DISCLAIMER: This text is not a verbatim transcript. Communication Access Real Time Translation (CART) is provided in order to facilitate communication credibility and may not be a totally verbatim record of the proceedings. >> Go there often. We have a unique page dedicated to resources for you during this season. You'll find link to our worship services; Bible study options; online giving; and our new podcast, Anchor Point. You can also download our church app. Just search for "First Colony Church of Christ" in the App Store or on Google Play. Every link is there; the app is a great resource where you can stay connected to First Colony Church. Anchor Point is our new podcast. We are posting a new episode every weekday. In addition to finding our podcast on our website and the church app, you can find it across ALL podcasting platforms. Our Children's Ministry is posting a weekly kids' online Bible lesson. Be sure to check that out. And our Student Ministry is creating lots of daily content on Instagram, YouTube, and Facebook. Be sure to follow them. Thank you for joining us online today. We are glad you're here. Thank you for joining us online today. We want to let you know about a few items of interest. First, go to our website, firstcolonychurch.org, and go there often. We have a unique page dedicated to resources for you during this season. You'll find links to our worship services; Bible study options; online giving; and our new podcast, Anchor Point. You can also download our church app. You search for "First Colony Church of Christ" in the App Store or on Google Play. Every link is there; the app is a great resource where you can stay connected to First Colony Church. Anchor Point is our new podcast. We are posting a new episode every weekday. In addition to finding our podcast on our website and the church app, you can find it across ALL podcasting platforms. Our Children's Ministry is posting a weekly kids' online Bible lesson. Be sure to check that out. And our Student Ministry is creating lots of daily content on Instagram, YouTube, and Facebook. Be sure to follow them. Thank you for joining us online today. We are glad you're here. >> Shane: Hello, and welcome to the live worship services of the First Colony Church of Christ. We're so glad everybody is here in the house and everybody online watching at home. So glad to have you worship with us. This is our annual Missions Sunday, a special day, so we get to highlight the international mission points we partner with around the world and hear some wonderful stories today of what God is doing through those partnerships, okay? We'll have a special offering at the end of our service today, an offering prayer, 100% of those missions offerings that you give -- whether online or in the boxes of the back -- 100% goes to missions, okay? So that's awesome to do today. We will celebrate what God is doing around the world and let's all -- at the house and at home, feel free to stand and let's sing out together this first song together. Welcome! >> Richard: Amen! God is faithful! ("Glorious Day" playing) >> Richard: Our goal is shout it out and proud so let's shout it out. >> Richard: Yes! Because He lives, we live; amen? God is faithful. God is good! We're going to worship our Way Maker today, no matter what the situation is. God can make a way through the wilderness, through the desert -- doesn't matter. God can make a way. He is a Way Maker. Let's worship. ("Way Maker" playing) ? Oh, who You Are ? ? That is Who You Are ? ? >> Corey: Good morning, church; how are you this morning! Whoo, I'm so happy to be in the house of the Lord. For those watching online, we welcome you. Before I went into full-time ministry, mobbing makes -- as my daughter would say -- was a cooker. I was a chef, and you learn different things as you're learning how to -- in culinary school. Water affects things differently. If I put this potato in hot water, it will make it so you can cut it like butter. If I put this egg in hot water it will make it so I crack it and will keep its shape. Water affects things differently. However, when I take these coffee beans and I add hot water to the coffee beans, it doesn't change the beans. The coffee beans will change the water. Jude 2 said in some having compassion, making a difference. As I thought about this illustration, I thought about, we are the coffee beans; the water is the world -- and the Gospel of Jesus Christ makes a difference; changing the world around us. That's our heartbeat and our goal. Who doesn't like a hot cup of coffee? (Laughter, applause) God bless you. >> Shane: Amen! Thank you, Corey. As Doug and Janet Calvin come up to lead us in communion today those at home, take your supplies and get ready. Here in the worship hall, we have tables out in the foyer if you would like or table in the back. When we're done here, if you'll put those cups back in the little plastic baggies and can put them in the baskets on the end of the aisle. Let's take our time now to focus on the Lord Jesus Christ and these guys will lead us. >> Doug: Good morning, I'm Doug Calvin and my wife Janet Calvin. We have the honor of leading you in the Lord's Supper this morning. Please pray with me over the bread, which represents Christ's body; and the cup, which represents His blood given for our remission of sins. Let us pray. Dear Heavenly Father, we praise Your Name. You have blessed us, and You have blessed us immeasurably. For that, we thank You, for You have provide us a path to salvation. Through Jesus Christ, His sacrifice, on the cross. Glory to You and Your Name, for we now have hope. Yes, true hope, an eternal hope; one that is open for all. You sacrificed