19.199 --> 00:22:20.339
 to introduce yourself

00:22:20.339 --> 00:22:21.419
 first

00:22:21.419 --> 00:22:22.419
 and then

00:22:22.419 --> 00:22:24.500
 that wasn't

00:22:24.500 --> 00:22:25.019
 in the question

00:22:25.019 --> 00:22:28.699
 I'm just throwing

00:22:28.699 --> 00:22:29.519
 them off with her

00:22:29.519 --> 00:22:33.299
 so I'm Kristen

00:22:33.299 --> 00:22:34.680
 my husband Colin

00:22:34.680 --> 00:22:35.779
 we've been in

00:22:35.779 --> 00:22:36.539
 Hong Kong

00:22:36.539 --> 00:22:37.980
 for five years

00:22:37.980 --> 00:22:38.779
 Colin is from

00:22:38.779 --> 00:22:39.619
 Hong Kong originally

00:22:39.619 --> 00:22:40.859
 but I'm not

00:22:40.859 --> 00:22:42.319
 and we've been in

00:22:42.319 --> 00:22:43.379
 Watermark for about

00:22:43.379 --> 00:22:44.339
 three years

00:22:44.339 --> 00:22:45.440
 great

00:22:45.440 --> 00:22:46.139
 thank you

00:22:46.139 --> 00:22:47.139
 so could you tell me

00:22:47.139 --> 00:22:48.119
 what community group

00:22:48.119 --> 00:22:48.859
 are you part of

00:22:48.859 --> 00:22:50.059
 we are the

00:22:50.059 --> 00:22:50.740
 Bel Air group

00:22:50.740 --> 00:22:51.220
 okay

00:22:51.220 --> 00:22:52.019
 and tell me

00:22:52.019 --> 00:22:53.039
 what is it like

00:22:53.039 --> 00:22:53.779
 being part of the

00:22:53.779 --> 00:22:54.879
 Bel Air community group

00:22:54.880 --> 00:22:57.260
 our group is very new

00:22:57.260 --> 00:22:58.520
 we just started this year

00:22:58.520 --> 00:22:59.120
 in February

00:22:59.120 --> 00:23:00.460
 and we meet every other

00:23:00.460 --> 00:23:00.860
 Saturday

00:23:00.860 --> 00:23:03.400
 and our group

00:23:03.400 --> 00:23:05.600
 is mainly composed

00:23:05.600 --> 00:23:07.020
 of families

00:23:07.020 --> 00:23:07.720
 and couples

00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:09.940
 and there's very good

00:23:09.940 --> 00:23:11.040
 bonding around the adults

00:23:11.040 --> 00:23:12.040
 as well as the children

00:23:12.040 --> 00:23:13.880
 and during our discussion

00:23:13.880 --> 00:23:14.300
 time

00:23:14.300 --> 00:23:15.040
 the kids

00:23:15.040 --> 00:23:15.740
 the older one

00:23:15.740 --> 00:23:16.220
 will take care of

00:23:16.220 --> 00:23:16.800
 the younger one

00:23:16.800 --> 00:23:17.800
 in a separate area

00:23:17.800 --> 00:23:19.380
 which is very important

00:23:19.380 --> 00:23:19.800
 for us

00:23:19.800 --> 00:23:20.640
 because it takes away

00:23:20.640 --> 00:23:21.200
 the chaos

00:23:21.200 --> 00:23:22.260
 from our discussion

00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:25.180
 and our group

00:23:25.180 --> 00:23:26.400
 people are very open

00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:27.379
 in sharing what God

00:23:27.379 --> 00:23:28.420
 is doing in their lives

00:23:28.420 --> 00:23:29.660
 which is really great

00:23:29.660 --> 00:23:30.960
 great

00:23:30.960 --> 00:23:32.359
 and so how have you

00:23:32.359 --> 00:23:34.480
 seen God working

00:23:34.480 --> 00:23:35.299
 and growing

00:23:35.299 --> 00:23:36.660
 both your community group

00:23:36.660 --> 00:23:38.319
 and even in your own lives

00:23:38.319 --> 00:23:39.619
 this past year

00:23:39.619 --> 00:23:42.519
 I think just to give

00:23:42.519 --> 00:23:43.819
 a bit of background

00:23:43.819 --> 00:23:45.539
 of where we were at

00:23:45.539 --> 00:23:46.440
 spiritually

00:23:46.440 --> 00:23:48.660
 so I was from Hong Kong

00:23:48.660 --> 00:23:50.940
 but then we met in London

00:23:50.940 --> 00:23:51.599
 we were in London

00:23:51.599 --> 00:23:53.219
 for quite a long time

00:23:53.219 --> 00:23:54.099
 so

00:23:54.099 --> 00:23:55.579
 and we moved back

00:23:55.579 --> 00:23:57.039
 only five years ago

00:23:57.039 --> 00:23:58.679
 and the first two years

00:23:58.679 --> 00:23:59.339
 was really tough

00:23:59.339 --> 00:24:00.119
 because we found

00:24:00.119 --> 00:24:01.339
 in London

00:24:01.339 --> 00:24:02.259
 there's a much better

00:24:02.259 --> 00:24:03.099
 work-life balance

00:24:03.099 --> 00:24:05.339
 and work is really

00:24:05.339 --> 00:24:06.299
 demanding

00:24:06.299 --> 00:24:07.519
 and it's really stressful

00:24:07.519 --> 00:24:08.079
 for me

00:24:08.079 --> 00:24:10.279
 and it's affecting my health

00:24:10.279 --> 00:24:11.659
 and also our marriage

00:24:11.659 --> 00:24:13.480
 and then we found

00:24:13.480 --> 00:24:14.019
 Watermark

00:24:14.019 --> 00:24:15.759
 and we joined Tobin's group

00:24:15.759 --> 00:24:17.500
 which was great

00:24:17.500 --> 00:24:18.299
 to be like

00:24:18.299 --> 00:24:19.519
 spoon-fed for a year

00:24:19.519 --> 00:24:20.599
 just go there

00:24:20.599 --> 00:24:21.480
 enjoy the friendship

00:24:21.480 --> 00:24:22.659
 and

00:24:22.659 --> 00:24:25.699
 and being

00:24:25.699 --> 00:24:26.919
 taken care of

00:24:26.919 --> 00:24:29.319
 yeah

00:24:29.319 --> 00:24:30.299
 that was

00:24:30.299 --> 00:24:31.579
 that was

00:24:31.579 --> 00:24:32.219
 really

00:24:32.219 --> 00:24:33.639
 we're thankful

00:24:33.639 --> 00:24:34.619
 for that kind of

00:24:34.619 --> 00:24:35.219
 recovery

00:24:35.219 --> 00:24:37.259
 and refreshment time

00:24:37.259 --> 00:24:38.119
 until

00:24:38.119 --> 00:24:39.719
 until one day

00:24:39.719 --> 00:24:40.480
 this particular

00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:41.439
 church member

00:24:41.439 --> 00:24:42.259
 church staff

00:24:42.259 --> 00:24:43.179
 Chris Thornton

00:24:43.179 --> 00:24:44.740
 strongly encouraged us

00:24:44.740 --> 00:24:45.519
 to let's

00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:46.199
 start a group

00:24:46.199 --> 00:24:47.519
 together with two other couples

00:24:47.519 --> 00:24:48.819
 Simon Sherman

00:24:48.819 --> 00:24:50.200
 Dwight and Margo

00:24:50.200 --> 00:24:51.400
 gentle encouragement

00:24:51.400 --> 00:24:52.460
 gently

00:24:52.460 --> 00:24:53.019
 and

00:24:53.019 --> 00:24:54.440
 and consistently

00:24:54.440 --> 00:24:55.900
 at different occasion

00:24:55.900 --> 00:24:56.900
 over a period

00:24:56.900 --> 00:24:58.099
 of three months

00:24:58.099 --> 00:24:59.900
 and

00:24:59.900 --> 00:25:00.559
 yes

00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:01.799
 with a gender behind

00:25:01.799 --> 00:25:02.779
 let's come out

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:03.359
 for lunch

00:25:03.359 --> 00:25:06.240
 yeah

00:25:06.240 --> 00:25:06.740
 yeah

00:25:06.740 --> 00:25:07.679
 and

00:25:07.679 --> 00:25:08.959
 so I would say

00:25:08.959 --> 00:25:09.359
 God

00:25:09.359 --> 00:25:12.419
 help us to grow

00:25:12.419 --> 00:25:12.939
 through

00:25:12.939 --> 00:25:14.439
 co-leading a group

00:25:14.439 --> 00:25:15.359
 because when we are

00:25:15.359 --> 00:25:16.159
 CG members

00:25:16.159 --> 00:25:16.759
 I think

00:25:16.759 --> 00:25:17.619
 like what Tobin said

00:25:17.619 --> 00:25:18.359
 we were really

00:25:18.359 --> 00:25:19.799
 the passive participant

00:25:19.799 --> 00:25:20.899
 we go there

00:25:20.899 --> 00:25:21.959
 enjoy the friendship

00:25:21.959 --> 00:25:22.979
 enjoy the food

00:25:22.979 --> 00:25:24.699
 you know

00:25:24.699 --> 00:25:26.199
 learn about God's word

00:25:26.199 --> 00:25:26.799
 share it

00:25:26.799 --> 00:25:27.039
 and

00:25:27.039 --> 00:25:28.179
 bye bye

00:25:28.179 --> 00:25:28.599
 and then

00:25:28.599 --> 00:25:29.539
 wait for the next one

00:25:29.539 --> 00:25:30.519
 and

00:25:30.519 --> 00:25:31.079
 and when

00:25:31.079 --> 00:25:31.920
 when we co-leading

00:25:31.920 --> 00:25:32.399
 a CG

00:25:32.399 --> 00:25:33.519
 I think God

00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:34.319
 gradually

00:25:34.319 --> 00:25:35.480
 changed our minds

00:25:35.480 --> 00:25:36.500
 to become more

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:36.899
 proactive

00:25:36.899 --> 00:25:37.680
 and also

00:25:37.680 --> 00:25:38.539
 become more

00:25:38.539 --> 00:25:39.940
 kingdom focused

00:25:39.940 --> 00:25:40.700
 when we pray

00:25:40.700 --> 00:25:41.460
 for our members

00:25:41.460 --> 00:25:42.039
 when we pray

00:25:42.039 --> 00:25:42.879
 for the visitors

00:25:42.879 --> 00:25:43.559
 when we

00:25:43.559 --> 00:25:45.659
 start to concern

00:25:45.659 --> 00:25:46.119
 more about

00:25:46.119 --> 00:25:47.619
 what's going on

00:25:47.619 --> 00:25:48.240
 in the church

00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:49.859
 yeah

00:25:49.859 --> 00:25:50.779
 so we actually

00:25:50.779 --> 00:25:51.579
 read the bulletins

00:25:51.579 --> 00:25:52.099
 more now

00:25:52.099 --> 00:25:56.639
 yeah

00:25:56.639 --> 00:25:59.240
 sorry

00:25:59.240 --> 00:26:00.599
 I think

00:26:00.599 --> 00:26:01.500
 I need to look

00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:05.120
 yes

00:26:05.120 --> 00:26:06.480
 and also

00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:06.779
 we

00:26:06.779 --> 00:26:08.099
 we start

00:26:08.099 --> 00:26:09.339
 stepping a bit more

00:26:09.339 --> 00:26:09.880
 you can see

00:26:09.880 --> 00:26:10.539
 I'm not doing that

00:26:10.539 --> 00:26:11.039
 very well

00:26:11.039 --> 00:26:12.160
 we're trying to step

00:26:12.160 --> 00:26:13.200
 outside our comfort zone

00:26:13.200 --> 00:26:15.000
 to meet newcomers

00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:16.559
 and try to make them

00:26:16.559 --> 00:26:17.019
 feel welcome

00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:17.359
 but

00:26:17.359 --> 00:26:18.900
 naturally

00:26:18.900 --> 00:26:20.019
 I'm the more

00:26:20.019 --> 00:26:20.819
 introvert kind

00:26:20.819 --> 00:26:22.299
 in our relationship

00:26:22.299 --> 00:26:23.559
 and I am

00:26:23.559 --> 00:26:24.359
 naturally not

00:26:24.359 --> 00:26:25.720
 a very friendly person

00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:26.559
 but

00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:28.539
 Chris is great

00:26:28.539 --> 00:26:29.180
 Chris is not

00:26:29.180 --> 00:26:29.879
 Chris is complete

00:26:29.879 --> 00:26:30.279
 opposite

00:26:30.279 --> 00:26:31.180
 he's friendly

00:26:31.180 --> 00:26:32.920
 and really welcoming

00:26:32.920 --> 00:26:33.359
 people

00:26:33.359 --> 00:26:34.180
 and outspoken

00:26:34.180 --> 00:26:34.819
 yeah

00:26:34.819 --> 00:26:36.299
 that's great

00:26:36.299 --> 00:26:37.619
 and

00:26:37.619 --> 00:26:38.559
 yeah

00:26:38.559 --> 00:26:39.299
 and

00:26:39.299 --> 00:26:40.339
 right

00:26:40.339 --> 00:26:40.759
 so

00:26:40.759 --> 00:26:41.940
 and also

00:26:41.940 --> 00:26:42.500
 when we

00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:43.059
 started the group

00:26:43.059 --> 00:26:43.920
 we were a bit worried

00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:44.460
 and

00:26:44.460 --> 00:26:45.539
 very concerned

00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:45.940
 initially

00:26:45.940 --> 00:26:46.319
 whether

00:26:46.319 --> 00:26:47.379
 are we ready

00:26:47.379 --> 00:26:48.159
 to start a group

00:26:48.160 --> 00:26:48.820
 and

00:26:48.820 --> 00:26:49.480
 we're planning

00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:50.220
 to have babies

00:26:50.220 --> 00:26:51.920
 can we really commit

00:26:51.920 --> 00:26:53.120
 how long can we commit

00:26:53.120 --> 00:26:53.560
 and

00:26:53.560 --> 00:26:55.400
 whether people will come

00:26:55.400 --> 00:26:56.340
 if they come

00:26:56.340 --> 00:26:57.480
 are they nice people

00:26:57.480 --> 00:26:58.660
 are they easy to get along

00:26:58.660 --> 00:27:00.600
 so a lot of these kind of worries

00:27:00.600 --> 00:27:02.259
 and really self-centered question

00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:02.759
 and

00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:04.580
 but I think God just

00:27:04.580 --> 00:27:06.660
 provided everything

00:27:06.660 --> 00:27:07.640
 he provided people

00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:08.279
 provided

00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:09.460
 really good bonding

00:27:09.460 --> 00:27:10.259
 among the groups

00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:11.440
 regardless of our

00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:12.320
 background

00:27:12.320 --> 00:27:13.779
 our personality

00:27:13.779 --> 00:27:14.480
 and beliefs

00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:14.920
 that we

00:27:14.920 --> 00:27:15.920
 we all come together

00:27:15.920 --> 00:27:17.920
 quite well

00:27:17.920 --> 00:27:18.400
 and

00:27:18.400 --> 00:27:21.160
 and

00:27:21.160 --> 00:27:21.680
 so

00:27:21.680 --> 00:27:22.860
 I think what we learn from

00:27:22.860 --> 00:27:23.360
 is that

00:27:23.360 --> 00:27:24.100
 it's not

00:27:24.100 --> 00:27:24.940
 what we do

00:27:24.940 --> 00:27:25.440
 or

00:27:25.440 --> 00:27:26.539
 our ability

00:27:26.539 --> 00:27:27.480
 that makes the group

00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:27.820
 to grow

00:27:27.820 --> 00:27:28.560
 but it's really

00:27:28.560 --> 00:27:29.240
 God's causes

00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:29.680
 the group

00:27:29.680 --> 00:27:30.200
 to grow

00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:31.880
 especially when we

00:27:31.880 --> 00:27:33.700
 see God's work

00:27:33.700 --> 00:27:34.539
 in our lives

00:27:34.539 --> 00:27:36.039
 where we come together

00:27:36.039 --> 00:27:36.779
 pray together

00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:38.160
 we find that

00:27:38.160 --> 00:27:38.420
 our

00:27:38.420 --> 00:27:40.039
 our faith

00:27:40.039 --> 00:27:40.700
 individually

00:27:40.700 --> 00:27:41.480
 and as a group

00:27:41.480 --> 00:27:42.420
 become stronger

00:27:42.420 --> 00:27:43.960
 as we really can see

00:27:43.960 --> 00:27:45.120
 God works in our lives

00:27:45.119 --> 00:27:46.019
 through our

00:27:46.019 --> 00:27:46.759
 ups and downs

00:27:46.759 --> 00:27:47.559
 of our members

00:27:47.559 --> 00:27:48.479
 that's great

00:27:48.479 --> 00:27:49.139
 thank you

00:27:49.139 --> 00:27:50.359
 and Kristen

00:27:50.359 --> 00:27:51.000
 why do you

00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:51.619
 why do you think

00:27:51.619 --> 00:27:52.379
 being part of a

00:27:52.379 --> 00:27:52.939
 community group

00:27:52.939 --> 00:27:53.559
 has been important

00:27:53.559 --> 00:27:53.979
 for your

00:27:53.979 --> 00:27:55.059
 spiritual journey

00:27:55.059 --> 00:27:55.519
 if there's someone

00:27:55.519 --> 00:27:56.279
 out here as well

00:27:56.279 --> 00:27:56.719
 who maybe

00:27:56.719 --> 00:27:58.379
 was wondering

00:27:58.379 --> 00:27:59.019
 about being part

00:27:59.019 --> 00:27:59.719
 of a community group

00:27:59.719 --> 00:28:00.719
 what would you say

00:28:00.719 --> 00:28:01.519
 so I think

00:28:01.519 --> 00:28:02.359
 if we are not

00:28:02.359 --> 00:28:03.199
 part of a CG

00:28:03.199 --> 00:28:03.639
 then

00:28:03.639 --> 00:28:04.639
 we probably

00:28:04.639 --> 00:28:05.219
 wouldn't be

00:28:05.219 --> 00:28:06.119
 meeting people

00:28:06.119 --> 00:28:07.379
 meeting other

00:28:07.379 --> 00:28:07.859
 believers

00:28:07.859 --> 00:28:09.479
 on a regular

00:28:09.479 --> 00:28:09.959
 basis

00:28:09.959 --> 00:28:11.179
 with the

00:28:11.179 --> 00:28:12.179
 intentional purpose

00:28:12.179 --> 00:28:12.579
 of

00:28:12.579 --> 00:28:14.019
 sharing our lives

00:28:14.019 --> 00:28:15.059
 praying together

00:28:15.059 --> 00:28:15.819
 and studying

00:28:15.819 --> 00:28:16.259
 the word

00:28:16.259 --> 00:28:17.240
 and I think

00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:17.799
 if we don't

00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:18.279
 do that

00:28:18.279 --> 00:28:19.539
 it's very easy

00:28:19.539 --> 00:28:19.960
 for us

00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:20.440
 to just

00:28:20.440 --> 00:28:21.859
 get comfortable

00:28:21.859 --> 00:28:23.019
 in our own ways

00:28:23.019 --> 00:28:23.779
 which is really

00:28:23.779 --> 00:28:24.879
 the worldly ways

00:28:24.879 --> 00:28:26.519
 and we will have

00:28:26.519 --> 00:28:27.200
 no accountability

00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:28.420
 to other

00:28:28.420 --> 00:28:29.139
 believers

00:28:29.139 --> 00:28:30.700
 but because

00:28:30.700 --> 00:28:31.240
 we are part

00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:31.759
 of a CG

00:28:31.759 --> 00:28:33.639
 we are regularly

00:28:33.639 --> 00:28:34.799
 reminded about

00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:35.539
 how the others

00:28:35.539 --> 00:28:36.599
 are living their lives

00:28:36.599 --> 00:28:38.000
 and so we are

00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:39.099
 regularly challenged

