Well, good morning church family, those here at wildfire and those watching with
us online. Uh I'm just so excited to share today to celebrate with you that here
we are gathered together as a church on our third birthday, our third
anniversary, uh Larkin, I don't know if talking about a three year old toddler,
if that was a slight of my maturity level, but I, I'll let that one go. But
anyway, uh we are excited as a church to really celebrate today, what God has
done. And then I'm also excited to share with you where we're going as a church
and a new season of ministry and, and what's gonna be taking place here. And I
truly believe that the best is yet to come and that things are just getting
started here in the community. Now when we set out to plant Mission Grove, it it
seemed crazy and it's really, it's really only crazy until it happens, right? So
my wife and I really felt this call from God and, and some of you guys were
crazy enough to join us in this call and it really feels like that we were a
nomadic church these first three years, doesn't it? That I counted it up and
we've met and it combines uh eight locations um, as a church in three short
years. And so we started out in a home and then we outgrew the home and we went
into a classroom and then we outgrew the classroom. We came into the cafeteria.
That was interesting because we didn't have any supplies yet. And so we were
using the school projector and trying to like prop it on textbooks to get it
shining. And then we started to build some momentum there. And that was awesome.
And then I found out that the school was remodeling for the summer. So then we
were back out and back in homes and then it was there in homes where we went
into our first host home and we were praying for God to move. And I read the
passage from Ephesians chapter three, Paul's prayer where God can do
immeasurably more than anything we can ask, think or imagine. And we read the
verse and the host started crying and I was like, that's a cool verse. But I
feel like there's something more there. And so we paused and said, hey, what's
going on? And she replied, I, I don't think you understand that a few years ago
when we built this house, we wrote that verse on the floor of this room and we
prayed that God would use this house for ministry And a few years later, we were
gathered in that space in that room with that verse looking to start a church.
And so we were doing things like starting online devotionals and, and so I would
go to different spots around the valley and shoot a little devotional on my
phone. We were working through the gospel of John and I remember right around
Super Bowl time, I had some appointments on the west side of the valley. And so
that, that day's devotional was the story of Lazarus and from John 11. And so I
said, oh, this could be a Super Bowl moment for people that people really just
celebrate an eternal life going from death to life. And so I remember I was
standing by myself because it's the Cardinals and they weren't in the Super Bowl
maybe this year. But at the time, we were not as good. Ok? And so I was there, I
was the only one at the stadium, completely empty parking lot stadium in the
background. I'm shooting the video and says, you never know when God will move
and you never know when someone's ready to receive Christ as Lord and Savior. I
end the phone my end the phone devotional and I turned and there's a person
standing right there. I was like kind of freaked out and the guy was like, can I
get a ride to Walmart? And I was like, uh sure. And I'm looking around where did
this guy come from? And like, what happened? And then I noticed he had a Bible
in his hand and I was like, hey, I noticed he had a Bible in the hand, what's
going on? And he goes, well, you know, our car broke down. So I was just
waiting. And so I grabbed, uh, I grabbed this Bible out of the car that belongs
to my brother and I thought I'll just go to see the stadium. So I just walked
over here, I didn't realize how far it was. So I walked like a mile and a half
and I don't really wanna walk back and I don't really know what this says. And I
was like, oh, so I can give you a ride and do you wanna know what that says? And
he says sure. And so there um in the car and going from the Cardinal Stadium to
the Walmart, that's, that's like a mile and a half south of there. Um End up
leading this guy to Christ and we pray over his whole family. And then we go in
to buy lunch from the mcdonald's there or Burger King, whatever the fast food
place was in that Walmart and praying. And I just remember thinking, OK, God,
you're, you're in this church plant thing that if you can put me on the west
side of the valley in that moment at the exact time that gentleman's walking. Um
Then I know you're going to be in this with us. And so we came back, we were in
homes, we came back, then we launched in the school and we had flooding on our
grand opening day. And basically, we said, hey, if you can get here, church is
open. And uh, and so we started passing out umbrellas and boats and uh getting
through, ok, we didn't do that. But um, but the blessing was the rain canceled
while it closed main roads. It also canceled a lot of activities that day. And
so a lot of people who wouldn't normally come to church came to church that
morning and, and we were off and then we started to grow and we got really
excited. And so we started to launch home groups. And so we rented out the
community center and Clark was gonna share this uh preacher first message to our
church family. And right before he got up to preach, the manager said, hey,
sorry, accidentally double booked. It's also Caribbean music night. And so Clark
went on to preach with steel drums in the background. Um You know, you heard the
keyboard behind Larkin or announcements, um just picture steel drums, ding,
ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. And uh we got a lot of sign ups for
Bible studies that night. So that was good. And uh and so then, you know, we
started growing and it was awesome. And so then we made big plans for, to grow
in the spring of 2020. Yes, the spring of 2020. So, right there, um, 18 months
into it, uh, global pandemic things shut down. We were one of the, being a
rented facility. We were in the, one of the first churches to close doors and,
but because we didn't own a space, we didn't have a space to go to. And so we
moved, uh, online for seven months and then we launched an online ministry. And
actually in these first three years of a church, this little little church of
ours has had 27,000 views uh here on our youtube channel and people have watched
um gospel messages for 2700 hours here in the community. Amen. We can give up
for that, sorry. And so we didn't meet for about seven months. And then we were
excited to say, ok, God, where are you taking us? And, and so we're praying for
an open door and the open door was a bar. So because that, that's what I had in
mind uh when I went to start the church. And so, uh we started meeting at Copper
Blues Live and we met there for almost a year and we just embraced that season.