for us and in turn, we pray that we may sacrifice for You as we are sent to the harvest field. Thank You for we now remember all You have done, all You have given through the taking of the bread and the cup. In Jesus' Name we pray, amen. Let's partake together. >> Janet: Good morning! Today's Scripture reading will be found in Matthew 9, verses 35 through 38 and will be -- you will be able to read along with us on the screen. (Reading) ("Cornerstone" playing) >> Richard: Why don't we all stand here and continue to worship the Lord this morning? >> Richard: My hope is built. >> Richard: You may be seated. >> Shane: Amen! What a wonderful song. Thank you, guys. Well, one of our elders and on the mission leadership team as well, Chad Baker, will share with us about our offering right now. >> Chad: Good morning, church. As Shane has mentioned earlier, we have a special offering for missions later in the service. This is a time where we have come to partake in our regular offering. Just know that these offerings are never taken for granted and are always prayed over; and as an eldership we want to make sure we communicate thank you for your continued faithful support in the ministries and the call of this church body. Remember, as we mentioned in the past, giving online is safe and secure; and it's easy to do. Feel free to go online to give or also go and text to give as well. In Malachi 3:10 we read "Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse there may be food in My house. Test Me in this," says the Lord, "And see if I will open the flood gates of heaven and pour out so much blessing there won't be enough to store it." Let's pray. Father, we're thankful for Your provision in our lives. Through Christ You have demonstrated you're involved in all aspects of our needs and continuous blessing in our lives are immeasurable in every single way. We pray that we give back freely and with a joyful spirit, a portion of what is already Yours. Thank You for this act of worship as in our very hearts and souls there is only one place for first place; and it's in Jesus eye Name we pray, amen. >> Shane: Amen. Amen. Well, Veteran's Day is this Wednesday, November 11. We want to express our profound gratitude today to all of our veterans who served. So I would like to ask our veterans, would you please stand so we can recognize your service. (Applause) Please stand. Thank you! Thank you so much! From the bottom of our hearts, we thank you so much. So let's all stand now and greet one another and the have this time of fellowship greeting. ("He Reigns" playing) >> Richard: You may be seated! Thank you for your worship today! >> Ronnie: Richard and team, thank you so very, very much. My goodness! Didn't they do a great job leading us in our worship today? (Applause) Oh, fantastic! The musicians and the way they rehearse and put in the time to lead us in such a fabulous way. To those watching online, so glad to have you with us; and for those in the room, welcome! So glad to have you here as well. We would love to pray for you this week. Let us know via the church app or there on your Connection card or computer screen. This is Grant Wright, our Outreach Minister. I get to join with him today as we talk about what our church is doing globally. So today we will not highlight domestic works that we sponsor and support and partner with. This is primarily talking today about global, international missions, specifically in five key areas: and those are Haiti; Honduras, Colombia; Uganda; and Nepal. We will get to that in a moment. First of all on the heels of election week, let me just sort of remind you of a few things, things I was saying earlier this year as we were going into 2020. Just to remind you the world of politics -- it does matter. Government matters. That's why the Bible talks about the important role of government and how Christians respond to government in a healthy way. Whoever sits in an office, that matters. Policies are made; decisions are made; influence has a rippling effect; and so whoever sits in an office, that matters -- but listen, whoever sits on the throne matters more. >> Amen. (Applause) >> Ronnie: And whoever sits on the throne over heaven and earth matters more. So as a Christian -- don't get me wrong. I care about politics but, you know, I'm 63 years old and for my adult lifetime, whoever is president, Vice President, governor, mayor -- whatever. I pray for them. I don't pray for the person, whether or not I voted -- I pray for them because I believe that God rules and reigns, that He sits on the throne, overseeing all things. In our first service we sang that old song "He's got the whole world in His Hands." I believe He does. You remember that Old Testament passage? Isaiah 6, that classic passage? When Isaiah said, "And the year that King Uzziah died --" meaning -- uh-oh, he's been king for 52 years and now there's a change coming. And I'm sure lots of people were saying "Yes!" and lots of people were probably saying "Oh, no!" But he said, "In the year that king Uzziah died, I saw who was on the throne, the Ultimate Throne; and the robe of His glory filled the earth." Listen, my friends, may I just remind you today we serve a Great and Living God; and He has a mandate for us as His people. The mandate is go into all the world; make disciples of all nations. You baptize them in the Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; and you teach them to observe all things that I have taught you. In order, you go as believers. You keep the main thing the main thing. Keep going. Keep making disciples, locally and globally. Rescue souls and nurture souls. Now, Grant and I will talk about that