00:28:39.099 --> 00:28:39.879
 and encouraged

00:28:39.879 --> 00:28:40.579
 by that

00:28:40.579 --> 00:28:41.579
 so I think

00:28:41.579 --> 00:28:43.139
 that helps us

00:28:43.140 --> 00:28:43.780
 to walk

00:28:43.780 --> 00:28:44.520
 we've got

00:28:44.520 --> 00:28:45.180
 more closely

00:28:45.180 --> 00:28:46.720
 and then

00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:47.220
 secondly

00:28:47.220 --> 00:28:47.980
 when we study

00:28:47.980 --> 00:28:49.080
 the sermon series

00:28:49.080 --> 00:28:50.400
 you know

00:28:50.400 --> 00:28:51.420
 when we discuss it

00:28:51.420 --> 00:28:52.560
 and when we think

00:28:52.560 --> 00:28:53.300
 through the message

00:28:53.300 --> 00:28:53.840
 together

00:28:53.840 --> 00:28:55.240
 it really helps

00:28:55.240 --> 00:28:56.740
 to make the message

00:28:56.740 --> 00:28:58.120
 stick longer

00:28:58.120 --> 00:28:58.720
 and hopefully

00:28:58.720 --> 00:28:59.440
 that translates

00:28:59.440 --> 00:29:00.820
 to our daily life

00:29:00.820 --> 00:29:02.780
 and the third thing

00:29:02.780 --> 00:29:03.740
 is I think

00:29:03.740 --> 00:29:05.320
 the prayer support

00:29:05.320 --> 00:29:06.460
 provided by the CG

00:29:06.460 --> 00:29:07.340
 is really important

00:29:07.340 --> 00:29:09.120
 for example

00:29:09.120 --> 00:29:10.500
 in the early

00:29:10.500 --> 00:29:11.820
 part of our pregnancy

00:29:11.819 --> 00:29:13.139
 before we found

00:29:13.139 --> 00:29:13.899
 out it's viable

00:29:13.899 --> 00:29:14.919
 I think

00:29:14.919 --> 00:29:16.099
 I could have

00:29:16.099 --> 00:29:17.000
 easily fallen

00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:17.779
 I mean

00:29:17.779 --> 00:29:18.539
 get overwhelmed

00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:19.259
 by worries

00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:19.899
 because I'm

00:29:19.899 --> 00:29:20.980
 naturally a worrier

00:29:20.980 --> 00:29:22.879
 but thanks

00:29:22.879 --> 00:29:23.939
 to all the prayers

00:29:23.939 --> 00:29:24.879
 from our CG

00:29:24.879 --> 00:29:26.039
 and also many friends

00:29:26.039 --> 00:29:26.759
 in this church

00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:27.779
 we managed

00:29:27.779 --> 00:29:28.859
 to stay quite calm

00:29:28.859 --> 00:29:30.279
 which was a surprise

00:29:30.279 --> 00:29:33.399
 so up until

00:29:33.399 --> 00:29:33.740
 you know

00:29:33.740 --> 00:29:34.240
 week nine

00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:34.839
 which is considered

00:29:34.839 --> 00:29:35.519
 quite late

00:29:35.519 --> 00:29:38.220
 to hear the heartbeat

00:29:38.220 --> 00:29:40.160
 so when we found

00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:41.100
 out it was viable

00:29:41.100 --> 00:29:42.279
 everyone who had

00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:42.779
 been praying

00:29:42.779 --> 00:29:44.839
 is super encouraged

00:29:44.839 --> 00:29:45.700
 not just us

00:29:45.700 --> 00:29:47.100
 so it's just

00:29:47.100 --> 00:29:48.500
 a great thing

00:29:48.500 --> 00:29:49.100
 to be praying

00:29:49.100 --> 00:29:50.180
 for something together

00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:52.380
 and I think

00:29:52.380 --> 00:29:53.779
 in the recent months

00:29:53.779 --> 00:29:54.759
 our CG

00:29:54.759 --> 00:29:56.079
 has been quite amazed

00:29:56.079 --> 00:29:57.039
 by how quickly

00:29:57.039 --> 00:29:57.640
 God answered

00:29:57.640 --> 00:29:58.600
 some of our prayers

00:29:58.600 --> 00:30:01.860
 and when that happened

00:30:01.860 --> 00:30:02.940
 everyone is encouraged

00:30:02.940 --> 00:30:03.940
 not just the prayer

00:30:03.940 --> 00:30:04.539
 requester

00:30:04.539 --> 00:30:06.519
 but even in cases

00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:07.220
 where God

00:30:07.220 --> 00:30:08.079
 hasn't answered

00:30:08.079 --> 00:30:09.559
 or God

00:30:09.559 --> 00:30:10.099
 answered

00:30:10.099 --> 00:30:11.180
 in a different way

00:30:11.180 --> 00:30:13.000
 I think that

00:30:13.000 --> 00:30:14.200
 God's peace

00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:14.960
 and encouragement

00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:16.200
 will still hold

00:30:16.200 --> 00:30:17.619
 the prayer

00:30:17.619 --> 00:30:18.700
 requester together

00:30:18.700 --> 00:30:19.960
 that's great

00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:20.720
 thank you

00:30:20.720 --> 00:30:21.700
 thank you

00:30:21.700 --> 00:30:22.079
 so

00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:23.720
 our aim

00:30:23.720 --> 00:30:24.240
 for this

00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:25.480
 for this coming year

00:30:25.480 --> 00:30:26.180
 is that

00:30:26.180 --> 00:30:27.859
 we've already heard

00:30:27.859 --> 00:30:28.740
 that we want to be

00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:29.159
 a church

00:30:29.159 --> 00:30:29.659
 which has

00:30:29.659 --> 00:30:30.559
 church planting

00:30:30.559 --> 00:30:31.299
 in our DNA

00:30:31.299 --> 00:30:33.119
 and multiplying

00:30:33.119 --> 00:30:34.099
 community groups

00:30:34.099 --> 00:30:35.159
 is like church planting

00:30:35.159 --> 00:30:35.980
 in miniature

00:30:35.980 --> 00:30:37.919
 and so we want to be able

00:30:37.919 --> 00:30:38.599
 to multiply

00:30:38.599 --> 00:30:39.859
 community groups

00:30:39.859 --> 00:30:41.099
 across Hong Kong Island

00:30:41.099 --> 00:30:42.240
 and in Kowloon

00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:43.959
 we would love to start groups

00:30:43.959 --> 00:30:45.139
 in Park Island

00:30:45.139 --> 00:30:45.740
 this year

00:30:45.740 --> 00:30:47.339
 we'd love to start a group

00:30:47.339 --> 00:30:48.399
 down in

00:30:48.399 --> 00:30:49.759
 Aplei Chow

00:30:49.759 --> 00:30:50.359
 Aberdeen

00:30:50.359 --> 00:30:51.219
 Wong Chuk Hang

00:30:51.219 --> 00:30:52.519
 direction

00:30:52.519 --> 00:30:53.779
 we'd love to start a group

00:30:53.779 --> 00:30:54.319
 another group

00:30:54.319 --> 00:30:55.419
 in Kowloon side

00:30:55.419 --> 00:30:56.419
 and also

00:30:56.419 --> 00:30:57.059
 we're hoping

00:30:57.059 --> 00:30:57.919
 for those who

00:30:57.919 --> 00:30:59.819
 English is maybe not

00:30:59.819 --> 00:31:00.219
 the language

00:31:00.219 --> 00:31:01.419
 they're most comfortable in

00:31:01.419 --> 00:31:02.659
 we want to be starting

00:31:02.660 --> 00:31:04.480
 and we're planning

00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:05.680
 to start a group

00:31:05.680 --> 00:31:07.080
 for Mandarin speakers

00:31:07.080 --> 00:31:08.820
 to be able to study

00:31:08.820 --> 00:31:09.519
 God's word

00:31:09.519 --> 00:31:10.400
 which David

00:31:10.400 --> 00:31:11.519
 later you'll see

00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:12.440
 will be

00:31:12.440 --> 00:31:14.580
 helping to head up

00:31:14.580 --> 00:31:15.779
 and also

00:31:15.779 --> 00:31:17.420
 a Cantonese

00:31:17.420 --> 00:31:18.080
 speaking group

00:31:18.080 --> 00:31:18.580
 as well

00:31:18.580 --> 00:31:19.920
 so these are some

00:31:19.920 --> 00:31:20.240
 of the things

00:31:20.240 --> 00:31:21.380
 we really want to pray for

00:31:21.380 --> 00:31:22.220
 if you are not

00:31:22.220 --> 00:31:23.160
 in a community group

00:31:23.160 --> 00:31:24.620
 come and see me afterwards

00:31:24.620 --> 00:31:25.640
 if you live in any

00:31:25.640 --> 00:31:26.240
 of the areas

00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:27.100
 I've just mentioned

00:31:27.100 --> 00:31:28.440
 or are interested

00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:29.580
 come and see me afterwards

00:31:29.579 --> 00:31:30.500
 because God actually

00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:31.379
 wants to do amazing

00:31:31.379 --> 00:31:32.240
 things this year

00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:33.299
 like he's been doing

00:31:33.299 --> 00:31:34.599
 in Colin and Kristen's life

00:31:34.599 --> 00:31:36.139
 so let me just pray

00:31:36.139 --> 00:31:36.500
 for them

00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:37.019
 and then

00:31:37.019 --> 00:31:38.139
 I'm going to transition

00:31:38.139 --> 00:31:39.199
 on for Alfie

00:31:39.199 --> 00:31:40.939
 to talk about

00:31:40.939 --> 00:31:41.599
 the university

00:31:41.599 --> 00:31:42.480
 ministry

00:31:42.480 --> 00:31:43.919
 let me just pray

00:31:43.919 --> 00:31:46.159
 Father thank you

00:31:46.159 --> 00:31:46.519
 so much

00:31:46.519 --> 00:31:47.480
 for what you've been doing

00:31:47.480 --> 00:31:49.019
 in Colin and Kristen's life

00:31:49.019 --> 00:31:50.399
 in that community group

00:31:50.399 --> 00:31:51.359
 and I know in so many

00:31:51.359 --> 00:31:52.179
 other community groups

00:31:52.179 --> 00:31:53.859
 across Watermark

00:31:53.859 --> 00:31:54.759
 Lord thank you

00:31:54.759 --> 00:31:56.359
 that you are a living God

00:31:56.359 --> 00:31:57.559
 who wants to change

00:31:57.559 --> 00:31:58.099
 our lives

00:31:58.099 --> 00:31:59.059
 he wants to help us

00:31:59.059 --> 00:31:59.500
 to remember

00:31:59.500 --> 00:32:00.259
 who we are

00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:02.000
 and who we are called

00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:02.899
 to be in this city

00:32:02.899 --> 00:32:04.059
 Lord please help us

00:32:04.059 --> 00:32:04.759
 as a church

00:32:04.759 --> 00:32:06.039
 to be that kind of people

00:32:06.039 --> 00:32:07.259
 who are everything

00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:08.379
 that you've called us to be

00:32:08.379 --> 00:32:09.299
 in your name

00:32:09.299 --> 00:32:10.099
 Amen

00:32:10.099 --> 00:32:12.480
 over to Alfie

00:32:12.480 --> 00:32:27.720
 good morning

00:32:27.720 --> 00:32:28.779
 ah here we go

00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:29.880
 alright good morning

00:32:29.880 --> 00:32:30.680
 my name is Alfie

00:32:30.680 --> 00:32:32.000
 and I help direct

00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:33.059
 the university ministries

00:32:33.059 --> 00:32:34.559
 here at Watermark

00:32:34.559 --> 00:32:35.740
 and it's been quite

00:32:35.740 --> 00:32:36.480
 an exciting time

00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:37.440
 it's been a lot of transition

00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:39.160
 over the past 18 months

00:32:39.160 --> 00:32:40.620
 in fact 18 months ago

00:32:40.620 --> 00:32:41.340
 I did not know

00:32:41.340 --> 00:32:42.160
 any of these people

00:32:42.160 --> 00:32:42.800
 that I brought up

00:32:42.800 --> 00:32:43.980
 and it's really exciting

00:32:43.980 --> 00:32:45.140
 that we're able to come

00:32:45.140 --> 00:32:47.140
 and hear from each of them

00:32:47.140 --> 00:32:48.140
 a bit about what God

00:32:48.140 --> 00:32:48.700
 has been doing

00:32:48.700 --> 00:32:50.320
 in their lives

00:32:50.320 --> 00:32:51.940
 and in the university ministry

00:32:51.940 --> 00:32:54.259
 these 18 months of transition

00:32:54.259 --> 00:32:55.540
 have been very stressful

00:32:55.540 --> 00:32:55.980
 for me

00:32:55.980 --> 00:32:57.180
 I don't like change

00:32:57.180 --> 00:32:57.680
 I want everything

00:32:57.680 --> 00:32:58.740
 to stay exactly the same

00:32:58.740 --> 00:32:59.740
 and go according to plan

00:32:59.740 --> 00:33:01.759
 but you know

00:33:01.759 --> 00:33:02.519
 as people have come

00:33:02.519 --> 00:33:03.220
 and people have gone

00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:04.540
 God has been so faithful

00:33:04.539 --> 00:33:07.180
 to bring different people along

00:33:07.180 --> 00:33:08.180
 you know

00:33:08.180 --> 00:33:08.819
 he's brought me

00:33:08.819 --> 00:33:09.920
 and he's brought Henrika

00:33:09.920 --> 00:33:10.960
 to come and join

00:33:10.960 --> 00:33:11.700
 the ministry team

00:33:11.700 --> 00:33:12.240
 and David

00:33:12.240 --> 00:33:13.220
 who we'll hear from later

00:33:13.220 --> 00:33:15.059
 but he's also brought up

00:33:15.059 --> 00:33:16.339
 this amazing team

00:33:16.339 --> 00:33:17.059
 of student leaders

00:33:17.059 --> 00:33:18.519
 there are about a dozen

00:33:18.519 --> 00:33:19.379
 different students

00:33:19.379 --> 00:33:20.819
 who together

00:33:20.819 --> 00:33:22.099
 are you know

00:33:22.099 --> 00:33:22.680
 reaching out

00:33:22.680 --> 00:33:24.420
 and loving the campus

00:33:24.420 --> 00:33:25.779
 in just an amazing way

00:33:25.779 --> 00:33:26.700
 it's you know

00:33:26.700 --> 00:33:27.819
 come talk to me later

00:33:27.819 --> 00:33:28.180
 I'll tell you

00:33:28.180 --> 00:33:28.899
 it's mind boggling

00:33:28.899 --> 00:33:31.139
 just how God brought

00:33:31.139 --> 00:33:32.119
 each one of these people

00:33:32.119 --> 00:33:33.740
 in their journey of faith

00:33:33.740 --> 00:33:34.799
 and you know

00:33:34.799 --> 00:33:35.299
 to a position

00:33:35.299 --> 00:33:36.480
 where they're leading

00:33:36.480 --> 00:33:37.579
 and you know

00:33:37.579 --> 00:33:38.400
 help doing little

00:33:38.400 --> 00:33:38.960
 small groups

00:33:38.960 --> 00:33:39.839
 on the campus

00:33:39.839 --> 00:33:41.359
 one of these students

00:33:41.359 --> 00:33:42.220
 is Irima

00:33:42.220 --> 00:33:44.839
 who is really

00:33:44.839 --> 00:33:45.579
 one of my favorite

00:33:45.579 --> 00:33:46.480
 no you're all my favorites

00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:49.620
 but her journey of faith