Some of you are here in this room now because you came to us in that season. And
so we even brought in a Christian comedian. It was a lot of fun. He said, now
being a Christian comedian, normally, I feel like I'm bringing light into a dark
place. But now that I'm doing comedy in the church, kind of feel like I'm
breathing dark into a light place. And so it kind of works out. And so we just
embraced it and we had fun. People would show up for shopping and brunch in
Desert Ridge marketplace and then say, what's this? And we say, hey, it's church
and they'd come in and then we dismiss and on the other side of the restaurant,
there'd be a cover band in mimosas. And so it's just not your typical church
plant story, but it was our story. And so um and then just this last month, we
got to move back into the school. And so we've been all over the map, but it's
been so cool to see how God's moved that so many of you here in this room have
served and given generously of your time, your talents, your treasure that
people are here early, setting up, tearing down um running tech, leading music,
greeting uh helping kids and, and leading our kids ministry. We've launched kids
ministry, student ministry, young adult ministry, home bible studies, women's
ministry. And we decided early on as a church that we want to be a church that
changes the narrative because there's a lot of churches that are known by what
they're against. And we said as a team and as a church body that we want to be
known by who we're for. And so right from the gate, we just told people that God
is for you, which means we are for you and together we can be for the community.
And so we started just to really reach out and, and love people and just, and no
agenda just go out and love people. I started showing up to meetings which I
realized looking back that probably was creepy and I apologize if you were in
one of those meetings, like when you go to a school board or school PTO meeting
where your kid doesn't go to that school, um not, not looked well upon. Um But I
showed up and after a while I was like, hey, um if we volunteer, if we brought
20 volunteers and paid for that event, would that help you? And they were like,
OK, what, who is this person? What is this church? He said, yeah, we're a new
church and we just want to love and be for the community. And so we started
serving and we started serving and so we started bringing meals to school staff
and we brought coffees to hospital staff and we started sponsoring events like
we're doing again here in the fall and we started seeing God work. We did a
crazy thing where on our one year anniversary, we did something called multiply
the blessing and we did a reverse offering instead of taking an offering. We
passed out thousands of dollars in cash and we challenged people to go be a
blessing in their community and the stories that came back from that were
incredible. And then when the pandemic hit and we didn't have a meeting space,
uh we took a leap of faith and, and we decided to reach out. And so we partnered
with this organization called R IP Medical Debt, which buys medical debt that's
normally sold to creditors, um 100 to 1. So pennies on the dollar and instead of
um collecting, we bought the debt and forgave it. And so we paid up because we
gave $13,000 which represented over 50% of what came in that month. Uh that came
in as a church, we gave that away. And because that $13,000 gift, we were able
to pay off $1.3 million in medical debt for only almost 700 families in this
community. That's pretty incredible, right? And it's because of people sitting
right here. It's because that God is continuing to move. So we've done things
like serving um homeless downtown to buying TV S and laptops for a foster care
transition house to. And I remember last Christmas, we filled an entire trailer
with Christmas gifts for the Rodriguez family who had multiple kids and family
members battling brain tumors and cancer. And so to get out there and to be the
hands and feet of Jesus has been so incredible and you guys are part of that and
that we continue to serve, continue to love. And I really believe that we're
just getting started. And so as I look back over the last three years, what I,
what I realized was really this one truth. And that is that making a difference
is not about the size of our church, but the size of our God. And that if we
really believe that God is big and God is real and God has transformed and
changed our lives, then we cannot help but go out into the community and to love
others without an agenda and to bless others and to be a blessing to others
because God has forgiven and redeemed and freed us. And so we get a chance to
bring light into this dark world. We had a chance to bring hope into a hopeless
world. And people do that by setting up a chair by greeting you at the entrance,
by, by having a Bible study at the workplace, by reaching out to their
neighbors. And so you guys are living and breathing that because the church
doesn't just have a mission, but rather the mission of God has a church and that