today. Again, highlighting these five international mission points. Grant, why don't you just start here and sort of give everybody a 30,000-foot perspective on First Colony missions in 2020? >> Grant: Absolutely. Well, this was a different year for missions. You know, the pandemic, the lockdown was not unique to us. This happened in all five of our geographic locations and so that affect ministry. A lot of times when we're working with our partners, we're talking about the projects that we're doing and this year, many of those projects we weren't able to do. What that actually created was now we're talking about the people that are on the ground. We had just a unique season of this iron on iron where in the season of a world pandemic, the playing field was even. We all needed God; and what was beautiful was our partners are reaching out to me on a daily, weekly basis. They're sending world of encouragement and Scripture. They're praying for our folks by name who are sick; and it was really a uniting year in a relational level with our international mission partners, which was a beautiful thing that came out of a very difficult year. You know, another -- a second thing just on a big-picture level, you know, missions this year was difficult; and many mission works and churches were just trying to survive. I mean, the basic of food, the spiritual food were at the heart of many mission works. But I'll say this: even though our mission works had those same obstacles in front of them, our folks led with strength, and we saw a great growth during these difficult times. And a big, large part of that comes from the support of the First Colony Church of Christ. That's really two facets to that. One is the resources. We're able to provide this year and will hear more stories about that through the morning. The second part of that was spiritual preparation we were able to give these folks before the lockdown went into place. Because of what we did and what we poured in, when these obstacles came, they were able to overcome. You know, those are two themes you will hear throughout this morning of 2020 missions. >> Ronnie: Grant, thanks so much. Let's talk specifically about some of these five international locations. For first of all, Uganda. We had a presence in Uganda now for 23 years, established nearly 20 churches there. Now one town church, 16 village churches, three Christian schools that the Ugandan church energized. When the mission work started -- in fact, some of us have been around for that length of time. You remember the three original missionary families, the Foutz, Bakers, and the Gages. Everybody knows Shane and Carol and their daughter Ashley here today. When they first went to Uganda, the aim, the prayer, the mission, the goal was to at some point have that ministry led by the Ugandans themselves and that's the case today, right, Grant? >> Grant: Absolutely. It's 100% Uganda led as of this January. The Martins transitioned out and I tell you, I could not be more proud of our Ugandan leaders this year. This would have been the easiest year to take off and make excuses. You've got the missionaries gone; you have the lockdown; you have the hardship that are coming their way; but our folks led with great strength and great wisdom this year. In fact, in January they built a website for the church, which is a very innovative step in Uganda. When the lockdown happened, they transitioned into online church where the pastor's sermons are broadcasted through podcasts, which was a beautiful thing. I mean, just again, very innovative for this area. In fact, I'm listening to the pastor preach every Sunday when they started doing it. It's fantastic! They're not stuck in these ways and are thinking outside the box, progressing forward. One of their leaders, Ian -- who's the pastor at the Kampala Church of Christ -- one struggle was church was shut down like we were here and couldn't gather. Well, he discovered -- or he goes to what the mission tears have been teaching over the past five years of how to do small group and he takes this model and adapts it to house church. So he makes materials and goes to all 17 churches and trains them on this house church model. It was really a very successful year of discipleship when it could have been devastating for the church. What we were able to do, one of the lack of resources they had was Bibles in these homes. Many of them share Bibles through the week around Sundays, and we were able to come alongside the church and provide Runyan Bibles so they could have house church. That was a beautiful thing. But, you know, this year was a difficult year in Uganda on many levels. The most basic necessity in life, food, was difficult; and there's a lot of layers to why that was difficult for the Ugandans this year; but let me tell you this, church. What's been beautiful, even though those months of hardships were there, our church was able to come alongside and provide food for these 17 churches during the droughts, when places weren't able to get transported food because of the lockdown. We have been able to go help these churches. They were so grateful they shot some video and made us a thank you video. I want you guys to enjoy it this morning so let's turn our attention to the screens for this video they made for us. ? >> They are good food and good to use at home, people are very happy. I just want to say thank you so much! We appreciate everything you have done for us. Bye-bye! ? >> Ronnie: Well, that's just terrific. And again, it is our privilege and honor. (Applause) Yes, it is indeed our privilege and honor that we get to partner with these brothers and sisters in Uganda. Let's talk now about