00:33:49.620 --> 00:33:50.799
 consistently like

00:33:50.799 --> 00:33:51.579
 you know

00:33:51.579 --> 00:33:52.400
 daily monthly

00:33:52.400 --> 00:33:52.620
 you know

00:33:52.620 --> 00:33:53.220
 as I hear about

00:33:53.220 --> 00:33:54.000
 what God has been doing

00:33:54.000 --> 00:33:54.519
 in her life

00:33:54.519 --> 00:33:54.980
 and her family

00:33:54.980 --> 00:33:56.099
 is super encouraging

00:33:56.099 --> 00:33:57.059
 for myself

00:33:57.059 --> 00:33:57.680
 and so I've asked

00:33:57.680 --> 00:33:58.380
 to share a little bit

00:33:58.380 --> 00:34:00.460
 about how ICF

00:34:00.460 --> 00:34:02.000
 the International Christian Fellowship

00:34:02.000 --> 00:34:02.660
 at HKU

00:34:02.660 --> 00:34:04.019
 how the university ministry

00:34:04.019 --> 00:34:04.620
 and how Watermark

00:34:04.620 --> 00:34:05.200
 as a church

00:34:05.200 --> 00:34:06.700
 has been encouraging her

00:34:06.700 --> 00:34:08.240
 and her journey

00:34:08.240 --> 00:34:09.119
 hello

00:34:09.119 --> 00:34:09.920
 I'm Edie

00:34:09.920 --> 00:34:11.300
 so I think

00:34:11.300 --> 00:34:12.180
 ICF

00:34:12.180 --> 00:34:13.159
 it's really important

00:34:13.159 --> 00:34:14.340
 for each one of us

00:34:14.340 --> 00:34:16.240
 and why I say that

00:34:16.240 --> 00:34:17.320
 it's simply because

00:34:17.320 --> 00:34:18.559
 in HKU

00:34:18.559 --> 00:34:19.880
 where you find

00:34:19.880 --> 00:34:20.659
 a lot of students

00:34:20.659 --> 00:34:22.059
 really like to boast

00:34:22.059 --> 00:34:22.940
 and pretend

00:34:22.940 --> 00:34:24.800
 and it's hard

00:34:24.800 --> 00:34:25.860
 to find a community

00:34:25.860 --> 00:34:26.760
 where you can

00:34:26.760 --> 00:34:27.440
 really share

00:34:27.440 --> 00:34:28.159
 your struggles

00:34:28.159 --> 00:34:29.699
 and really share

00:34:29.699 --> 00:34:31.940
 like really be humble

00:34:31.940 --> 00:34:33.059
 and really have

00:34:33.059 --> 00:34:34.019
 a serving heart

00:34:34.019 --> 00:34:35.440
 and I think

00:34:35.440 --> 00:34:36.420
 ICF actually

00:34:36.420 --> 00:34:37.359
 really encourage

00:34:37.359 --> 00:34:38.619
 every single one of us

00:34:38.619 --> 00:34:40.440
 to really be vulnerable

00:34:40.440 --> 00:34:41.619
 and really share

00:34:41.619 --> 00:34:42.279
 our struggles

00:34:42.279 --> 00:34:43.199
 in the community

00:34:43.199 --> 00:34:44.619
 and ask for prayers

00:34:44.619 --> 00:34:46.199
 and fellowships

00:34:46.199 --> 00:34:47.139
 and apart from

00:34:47.139 --> 00:34:48.599
 ICF

00:34:48.599 --> 00:34:49.019
 actually

00:34:49.019 --> 00:34:50.500
 I think ICF

00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:51.559
 it's a really

00:34:51.559 --> 00:34:52.960
 prayer center community

00:34:52.960 --> 00:34:54.460
 and actually

00:34:54.460 --> 00:34:55.480
 when we go there

00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:56.300
 every time

00:34:56.300 --> 00:34:57.519
 we'll pray for each other

00:34:57.519 --> 00:34:58.500
 and not only

00:34:58.500 --> 00:34:59.559
 on the Wednesday meeting

00:34:59.559 --> 00:35:00.960
 apart from Wednesday

00:35:00.960 --> 00:35:01.519
 we actually

00:35:01.519 --> 00:35:02.880
 pray for each other

00:35:02.880 --> 00:35:03.820
 throughout the week

00:35:03.820 --> 00:35:05.179
 and keep each other

00:35:05.179 --> 00:35:05.720
 accountable

00:35:05.720 --> 00:35:07.019
 and that's really

00:35:07.019 --> 00:35:08.139
 encouraging for me

00:35:08.139 --> 00:35:08.519
 because

00:35:08.519 --> 00:35:09.760
 for a student

00:35:09.760 --> 00:35:10.440
 I feel like

00:35:10.440 --> 00:35:11.320
 I'm not working

00:35:11.320 --> 00:35:12.260
 like walking

00:35:12.260 --> 00:35:13.000
 on this journey

00:35:13.000 --> 00:35:13.619
 on my own

00:35:13.619 --> 00:35:14.179
 but really

00:35:14.179 --> 00:35:15.119
 I have a huge

00:35:15.119 --> 00:35:15.760
 community

00:35:15.760 --> 00:35:17.139
 supporting me

00:35:17.139 --> 00:35:18.579
 and really inspiring

00:35:18.579 --> 00:35:19.599
 me each time

00:35:19.599 --> 00:35:21.019
 and I think

00:35:21.019 --> 00:35:22.519
 apart from this

00:35:22.519 --> 00:35:24.099
 what ICF

00:35:24.099 --> 00:35:25.480
 ICF actually

00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:27.079
 encouraged me

00:35:27.079 --> 00:35:27.860
 to live out

00:35:27.860 --> 00:35:29.059
 gospel center life

00:35:29.059 --> 00:35:30.179
 why I say that

00:35:30.179 --> 00:35:31.019
 it's because

00:35:31.019 --> 00:35:32.259
 every time

00:35:32.259 --> 00:35:33.460
 when we go to ICF

00:35:33.460 --> 00:35:34.219
 we're actually

00:35:34.219 --> 00:35:35.039
 challenged

00:35:35.039 --> 00:35:36.579
 by Alfie or Henrica

00:35:36.579 --> 00:35:37.480
 to really

00:35:37.480 --> 00:35:39.380
 start our mission

00:35:39.380 --> 00:35:40.059
 in the campus

00:35:40.059 --> 00:35:41.239
 and that mission

00:35:41.239 --> 00:35:42.119
 is not to get

00:35:42.119 --> 00:35:42.920
 straight A's

00:35:42.920 --> 00:35:43.539
 or to get

00:35:43.539 --> 00:35:44.420
 really good grades

00:35:44.420 --> 00:35:45.199
 but rather

00:35:45.199 --> 00:35:46.159
 it's to really

00:35:46.159 --> 00:35:48.300
 seeking all the souls

00:35:48.300 --> 00:35:49.400
 and really spread

00:35:49.400 --> 00:35:50.219
 gospel to the

00:35:50.219 --> 00:35:51.079
 students around me

00:35:51.079 --> 00:35:52.320
 and that actually

00:35:52.320 --> 00:35:53.059
 inspired me

00:35:53.059 --> 00:35:53.680
 to love

00:35:53.680 --> 00:35:54.240
 and care

00:35:54.240 --> 00:35:54.800
 about the people

00:35:54.800 --> 00:35:55.420
 around me

00:35:55.420 --> 00:35:56.720
 and actually

00:35:56.720 --> 00:35:57.980
 I think that

00:35:57.980 --> 00:35:58.519
 helped me

00:35:58.519 --> 00:35:59.860
 to really

00:35:59.860 --> 00:36:00.680
 get to know

00:36:00.680 --> 00:36:01.160
 more about

00:36:01.160 --> 00:36:01.920
 God's word

00:36:01.920 --> 00:36:02.880
 and actually

00:36:02.880 --> 00:36:03.740
 inspired me

00:36:03.740 --> 00:36:05.340
 to really

00:36:05.340 --> 00:36:06.519
 reflect on

00:36:06.519 --> 00:36:07.260
 all those words

00:36:07.260 --> 00:36:08.240
 and apart

00:36:08.240 --> 00:36:09.140
 from ICF

00:36:09.140 --> 00:36:09.880
 I think

00:36:09.880 --> 00:36:10.280
 Watermark

00:36:10.280 --> 00:36:11.019
 encouraged me

00:36:11.019 --> 00:36:11.800
 a lot as well

00:36:11.800 --> 00:36:12.880
 and the reason

00:36:12.880 --> 00:36:13.400
 why I say

00:36:13.400 --> 00:36:13.960
 that it's

00:36:13.960 --> 00:36:15.640
 I really appreciate

00:36:15.640 --> 00:36:16.400
 Watermark's

00:36:16.400 --> 00:36:16.740
 sermon

00:36:16.740 --> 00:36:17.940
 which are really

00:36:17.940 --> 00:36:19.280
 I think

00:36:19.280 --> 00:36:19.960
 it's really

00:36:19.960 --> 00:36:20.920
 honest

00:36:20.920 --> 00:36:21.599
 and really

00:36:21.599 --> 00:36:22.019
 open

00:36:22.019 --> 00:36:22.480
 to talk

00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:22.740
 about

00:36:22.740 --> 00:36:23.079
 all those

00:36:23.079 --> 00:36:23.420
 topics

00:36:23.420 --> 00:36:23.920
 which are

00:36:23.920 --> 00:36:24.480
 really hard

00:36:24.480 --> 00:36:25.039
 it can be

00:36:25.039 --> 00:36:25.800
 telling us

00:36:25.800 --> 00:36:27.639
 we are sinful

00:36:27.639 --> 00:36:29.079
 and we are

00:36:29.079 --> 00:36:30.679
 but it can

00:36:30.679 --> 00:36:31.820
 keep reminding us

00:36:31.820 --> 00:36:32.360
 that we are

00:36:32.360 --> 00:36:32.760
 worthy

00:36:32.760 --> 00:36:33.240
 and God

00:36:33.240 --> 00:36:33.720
 loves us

00:36:33.720 --> 00:36:34.320
 so much

00:36:34.320 --> 00:36:34.740
 as well

00:36:34.740 --> 00:36:35.599
 and that's

00:36:35.599 --> 00:36:36.320
 just really

00:36:36.320 --> 00:36:36.940
 inspiring

00:36:36.940 --> 00:36:38.059
 and really

00:36:38.059 --> 00:36:38.639
 touched my

00:36:38.639 --> 00:36:39.240
 heart each

00:36:39.240 --> 00:36:39.700
 time

00:36:39.700 --> 00:36:40.700
 and actually

00:36:40.700 --> 00:36:41.400
 encouraged me

00:36:41.400 --> 00:36:42.019
 to know more

00:36:42.019 --> 00:36:42.599
 about God's

00:36:42.599 --> 00:36:43.260
 word as well

00:36:43.260 --> 00:36:44.940
 that's how I feel

00:36:44.940 --> 00:36:45.560
 yeah

00:36:45.560 --> 00:36:46.680
 thanks Edie

00:36:46.680 --> 00:36:48.860
 one of the things

00:36:48.860 --> 00:36:50.260
 that Edie

00:36:50.260 --> 00:36:51.000
 and a dozen

00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:51.500
 other students

00:36:51.500 --> 00:36:51.920
 are doing

00:36:51.920 --> 00:36:52.960
 is leading

00:36:52.960 --> 00:36:53.580
 small groups

00:36:53.580 --> 00:36:54.420
 so you know

00:36:54.420 --> 00:36:54.860
 each week

00:36:54.860 --> 00:36:55.180
 they're getting

00:36:55.180 --> 00:36:55.520
 together

00:36:55.520 --> 00:36:56.520
 in classrooms

00:36:56.520 --> 00:36:57.740
 in dorms

00:36:57.740 --> 00:36:58.860
 in the libraries

00:36:58.860 --> 00:37:00.000
 to look at the

00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:00.240
 Bible

00:37:00.240 --> 00:37:01.320
 and see God's

00:37:01.320 --> 00:37:01.520
 word

00:37:01.520 --> 00:37:02.840
 but you know

00:37:02.840 --> 00:37:03.380
 we have this

00:37:03.380 --> 00:37:04.100
 huge struggle

00:37:04.100 --> 00:37:04.560
 and you know

00:37:04.560 --> 00:37:05.140
 especially like

00:37:05.140 --> 00:37:05.680
 in my heart

00:37:05.680 --> 00:37:06.600
 because I really

00:37:06.600 --> 00:37:07.100
 want the students

00:37:07.100 --> 00:37:07.840
 to be on the

00:37:07.840 --> 00:37:08.260
 campus

00:37:08.260 --> 00:37:09.460
 and you know

00:37:09.460 --> 00:37:09.920
 reaching and

00:37:09.920 --> 00:37:10.500
 loving those people

00:37:10.500 --> 00:37:11.060
 but I also want

00:37:11.060 --> 00:37:11.540
 them to be a part

00:37:11.540 --> 00:37:12.040
 of the church

00:37:12.039 --> 00:37:13.940
 I think sometimes

00:37:13.940 --> 00:37:15.779
 we do one extreme

00:37:15.779 --> 00:37:16.279
 or the other

00:37:16.279 --> 00:37:16.960
 so either they're

00:37:16.960 --> 00:37:17.699
 on the campus

00:37:17.699 --> 00:37:18.219
 and we don't see

00:37:18.219 --> 00:37:18.719
 them at church

00:37:18.719 --> 00:37:19.619
 or they're all

00:37:19.619 --> 00:37:20.099
 at church

00:37:20.099 --> 00:37:20.679
 and they're never

00:37:20.679 --> 00:37:21.179
 reaching out to

00:37:21.179 --> 00:37:21.619
 the campus

00:37:21.619 --> 00:37:23.599
 and this is where

00:37:23.599 --> 00:37:24.739
 I would like you guys

00:37:24.739 --> 00:37:25.400
 everyone here

00:37:25.400 --> 00:37:26.099
 as a family

00:37:26.099 --> 00:37:26.759
 of Watermark

00:37:26.759 --> 00:37:27.960
 to come in

00:37:27.960 --> 00:37:28.599
 and help us

00:37:28.599 --> 00:37:29.759
 help us

00:37:29.759 --> 00:37:31.079
 love these students

00:37:31.079 --> 00:37:32.639
 come and take them

00:37:32.639 --> 00:37:33.119
 out for lunch

00:37:33.119 --> 00:37:33.699
 love them

00:37:33.699 --> 00:37:34.659
 we have a volunteer

00:37:34.659 --> 00:37:36.340
 who bought tickets

00:37:36.340 --> 00:37:37.000
 for all the students

00:37:37.000 --> 00:37:37.519
 to join our

00:37:37.519 --> 00:37:38.380
 anniversary lunch

00:37:38.380 --> 00:37:38.820
 for free

00:37:38.820 --> 00:37:39.880
 so if you're a student

00:37:39.880 --> 00:37:40.800
 free lunch

00:37:40.800 --> 00:37:43.320
 but you know

00:37:43.320 --> 00:37:43.900
 we want them

00:37:43.900 --> 00:37:44.740
 to also come

00:37:44.740 --> 00:37:45.440
 and get to know

00:37:45.440 --> 00:37:45.740
 you

00:37:45.740 --> 00:37:46.539
 get to know

00:37:46.539 --> 00:37:47.320
 what God is doing

00:37:47.320 --> 00:37:47.860
 in your life

00:37:47.860 --> 00:37:48.640
 that you know

00:37:48.640 --> 00:37:49.440
 there is life

00:37:49.440 --> 00:37:50.460
 after you graduate

00:37:50.460 --> 00:37:51.780
 and that Jesus

00:37:51.780 --> 00:37:52.460
 is still there

00:37:52.460 --> 00:37:52.980
 and he's still

00:37:52.980 --> 00:37:54.039
 working and doing

00:37:54.039 --> 00:37:54.280
 that

00:37:54.280 --> 00:37:55.320
 we also want them

00:37:55.320 --> 00:37:55.940
 to be involved

00:37:55.940 --> 00:37:56.760
 in the church

00:37:56.760 --> 00:37:57.460
 we want them

00:37:57.460 --> 00:37:58.380
 to be serving

00:37:58.380 --> 00:37:59.360
 and so you know

00:37:59.360 --> 00:38:00.200
 if you're in a ministry

00:38:00.200 --> 00:38:01.120
 if you're doing stuff

00:38:01.120 --> 00:38:01.560
 with the kids

00:38:01.560 --> 00:38:02.060
 or the youth