we have a big God. And because we have a big God, we have a big faith and it's
just getting started some of the verses that impact and really are the
foundation for who we are as a church are verses like mark 1230 31 which says,
and you shall love the Lord, your God with all your heart, with all your soul,
with all your mind and with all your strength. And that the second is this, that
you shall love your neighbor as yourself. And there are no other commandment
greater than these, this idea of loving God with all that you are and then
loving others. The way that Jesus loved us is it's just so free. I mean, as a
church leader, it's been so fun to see because I've become friends with the
area, church pastors and I've, I've realized that it's not on us for them is
that we're on the same team. We actually had several people come and ask about
the church and I shared the heart and I got so excited and I was like, oh, what
do you think they, yeah, it's not for us. Thanks. Uh I said, well, what are you
looking for? And they shared what they were looking for? And I said, actually,
you know what? You might really enjoy this church. Really? I was like, yeah, I'm
friends with the pastor. Why I'm gonna call them, let them know that you're
coming and you go check things out and they're like, that seems odd. I'm like,
it is odd, but it's what we're called to do as the church, right? Like we're on
the team and and church. I'm seeing churches, um large churches, small churches
um work together and pray for each other. And we're seeing unity not uniformity
here in the valley. And Phoenix is growing and, and it needs more churches and
it needs more impact and we're seeing that happen, you know Jesus, some of the
last words he gave his disciples in Matthew 28. They are known as the Great
Commission said these words and Jesus came and said to them, all authority in
heaven and on earth has been given to me, go therefore and make disciples
baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit teaching
them to observe all that I have commanded you and behold, I am with you always
to the end of the age. You know, when my wife and I set out to start the church,
it seemed crazy. It seemed kind of wild, but I just kept hanging on to the fact
that God was with us and that if God is with us, then we cannot fail that God's
glory and kingdom is bigger. And then I'm gonna trust in that and I'm gonna walk
in faith and, and that we did that collectively as a community. And so it's been
so cool to see that God is with us every step of the way. And then just a few
verses later in acts chapter one verse eight, right before he ascends to heaven.
Jesus says, and you will receive power. That's the same power that rose Jesus
from the dead. You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you and
you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in Judea and Samaria and to the ends
of the earth, hang on to that phrase to the ends of the earth. We're gonna come
back to that one in just a moment. But, but we see this boldness that comes, in
fact, Paul, an unlikely guy to start a church writes in, in Corinthians. It says
in Corinthians chapter three verse 12, it says, since we have a hope so because
Jesus rose again, we are very bold and that's the boldness. That's the kind of
faith I want us to have as a church family. We're not perfect. We make tons of
mistakes, but let's make bold mistakes. Let's make mistakes where we forgive
each other and we take steps of faith and we see God move just a few verses
later in second Corinthians chapter nine verses six through eight. It says this.
It says the point is this I love when he writes that because he can't miss his
main point when he's writing. The point is this, hey, mark this down. He says,
whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly and whoever sows bountifully
will also reap boundlessly that each one must give as he has decided in his
heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion for God loves a cheerful giver. And
then I love this verse verse eight and God is able to make all grace abound to
you so that having all sufficiency and all things at all times, you may abound
in every good work. You know what I'm excited about as a church is the fact that
making a difference is not about the size of our church, but the size of our
God. And because God has risen, because He is alive, we are alive and that we
can make an eternal global impact right here at wildfire Elementary, right here
with mission grove and it starts with you and it starts with me and it starts
now. And so here's what I want to do, you know, we are celebrating what God has
done. But now I want to share with you what God is doing and where we're going
as a church. And so I don't just have one big announcement for you. I, I share
that in the email. I actually have three announcements and it's pretty exciting.
It really represents a new season of ministry for us so that we are expanding
outside of a local gathering and, and teaching literally the world for Christ.