Colombia and our work in Colombia is now four years old and established a church there four years ago. You know, sometimes people think that outside of America nobody has electricity; that's not so. The world is very, very advanced and they have a wonderful Internet ministry right there in Colombia, and that proved to be so advantageous, certainly this year. Talk to us a little bit about that, Grant. >> Grant: Yeah, this church had tremendous growth in a very difficult year where they added 35 adults and 25 kids through a really hard season. It was beautiful. I mean, our mission team is passionate about reaching the lost and so this year they came in with a great plan with medical clinics so they have several groups throughout the city and each will host one clinic a month. There will be free medical visits from the church. Another member was going to do free haircut; and members of the group would cook food, drinks, whatever skills they had. They were able to pull off three of these events before the lockdown happened. What was beautiful was the relationships started from these mini medical mission clinics. So through that process, the groups and ministers started following up and providing consistent spiritual care for these neighbors so they're doing this through what's App, Zoom calls, phone calls; personal visits when they can. One of the ministers described it like this. He said, "It was like the Holy Spirit was flowing through us and into new hearts." The first 12 weeks of this pandemic, they were having baptisms EVERY week. I remember being on Facebook and every Sunday, every Wednesday, there's an individual. There's a brother. There's a sister. There's a family that are coming to Christ in Cucuta, and it was a beautiful thing they started at the beginning of this year that continued on. A ministry actually started last year is their soccer outreach ministry and this is led by Carlos and Nestor, who are two just Godly men who are fantastic with people. So lockdown came and they follow up with the kids and their families through What's App and start Bible study groups. They're not able to do soccer and are studying the Bible. These aren't kids from the church but from the community and families through the community. Through their consistent, Christ-centered messages, we have families that are coming to Christ through that -- you know, we had 30 baptisms this year, and many were the result of this soccer ministry of Carlos and Nestor. They are just doing a phenomenal job. They're two of the great leaders of the Cucuta Church of Christ. Let me also say -- again, Cucuta was hit very hard by the lockdown and right across the border, Venezuela was also hit very hard by this situation. So I just want you guy to know, church, there were 45 families in Cucuta that our church was able to help with the basic necessity of life, food. We're able to help 45 families through several months of hardships. Our church is also a part of group of churches of Christ in the U.S. that partner in the southwestern sway plan Aid Outreach where we serve 90 Churches of Christ. That's 90. We're providing them food, basic medicines, and hygiene items in Venezuela during these devastating time. Again, church, thank you for giving big. These folks are feeding these people spiritually; but we are also helping feed them with the physical basic necessities of life, which is just huge. >> Ronnie: I want to underscore a couple of things, what Grant had to say. Just again, be aware that you sponsor; you make possible holistic ministry, ministering certainly giving food, basic needs; but also bringing the Message of the Gospel so a holistic approach. Also, I think it's wonderful that we don't do all the lifting. In other words, we partner with a number of other churches and other Churches of Christ in these particular locales. That's wonderful that we get to have these partners together and we're able to do more together than we could even do on our own. All right, let's talk quickly now about Honduras and our work there sponsoring Santos and his wife Jessica. They're in the San Marcos Church of Christ and were here last year on Mission Sunday. You made possible last year to help them have roots right there in that area. A tremendous people doing a great work. We were able to give them a place to live, to build them a house; and you made that possible. Even this past spring break, Keith Rabb led another mission trip down there to help put some finishing touches on that; but they're great people doing a wonderful work there in Honduras. Why don't you just take a moment and give your attention to our screens? >> Grant: Truly isn't even possible without the church's generosity so thank you, church, for giving big so this couple could have their very own first home in San Marcos. Again, this lockdown hit San Marcos really hard, but there was an amazing thing that happened for the people there. So the Honduran calls up Mission Lazarus, our partner, and say "We would like to give you $100,000 for emergency food provisions for the urban poor that are trapped in this lockdown." So the government had no way of distributing all the food that needed to be; so they're calling Mission Lazarus to help. Well, what that means is now Santos is in Mission Lazarus truck, driving to every home in San Marcos. This truck is loaded down with bags of food and Santos is driving food and hope to the 8,000 families there in San Marcos. (Applause) It's really beautiful! Absolutely! So the president of Mission Lazarus, Jarrod Brown, said this is the biggest opportunity they have ever had to witness to the community. I mean, you think about how the Lord is using us to work. Santos