00:38:02.060 --> 00:38:03.140
 and you see somebody

00:38:03.140 --> 00:38:03.580
 who's young

00:38:03.580 --> 00:38:04.420
 and wearing funny clothes

00:38:04.420 --> 00:38:05.400
 ask them to you know

00:38:05.400 --> 00:38:06.640
 come and you know

00:38:06.640 --> 00:38:07.320
 come and join us

00:38:07.320 --> 00:38:08.840
 come serve with us

00:38:08.840 --> 00:38:10.860
 because as much

00:38:10.860 --> 00:38:11.340
 as you guys

00:38:11.340 --> 00:38:11.840
 are students

00:38:11.840 --> 00:38:13.039
 and are on the campus

00:38:13.039 --> 00:38:14.380
 you're also a part

00:38:14.380 --> 00:38:15.180
 of this church family

00:38:15.180 --> 00:38:16.539
 and we love to see us

00:38:16.539 --> 00:38:17.539
 try and figure out

00:38:17.539 --> 00:38:18.519
 where that balance is

00:38:18.519 --> 00:38:20.000
 between being missionaries

00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:20.480
 on campus

00:38:20.480 --> 00:38:22.380
 and being you know

00:38:22.380 --> 00:38:23.680
 members of this church

00:38:23.680 --> 00:38:25.579
 one of the things

00:38:25.579 --> 00:38:26.300
 that God has been doing

00:38:26.300 --> 00:38:27.140
 has been bringing in

00:38:27.140 --> 00:38:29.140
 lots of different people

00:38:29.140 --> 00:38:31.079
 to allow us to reach

00:38:31.079 --> 00:38:31.780
 more people

00:38:31.780 --> 00:38:32.480
 on the campus

00:38:32.480 --> 00:38:34.440
 there are about

00:38:34.440 --> 00:38:35.380
 a million and a half

00:38:35.380 --> 00:38:36.360
 HKU students

00:38:36.360 --> 00:38:36.780
 who are from

00:38:36.780 --> 00:38:37.420
 mainland China

00:38:37.420 --> 00:38:39.099
 maybe it's about 2000

00:38:39.099 --> 00:38:42.659
 but David is

00:38:42.659 --> 00:38:43.940
 God has brought

00:38:43.940 --> 00:38:44.579
 David along

00:38:44.579 --> 00:38:46.139
 who has just graduated

00:38:46.139 --> 00:38:47.139
 from seminary in Boston

00:38:47.139 --> 00:38:48.960
 who's from mainland China

00:38:48.960 --> 00:38:50.079
 and he's going to share

00:38:50.079 --> 00:38:50.599
 a little bit about

00:38:50.599 --> 00:38:51.920
 what he's been doing

00:38:51.920 --> 00:38:53.500
 on HKU

00:38:53.500 --> 00:38:54.880
 with mainland

00:38:54.880 --> 00:38:56.300
 with Mandarin speaking students

00:38:56.300 --> 00:38:59.380
 so for people

00:38:59.380 --> 00:39:01.900
 who never met me before

00:39:01.900 --> 00:39:04.280
 and who is under

00:39:04.280 --> 00:39:05.460
 five years old

00:39:05.460 --> 00:39:06.320
 maybe you know

00:39:06.320 --> 00:39:08.179
 I am Amanda's husband

00:39:08.179 --> 00:39:10.039
 she volunteer

00:39:10.039 --> 00:39:10.900
 in the case ministry

00:39:10.900 --> 00:39:11.599
 sometimes

00:39:11.599 --> 00:39:12.940
 so you may know her

00:39:12.940 --> 00:39:15.260
 and I was born

00:39:15.260 --> 00:39:17.099
 in up north

00:39:17.099 --> 00:39:19.380
 very close to Russia

00:39:19.380 --> 00:39:21.000
 and you can see

00:39:21.000 --> 00:39:22.220
 maybe some polar bears

00:39:22.220 --> 00:39:22.460
 there

00:39:22.460 --> 00:39:23.559
 that's my neighbors

00:39:23.559 --> 00:39:25.779
 yeah

00:39:25.779 --> 00:39:26.420
 Hey Longjiang province

00:39:26.420 --> 00:39:27.440
 it's very cold place

00:39:27.440 --> 00:39:28.579
 and

00:39:28.579 --> 00:39:30.279
 we have

00:39:30.279 --> 00:39:32.079
 minus

00:39:32.079 --> 00:39:33.039
 0.3

00:39:33.039 --> 00:39:34.579
 year old

00:39:34.579 --> 00:39:35.019
 kid

00:39:35.019 --> 00:39:36.840
 on her way

00:39:36.840 --> 00:39:37.239
 here

00:39:37.239 --> 00:39:37.659
 and

00:39:37.659 --> 00:39:38.960
 even though

00:39:38.960 --> 00:39:39.880
 young as

00:39:39.880 --> 00:39:40.739
 she is

00:39:40.739 --> 00:39:41.420
 kicked me

00:39:41.420 --> 00:39:41.940
 kicked me

00:39:41.940 --> 00:39:42.860
 many times

00:39:42.860 --> 00:39:44.140
 and

00:39:44.140 --> 00:39:44.960
 I will see

00:39:44.960 --> 00:39:45.140
 what

00:39:45.140 --> 00:39:46.440
 it will be like

00:39:46.440 --> 00:39:47.240
 when she's out

00:39:47.240 --> 00:39:48.620
 and

00:39:48.620 --> 00:39:51.079
 right now

00:39:51.079 --> 00:39:51.420
 we

00:39:51.420 --> 00:39:52.000
 have

00:39:52.000 --> 00:39:52.380
 he just

00:39:52.380 --> 00:39:52.940
 said

00:39:52.940 --> 00:39:53.539
 that we have

00:39:53.539 --> 00:39:54.260
 2,000

00:39:54.260 --> 00:39:55.920
 university students

00:39:55.920 --> 00:39:56.260
 from

00:39:56.260 --> 00:39:57.760
 mainland China

00:39:57.760 --> 00:39:58.360
 and

00:39:58.360 --> 00:39:59.539
 in the Bible

00:39:59.539 --> 00:40:00.800
 we are always

00:40:00.800 --> 00:40:01.240
 reminded

00:40:01.240 --> 00:40:02.420
 love your neighbor

00:40:02.420 --> 00:40:03.059
 and

00:40:03.059 --> 00:40:03.960
 I'll be just

00:40:03.960 --> 00:40:04.559
 reminded me

00:40:04.559 --> 00:40:04.860
 you know

00:40:04.860 --> 00:40:05.460
 do you know

00:40:05.460 --> 00:40:06.160
 how many neighbors

00:40:06.160 --> 00:40:06.559
 you have

00:40:06.559 --> 00:40:07.579
 2,000

00:40:07.579 --> 00:40:08.860
 2,000

00:40:08.860 --> 00:40:09.300
 people

00:40:09.300 --> 00:40:10.019
 who are

00:40:10.019 --> 00:40:11.019
 from mainland China

00:40:11.019 --> 00:40:12.000
 they never heard

00:40:12.000 --> 00:40:12.820
 of the gospel

00:40:12.820 --> 00:40:14.219
 they never met

00:40:14.219 --> 00:40:14.619
 Jesus

00:40:14.619 --> 00:40:15.420
 and

00:40:15.420 --> 00:40:16.079
 how do

00:40:16.079 --> 00:40:16.780
 you love

00:40:16.780 --> 00:40:17.579
 your neighbor

00:40:17.579 --> 00:40:19.380
 the best way

00:40:19.380 --> 00:40:19.980
 to love them

00:40:19.980 --> 00:40:20.860
 is to tell them

00:40:20.860 --> 00:40:21.320
 Jesus

00:40:21.320 --> 00:40:22.440
 and share the gospel

00:40:22.440 --> 00:40:23.099
 with them

00:40:23.099 --> 00:40:24.179
 that's why

00:40:24.179 --> 00:40:24.940
 we

00:40:24.940 --> 00:40:25.739
 at Watermark

00:40:25.739 --> 00:40:26.420
 we started

00:40:26.420 --> 00:40:27.280
 the mental ministry

00:40:27.280 --> 00:40:28.780
 and to share

00:40:28.780 --> 00:40:29.940
 the gospel

00:40:29.940 --> 00:40:30.460
 the word

00:40:30.460 --> 00:40:31.199
 we started

00:40:31.199 --> 00:40:32.360
 from the beginning

00:40:32.360 --> 00:40:33.340
 Genesis

00:40:33.340 --> 00:40:34.159
 we are reading

00:40:34.159 --> 00:40:35.579
 chapter 1 and 2

00:40:35.579 --> 00:40:37.519
 every Thursday afternoon

00:40:37.519 --> 00:40:38.559
 and Thursday evening

00:40:38.559 --> 00:40:40.440
 at the

00:40:40.440 --> 00:40:41.119
 community center

00:40:41.119 --> 00:40:41.920
 you know where it is

00:40:41.920 --> 00:40:42.519
 high street

00:40:42.519 --> 00:40:43.079
 for six

00:40:43.079 --> 00:40:45.000
 and if you have time

00:40:45.000 --> 00:40:46.240
 and you know

00:40:46.240 --> 00:40:46.740
 anyone

00:40:46.740 --> 00:40:48.000
 who is interested

00:40:48.000 --> 00:40:49.019
 please come

00:40:49.019 --> 00:40:49.780
 and join us

00:40:49.780 --> 00:40:50.780
 and

00:40:50.780 --> 00:40:52.179
 we also

00:40:52.179 --> 00:40:52.579
 cooperate

00:40:52.579 --> 00:40:54.400
 with many other

00:40:54.400 --> 00:40:55.720
 groups

00:40:55.720 --> 00:40:56.599
 on campus

00:40:56.599 --> 00:40:57.099
 and

00:40:57.099 --> 00:41:00.099
 some other fellowship

00:41:00.099 --> 00:41:00.920
 and some people

00:41:00.920 --> 00:41:01.480
 so we can

00:41:01.480 --> 00:41:02.440
 reach out to

00:41:02.440 --> 00:41:03.579
 undergrad

00:41:03.579 --> 00:41:04.220
 and

00:41:04.220 --> 00:41:04.800
 graduate

00:41:04.800 --> 00:41:05.900
 and post grad

00:41:05.900 --> 00:41:07.240
 and many different

00:41:07.240 --> 00:41:07.579
 people

00:41:07.579 --> 00:41:08.960
 and the two weeks

00:41:08.960 --> 00:41:09.720
 I was in another

00:41:09.720 --> 00:41:10.179
 fellowship

00:41:10.179 --> 00:41:11.519
 and they just

00:41:11.519 --> 00:41:12.239
 reminded me

00:41:12.239 --> 00:41:12.579
 to say

00:41:12.579 --> 00:41:12.980
 you know

00:41:12.980 --> 00:41:13.940
 how many

00:41:13.940 --> 00:41:14.960
 neighbors do you have

00:41:14.960 --> 00:41:15.859
 I said

00:41:15.859 --> 00:41:16.639
 how many

00:41:16.639 --> 00:41:17.319
 and they said

00:41:17.319 --> 00:41:19.139
 we have

00:41:19.139 --> 00:41:20.219
 one million

00:41:20.219 --> 00:41:21.440
 Mandarin speakers

00:41:21.440 --> 00:41:22.299
 in Hong Kong

00:41:22.299 --> 00:41:23.980
 so one million

00:41:23.980 --> 00:41:25.099
 that's a large

00:41:25.099 --> 00:41:25.779
 amount of people

00:41:25.779 --> 00:41:26.679
 and they are

00:41:26.679 --> 00:41:28.179
 our neighbors

00:41:28.179 --> 00:41:28.859
 in many

00:41:28.859 --> 00:41:29.739
 2,000 years

00:41:29.739 --> 00:41:30.579
 our Lord Jesus

00:41:30.579 --> 00:41:31.279
 challenged

00:41:31.279 --> 00:41:32.219
 this lawyer

00:41:32.219 --> 00:41:33.039
 this lawyer

00:41:33.039 --> 00:41:34.059
 came to Jesus

00:41:34.059 --> 00:41:34.739
 and Jesus

00:41:34.739 --> 00:41:35.119
 said

00:41:35.119 --> 00:41:36.139
 you

00:41:36.139 --> 00:41:37.859
 should love your Lord

00:41:37.859 --> 00:41:39.519
 and love your neighbor

00:41:39.519 --> 00:41:40.500
 and who is my neighbor

00:41:40.500 --> 00:41:42.380
 one million people

00:41:42.380 --> 00:41:43.400
 and I know

00:41:43.400 --> 00:41:44.039
 many people

00:41:44.039 --> 00:41:44.639
 of you

00:41:44.639 --> 00:41:45.559
 maybe want to start

00:41:45.559 --> 00:41:47.320
 Mandarin speaking CG

00:41:47.320 --> 00:41:48.259
 so

00:41:48.259 --> 00:41:50.759
 you know where I am

00:41:50.759 --> 00:41:51.800
 and talk to me

00:41:51.800 --> 00:41:52.860
 thank you

00:41:52.860 --> 00:41:54.780
 thanks David

00:41:54.780 --> 00:41:57.260
 we don't know

00:41:57.260 --> 00:41:58.680
 what this university ministry

00:41:58.680 --> 00:41:59.420
 is going to look like

00:41:59.420 --> 00:42:00.460
 in another 18 months

00:42:00.460 --> 00:42:02.440
 mostly students

00:42:02.440 --> 00:42:03.099
 will have graduated

00:42:03.099 --> 00:42:05.099
 maybe they'll have left Hong Kong

00:42:05.099 --> 00:42:06.400
 there'll be a whole bunch

00:42:06.400 --> 00:42:07.019
 of new students

00:42:07.019 --> 00:42:07.860
 there'll be a new set

00:42:07.860 --> 00:42:08.440
 of student leaders

00:42:08.440 --> 00:42:10.240
 and I'm reminded every day

00:42:10.240 --> 00:42:11.519
 that all the things

00:42:11.519 --> 00:42:12.000
 that we're doing

00:42:12.000 --> 00:42:12.620
 whether it's

00:42:12.620 --> 00:42:12.920
 you know

00:42:12.920 --> 00:42:13.579
 with small groups

00:42:13.579 --> 00:42:14.079
 on campus

00:42:14.079 --> 00:42:14.920
 whether it's reaching out

00:42:14.920 --> 00:42:16.079
 to mainland

00:42:16.079 --> 00:42:17.519
 mainland Chinese speakers

00:42:17.519 --> 00:42:17.980
 you know

00:42:17.980 --> 00:42:19.039
 these things only happen

00:42:19.039 --> 00:42:20.400
 when God is working

00:42:20.400 --> 00:42:21.440
 and when we're asking him

00:42:21.440 --> 00:42:22.079
 and we're praying

00:42:22.079 --> 00:42:23.760
 to him

00:42:23.760 --> 00:42:24.820
 and praying

00:42:24.820 --> 00:42:25.660
 for this university

00:42:25.660 --> 00:42:27.160
 so we really want

00:42:27.160 --> 00:42:28.220
 you guys as a church

00:42:28.220 --> 00:42:29.200
 to join us

00:42:29.200 --> 00:42:29.680
 in praying

00:42:29.680 --> 00:42:30.460
 for these students

00:42:30.460 --> 00:42:32.619
 to pray for them

00:42:32.619 --> 00:42:33.440
 and pray that they would

00:42:33.440 --> 00:42:34.300
 come to know Jesus

00:42:34.300 --> 00:42:35.019
 pray

00:42:35.019 --> 00:42:36.320
 love these students

00:42:36.320 --> 00:42:37.119
 and take them out

00:42:37.119 --> 00:42:37.619
 for lunch

00:42:37.619 --> 00:42:40.240
 challenge these students

00:42:40.240 --> 00:42:41.440
 to take the next step

00:42:41.440 --> 00:42:42.539
 on their spiritual journey

00:42:42.539 --> 00:42:44.680
 over this next couple of weeks

00:42:44.680 --> 00:42:45.480
 we're going to be

00:42:45.480 --> 00:42:47.099
 starting a journey

00:42:47.099 --> 00:42:47.780
 towards talking a bit

00:42:47.780 --> 00:42:48.460
 about justice

00:42:48.460 --> 00:42:50.059
 and as a university ministry

00:42:50.059 --> 00:42:50.940
 we're still trying to figure out

00:42:50.940 --> 00:42:51.619
 what that looks like

00:42:51.619 --> 00:42:53.000
 but within Watermark

00:42:53.000 --> 00:42:54.679
 Jeremy heads up

00:42:54.679 --> 00:42:55.799
 our missional justice department

00:42:55.799 --> 00:42:57.299
 and he's going to come up

00:42:57.299 --> 00:42:57.500
 and

00:42:57.500 --> 00:42:58.719
 department?