So the first announcement I have for you is that, you know, we had a privilege
of going down to Mexico in the spring to join another church and check out this
really cool ministry called Isaacs eight. And in fact, a friend of mine named
Brian actually created a video highlighting that. So I want you to go ahead and
check out this highlight video from the spring of a ministry called Isaac Eight.
It has a variety of ministries. One of those is building homes and that family
you saw walking in for the Fiesta was the family that we built a home for. Well,
I'm excited um to share with you that in March of 2022 that we are going as a
church and we are building a home for our family. And so you can mark the
calendars here. March 17th through the 20th. It's right there on the edge of the
two spring breaks of the local school district here. And so we are going to go
down and as a church, we are going to build a home for a family and make a
difference and begin a partnership with is 68. Can we give a round of applause
for that? It's awesome. So it's kid friendly. We're gonna go down as our family.
Um And so you can bring the kiddos and go down and make a difference, build a
home and make a difference. And I'm super excited for that. Now, I mentioned to
you in acts 18, it says at the end that it, that we're called to go to the ends
of the earth and, and Mexico is farther than Phoenix. Um but it's not the ends
of the earth and So the question is what do I mean by that? And what are we
going to do? Well, we've built a new partnership with this mission agency and
this organization that is doing incredible work called the Timothy initiative.
The Timothy initiative actually comes from second Timothy 22 that says, and the
things you've heard from me teach the faithful men and the impress of many one
says and trust the faithful men who will teach others also. So there in one
verse, you see four generations Paul to Timothy, Timothy to faithful men,
faithful men to others also. And so you see this idea of disciples, making
disciples, making disciples and that ultimately, that leads to churches,
planning churches, planning churches. And so I want you just to hear a message
from the Timothy initiative and to hear a little bit more about what they're
about and then I'm going to share with you what we're doing with them. Hi, my
name is David. Now about 10 years ago, I was in Asia. I went out to visit a
village just a little village there in that village. I saw the young men out in
the fields working. I saw the young women taking care of their Children. I saw
the older ladies cooking, the older men were just sitting under a tree talking
and the little Children were running around doing what little Children do just
having a good time. I noticed there were Hindu temples. I saw a mosque or two,
but I didn't see a church. I asked my friend who was with me where the church is
and he answered, there is not a church here. There has never been a church here.
There may never be a church here. Now, I already understood all of that in my
mind that there were hundreds of thousands of villages all across Asia. Not to
mention the rest of the world that it never had a church ever. But that day
something happened. The realization of it all moved from my head down deep into
my heart. These are real people, families, people that Jesus died for and it
wasn't that they were rejecting the gospel. They weren't rejecting Jesus. They
didn't know who he was. Nobody had ever told him. Something happened to me that
day. It just broke my heart. I didn't know what to do, but I knew that we had to
do something. Well, I had some friends in Asia, some friends in the States and
we got together and a strategy was developed that today is known as the Timothy
initiative. It's real simple. We don't build buildings, we don't send people
away to seminary. We don't worry about titles. We just lead people to Christ and
then disciple them to in turn make disciples who make disciples. It's simple,
it's reproducible. It's the book of Acts, being filled with the spirit, praying,
loving people, going out and telling people about Jesus and then training them
to do the exact same thing Jesus told us his very last words. He said, go make
disciples of all nations. He did not say build cathedrals, he did not say
develop big structures. He said, make disciples who make disciples. And that's
exactly what we do. Uh Is it working? Oh my goodness. Yes, there are tens of
thousands of churches that have been planted all over the world. Jesus told us
that one day around his throne, there will be people gathered from every
language group, every people group, every tribe, every nation, together with
other partners that we work with. I can see that day becoming a reality man. I'm
excited. I'm so excited. I believe we're going to see the task. The Great
Commission task finished in just the next few years. So I love the heartbeat of
the Timothy Initiative and they're making a difference all over the world. And
so we have a special guest with us here today. And so I want to invite up Gary
Schneider to come up. Let's give a round of applause for Gary and Gary is gonna
share with a little bit more what the Timothy initiative does. But then
specifically what we're gonna do as a church to partner with them with this
incredible um initiative that's getting started. So, Gary, thank you. Thank you,
Pastor John. What a privilege and honor it is for me to be here on your third
anniversary especially uh Jesus said in Matthew 16, I will build my church and
the gates of hell will not prevail against it. You are a fulfillment of that
promise and that prophecy and uh the amount of faith and boldness that is in
this church is just thrilling for me to see just to hear a little bit about your
history and, and where you're going as well. I'm so thankful that about six
months ago, uh the Lord brought Pastor John and I together at a coffee shop,
right? That's sort of your office outside of the school here. And as a result of
that, we have been praying and strategizing and feel like the Lord is bringing
us together the Timothy initiative with Mission Grove and perhaps uh a couple
dozen other churches in the Phoenix area to launch a project of planting 4000
churches in India over the next four years. And we're calling that achieve 4000.