described to me the situation as he drove around. This is what he said: "You could see the fear on people's face that was caused by the spread of this disease. You can see the hunger on their faces as they didn't have any food in their home and no way to go get their next meal." many of these kids are sick from malnutrition. COVID is certainly a problem but in these places, malnutrition has been a serious issue this year. I'm quoting Santos here. "This was an open door to express the love of God. It was not easy, but God kept our minds and our bodies strong. Many people have no jobs right now, and there is a lot of pain, but God is using the church right now to bring healing." That is a powerful statement by Santos. God is using the church to bring healing and through this time, where even the church is on lockdown and shut down, we are seeing people come to Christ. The very first week we open up where small groups come together, ten people come to be baptized into Christ. Ronnie, this year altogether we have had 113 give their lives to Christ during this difficult, difficult season. (Applause) >> Ronnie: Fabulous! >> Grant: It is; absolutely. >> Ronnie: Isn't it is wonderful when the government was actually looking for somebody to trust they turned to a local missionary who is our missionary partner there? And I think that's fabulous that when there are shortcomings and weaknesses; you know, when we're weak, God shows up in His strength to do what only He can do. All right. Let's very quickly talk about Haiti and Nepal, two of our remaining international spots. Can you just give us a highlight from each? One from Haiti and one from Nepal. >> Grant: Camp Hope in Haiti is one of our biggest events we have done for many years. It's a fantastic event. Many times, you know, it's North Americans traveling down, helping to host this alongside the Haitians. Many years we're seeing 5, 10, maybe 15 teens give their lives to Christ every year. Well, this year we're not able to travel down so Roolite Religieux -- who you saw last week and his team -- are hosting this camp. 100% Haitian led. Under their leadership, we saw 72 teens give their lives to Christ. I mean, it's just unbelievable, again, what the Spirit is doing. This is literally half the camp that is giving their lives to Christ this year. I just love what the Spirit is doing. You know, and town in Nepal we have a fantastic relationship with Our Daughters International and partnering with them for three years now on that work in Biratnagar, and through that time, we have seen 121 girls that have been rescued out of sex trafficking situations. 121 during our partnership. Last week I was able to tell you about Manisha and her story. This week I will tell you about Anita, a very similar story. She was rescued on the Biratnagar border, taken to the safe house. She came from a Hindu background and heard of the story of Christ and becomes a Christian there in the safe house. So through that time, she go to the vocational training center and learns sewing and handcrafting skills. She takes those skills back to her home village and starts a home-based tailoring business. Well, she doesn't just take a business back home. She takes homer new faith so she starts sharing that faith. She stars sharing the Gospel. She starts inviting people to her home to study the Bible, a book they have never seen. They have never read it. Anita has started a church fellowship in her home where she is teaching Nepalis in her village the stories of Jesus. I love what is happening here. You know, it gets me excited to tell these stories that even in the midst of this world pandemic, in the midst of this extreme poverty that we have had this year and the midst of lack of resources and infrastructure, our God -- our God has move mightily. You know, the works of the Lord never ceases. His mercies never come to an end, and when we see churches have to stop; when we see the world has to come to a halt, the spread of the Gospel, the spread of the Gospel cannot be stopped, church! And I love seeing what we have seen this year in global missions. (Applause) Amen! We can clap for that! Because just like what we talked about last week when God's people act in great courage, extraordinary things can happen for His kingdom. Ronnie, that's exactly what we have seen happen in 2020 missions. >> Ronnie: All we can do is say praise God. We do praise God and thank you for making it possible. It's your sacrifice of nickels, dimes, and dollars. >> Grant: Absolutely. >> Ronnie: As we receive a special mission offering today -- and really through the year -- remember, a small amount still counts. Never tell yourself, "Well, I can't do much so it really doesn't matter." No, all these gifts -- small amounts still count; big amounts make a big difference -- but congealed together we're able to do more together than any one of us can do on our own. It's just fun to be a part. I might not make the solo tackle but is good to get an assist on the way so thank you. Thank you for that. You know, from the time First Colony Church started missions, it's a part of our DNA and over the 35 years, we have had the privilege of starting 25 new churches, starting churches and healthy churches. It's surge a vital part of what we are about. Now, you have heard a lot today; but now Grant also has an online presentation called "Stories from the Field" and starts right after this service. You can go to our website. Grant has more detail. He's been doing it the last few weeks and will do it another couple of weeks through Sunday, November 22. >> Grant: November 22. >> Ronnie: That's right, November 22. Everybody, may I remind you of this Scripture