00:42:58.900 --> 00:42:59.239
 I don't know

00:42:59.239 --> 00:43:00.519
 he's going to come up

00:43:00.519 --> 00:43:01.579
 and talk a little bit about that

00:43:01.579 --> 00:43:03.099
 all right

00:43:03.099 --> 00:43:06.460
 thank you so much

00:43:06.460 --> 00:43:08.739
 missional justice

00:43:08.739 --> 00:43:11.119
 it sounds kind of cool

00:43:11.119 --> 00:43:12.119
 it wasn't just two words

00:43:12.119 --> 00:43:13.500
 that I decided to throw together

00:43:13.500 --> 00:43:14.119
 that sounds cool

00:43:14.119 --> 00:43:15.820
 because it actually reminds me

00:43:15.820 --> 00:43:17.059
 and it should remind us

00:43:17.059 --> 00:43:18.719
 like what exactly is

00:43:18.719 --> 00:43:19.440
 is justice

00:43:19.440 --> 00:43:20.280
 justice

00:43:20.280 --> 00:43:21.300
 so when I'm thinking

00:43:21.300 --> 00:43:22.679
 about us serving the poor

00:43:22.679 --> 00:43:23.579
 and when I'm thinking

00:43:23.579 --> 00:43:24.380
 about us

00:43:24.380 --> 00:43:25.960
 when we're thinking about

00:43:25.960 --> 00:43:27.000
 you know reaching the people

00:43:27.000 --> 00:43:28.099
 who are like at the lowest

00:43:28.099 --> 00:43:28.579
 of the low

00:43:28.579 --> 00:43:29.840
 at the lowest rungs

00:43:29.840 --> 00:43:31.659
 of the social ladders

00:43:31.659 --> 00:43:32.659
 it's not just a matter

00:43:32.659 --> 00:43:33.300
 of charity

00:43:33.300 --> 00:43:34.840
 or you know

00:43:34.840 --> 00:43:36.099
 doing something nice

00:43:36.099 --> 00:43:37.179
 it's actually an issue

00:43:37.179 --> 00:43:37.900
 of justice

00:43:37.900 --> 00:43:39.420
 it's actually something

00:43:39.420 --> 00:43:40.320
 God looks at

00:43:40.320 --> 00:43:40.700
 and says

00:43:40.700 --> 00:43:41.900
 hey this is unjust

00:43:41.900 --> 00:43:44.179
 and I as a just God

00:43:44.179 --> 00:43:45.099
 believe that something

00:43:45.099 --> 00:43:46.880
 actually needs to be done

00:43:46.880 --> 00:43:47.500
 so it's not

00:43:47.500 --> 00:43:48.880
 it's so much more serious

00:43:48.880 --> 00:43:50.300
 and weighty

00:43:50.300 --> 00:43:51.039
 than that

00:43:51.039 --> 00:43:52.360
 and why missional

00:43:52.360 --> 00:43:52.940
 because

00:43:52.940 --> 00:43:54.900
 I think I constantly

00:43:54.900 --> 00:43:55.680
 need a reminder

00:43:55.680 --> 00:43:56.500
 I think we all do

00:43:56.500 --> 00:43:57.200
 as a church

00:43:57.200 --> 00:43:58.400
 when we go out

00:43:58.400 --> 00:43:58.960
 and serve

00:43:58.960 --> 00:43:59.519
 and do

00:43:59.519 --> 00:44:00.140
 you know

00:44:00.140 --> 00:44:01.059
 good deeds

00:44:01.059 --> 00:44:02.500
 it's not really just

00:44:02.500 --> 00:44:03.519
 to hopefully make

00:44:03.519 --> 00:44:05.300
 society more just

00:44:05.300 --> 00:44:06.700
 which is where the term

00:44:06.700 --> 00:44:07.480
 social justice

00:44:07.480 --> 00:44:08.059
 comes from

00:44:08.059 --> 00:44:09.320
 but it's

00:44:09.320 --> 00:44:10.119
 it's actually something

00:44:10.119 --> 00:44:10.800
 more than that

00:44:10.800 --> 00:44:11.700
 everything we do

00:44:11.699 --> 00:44:13.000
 is intimately connected

00:44:13.000 --> 00:44:14.679
 to a God

00:44:14.679 --> 00:44:15.539
 who is missional

00:44:15.539 --> 00:44:16.480
 who came

00:44:16.480 --> 00:44:17.439
 first came down

00:44:17.439 --> 00:44:18.819
 through Jesus Christ

00:44:18.819 --> 00:44:20.319
 to actually reach us

00:44:20.319 --> 00:44:21.739
 and everything we do

00:44:21.739 --> 00:44:22.799
 is part of

00:44:22.799 --> 00:44:25.579
 of advancing his kingdom

00:44:25.579 --> 00:44:27.139
 a part of his mission

00:44:27.139 --> 00:44:28.439
 that's so clearly written

00:44:28.439 --> 00:44:29.519
 on the banner

00:44:29.519 --> 00:44:30.960
 so even when we're loving people

00:44:30.960 --> 00:44:32.619
 when we're serving the poor

00:44:32.619 --> 00:44:33.859
 our hope is that

00:44:33.859 --> 00:44:34.619
 they'll ultimately

00:44:34.619 --> 00:44:37.039
 recognize the true issue

00:44:37.039 --> 00:44:37.559
 of justice

00:44:37.559 --> 00:44:38.879
 and that's the issue

00:44:38.879 --> 00:44:40.079
 of being reconciled

00:44:40.079 --> 00:44:40.900
 with God

00:44:40.900 --> 00:44:42.840
 of receiving his forgiveness

00:44:42.840 --> 00:44:44.340
 so that's why justice

00:44:44.340 --> 00:44:45.679
 is not just social justice

00:44:45.679 --> 00:44:46.920
 it's not just charity

00:44:46.920 --> 00:44:47.460
 or mercy

00:44:47.460 --> 00:44:49.019
 but it's actually missional

00:44:49.019 --> 00:44:49.619
 and that's something

00:44:49.619 --> 00:44:51.039
 that I need constant reminder

00:44:51.039 --> 00:44:51.940
 of and I hope that

00:44:51.940 --> 00:44:53.619
 God and his spirit

00:44:53.619 --> 00:44:54.219
 would continually

00:44:54.219 --> 00:44:55.239
 remind us as well

00:44:55.239 --> 00:44:56.759
 so I'll be very brief

00:44:56.759 --> 00:44:58.239
 there's a bunch of things

00:44:58.239 --> 00:44:59.319
 that I can share about

00:44:59.319 --> 00:45:00.980
 the short

00:45:00.980 --> 00:45:01.319
 you know

00:45:01.319 --> 00:45:01.579
 summary

00:45:01.579 --> 00:45:02.380
 won't do

00:45:02.380 --> 00:45:03.699
 these things justice

00:45:03.699 --> 00:45:07.000
 Chris got it there

00:45:07.000 --> 00:45:08.420
 but

00:45:08.420 --> 00:45:10.240
 but hopefully

00:45:10.240 --> 00:45:11.059
 in the coming weeks

00:45:11.059 --> 00:45:11.599
 and months

00:45:11.599 --> 00:45:12.500
 you will

00:45:12.500 --> 00:45:13.300
 you'll be able to see

00:45:13.300 --> 00:45:14.099
 more spotlights

00:45:14.099 --> 00:45:15.159
 of what God is doing

00:45:15.159 --> 00:45:16.260
 in and around the community

00:45:16.260 --> 00:45:17.820
 there's a few things

00:45:17.820 --> 00:45:18.539
 that have really kind of

00:45:18.539 --> 00:45:19.180
 risen up from the

00:45:19.180 --> 00:45:20.039
 grassroots of

00:45:20.039 --> 00:45:21.559
 of Watermark

00:45:21.559 --> 00:45:22.340
 one is

00:45:22.340 --> 00:45:23.519
 St. Barnabas Society

00:45:23.519 --> 00:45:24.940
 you might have heard of it

00:45:24.940 --> 00:45:26.400
 over the past year or two

00:45:26.400 --> 00:45:27.659
 it just started from

00:45:27.659 --> 00:45:28.559
 one community group

00:45:28.559 --> 00:45:29.780
 seeing a need

00:45:29.780 --> 00:45:30.380
 in their

00:45:30.380 --> 00:45:31.680
 in the Kennedy Town area

00:45:31.680 --> 00:45:32.659
 in the western district

00:45:32.659 --> 00:45:34.360
 and they started going out

00:45:34.360 --> 00:45:35.400
 to this NGO

00:45:35.400 --> 00:45:36.280
 this Christian NGO

00:45:36.280 --> 00:45:37.780
 that serves the elderly

00:45:37.780 --> 00:45:39.580
 that serves street sleepers

00:45:39.580 --> 00:45:40.420
 and homeless people

00:45:40.420 --> 00:45:41.720
 and we really came

00:45:41.720 --> 00:45:42.180
 alongside

00:45:42.180 --> 00:45:43.800
 them as a church

00:45:43.800 --> 00:45:44.680
 to help them actually

00:45:44.680 --> 00:45:46.080
 start a kids learning club

00:45:46.080 --> 00:45:47.200
 to actually reach

00:45:47.200 --> 00:45:48.800
 underprivileged kids

00:45:48.800 --> 00:45:49.620
 families

00:45:49.620 --> 00:45:50.700
 and they've started

00:45:50.700 --> 00:45:52.680
 a weekly program

00:45:52.680 --> 00:45:54.000
 tutoring kids

00:45:54.000 --> 00:45:54.860
 having their parents

00:45:54.860 --> 00:45:55.660
 come over for

00:45:55.660 --> 00:45:56.860
 like a home cooked meal

00:45:56.860 --> 00:45:57.900
 and that's something

00:45:57.900 --> 00:45:58.840
 that we want to continue

00:45:58.840 --> 00:46:00.220
 partnering with them

00:46:00.220 --> 00:46:01.380
 as well

00:46:01.380 --> 00:46:03.019
 you might have seen

00:46:03.019 --> 00:46:03.600
 like you know

00:46:03.600 --> 00:46:04.420
 half a dozen

00:46:04.420 --> 00:46:04.980
 a dozen

00:46:04.980 --> 00:46:05.980
 maybe even 20

00:46:05.980 --> 00:46:07.280
 Nepali kids

00:46:07.280 --> 00:46:08.019
 South Asian kids

00:46:08.019 --> 00:46:09.019
 running around Watermark

00:46:09.019 --> 00:46:10.139
 they're from an NGO

00:46:10.139 --> 00:46:11.960
 called Inner City Ministries

00:46:11.960 --> 00:46:13.480
 that serves in Jordan

00:46:13.480 --> 00:46:14.280
 and Yamate

00:46:14.280 --> 00:46:15.619
 and that whole area

00:46:15.619 --> 00:46:16.940
 and it's just beautiful

00:46:16.940 --> 00:46:17.860
 for me to see

00:46:17.860 --> 00:46:18.860
 these kids

00:46:18.860 --> 00:46:20.119
 come into our midst

00:46:20.119 --> 00:46:21.260
 because it's not

00:46:21.260 --> 00:46:22.280
 outreach anymore

00:46:22.280 --> 00:46:23.139
 we always think of it

00:46:23.139 --> 00:46:24.260
 as us and them

00:46:24.260 --> 00:46:25.820
 but they're in our midst

00:46:25.820 --> 00:46:26.300
 now

00:46:26.300 --> 00:46:27.519
 they're part of our church

00:46:27.519 --> 00:46:28.539
 at least that's what

00:46:28.539 --> 00:46:29.519
 we're working towards

00:46:29.519 --> 00:46:30.740
 as much as

00:46:30.740 --> 00:46:31.980
 normal things like

00:46:31.980 --> 00:46:32.240
 you know

00:46:32.240 --> 00:46:33.519
 race and language

00:46:33.519 --> 00:46:34.559
 and culture

00:46:34.559 --> 00:46:35.320
 can still

00:46:35.320 --> 00:46:36.480
 separate us

00:46:36.480 --> 00:46:37.059
 I think the beautiful

00:46:37.059 --> 00:46:37.440
 thing is

00:46:37.440 --> 00:46:38.300
 God is using

00:46:38.300 --> 00:46:39.039
 this opportunity

00:46:39.039 --> 00:46:39.960
 to break down

00:46:39.960 --> 00:46:40.880
 barriers that we have

00:46:40.880 --> 00:46:41.639
 in our very hearts

00:46:41.639 --> 00:46:41.980
 you know

00:46:41.980 --> 00:46:43.000
 that they're the other

00:46:43.000 --> 00:46:43.559
 you know

00:46:43.559 --> 00:46:44.139
 they're poor

00:46:44.139 --> 00:46:45.039
 they're dirty

00:46:45.039 --> 00:46:45.840
 they're smelly

00:46:45.840 --> 00:46:46.920
 which may be true

00:46:46.920 --> 00:46:47.460
 to be honest

00:46:47.460 --> 00:46:47.960
 none of them

00:46:47.960 --> 00:46:48.739
 are here hopefully

00:46:48.739 --> 00:46:50.079
 but the beautiful

00:46:50.079 --> 00:46:50.739
 thing is

00:46:50.739 --> 00:46:51.099
 you know

00:46:51.099 --> 00:46:52.320
 I've walked up to them

00:46:52.320 --> 00:46:52.659
 and smelled

00:46:52.659 --> 00:46:53.360
 some of them before

00:46:53.360 --> 00:46:54.320
 and they need

00:46:54.320 --> 00:46:55.219
 cleaning

00:46:55.219 --> 00:46:55.860
 they need

00:46:55.860 --> 00:46:56.900
 people to walk

00:46:56.900 --> 00:46:57.579
 alongside them

00:46:57.579 --> 00:46:58.000
 and teach them

00:46:58.000 --> 00:46:58.880
 about personal hygiene

00:46:58.880 --> 00:47:00.800
 so that's the beauty

00:47:00.800 --> 00:47:01.619
 that we can see

00:47:01.619 --> 00:47:02.400
 God working

00:47:02.400 --> 00:47:03.619
 and so

00:47:03.619 --> 00:47:04.440
 inner city is another

00:47:04.440 --> 00:47:04.920
 big thing

00:47:04.920 --> 00:47:06.220
 and sons and daughters

00:47:06.220 --> 00:47:06.980
 is another one

00:47:06.980 --> 00:47:07.880
 they reach out to

00:47:07.880 --> 00:47:09.480
 the working girls

00:47:09.480 --> 00:47:10.260
 the mama sons

00:47:10.260 --> 00:47:11.079
 even the customers

00:47:11.079 --> 00:47:11.880
 in all the red light

00:47:11.880 --> 00:47:12.800
 districts in Hong Kong

00:47:12.800 --> 00:47:13.400
 especially

00:47:13.400 --> 00:47:14.680
 Lockhart Road

00:47:14.680 --> 00:47:16.099
 in Wan Chai

00:47:16.099 --> 00:47:17.480
 and it's

00:47:17.480 --> 00:47:18.400
 that's still something

00:47:18.400 --> 00:47:18.900
 that we're really

00:47:18.900 --> 00:47:19.880
 trying to spotlight

00:47:19.880 --> 00:47:20.680
 and to build up

00:47:20.680 --> 00:47:21.320
 but just seeing

00:47:21.320 --> 00:47:22.300
 a few people

00:47:22.300 --> 00:47:23.059
 in Watermark

00:47:23.059 --> 00:47:23.920
 or even like

00:47:23.920 --> 00:47:24.780
 half a community group

00:47:24.780 --> 00:47:25.140
 kind of

00:47:25.140 --> 00:47:26.180
 being passionate

00:47:26.180 --> 00:47:27.000
 about reaching

00:47:27.000 --> 00:47:28.159
 these ladies

00:47:28.159 --> 00:47:28.579
 who

00:47:28.579 --> 00:47:29.440
 a lot of them

00:47:29.440 --> 00:47:30.000
 don't really

00:47:30.000 --> 00:47:30.760
 want to be there

00:47:30.760 --> 00:47:32.139
 they don't want

00:47:32.139 --> 00:47:32.800
 to be on Lockhart

00:47:32.800 --> 00:47:33.340
 they don't want

00:47:33.340 --> 00:47:34.059
 to be at the clubs

00:47:34.059 --> 00:47:35.039
 they don't want

00:47:35.039 --> 00:47:35.500
 to be selling

00:47:35.500 --> 00:47:35.980
 their bodies

00:47:35.980 --> 00:47:37.400
 but for one reason

00:47:37.400 --> 00:47:37.699
 or another

00:47:37.699 --> 00:47:38.079
 they think

00:47:38.079 --> 00:47:38.860
 they have no choice

00:47:38.860 --> 00:47:39.860
 so