Why achieve it's an a cross stick for a church in every village? So the Timothy
initiative has been around for 14 years. We work in 40 different countries and
just a week ago, Tuesday, we celebrated a milestone of our own in that we
celebrated 100,000 churches planted in the last 14 years. So, yes, praise God
for that. And uh so as pastor John said, we're based on Second Timothy, you're
probably thinking, who's this Timothy guy Timothy initiative? It's based on
second Timothy chapter four, chapter two. And it's uh the disciple of the
Apostle Paul Timothy is Paul's disciple. And Paul said to Timothy go and make
disciples and then your disciples will be trained to make disciples and their
disciples will be trained to make disciples. So it's a multiplication effect.
And uh for the last 14 years, the Timothy initiative has been about leadership
training about equipping marketplace believers or laypeople, bakers and
candlestick maker in a two year training process that equips them to be a
disciple maker. So think of yourself. Uh if you're not a professional clergyman,
like uh John and myself and Dave and Joy Rita are a huge part of the Timothy
initiative as well. Sitting over here. So as a as a typical believer in a
church, you are given the tools, the training to know how to disciple people who
plant churches. And uh so that has been happening around the world for 14 years.
And we're just so excited about this church and Phoenix area churches being a
part of a strategy that we're calling achieve 4000. Our overall project is to
see 350,000 churches planted in India in the next uh 10 years. And that's
because we've been a survey in the last two or three years. We've been going
around the whole country and we have found out that there are 350,000 villages
in India that don't have churches and many of them don't even have believers. So
as a part of this three year celebration, I am inviting you. And I'm thankful
that uh Pastor John and I have uh begun this collaboration to say we want to
plant 4000 churches in India in the next four years. It costs us about $333 to
plant one church that's to train the church planter and the oversight and the
administration and the translation and the accountability. And so the total
project costs, I have the proposal right here in my hand, it's about $1.3
million. But can you imagine in four years, we will, I believe have planted a
minimum of 4000 churches and it started right here today on your third birthday.
So thank you. Good. And so it's so cool to think and, and you hear that 1.3
million, it seems crazy and it is. But guess what? It's not just us, right? It's
churches coming together, organizations, individuals, people coming together for
the greater good of God's Kingdom. And so we're building a house in Mexico.
We're planning churches in India. That's exciting. But I can tell what somebody
you might be thinking. Ok, John. But what about here? What, what about here? We
have needs here. Exactly. And see we as a church has never been about us. It's
always been about reaching out and multiplying. In fact, our name Mission Grove
comes from this idea that no single tree makes a grove but a grove can start
from just one tree. And here's the reality though that Phoenix is growing at a
rapid rate that by 2030 Phoenix is slated to become the fourth largest city in
the entire country. At the same time, our population is rapidly growing.
Spiritual engagement is rapidly decreasing. And that just in this area, 85 to
90% of people who live in this surrounding area of northeast north part of
Phoenix. Um aren't going to any local church. And so for me, it broke my heart,
it said we've got to do something. But again, it's not just us and it's not just
a grove if it's just us and doing further research, I heard from Pastor David
Ferguson in 2018 as a study, research study done for an organization called
Exponential. And he shared that of all the churches in the country. On average,
only 4% ever reproduce or plant another church as that they start a church in it
states. But in order to keep up with the needs of our country and the needs of
our community and the growth of our community that it has to be so much more
than us. And so I remember thinking when we were starting the church, someone
said, ok, John, but do we need another church in this area? And I said, no, we
need like 3050 more churches in this area because there is an urgency for people
to hear and respond to the gospel. Well, the big announcement, the big news that
I am here to share with you today is that starting today, we officially joined
the 4% and we are planting another church in 2022. Yeah, we've been praying for
three years that God would connect us with someone who has a heartbeat to plant.
That would, that we can go through and, and their calling aligns with our
calling as an organization, we can come alongside and support because some of
you might think, well, who we're still setting up, we're still uh you know, a
toddler church. You don't, you don't give keys to a car to a toddler, right?