00:47:39.860 --> 00:47:41.099
 so that's another thing

00:47:41.099 --> 00:47:41.719
 and there's also

00:47:41.719 --> 00:47:42.500
 little things

00:47:42.500 --> 00:47:43.179
 that are going on

00:47:43.179 --> 00:47:43.480
 you know

00:47:43.480 --> 00:47:44.239
 community group

00:47:44.239 --> 00:47:44.820
 that's going out

00:47:44.820 --> 00:47:45.659
 to elderly homes

00:47:45.659 --> 00:47:46.219
 regularly

00:47:46.219 --> 00:47:47.780
 just to show love

00:47:47.780 --> 00:47:48.260
 to people

00:47:48.260 --> 00:47:48.920
 who are

00:47:48.920 --> 00:47:50.039
 maybe often

00:47:50.039 --> 00:47:51.219
 emotionally neglected

00:47:51.219 --> 00:47:52.800
 there's

00:47:52.800 --> 00:47:53.420
 I know there's a group

00:47:53.420 --> 00:47:54.860
 that's giving bread

00:47:54.860 --> 00:47:55.800
 and delivering bread

00:47:55.800 --> 00:47:56.659
 to people

00:47:56.659 --> 00:47:57.379
 who need food

00:47:57.379 --> 00:47:58.259
 and those are

00:47:58.259 --> 00:47:58.940
 just little things

00:47:58.940 --> 00:47:59.679
 that we're hearing

00:47:59.679 --> 00:48:00.279
 and I pray

00:48:00.279 --> 00:48:00.879
 that it's not

00:48:00.879 --> 00:48:01.559
 just something

00:48:01.559 --> 00:48:02.239
 that really

00:48:02.239 --> 00:48:02.719
 the vision

00:48:02.719 --> 00:48:03.119
 the heart

00:48:03.119 --> 00:48:03.739
 is not something

00:48:03.739 --> 00:48:04.759
 that the elders

00:48:04.759 --> 00:48:05.259
 or me

00:48:05.259 --> 00:48:06.099
 just like coming

00:48:06.099 --> 00:48:06.460
 and saying

00:48:06.460 --> 00:48:07.239
 we got to do this

00:48:07.239 --> 00:48:07.500
 and this

00:48:07.500 --> 00:48:07.799
 and this

00:48:07.799 --> 00:48:08.099
 and this

00:48:08.099 --> 00:48:08.980
 all of these

00:48:08.980 --> 00:48:09.179
 things

00:48:09.179 --> 00:48:09.519
 is things

00:48:09.519 --> 00:48:09.960
 that we've

00:48:09.960 --> 00:48:10.480
 identified

00:48:10.480 --> 00:48:11.739
 as things

00:48:11.739 --> 00:48:12.219
 that have come

00:48:12.219 --> 00:48:12.719
 up from the

00:48:12.719 --> 00:48:13.179
 grassroots

00:48:13.179 --> 00:48:14.079
 from community

00:48:14.079 --> 00:48:14.460
 groups

00:48:14.460 --> 00:48:15.299
 from a few

00:48:15.299 --> 00:48:15.859
 people who have

00:48:15.859 --> 00:48:16.219
 just gotten

00:48:16.219 --> 00:48:16.559
 together

00:48:16.559 --> 00:48:17.359
 and seen

00:48:17.359 --> 00:48:17.920
 hey this is

00:48:17.920 --> 00:48:18.500
 unjust

00:48:18.500 --> 00:48:19.339
 there's something

00:48:19.339 --> 00:48:20.099
 wrong here

00:48:20.099 --> 00:48:22.119
 God does not

00:48:22.119 --> 00:48:23.039
 like this situation

00:48:23.039 --> 00:48:23.539
 and we want

00:48:23.539 --> 00:48:24.159
 to be his hands

00:48:24.159 --> 00:48:24.519
 and feet

00:48:24.519 --> 00:48:25.099
 and actually

00:48:25.099 --> 00:48:26.139
 make a small

00:48:26.139 --> 00:48:26.619
 difference

00:48:26.619 --> 00:48:27.579
 so I'm really

00:48:27.579 --> 00:48:28.119
 looking forward

00:48:28.119 --> 00:48:28.980
 to what's happening

00:48:28.980 --> 00:48:29.920
 what's going to be

00:48:29.920 --> 00:48:30.699
 happening in the next

00:48:30.699 --> 00:48:31.480
 six months

00:48:31.480 --> 00:48:31.839
 a year

00:48:31.839 --> 00:48:32.960
 what other things

00:48:32.960 --> 00:48:33.779
 God might

00:48:33.779 --> 00:48:34.679
 might do

00:48:34.679 --> 00:48:35.460
 if you heard

00:48:35.460 --> 00:48:36.279
 anything that I've

00:48:36.279 --> 00:48:36.920
 shared so far

00:48:36.920 --> 00:48:37.319
 in terms of

00:48:37.319 --> 00:48:37.779
 what's already

00:48:37.779 --> 00:48:38.359
 going on

00:48:38.359 --> 00:48:38.539
 you know

00:48:38.539 --> 00:48:39.039
 inner city

00:48:39.039 --> 00:48:39.859
 sons and daughters

00:48:39.859 --> 00:48:40.920
 St. Barnabas

00:48:40.920 --> 00:48:41.559
 or the other things

00:48:41.559 --> 00:48:42.559
 please speak to me

00:48:42.559 --> 00:48:43.799
 we'd love to continue

00:48:43.799 --> 00:48:44.859
 just mobilizing

00:48:44.859 --> 00:48:45.859
 and remembering

00:48:45.859 --> 00:48:46.319
 that

00:48:46.319 --> 00:48:47.000
 you know

00:48:47.000 --> 00:48:47.679
 justice isn't

00:48:47.679 --> 00:48:48.400
 really an option

00:48:48.400 --> 00:48:48.799
 you know

00:48:48.799 --> 00:48:49.679
 if we profess

00:48:49.679 --> 00:48:50.339
 to be walking

00:48:50.339 --> 00:48:51.000
 with the Lord

00:48:51.000 --> 00:48:52.099
 and he is

00:48:52.099 --> 00:48:52.400
 the Lord

00:48:52.400 --> 00:48:53.119
 of justice

00:48:53.119 --> 00:48:54.059
 it's not

00:48:54.059 --> 00:48:54.539
 really something

00:48:54.539 --> 00:48:55.099
 that we add

00:48:55.099 --> 00:48:55.820
 on to our

00:48:55.820 --> 00:48:56.300
 walk

00:48:56.300 --> 00:48:57.199
 as a Christian

00:48:57.199 --> 00:48:58.139
 it's something

00:48:58.139 --> 00:48:58.659
 that we

00:48:58.659 --> 00:48:59.219
 we just have

00:48:59.219 --> 00:48:59.659
 to do

00:48:59.659 --> 00:49:00.420
 and he calls

00:49:00.420 --> 00:49:00.940
 us to do

00:49:00.940 --> 00:49:02.280
 if we're

00:49:02.280 --> 00:49:02.860
 you know

00:49:02.860 --> 00:49:03.260
 in love

00:49:03.260 --> 00:49:03.699
 with the Lord

00:49:03.699 --> 00:49:04.059
 and if we're

00:49:04.059 --> 00:49:04.559
 following him

00:49:04.559 --> 00:49:05.219
 so thanks so much

00:49:05.219 --> 00:49:05.900
 and I will

00:49:05.900 --> 00:49:07.000
 pass on to

00:49:07.000 --> 00:49:09.000
 Franklin and

00:49:09.000 --> 00:49:09.360
 Graham

00:49:09.360 --> 00:49:10.139
 our elders

00:49:10.139 --> 00:49:10.900
 who will speak

00:49:10.900 --> 00:49:11.739
 about finances

00:49:11.739 --> 00:49:12.500
 because all

00:49:12.500 --> 00:49:12.900
 these things

00:49:12.900 --> 00:49:13.179
 that we've

00:49:13.179 --> 00:49:13.639
 talked about

00:49:13.639 --> 00:49:14.760
 need finances

00:49:14.760 --> 00:49:15.820
 and need

00:49:15.820 --> 00:49:17.179
 human resources

00:49:17.179 --> 00:49:18.139
 thanks guys

00:49:18.139 --> 00:49:23.639
 this is the

00:49:23.639 --> 00:49:24.059
 part of the

00:49:24.059 --> 00:49:24.440
 service

00:49:24.440 --> 00:49:24.960
 where all

00:49:24.960 --> 00:49:25.259
 the

00:49:25.259 --> 00:49:26.419
 bankers

00:49:26.419 --> 00:49:26.940
 investment

00:49:26.940 --> 00:49:27.480
 bankers

00:49:27.480 --> 00:49:28.019
 and finance

00:49:28.019 --> 00:49:28.319
 people

00:49:28.319 --> 00:49:28.960
 actually wake

00:49:28.960 --> 00:49:29.259
 up

00:49:29.259 --> 00:49:29.839
 okay

00:49:29.839 --> 00:49:30.699
 it's otherwise

00:49:30.699 --> 00:49:31.879
 known as the

00:49:31.879 --> 00:49:32.859
 Jerry Maguire

00:49:32.859 --> 00:49:33.579
 part of the

00:49:33.579 --> 00:49:33.919
 sermon

00:49:33.919 --> 00:49:35.279
 show me the

00:49:35.279 --> 00:49:35.559
 money

00:49:35.559 --> 00:49:36.199
 okay

00:49:36.199 --> 00:49:36.839
 which is what

00:49:36.839 --> 00:49:37.559
 we plan to

00:49:37.559 --> 00:49:37.919
 do

00:49:37.919 --> 00:49:39.099
 I'm

00:49:39.099 --> 00:49:39.599
 I'm Graham

00:49:39.599 --> 00:49:39.960
 one of the

00:49:39.960 --> 00:49:40.219
 elders

00:49:40.219 --> 00:49:41.079
 and this is

00:49:41.079 --> 00:49:41.739
 I'm Franklin

00:49:41.739 --> 00:49:42.739
 I'm the other

00:49:42.739 --> 00:49:43.019
 elder

00:49:43.019 --> 00:49:43.659
 good

00:49:43.659 --> 00:49:44.259
 so we

00:49:44.259 --> 00:49:44.639
 we haven't

00:49:44.639 --> 00:49:45.059
 got exciting

00:49:45.059 --> 00:49:45.440
 stories

00:49:45.440 --> 00:49:45.919
 but we got

00:49:45.919 --> 00:49:46.339
 something better

00:49:46.339 --> 00:49:46.759
 than that

00:49:46.760 --> 00:49:47.460
 we got

00:49:47.460 --> 00:49:48.140
 bar graphs

00:49:48.140 --> 00:49:49.000
 okay

00:49:49.000 --> 00:49:49.700
 so here we

00:49:49.700 --> 00:49:49.960
 go

00:49:49.960 --> 00:49:50.600
 if you have

00:49:50.600 --> 00:49:50.980
 a look at

00:49:50.980 --> 00:49:51.240
 there

00:49:51.240 --> 00:49:52.040
 I want to

00:49:52.040 --> 00:49:52.300
 start

00:49:52.300 --> 00:49:52.700
 the most

00:49:52.700 --> 00:49:53.380
 beautiful

00:49:53.380 --> 00:49:53.940
 figure to

00:49:53.940 --> 00:49:54.160
 me

00:49:54.160 --> 00:49:54.520
 is the

00:49:54.520 --> 00:49:54.780
 little

00:49:54.780 --> 00:49:56.020
 last one

00:49:56.020 --> 00:49:56.440
 the little

00:49:56.440 --> 00:49:56.780
 blue

00:49:56.780 --> 00:49:57.380
 bar graph

00:49:57.380 --> 00:49:58.080
 that

00:49:58.080 --> 00:49:58.980
 actually

00:49:58.980 --> 00:50:00.600
 shows how

00:50:00.600 --> 00:50:01.000
 generous

00:50:01.000 --> 00:50:01.440
 you guys

00:50:01.440 --> 00:50:01.820
 have been

00:50:01.820 --> 00:50:02.180
 we

00:50:02.180 --> 00:50:02.760
 at

00:50:02.760 --> 00:50:03.220
 Watermark

00:50:03.220 --> 00:50:03.800
 ages ago

00:50:03.800 --> 00:50:04.160
 we always

00:50:04.160 --> 00:50:04.540
 want to be

00:50:04.540 --> 00:50:05.340
 known as

00:50:05.340 --> 00:50:05.880
 a generous

00:50:05.880 --> 00:50:06.280
 church

00:50:06.280 --> 00:50:06.500
 so

00:50:06.500 --> 00:50:07.360
 we're going

00:50:07.360 --> 00:50:07.700
 to begin

00:50:07.700 --> 00:50:08.060
 with a

00:50:08.060 --> 00:50:08.620
 thank you

00:50:08.620 --> 00:50:09.080
 and that

00:50:09.080 --> 00:50:09.700
 really is

00:50:09.700 --> 00:50:10.400
 us as a

00:50:10.400 --> 00:50:10.800
 family

00:50:10.800 --> 00:50:11.560
 contributing

00:50:11.560 --> 00:50:11.960
 over

00:50:11.960 --> 00:50:12.680
 nine

00:50:12.680 --> 00:50:13.200
 million

00:50:13.200 --> 00:50:13.600
 dollars

00:50:13.600 --> 00:50:14.380
 in giving

00:50:14.380 --> 00:50:15.140
 last year

00:50:15.140 --> 00:50:15.860
 which is

00:50:15.860 --> 00:50:17.440
 a 13%

00:50:17.440 --> 00:50:18.120
 increase

00:50:18.120 --> 00:50:18.920
 over the

00:50:18.920 --> 00:50:19.539
 year before

00:50:19.539 --> 00:50:20.660
 so thanks

00:50:20.660 --> 00:50:21.120
 everyone

00:50:21.120 --> 00:50:21.620
 and thanks

00:50:21.620 --> 00:50:22.280
 to yourselves

00:50:22.280 --> 00:50:22.599
 right

00:50:22.599 --> 00:50:23.700
 we're very

00:50:23.700 --> 00:50:24.059
 blessed

00:50:24.059 --> 00:50:24.460
 and we're

00:50:24.460 --> 00:50:24.900
 very humbled

00:50:24.900 --> 00:50:25.340
 to see

00:50:25.340 --> 00:50:25.920
 those figures

00:50:25.920 --> 00:50:27.120
 yes indeed

00:50:27.120 --> 00:50:27.620
 we're very

00:50:27.620 --> 00:50:28.120
 very blessed

00:50:28.120 --> 00:50:29.640
 we're so

00:50:29.640 --> 00:50:30.160
 blessed that

00:50:30.160 --> 00:50:31.240
 in November

00:50:31.240 --> 00:50:32.059
 of last year

00:50:32.059 --> 00:50:33.099
 we made

00:50:33.099 --> 00:50:33.280
 an

00:50:33.280 --> 00:50:34.860
 challenge

00:50:34.860 --> 00:50:35.340
 to all

00:50:35.340 --> 00:50:35.680
 of us

00:50:35.680 --> 00:50:36.559
 that

00:50:36.559 --> 00:50:37.800
 the weekend

00:50:37.800 --> 00:50:38.420
 of December

00:50:38.420 --> 00:50:38.960
 8th

00:50:38.960 --> 00:50:39.519
 will give

00:50:39.519 --> 00:50:40.180
 all that

00:50:40.180 --> 00:50:40.800
 giving away

00:50:40.800 --> 00:50:42.240
 and

00:50:42.240 --> 00:50:43.560
 by grace

00:50:43.560 --> 00:50:44.760
 that is

00:50:44.760 --> 00:50:45.160
 the biggest

00:50:45.160 --> 00:50:45.580
 weekend

00:50:45.580 --> 00:50:45.900
 we have

00:50:45.900 --> 00:50:46.260
 ever

00:50:46.260 --> 00:50:46.820
 received

00:50:46.820 --> 00:50:47.340
 in

00:50:47.340 --> 00:50:47.980
 Fortemark

00:50:47.980 --> 00:50:48.940
 and

00:50:48.940 --> 00:50:50.460
 we gave

00:50:50.460 --> 00:50:50.760
 away

00:50:50.760 --> 00:50:51.220
 a million

00:50:51.220 --> 00:50:51.600
 and a half

00:50:51.600 --> 00:50:52.019
 dollars

00:50:52.019 --> 00:50:52.880
 on that

00:50:52.880 --> 00:50:53.840
 that we

00:50:53.840 --> 00:50:54.240
 received

00:50:54.240 --> 00:50:54.860
 that weekend

00:50:54.860 --> 00:50:55.780
 and the

00:50:55.780 --> 00:50:56.240
 money that

00:50:56.240 --> 00:50:56.700
 we just

00:50:56.700 --> 00:50:57.060
 want to let

00:50:57.060 --> 00:50:57.420
 you know

00:50:57.420 --> 00:50:58.400
 that the

00:50:58.400 --> 00:50:58.820
 money that

00:50:58.820 --> 00:50:59.480
 was received

00:50:59.480 --> 00:51:00.480
 went into

00:51:00.480 --> 00:51:01.039
 several

00:51:01.039 --> 00:51:02.120
 major ministries

00:51:02.120 --> 00:51:03.640
 we went

00:51:03.640 --> 00:51:04.120
 to help

00:51:04.120 --> 00:51:04.480
 the church

00:51:04.480 --> 00:51:04.940
 planters

00:51:04.940 --> 00:51:05.320
 with City

00:51:05.320 --> 00:51:05.700
 of City

00:51:05.700 --> 00:51:07.060
 reaching

00:51:07.060 --> 00:51:07.600
 our report

00:51:07.600 --> 00:51:08.320
 that Jeremy

00:51:08.320 --> 00:51:08.880
 mentioned

00:51:08.880 --> 00:51:10.119
 for St.

00:51:10.200 --> 00:51:10.680
 Barnabas

00:51:10.680 --> 00:51:11.340
 and

00:51:11.340 --> 00:51:13.640
 Jordan

00:51:13.640 --> 00:51:14.160
 the Kids

00:51:14.160 --> 00:51:14.440
 Club

00:51:14.440 --> 00:51:16.140
 for

00:51:16.140 --> 00:51:16.559
 inner city

00:51:16.559 --> 00:51:17.119
 ministries

00:51:17.119 --> 00:51:17.820
 and several

00:51:17.820 --> 00:51:18.619
 other ministries

00:51:18.619 --> 00:51:19.680
 so

00:51:19.680 --> 00:51:20.420
 but with

00:51:20.420 --> 00:51:20.760
 all these

00:51:20.760 --> 00:51:21.180
 investments

00:51:21.180 --> 00:51:21.900
 we may not

00:51:21.900 --> 00:51:22.619
 see an

00:51:22.619 --> 00:51:22.980
 immediate

00:51:22.980 --> 00:51:23.519
 return

00:51:23.519 --> 00:51:24.300
 but Lord

00:51:24.300 --> 00:51:24.820
 will

00:51:24.820 --> 00:51:25.780
 continue

00:51:25.780 --> 00:51:26.400
 to challenge

00:51:26.400 --> 00:51:26.760
 us and

00:51:26.760 --> 00:51:27.240
 show us

00:51:27.240 --> 00:51:27.800
 and give

00:51:27.800 --> 00:51:28.079
 us a

00:51:28.079 --> 00:51:28.360
 vision

00:51:28.360 --> 00:51:29.420
 that

00:51:29.420 --> 00:51:30.539
 these

00:51:30.539 --> 00:51:30.820
 things

00:51:30.820 --> 00:51:31.119
 these

00:51:31.119 --> 00:51:31.599
 investments

00:51:31.599 --> 00:51:32.160
 will be

00:51:32.160 --> 00:51:32.660
 worth it

00:51:32.660 --> 00:51:33.240
 and

00:51:33.240 --> 00:51:34.180
 reaching out

00:51:34.180 --> 00:51:34.480
 to the

00:51:34.480 --> 00:51:34.880
 reach

00:51:34.880 --> 00:51:35.340
 in the

00:51:35.340 --> 00:51:35.660
 gospel

00:51:35.660 --> 00:51:36.960
 good

00:51:36.960 --> 00:51:37.920
 all right

00:51:37.920 --> 00:51:38.559
 now I've

00:51:38.559 --> 00:51:38.840
 given

00:51:38.840 --> 00:51:39.659
 there's always

00:51:39.659 --> 00:51:40.639
 in accounting

00:51:40.639 --> 00:51:41.139
 I learnt

00:51:41.139 --> 00:51:41.579
 in school

00:51:41.579 --> 00:51:42.039
 there's these

00:51:42.039 --> 00:51:42.500
 things called

00:51:42.500 --> 00:51:43.000
 a T

00:51:43.000 --> 00:51:43.480
 account

00:51:43.480 --> 00:51:43.799
 right

00:51:43.799 --> 00:51:44.199
 there's a

00:51:44.199 --> 00:51:44.440
 debit

00:51:44.440 --> 00:51:45.159
 and there's

00:51:45.159 --> 00:51:45.599
 a credit

00:51:45.599 --> 00:51:46.420
 so I've

00:51:46.420 --> 00:51:46.799
 just told

00:51:46.799 --> 00:51:47.099
 you about

00:51:47.099 --> 00:51:47.420
 the little

00:51:47.420 --> 00:51:48.279
 blue graph

00:51:48.279 --> 00:51:49.299
 and now

00:51:49.299 --> 00:51:49.820
 I have to

00:51:49.820 --> 00:51:50.219
 tell you

00:51:50.219 --> 00:51:50.920
 about the

00:51:50.920 --> 00:51:51.559
 green

00:51:51.559 --> 00:51:52.519
 little bar

00:51:52.519 --> 00:51:52.880
 chart

00:51:52.880 --> 00:51:53.199
 there

00:51:53.199 --> 00:51:54.019
 like

00:51:54.019 --> 00:51:54.480
 anything

00:51:54.480 --> 00:51:54.940
 in Hong

00:51:54.940 --> 00:51:55.239
 Kong

00:51:55.239 --> 00:51:56.699
 things go

00:51:56.699 --> 00:51:57.000
 up

00:51:57.000 --> 00:51:57.340
 right

00:51:57.340 --> 00:51:59.000
 so that's

00:51:59.000 --> 00:51:59.679
 the reality

00:51:59.679 --> 00:52:00.099
 of what

00:52:00.099 --> 00:52:00.400
 happened

00:52:00.400 --> 00:52:00.840
 to us

00:52:00.840 --> 00:52:01.219
 over the

00:52:01.219 --> 00:52:01.719
 past year

00:52:01.719 --> 00:52:02.299
 our

00:52:02.299 --> 00:52:02.860
 expenses

00:52:02.860 --> 00:52:03.799
 went up

00:52:03.799 --> 00:52:04.019
 and

00:52:04.019 --> 00:52:04.619
 particularly

00:52:04.619 --> 00:52:05.639
 we've

00:52:05.639 --> 00:52:06.480
 the cost

00:52:06.480 --> 00:52:06.820
 of this

00:52:06.820 --> 00:52:07.179
 venue

00:52:07.179 --> 00:52:07.599
 right

00:52:07.599 --> 00:52:08.539
 just being

00:52:08.539 --> 00:52:08.920
 in here

00:52:08.920 --> 00:52:09.839
 we've

00:52:09.839 --> 00:52:10.360
 seen a

00:52:10.360 --> 00:52:10.619
 dramatic

00:52:10.619 --> 00:52:11.099
 increase

00:52:11.099 --> 00:52:11.599
 in cost

00:52:11.599 --> 00:52:11.980
 we've

00:52:11.980 --> 00:52:12.299
 had to

00:52:12.299 --> 00:52:12.940
 hire

00:52:12.940 --> 00:52:13.420
 removal

00:52:13.420 --> 00:52:14.079
 services

00:52:14.079 --> 00:52:15.019
 they charge

00:52:15.019 --> 00:52:15.400
 us to

00:52:15.400 --> 00:52:15.799
 keep our

00:52:15.799 --> 00:52:16.159
 equipment

00:52:16.159 --> 00:52:16.659
 here during

00:52:16.659 --> 00:52:17.079
 the week

00:52:17.079 --> 00:52:18.059
 and all

00:52:18.059 --> 00:52:18.319
 that's

00:52:18.319 --> 00:52:18.619
 kind of

00:52:18.619 --> 00:52:19.099
 led to

00:52:19.099 --> 00:52:19.960
 an increase

00:52:19.960 --> 00:52:20.799
 of

00:52:20.799 --> 00:52:21.460
 expenses

00:52:21.460 --> 00:52:22.059
 of over

00:52:22.059 --> 00:52:22.539
 a million

00:52:22.539 --> 00:52:22.920
 dollars

00:52:22.920 --> 00:52:23.339
 so that's

00:52:23.339 --> 00:52:23.579
 kind of

00:52:23.579 --> 00:52:23.819
 what that

00:52:23.819 --> 00:52:24.000
 little

00:52:24.000 --> 00:52:24.579
 green

00:52:24.579 --> 00:52:25.920
 bar

00:52:25.920 --> 00:52:26.679
 indicates

00:52:26.679 --> 00:52:27.519
 is our

00:52:27.519 --> 00:52:28.019
 expenses

00:52:28.019 --> 00:52:28.559
 have really

00:52:28.559 --> 00:52:29.039
 gone up

00:52:29.039 --> 00:52:29.519
 a lot

00:52:29.519 --> 00:52:30.299
 compared

00:52:30.299 --> 00:52:30.759
 to the

00:52:30.759 --> 00:52:31.099
 previous

00:52:31.099 --> 00:52:31.619
 year

00:52:31.619 --> 00:52:35.359
 together

00:52:35.359 --> 00:52:35.539
 with

00:52:35.539 --> 00:52:35.659
 the

00:52:35.659 --> 00:52:36.279
 expenses

00:52:36.279 --> 00:52:38.019
 if you

00:52:38.019 --> 00:52:38.599
 see the

00:52:38.599 --> 00:52:38.799
 blue

00:52:38.799 --> 00:52:39.159
 chart

00:52:39.159 --> 00:52:40.539
 on

00:52:40.539 --> 00:52:41.359
 2012

00:52:41.359 --> 00:52:41.579
 and

00:52:41.579 --> 00:52:42.259
 2013

00:52:42.259 --> 00:52:43.779
 we have

00:52:43.779 --> 00:52:44.880
 a year

00:52:44.880 --> 00:52:45.699
 ago

00:52:45.699 --> 00:52:46.239
 we had

00:52:46.239 --> 00:52:46.539
 some

00:52:46.539 --> 00:52:47.199
 really low

00:52:47.199 --> 00:52:47.719
 donations

00:52:47.719 --> 00:52:48.759
 plus the

00:52:48.759 --> 00:52:48.960
 big

00:52:48.960 --> 00:52:49.480
 expenses

00:52:49.480 --> 00:52:51.019
 so the

00:52:51.019 --> 00:52:51.440
 savings

00:52:51.440 --> 00:52:51.759
 that we

00:52:51.759 --> 00:52:52.019
 have in

00:52:52.019 --> 00:52:52.339
 our bank

00:52:52.339 --> 00:52:52.719
 account

00:52:52.719 --> 00:52:53.019
 we have

00:52:53.019 --> 00:52:53.319
 the very

00:52:53.319 --> 00:52:53.960
 honest

00:52:53.960 --> 00:52:54.420
 and upright

00:52:54.420 --> 00:52:54.779
 with you

00:52:54.779 --> 00:52:55.920
 that has

00:52:55.920 --> 00:52:56.359
 kind of

00:52:56.359 --> 00:52:56.839
 depleted

00:52:56.840 --> 00:52:59.059
 so this

00:52:59.059 --> 00:52:59.559
 whole year

00:52:59.559 --> 00:52:59.780
 we have

00:52:59.780 --> 00:53:00.140
 been very

00:53:00.140 --> 00:53:00.680
 careful

00:53:00.680 --> 00:53:01.019
 in our

00:53:01.019 --> 00:53:01.380
 spending

00:53:01.380 --> 00:53:02.620
 so that

00:53:02.620 --> 00:53:02.920
 we will

00:53:02.920 --> 00:53:03.200
 not

00:53:03.200 --> 00:53:04.100
 continue

00:53:04.100 --> 00:53:04.360
 going

00:53:04.360 --> 00:53:04.559
 to

00:53:04.559 --> 00:53:04.860
 red

00:53:04.860 --> 00:53:07.620
 but

00:53:07.620 --> 00:53:09.300
 when we

00:53:09.300 --> 00:53:09.780
 are reducing

00:53:09.780 --> 00:53:10.220
 expenses

00:53:10.220 --> 00:53:10.620
 we don't

00:53:10.620 --> 00:53:11.059
 want to

00:53:11.059 --> 00:53:11.700
 reduce

00:53:11.700 --> 00:53:12.220
 our

00:53:12.220 --> 00:53:12.820
 outreach

00:53:12.820 --> 00:53:13.300
 efforts

00:53:13.300 --> 00:53:13.800
 our

00:53:13.800 --> 00:53:15.700
 trainings

00:53:15.700 --> 00:53:16.240
 and the

00:53:16.240 --> 00:53:16.579
 ministry

00:53:16.579 --> 00:53:16.940
 that is

00:53:16.940 --> 00:53:17.160
 needed

00:53:17.160 --> 00:53:17.559
 for the

00:53:17.559 --> 00:53:17.800
 church

00:53:17.800 --> 00:53:19.039
 so we'll

00:53:19.039 --> 00:53:19.400
 continue

00:53:19.400 --> 00:53:19.980
 to report

00:53:19.980 --> 00:53:20.220
 these

00:53:20.220 --> 00:53:20.600
 figures

00:53:20.600 --> 00:53:21.240
 to you

00:53:21.240 --> 00:53:21.960
 as a

00:53:21.960 --> 00:53:22.300
 watermark

00:53:22.300 --> 00:53:22.660
 family

00:53:22.660 --> 00:53:22.960
 on a

00:53:22.960 --> 00:53:23.180
 monthly

00:53:23.180 --> 00:53:23.579
 basis

00:53:23.579 --> 00:53:24.260
 so you

00:53:24.260 --> 00:53:24.620
 will be

00:53:24.620 --> 00:53:24.900
 aware

00:53:24.900 --> 00:53:25.180
 and we

00:53:25.180 --> 00:53:25.400
 hold

00:53:25.400 --> 00:53:25.600
 us

00:53:25.600 --> 00:53:26.059
 accountable

00:53:26.059 --> 00:53:26.700
 for

00:53:26.699 --> 00:53:27.019
 our

00:53:27.019 --> 00:53:27.399
 spending

00:53:27.399 --> 00:53:28.639
 someone

00:53:28.639 --> 00:53:29.259
 asked me

00:53:29.259 --> 00:53:29.579
 about

00:53:29.579 --> 00:53:30.000
 a week

00:53:30.000 --> 00:53:30.359
 ago

00:53:30.359 --> 00:53:30.819
 they said

00:53:30.819 --> 00:53:31.599
 is there

00:53:31.599 --> 00:53:32.000
 something

00:53:32.000 --> 00:53:32.759
 special

00:53:32.759 --> 00:53:33.379
 in the

00:53:33.379 --> 00:53:33.779
 coffee

00:53:33.779 --> 00:53:34.339
 they serve

00:53:34.339 --> 00:53:34.980
 a watermark

00:53:34.980 --> 00:53:35.779
 because there's

00:53:35.779 --> 00:53:36.419
 an awful lot

00:53:36.419 --> 00:53:36.839
 of pregnant

00:53:36.839 --> 00:53:37.579
 women around

00:53:37.579 --> 00:53:39.179
 so I just

00:53:39.179 --> 00:53:39.779
 don't put

00:53:39.779 --> 00:53:40.219
 anything in

00:53:40.219 --> 00:53:40.619
 the coffee

00:53:40.619 --> 00:53:42.779
 but our

00:53:42.779 --> 00:53:43.279
 family's

00:53:43.279 --> 00:53:43.619
 growing

00:53:43.619 --> 00:53:44.159
 which is

00:53:44.159 --> 00:53:44.639
 fantastic

00:53:44.639 --> 00:53:45.059
 right

00:53:45.059 --> 00:53:45.359
 I mean

00:53:45.359 --> 00:53:45.899
 we're

00:53:45.899 --> 00:53:46.719
 growing

00:53:46.719 --> 00:53:48.000
 from the

00:53:48.000 --> 00:53:48.480
 ground up

00:53:48.480 --> 00:53:48.919
 from having

00:53:48.919 --> 00:53:49.439
 babies

00:53:49.439 --> 00:53:50.000
 from people

00:53:50.000 --> 00:53:50.559
 coming in

00:53:50.559 --> 00:53:51.399
 which is a

00:53:51.399 --> 00:53:52.039
 wonderful

00:53:52.039 --> 00:53:52.799
 thing

00:53:52.799 --> 00:53:53.259
 but that

00:53:53.259 --> 00:53:54.159
 kind of

00:53:54.159 --> 00:53:54.599
 means

00:53:54.599 --> 00:53:55.539
 an increase

00:53:55.539 --> 00:53:56.419
 in expenses

00:53:56.420 --> 00:53:56.980
 as well

00:53:56.980 --> 00:53:57.400
 and we

00:53:57.400 --> 00:53:57.940
 we've got

00:53:57.940 --> 00:53:58.300
 to make

00:53:58.300 --> 00:53:58.880
 allowances

00:53:58.880 --> 00:53:59.400
 for that

00:53:59.400 --> 00:53:59.639
 you know

00:53:59.639 --> 00:54:00.000
 we hope

00:54:00.000 --> 00:54:01.039
 to bring

00:54:01.039 --> 00:54:01.519
 more

00:54:01.519 --> 00:54:02.519
 permanent

00:54:02.519 --> 00:54:03.380
 staff

00:54:03.380 --> 00:54:03.760
 members

00:54:03.760 --> 00:54:04.400
 on board

00:54:04.400 --> 00:54:05.260
 and also

00:54:05.260 --> 00:54:05.700
 we're

00:54:05.700 --> 00:54:06.000
 praying

00:54:06.000 --> 00:54:06.380
 for a

00:54:06.380 --> 00:54:06.740
 permanent

00:54:06.740 --> 00:54:07.300
 venue

00:54:07.300 --> 00:54:07.900
 as well

00:54:07.900 --> 00:54:09.019
 so what

00:54:09.019 --> 00:54:09.440
 we've done

00:54:09.440 --> 00:54:09.720
 is we've

00:54:09.720 --> 00:54:10.220
 taken into

00:54:10.220 --> 00:54:10.860
 consideration

00:54:10.860 --> 00:54:11.700
 the giving

00:54:11.700 --> 00:54:12.159
 of last

00:54:12.159 --> 00:54:12.380
 year

00:54:12.380 --> 00:54:12.619
 that

00:54:12.619 --> 00:54:12.940
 nine

00:54:12.940 --> 00:54:13.300
 million

00:54:13.300 --> 00:54:14.039
 dollar

00:54:14.039 --> 00:54:14.360
 figure

00:54:14.360 --> 00:54:14.619
 I

00:54:14.619 --> 00:54:15.059
 mentioned

00:54:15.059 --> 00:54:15.860
 and we've

00:54:15.860 --> 00:54:16.320
 taken into

00:54:16.320 --> 00:54:16.680
 account what

00:54:16.680 --> 00:54:17.139
 we've learned

00:54:17.139 --> 00:54:17.619
 from our

00:54:17.619 --> 00:54:18.200
 expenses

00:54:18.200 --> 00:54:18.800
 and we've

00:54:18.800 --> 00:54:19.500
 prepared a

00:54:19.500 --> 00:54:19.760
 budget

00:54:19.760 --> 00:54:20.280
 this year

00:54:20.280 --> 00:54:20.639
 if you can

00:54:20.639 --> 00:54:21.300
 have a look

00:54:21.300 --> 00:54:22.039
 just can we

00:54:22.039 --> 00:54:22.420
 go back

00:54:22.420 --> 00:54:22.740
 one

00:54:22.739 --> 00:54:23.379
 just before

00:54:23.379 --> 00:54:24.899
 that last

00:54:24.899 --> 00:54:25.459
 little gray

00:54:25.459 --> 00:54:26.319
 box at

00:54:26.319 --> 00:54:26.659
 the end

00:54:26.659 --> 00:54:26.979
 you see

00:54:26.979 --> 00:54:27.500
 that's

00:54:27.500 --> 00:54:27.919
 perfectly

00:54:27.919 --> 00:54:28.500
 in line

00:54:28.500 --> 00:54:28.939
 with the

00:54:28.939 --> 00:54:29.699
 little blue

00:54:29.699 --> 00:54:30.919
 giving thing

00:54:30.919 --> 00:54:32.119
 so we've

00:54:32.119 --> 00:54:32.979
 been good

00:54:32.979 --> 00:54:33.319
 stewards

00:54:33.319 --> 00:54:34.039
 and we're

00:54:34.039 --> 00:54:34.679
 trying to

00:54:34.679 --> 00:54:36.399
 match our

00:54:36.399 --> 00:54:36.759
 budget

00:54:36.759 --> 00:54:37.779
 to our

00:54:37.779 --> 00:54:38.219
 giving for

00:54:38.219 --> 00:54:38.459
 the next

00:54:38.459 --> 00:54:38.619
 year

00:54:38.619 --> 00:54:39.519
 and Jackie's

00:54:39.519 --> 00:54:39.719
 going to

00:54:39.719 --> 00:54:40.279
 show us

00:54:40.279 --> 00:54:40.739
 that we

00:54:40.739 --> 00:54:41.299
 moved from

00:54:41.299 --> 00:54:42.319
 bar graphs

00:54:42.319 --> 00:54:43.139
 to pie charts

00:54:43.139 --> 00:54:43.659
 it just gets

00:54:43.659 --> 00:54:44.099
 better and

00:54:44.099 --> 00:54:44.319
 better

00:54:44.319 --> 00:54:45.399
 okay so

00:54:45.399 --> 00:54:46.139
 that's kind

00:54:46.139 --> 00:54:46.639
 of how we've

00:54:46.639 --> 00:54:47.419
 broken it up

00:54:47.419 --> 00:54:47.659
 right

00:54:47.659 --> 00:54:48.000
 I don't know

00:54:48.000 --> 00:54:48.399
 you can see

00:54:48.399 --> 00:54:48.699
 that little

00:54:48.699 --> 00:54:49.199
 figure up

00:54:49.199 --> 00:54:49.339
 there

00:54:49.340 --> 00:54:49.579
 it says

00:54:49.579 --> 00:54:50.120
 budgeted

00:54:50.120 --> 00:54:50.400
 spending

00:54:50.400 --> 00:54:50.900
 from last

00:54:50.900 --> 00:54:51.059
 year

00:54:51.059 --> 00:54:51.460
 was

00:54:51.460 --> 00:54:52.539
 2.3

00:54:52.539 --> 00:54:52.840
 million

00:54:52.840 --> 00:54:53.240
 more

00:54:53.240 --> 00:54:53.539
 right

00:54:53.539 --> 00:54:53.760
 so

00:54:53.760 --> 00:54:54.240
 it's

00:54:54.240 --> 00:54:54.400
 what

00:54:54.400 --> 00:54:54.760
 Franklin

00:54:54.760 --> 00:54:55.120
 already

00:54:55.120 --> 00:54:55.579
 mentioned

00:54:55.579 --> 00:54:56.240
 about us

00:54:56.240 --> 00:54:57.320
 us using

00:54:57.320 --> 00:54:57.680
 a lot

00:54:57.680 --> 00:54:57.920
 of the

00:54:57.920 --> 00:54:58.320
 church

00:54:58.320 --> 00:54:59.120
 saving

00:54:59.120 --> 00:54:59.519
 so that's

00:54:59.519 --> 00:54:59.780
 kind of

00:54:59.780 --> 00:55:00.380
 how our

00:55:00.380 --> 00:55:00.860
 ministry

00:55:00.860 --> 00:55:02.120
 has been

00:55:02.120 --> 00:55:03.120
 broken up

00:55:03.120 --> 00:55:04.019
 into the

00:55:04.019 --> 00:55:04.380
 different

00:55:04.380 --> 00:55:05.200
 factors

00:55:05.200 --> 00:55:05.620
 and we're

00:55:05.620 --> 00:55:06.180
 basing it

00:55:06.180 --> 00:55:06.760
 on you

00:55:06.760 --> 00:55:07.100
 can see

00:55:07.100 --> 00:55:07.559
 a monthly

00:55:07.559 --> 00:55:08.039
 giving

00:55:08.039 --> 00:55:09.059
 of around

00:55:09.059 --> 00:55:10.400
 750 to

00:55:10.400 --> 00:55:11.300
 800,000

00:55:11.300 --> 00:55:11.940
 is what we

00:55:11.940 --> 00:55:12.380
 need

00:55:12.380 --> 00:55:13.120
 as a

00:55:13.120 --> 00:55:13.480
 family

00:55:13.480 --> 00:55:15.340
 good so

00:55:15.340 --> 00:55:16.700
 what we

00:55:16.700 --> 00:55:17.320
 ask

00:55:17.320 --> 00:55:17.780
 and what

00:55:17.780 --> 00:55:18.019
 we

00:55:18.019 --> 00:55:18.680
 really

00:55:18.680 --> 00:55:18.920
 is

00:55:18.920 --> 00:55:19.780
 to

00:55:19.780 --> 00:55:20.220
 continue

00:55:20.220 --> 00:55:20.500
 to

00:55:20.500 --> 00:55:20.900
 pray

00:55:20.900 --> 00:55:21.320
 right

00:55:21.320 --> 00:55:21.880
 pray

00:55:21.880 --> 00:55:22.720
 that

00:55:22.720 --> 00:55:23.059
 God

00:55:23.059 --> 00:55:23.400
 will

00:55:23.400 --> 00:55:25.360
 bless

00:55:25.360 --> 00:55:25.740
 us

00:55:25.740 --> 00:55:25.940
 and

00:55:25.940 --> 00:55:26.320
 continue

00:55:26.320 --> 00:55:26.740
 to

00:55:26.740 --> 00:55:27.599
 provide

00:55:27.599 --> 00:55:28.200
 for our

00:55:28.200 --> 00:55:28.619
 needs

00:55:28.619 --> 00:55:28.840
 which

00:55:28.840 --> 00:55:29.000
 he

00:55:29.000 --> 00:55:29.260
 has

00:55:29.260 --> 00:55:29.519
 done

00:55:29.519 --> 00:55:29.680
 we

00:55:29.680 --> 00:55:29.920
 just

00:55:29.920 --> 00:55:30.260
 need

00:55:30.260 --> 00:55:30.420
 to

00:55:30.420 --> 00:55:30.579
 look

00:55:30.579 --> 00:55:30.840
 over

00:55:30.840 --> 00:55:31.019
 our

00:55:31.019 --> 00:55:31.340
 shoulder

00:55:31.340 --> 00:55:31.619
 and

00:55:31.619 --> 00:55:32.000
 this

00:55:32.000 --> 00:55:32.119
 is

00:55:32.119 --> 00:55:32.240
 a

00:55:32.240 --> 00:55:32.340
 little

00:55:32.340 --> 00:55:32.740
 miracle

00:55:32.740 --> 00:55:33.079
 that's

00:55:33.079 --> 00:55:33.360
 happened

00:55:33.360 --> 00:55:33.539
 and

00:55:33.539 --> 00:55:33.760
 he's

00:55:33.760 --> 00:55:34.440
 continued

00:55:34.440 --> 00:55:34.700
 to

00:55:34.700 --> 00:55:35.059
 provide

00:55:35.059 --> 00:55:35.280
 for

00:55:35.280 --> 00:55:35.440
 our

00:55:35.440 --> 00:55:35.700
 needs

00:55:35.700 --> 00:55:35.880
 and

00:55:35.880 --> 00:55:36.480
 also

00:55:36.480 --> 00:55:36.780
 don't

00:55:36.780 --> 00:55:37.119
 forget

00:55:37.119 --> 00:55:37.400
 right

00:55:37.400 --> 00:55:37.760
 everything

00:55:37.760 --> 00:55:37.980
 that

00:55:37.980 --> 00:55:38.159
 we've

00:55:38.159 --> 00:55:38.420
 heard

00:55:38.420 --> 00:55:38.880
 gone

00:55:38.880 --> 00:55:39.200
 before

00:55:39.200 --> 00:55:39.460
 us

00:55:39.460 --> 00:55:39.900
 community

00:55:39.900 --> 00:55:40.360
 groups

00:55:40.360 --> 00:55:40.760
 missional

00:55:40.760 --> 00:55:41.320
 justice

00:55:41.320 --> 00:55:42.300
 university

00:55:42.300 --> 00:55:43.380
 that's

00:55:43.380 --> 00:55:43.539
 all

00:55:43.539 --> 00:55:44.019
 part

00:55:44.019 --> 00:55:44.159
 of

00:55:44.159 --> 00:55:44.360
 this

00:55:44.360 --> 00:55:44.659
 we're

00:55:44.659 --> 00:55:44.920
 all

00:55:44.920 --> 00:55:45.579
 sowing

00:55:45.579 --> 00:55:46.480
 into

00:55:48.920 --> 00:55:51.980
 throughout

00:55:51.980 --> 00:55:52.380
 the year

00:55:52.380 --> 00:55:52.539
 I've

00:55:52.539 --> 00:55:52.960
 always

00:55:52.960 --> 00:55:53.360
 been

00:55:53.360 --> 00:55:54.099
 reminded

00:55:54.099 --> 00:55:54.320
 of

00:55:54.320 --> 00:55:54.579
 this

00:55:54.579 --> 00:55:55.400
 verse

00:55:55.400 --> 00:55:55.740
 from

00:55:55.740 --> 00:55:55.880
 the

00:55:55.880 --> 00:55:56.119
 Bible

00:55:56.119 --> 00:55:56.400
 from

00:55:56.400 --> 00:55:56.960
 Philippians

00:55:56.960 --> 00:55:57.440
 1

00:55:57.440 --> 00:55:57.800
 3

00:55:57.800 --> 00:55:57.960
 to

00:55:57.960 --> 00:55:58.280
 6

00:55:58.280 --> 00:55:59.639
 and

00:55:59.639 --> 00:55:59.780
 we

00:55:59.780 --> 00:56:00.039
 read

00:56:00.039 --> 00:56:00.260
 to

00:56:00.260 --> 00:56:00.460
 you

00:56:00.460 --> 00:56:01.099
 I

00:56:01.099 --> 00:56:01.400
 thank

00:56:01.400 --> 00:56:01.599
 my

00:56:01.599 --> 00:56:01.880
 God

00:56:01.880 --> 00:56:02.159
 every

00:56:02.159 --> 00:56:02.480
 time

00:56:02.480 --> 00:56:02.619
 I

00:56:02.619 --> 00:56:03.000
 remember

00:56:03.000 --> 00:56:03.340
 you

00:56:03.340 --> 00:56:03.820
 in

00:56:03.820 --> 00:56:04.240
 all

00:56:04.240 --> 00:56:04.500
 my

00:56:04.500 --> 00:56:04.920
 prayers

00:56:04.920 --> 00:56:05.260
 for