They gotta grow up first. Here's the thing church is that there is a need and
that need does not wait on a building and that need does not wait for some day.
That need is today. And that if we're gonna walk in bold faith, big faith and
obedience in Him that starts with us and it starts beyond us. We can't call
ourselves mission grove if it's just us, but it can start right? And it starts
today. And so I want you guys to meet our first church planners, Craig and
Britney Klauer. Let's give him a warm more of applause. So, Craig, why don't you
share with us a little bit about the church? What it's going to be called and
where the church is going to be. Awesome. Surprise. Yeah. Um, yeah, my wife
Britney and I, we have four kiddos in the kids program right now. Uh, we've been
doing youth ministry for 13 years now here in the Valley, we love Phoenix,
especially the North Valley we built to the I 17 and through a three area. If
you just Google it, you'll see all sorts of developments that will be coming out
there. They'll, they'll be trying within 3 to 5000 jobs in the next 3 to 5
years. So a church needs to be there. And that's what we feel called to be. Our
church is called grafted church and we just love the imagery behind it that
grafted is this idea of joining together in the promise. And so we want our
community around us there to join together to know and follow Jesus. And that's
been our heart cry for 13 years of youth ministry. And now we're just going to
do with bigger youth kids. So we're so thankful for John Cradle and just the
friendship that him and I have over the past five years to trust us. And, and uh
this is a huge blessing to be a part of this as well on your birthday. So thank
you guys. So let's just um you know, we're so grateful for Craig and Brittany
and, and you're gonna learn a lot more details to come. But um today, what this
means is that, so Craig is coming uh really come on staff with us for a season.
And so you're gonna see him around on weekends and you're gonna see him
preaching some and, and learning to really what this is, is to get a front row,
see to the process of church planting. And so we are going to resource him
financially. Um coaching leadership. He's going to be in vision Arizona, which
we and converge, which is what we're a part of you went through the same
assessment that I went through and was approved. And so it's going to be
launching a converged church which is Mission Grove is a converged church. And
so we're going to love on their family and we're going to support their family
and we want to pray for them and we want to help them in every way, shape and
form so that when they launch drafted church in 2022 we celebrate because when
they win, we win and when we win, God wins. And so we are going start the growth
in 2022. We're going to start multiplying and that this heartbeat is that we're
going to be a church that plants churches, that plants churches and we're going
to see multiplication take effect. We're going to see the valley transformed.
And so it's going to be a pretty awesome experience. So let's give it up for
Craig and Britney here. Let's thank them and you have no idea what you're
getting into. OK. And uh so here's what I'd like to do is that if you guys can
please stand and how I want to end this service today is that I want us to pray
for them. And so if you guys would symbolically reach out your hand and let's
pray for Craig and Britney right now dearly, follow me. Just lift up the clock
was to you God. We thank you that they are living out there calling and walking
in obedience to plant a church. God, I thank you that you aligned our paths to
cross at the exact moment at the exact time so that we can come around them,
support their family, love their family, coach and and, and serve and help them
walk in that calling because it's our calling and that God, it's never been
about us. It's always been about you. And so help us to live out this calling as
a community, as a grove because no single church is going to reach this valley,
but a grove of churches can transform this family. And so we are excited to
celebrate that today that here only on our third birthday that we are ready to
multiply and that we're going to reach and transform this valley in your name,
Jesus. And so we lift up praying to you and Britney to you and their kiddos and
may just protect their marriage and their family and provide financially and
provide the space to meet and to provide the people to support the way that you
have provided for mission growth, help us to love you more every day and then to
be your hands and feet, to love people the way that you have loved us, we lift
their family up to you and your son's name. We pray amen. Now we share that this
is a party and, and I can't think of a better way to celebrate a party. So right
before they walked up here, uh we gave these guys confetti cannons and cannons.
And so um sure, that's the right way. Sure it works. We'll find out in just a
moment and so they are going to kick off the party. And so what this means for
us is as a church is here today is that we have T shirts for everybody. And so
we're going to celebrate that if you're watching online, put in the comments
that you want a t-shirt, I'll follow up with you and send one to you. We got
breakfast, burritos and doughnuts and bounce house and, and a spot for photos
and a lot of fun stuff. And so they are gonna do the honor and celebrate and
kick off grafted church as well as the celebration of the party for us. But I
need your help though. Ok. So we're gonna all count it down together from five.
We're gonna shout it out. All right. So here we go 54321.