00:56:05.260 --> 00:56:05.599
 all

00:56:05.599 --> 00:56:05.760
 of

00:56:05.760 --> 00:56:05.980
 you

00:56:05.980 --> 00:56:06.480
 I

00:56:06.480 --> 00:56:06.820
 always

00:56:06.820 --> 00:56:07.180
 pray

00:56:07.180 --> 00:56:07.420
 with

00:56:07.420 --> 00:56:07.860
 joy

00:56:07.860 --> 00:56:08.280
 because

00:56:08.280 --> 00:56:08.519
 of

00:56:08.519 --> 00:56:08.659
 your

00:56:08.659 --> 00:56:09.119
 partnership

00:56:09.119 --> 00:56:09.380
 in

00:56:09.380 --> 00:56:09.519
 the

00:56:09.519 --> 00:56:09.900
 gospel

00:56:09.900 --> 00:56:10.619
 from

00:56:10.619 --> 00:56:10.800
 the

00:56:10.800 --> 00:56:11.019
 first

00:56:11.019 --> 00:56:11.240
 day

00:56:11.240 --> 00:56:11.539
 until

00:56:11.539 --> 00:56:11.960
 now

00:56:11.960 --> 00:56:12.960
 be

00:56:12.960 --> 00:56:13.340
 confident

00:56:13.340 --> 00:56:13.659
 of

00:56:13.659 --> 00:56:13.940
 this

00:56:13.940 --> 00:56:14.539
 that

00:56:14.539 --> 00:56:14.760
 he

00:56:14.760 --> 00:56:14.960
 who

00:56:14.960 --> 00:56:15.380
 began

00:56:15.380 --> 00:56:15.579
 a

00:56:15.579 --> 00:56:15.740
 good

00:56:15.740 --> 00:56:16.039
 work

00:56:16.039 --> 00:56:16.220
 in

00:56:16.220 --> 00:56:16.460
 you

00:56:16.460 --> 00:56:16.860
 will

00:56:16.860 --> 00:56:17.159
 carry

00:56:18.920 --> 00:56:19.159
 until

00:56:19.159 --> 00:56:19.360
 the

00:56:19.360 --> 00:56:19.539
 day

00:56:19.539 --> 00:56:19.700
 of

00:56:19.700 --> 00:56:19.980
 Christ

00:56:19.980 --> 00:56:20.360
 Jesus

00:56:20.360 --> 00:56:21.860
 just

00:56:21.860 --> 00:56:22.099
 if

00:56:22.099 --> 00:56:22.200
 you

00:56:22.200 --> 00:56:22.360
 look

00:56:22.360 --> 00:56:22.720
 behind

00:56:22.720 --> 00:56:22.940
 me

00:56:22.940 --> 00:56:23.300
 one

00:56:23.300 --> 00:56:23.559
 last

00:56:23.559 --> 00:56:23.800
 thing

00:56:23.800 --> 00:56:24.280
 this

00:56:24.280 --> 00:56:24.440
 is

00:56:24.440 --> 00:56:24.619
 a

00:56:24.619 --> 00:56:25.159
 celebration

00:56:25.159 --> 00:56:25.920
 of

00:56:25.920 --> 00:56:26.059
 what

00:56:26.059 --> 00:56:26.320
 we've

00:56:26.320 --> 00:56:26.440
 been

00:56:26.440 --> 00:56:26.680
 able

00:56:26.680 --> 00:56:26.880
 to

00:56:26.880 --> 00:56:27.079
 do

00:56:27.079 --> 00:56:27.260
 over

00:56:27.260 --> 00:56:27.420
 the

00:56:27.420 --> 00:56:27.700
 past

00:56:27.700 --> 00:56:27.860
 year

00:56:27.860 --> 00:56:28.019
 we're

00:56:28.019 --> 00:56:28.139
 not

00:56:28.139 --> 00:56:28.340
 going

00:56:28.340 --> 00:56:28.480
 to

00:56:28.480 --> 00:56:28.619
 go

00:56:28.619 --> 00:56:28.800
 into

00:56:28.800 --> 00:56:28.960
 all

00:56:28.960 --> 00:56:29.059
 the

00:56:29.059 --> 00:56:29.500
 details

00:56:29.500 --> 00:56:30.119
 but

00:56:30.119 --> 00:56:30.280
 it

00:56:30.280 --> 00:56:30.579
 really

00:56:30.579 --> 00:56:30.880
 is

00:56:30.880 --> 00:56:31.139
 big

00:56:31.139 --> 00:56:31.820
 highlights

00:56:31.820 --> 00:56:32.360
 of

00:56:32.360 --> 00:56:33.360
 people

00:56:33.360 --> 00:56:33.619
 we've

00:56:33.619 --> 00:56:33.860
 managed

00:56:33.860 --> 00:56:34.260
 to bring

00:56:34.260 --> 00:56:34.480
 out

00:56:34.480 --> 00:56:34.760
 things

00:56:34.760 --> 00:56:35.039
 we've

00:56:35.039 --> 00:56:35.320
 managed

00:56:35.320 --> 00:56:35.559
 to

00:56:35.559 --> 00:56:35.840
 do

00:56:35.840 --> 00:56:36.480
 just

00:56:36.480 --> 00:56:36.680
 as

00:56:36.680 --> 00:56:36.820
 a

00:56:36.820 --> 00:56:37.019
 church

00:56:37.019 --> 00:56:37.460
 community

00:56:37.460 --> 00:56:37.760
 all

00:56:37.760 --> 00:56:37.860
 of

00:56:37.860 --> 00:56:37.960
 it

00:56:37.960 --> 00:56:38.240
 costs

00:56:38.240 --> 00:56:38.619
 money

00:56:38.619 --> 00:56:39.500
 and

00:56:39.500 --> 00:56:40.139
 but

00:56:40.139 --> 00:56:40.300
 it

00:56:40.300 --> 00:56:40.460
 is

00:56:40.460 --> 00:56:40.780
 reaching

00:56:40.780 --> 00:56:41.019
 out

00:56:41.019 --> 00:56:41.179
 the

00:56:41.179 --> 00:56:41.519
 gospel

00:56:41.519 --> 00:56:42.079
 if

00:56:42.079 --> 00:56:42.199
 you

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 do

00:56:42.360 --> 00:56:42.559
 have

00:56:42.559 --> 00:56:42.739
 any

00:56:42.739 --> 00:56:43.019
 more

00:56:43.019 --> 00:56:43.579
 detailed

00:56:43.579 --> 00:56:44.179
 questions

00:56:44.179 --> 00:56:44.659
 please

00:56:44.659 --> 00:56:44.880
 come

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 speak

00:56:45.199 --> 00:56:45.539
 to

00:56:45.539 --> 00:56:46.360
 the

00:56:46.360 --> 00:56:46.679
 leaders

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 or

00:56:47.000 --> 00:56:47.259
 us

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 as

00:56:47.420 --> 00:56:47.739
 elders

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 afterwards

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 and

00:56:48.659 --> 00:56:48.900
 we're

00:56:48.900 --> 00:56:49.360
 happy

00:56:49.360 --> 00:56:49.780
 to

00:56:49.780 --> 00:56:50.679
 hear

00:56:50.679 --> 00:56:50.900
 your

00:56:50.900 --> 00:56:51.320
 questions

00:56:51.320 --> 00:56:52.259
 and

00:56:52.259 --> 00:56:52.619
 hopefully

00:56:52.619 --> 00:56:52.820
 give

00:56:52.820 --> 00:56:52.880
 you

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 an

00:56:53.000 --> 00:56:53.239
 answer

00:56:53.239 --> 00:56:54.039
 thanks

00:56:54.039 --> 00:56:54.259
 very

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 much

00:56:54.480 --> 00:56:54.800
 Tobin

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 okay

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 so

00:57:01.699 --> 00:57:01.920
 that

00:57:01.920 --> 00:57:02.259
 was

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 that

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 was

00:57:02.659 --> 00:57:02.800
 much

00:57:02.800 --> 00:57:02.980
 better

00:57:02.980 --> 00:57:03.099
 than

00:57:03.099 --> 00:57:03.440
 AGM

00:57:03.440 --> 00:57:03.739
 wasn't

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 it

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 come

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 on

00:57:05.259 --> 00:57:05.599
 guys

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 is

00:57:05.860 --> 00:57:05.980
 that

00:57:05.980 --> 00:57:06.159
 better

00:57:06.159 --> 00:57:06.340
 than

00:57:06.340 --> 00:57:06.679
 sitting

00:57:06.679 --> 00:57:06.860
 on

00:57:06.860 --> 00:57:07.199
 a

00:57:07.199 --> 00:57:08.199
 quorum

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 raising

00:57:08.500 --> 00:57:08.639
 your

00:57:08.639 --> 00:57:08.920
 hands

00:57:08.920 --> 00:57:09.119
 and all

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 that

00:57:09.259 --> 00:57:09.500
 stuff

00:57:09.500 --> 00:57:10.920
 you

00:57:10.920 --> 00:57:11.119
 know

00:57:11.119 --> 00:57:11.460
 it's

00:57:11.460 --> 00:57:11.820
 amazing

00:57:11.820 --> 00:57:12.000
 when

00:57:12.000 --> 00:57:12.079
 you

00:57:12.079 --> 00:57:12.180
 look

00:57:12.180 --> 00:57:12.260
 at

00:57:12.260 --> 00:57:12.480
 that

00:57:12.480 --> 00:57:12.960
 year

00:57:12.960 --> 00:57:13.240
 chart

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 what

00:57:13.440 --> 00:57:13.659
 God

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 has

00:57:13.800 --> 00:57:14.039
 allowed

00:57:14.039 --> 00:57:14.240
 us

00:57:14.240 --> 00:57:14.460
 as a

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 church

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 to be

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 a

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 part

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 of

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 and

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 all

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 the

00:57:15.780 --> 00:57:15.960
 things

00:57:15.960 --> 00:57:16.079
 that

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 he's

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 allowed

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 to

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 and

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 when

00:57:17.400 --> 00:57:17.480
 you

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 think

00:57:17.659 --> 00:57:17.940
 about

00:57:17.940 --> 00:57:18.340
 I

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 realize

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 one

00:57:19.500 --> 00:57:19.700
 of the

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 craziness

00:57:20.200 --> 00:57:20.500
 about

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 ministry

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 as I've

00:57:22.300 --> 00:57:22.579
 been doing

00:57:22.579 --> 00:57:22.840
 it for

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 30

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 years

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 now

00:57:23.740 --> 00:57:24.079
 is that

00:57:24.079 --> 00:57:24.659
 so much

00:57:24.659 --> 00:57:24.860
 of what

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 we see

00:57:25.480 --> 00:57:26.539
 we don't

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 see

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 we're not

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 going to

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 see what's

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 going to

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 happen

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 in the lives

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 of the

00:57:29.980 --> 00:57:30.380
 students

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 a lot

00:57:31.220 --> 00:57:31.380
 of the

00:57:31.380 --> 00:57:31.559
 students

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 are going

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 to leave

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 and they

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 go to

00:57:32.500 --> 00:57:32.639
 their

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 other

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 countries

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 we're

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 not

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 going

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 to

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 see

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 what's

00:57:34.699 --> 00:57:34.799
 going

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 to

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 happen

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 in

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 the

00:57:35.239 --> 00:57:35.460
 life

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 of

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 some

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 of

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 the

00:57:35.840 --> 00:57:36.139
 kids

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 because

00:57:36.320 --> 00:57:36.460
 their

00:57:36.460 --> 00:57:36.759
 families

00:57:36.759 --> 00:57:36.940
 are going

00:57:36.940 --> 00:57:37.000
 to

00:57:37.000 --> 00:57:37.360
 transfer

00:57:37.360 --> 00:57:38.279
 and they're

00:57:38.279 --> 00:57:41.579
 going to leave and they're going to go two years to New York or to Singapore or someplace like that

00:57:41.579 --> 00:57:44.920
 what we know is that our God is going with them

00:57:44.920 --> 00:58:13.380
 and however long they're here he's been challenging us as a church to plant seeds of gospel the resources he's given us to allow those things to grow and to flourish and to change lives and things that are happening we're going to end right now Christina and I were talking and one of the things we talked about we said you know I said to her just yesterday last night actually we said so what do you want the church to look like 20 years from now and she said to me you know it doesn't really matter

00:58:13.380 --> 00:58:16.380
 if Christ isn't at the center of it

00:58:16.380 --> 00:58:30.320
 if Christ is at the center of it then he's in control and he's going to take care of it and he's going to grow it and it's going to happen but if he's not we can grow this massive mega church and it won't matter because it won't last

00:58:30.320 --> 00:58:39.940
 I wondered if I was going to share this with you but I want to share this with you just so you can keep us accountable you can keep me accountable but actually so we can keep the church family accountable because it's not just me saying it

00:58:39.940 --> 00:58:52.240
 it's us doing it as a family in the year to come we want to reach out to other campuses we've partnership with churches in America and other organizations and they're going to start sending interns with us

00:58:52.240 --> 00:59:00.019
 and that's that's part of the things we're praying about and doing and looking at in the year to come we want to keep training everybody in this church

00:59:00.019 --> 00:59:08.260
 we want you guys to go deeper in your love for God's word we want you to understand theology we're going to put on classes my mentor the guy who trained me

00:59:08.260 --> 00:59:15.520
 in seminary Dr. Hannah is going to come and he's going to be a consultant for us for two months and he's going to do Bible study classes and church history classes

00:59:15.520 --> 00:59:19.260
 and all of these things we want you to take part of because we want you to grow and to develop

00:59:19.260 --> 00:59:23.480
 we want to start Mandarin Bible studies and as David said we've already started the Bible study so

00:59:23.480 --> 00:59:31.520
 if you're a Mandarin speaker or you know a Mandarin speaker Thursday night at the community center there's a fellowship there for Mandarin speakers to learn God's word in their native tongue

00:59:31.520 --> 00:59:35.520
 we want to do that and our hope is that one day that that will plant into a church

00:59:35.519 --> 00:59:42.880
 we want to keep planting churches we want to keep training pastors and and and the hope is at the end of this next year

00:59:42.880 --> 00:59:49.599
 that we would have developed a team a launch team a group of people and that we say okay we have a countdown now

00:59:49.599 --> 00:59:56.059
 and so from one year from now we want to plant another church community maybe two and so that's what we're praying for

00:59:56.059 --> 01:00:01.360
 but we realize that it's not going to work unless we do it as a family we probably need to start a second service

01:00:01.360 --> 01:00:08.260
 and I've been fighting it been fighting it because of the community but you know as we as we continue to grow not to grab people from other churches

01:00:08.260 --> 01:00:13.559
 but to get people who aren't in church we probably need to continue that because when people come and they see something this size

01:00:13.559 --> 01:00:16.860
 they they don't necessarily want to bring their friends and so we need to pray about that

01:00:16.860 --> 01:00:23.280
 we need to realize what it's going to look like for us just to trust the Lord and to move forward in this process

01:00:23.280 --> 01:00:28.440
 and it's not just the staff saying it because we're all priests we're all called to do it

01:00:28.440 --> 01:00:32.200
 and so I want to end our time by taking communion together

01:00:32.200 --> 01:00:36.320
 because that's how the early church did it they took communion together

01:00:36.320 --> 01:00:39.660
 and then they ate a big meal together a love feast

01:00:39.660 --> 01:00:42.540
 the interesting thing about Christianity is this

01:00:42.540 --> 01:00:45.800
 in every other religion

01:00:45.800 --> 01:00:48.019
 in business

01:00:48.019 --> 01:00:53.260
 however you want to do it when you want to honor somebody what you normally do is you make an image of them

01:00:53.260 --> 01:00:57.780
 or you put their name on a building and there's a lot of names on buildings all around Hong Kong

01:00:57.780 --> 01:01:01.140
 and those people are being honored for what they've done and some of that's amazing stuff

01:01:01.140 --> 01:01:06.060
 but in Christianity what we're told in the Gospels and in 1 Corinthians is

01:01:06.060 --> 01:01:08.460
 the way we honor the Lord is we take a meal

01:01:08.460 --> 01:01:12.720
 and in this meal we're told that we take part

01:01:12.720 --> 01:01:15.740
 in the symbolism of God's body

01:01:15.740 --> 01:01:18.600
 we eat the bread

01:01:18.600 --> 01:01:20.720
 we drink the wine

01:01:20.719 --> 01:01:24.919
 we don't make an image of anything but we take those things into us

01:01:24.919 --> 01:01:28.959
 the difference between Christianity and every other religion is when we do this

01:01:28.959 --> 01:01:31.639
 what we're doing is we're saying that Christ

01:01:31.639 --> 01:01:33.919
 is inside of us

01:01:33.919 --> 01:01:36.939
 when you take the communion

01:01:36.939 --> 01:01:39.459
 what you're saying theologically is

01:01:39.459 --> 01:01:40.259
 God

01:01:40.259 --> 01:01:42.279
 is with you

01:01:42.279 --> 01:01:45.699
 so the question we have to ask ourselves

01:01:45.699 --> 01:01:47.759
 as we walk through this day is what does it mean

01:01:47.760 --> 01:01:50.960
 for God to be with us

01:01:50.960 --> 01:01:53.440
 what does it look like for that to happen as a church

01:01:53.440 --> 01:01:57.900
 the difference between Christianity and every other religion is that when we take communion

01:01:57.900 --> 01:01:59.600
 we take it together

01:01:59.600 --> 01:02:02.680
 it doesn't just mean that God is in us

01:02:02.680 --> 01:02:03.620
 that God is with us

01:02:03.620 --> 01:02:05.240
 that God is with you as you're walking together

01:02:05.240 --> 01:02:06.080
 as you're going to work

01:02:06.080 --> 01:02:07.380
 as you're living in home

01:02:07.380 --> 01:02:07.980
 as you're a dad

01:02:07.980 --> 01:02:08.580
 as you're a mom

01:02:08.580 --> 01:02:09.260
 as you're a single

01:02:09.260 --> 01:02:10.220
 as you're a student

01:02:10.220 --> 01:02:10.960
 as you're a worker

01:02:10.960 --> 01:02:12.040
 whatever you're doing

01:02:12.040 --> 01:02:13.520
 God is with you as you're doing it

01:02:13.519 --> 01:02:16.360
 but what it also means is that God is with us

01:02:16.360 --> 01:02:19.219
 that we are a family

01:02:19.219 --> 01:02:22.880
 the symbolism of why we take communion

01:02:22.880 --> 01:02:25.820
 as if we don't take communion apart from the big family

01:02:25.820 --> 01:02:27.300
 because the meaning of communion is

01:02:27.300 --> 01:02:28.380
 is that we are a family

01:02:28.380 --> 01:02:30.800
 we walk together

01:02:30.800 --> 01:02:31.800
 we pray together

01:02:31.800 --> 01:02:32.840
 we serve together

01:02:32.840 --> 01:02:33.780
 we love together

01:02:33.780 --> 01:02:35.179
 we cry together

01:02:35.179 --> 01:02:36.539
 we celebrate together

01:02:36.539 --> 01:02:38.119
 we rejoice together

01:02:38.119 --> 01:02:40.500
 knowing that God has brought us together

01:02:40.500 --> 01:02:54.960
 a family

01:02:54.960 --> 01:02:55.800
 we breathe together

01:02:55.800 --> 01:02:56.019
 we MERCHED

01:02:56.019 --> 01:02:57.139
 we pray together

01:02:57.139 --> 01:02:57.420
 Mike

01:02:57.420 --> 01:02:57.480
 at the'll

01:02:57.480 --> 01:02:58.300
 we join

01:02:58.300 --> 01:02:58.840
 the next song

01:02:58.840 --> 01:02:59.179
 we pray together

01:02:59.179 --> 01:02:59.360
 we pray together

01:02:59.360 --> 01:02:59.760
 we pray together

01:02:59.760 --> 01:03:00.179
 we pray together

01:03:00.179 --> 01:03:00.840
 we pray together

01:03:00.840 --> 01:03:01.079
 we pray together

01:03:01.079 --> 01:03:01.940
 we pray together

01:03:01.940 --> 01:03:02.280
 we pray together

01:03:02.280 --> 01:03:02.880
 we pray together

01:03:02.880 --> 01:03:04.679
 we pray together

01:03:04.679 --> 01:03:06.280
 we pray together

01:03:06.280 --> 01:03:07.039
 we pray together

01:03:07.039 --> 01:03:08.000
 we pray together

01:03:08.000 --> 01:03:08.960
 we pray together

01:03:08.960 --> 01:03:09.960
 we pray together

01:03:09.960 --> 01:03:10.239
 we pray together