from Romans chapter 1. I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It is the Power of God for salvation, to the Jew and also the Greek. In other words, this is a message, a powerful message. It's a message of a problem that we have distance; but it's a message of remedy that we can be reconciled to God through Jesus Christ. This message has power, and it has universal power. It is for all, all races, all people, all ages -- for you, for me. Listen, we get to partner together to get this message out, to rescue souls, and keep nurturing soul in the love and grace and truth of Jesus Christ. Grant, thank you for your passion for your leadership. Let me tell you, we have a lot of folks involved in our missions ministry. We have a fabulous committee, a lot of folks engaged and involved. Grant is front and center, and he is micro attentive to every little detail on all these works and other works. He represents you. He represents us well, and he does a terrific job so Grant, we thank you for your leadership here. (Applause) >> Grant: Thank you. >> Ronnie: So Chad Baker, one of our elders also on our Mission Leadership Team, will come up and lead us in prayer and opportunity for missions giving. >> Chad: Thank you, Ronnie. This truly is an incredible work the Lord has prepared in advance for us to do as a body; and we just ask as we enter this time of special offering that you just think about how you can continue to partner with in church body to go and preach the Gospel to all the nations. Again, 100% of this offering is going to go to our missions here at first Colony. If you're here in person and have a check offering or cash, feel free to drop it in the baskets in the back of the Worship Center. Just write "Missions" in memo line. If you're online, feel free to give by selecting the "Missions" item within the drop-down box; or if you text to give, just write "Missions" in the line and then how much you choose to give. I've had the amazing blessing of being a part of our Missions Committee the last few years with a few of you that are here. We have seen the hearts, the sweat equity, and commitment from those in our church body who have been sent. And the recipient of those who have actually seen the work through the Holy Spirit come through our church. We continually pray over these funds and how to best steward each and every dollar. About five years ago, I found myself standing in a full suit outside in July in Haiti, preaching to many Haitians. I had a Bible in my left hand and sweat rag in my right hand. I had an interpreter standing to my right. I felt the Lord just leading me to preach in essence on Luke 15. A lot of you know Luke 15 where Christ is talking about these He's teaching on the parable of the lost sheep, the lost son, and the lost coin. What He's in essence saying is, "I came to seek and save everyone and every one." Every young girl or woman who is saved from slavery in Nepal -- every one. Every child who has heard the Gospel perhaps for the very first time through the sport of soccer -- these kids are amazingly good at soccer, by the way. Through the sport in soccer in Haiti and Colombia, every latrine that's been built in Honduras so a basic need can be met and presented to a family or to a community. These funds are leaving an internal impact. So as you prayerfully consider how to partner with this church, we ask you to recognize your funds are being called to go on mission and to be sent and to be multiplied. Let's pray together. Father, thank You for choosing to need us. Now more than ever when all the idols we have placed in first place in our lives have been removed, we see that a portion of the material blessings You called us to steward are being called to be sent and to be multiplied. COVID is no surprise to You, Lord and we're excited to see how Your perfect plan will be in full view. Father, multiply these funds. Turn five loaves and two fish into a meal that could feed well over 10,000. Thank You for the call on our lives, our funds, and our energies. Father, we also pray for our country. We have been blessed as a people and because of those blessings, much is expected of us. It give us comfort to know that You're in authority over all that is in authority over us. Father, heal our nation. Remove the hate that so many have in their hearts for others. Allow for us to call sin for what it is and to know that Your loving truth is the only way to heal the very thing we use to hate or to envy. Heal our hearts, Lord. Finally, we're thankful for those who have sacrificed their lives, their very lives, for their country, as we celebrate Veteran's Day this week. We pray You comfort the families whose loved ones paid the ultimate price for our freedom. You know sacrifice as upon creating us You planned to sacrifice Your very Son for us to experience salvation from ourselves and freedom in Christ. All this we pray in Jesus' Name. Amen. >> Shane: Amen. Thank you, Chad. Well, what a great day. Mission Sunday has always boon one of my favorite Sundays. I look at these flags and the nations they represent. Think of what is going to be like in heaven when every tribe and tongue is singing praises to our good God, amen? What a wonderful thing. We will understand one another and sing in all those language and will be an amazing thing God will do because of Jesus Christ. As part of the missions emphasis, as Ronnie mentioned, check out those story from the field, okay? So at 12:15 today, they will run that on our online platform on the website. You can go to the video, the one streaming right now, up at 12:15. Today's video is about Colombia so you can learn more about that and the next couple weeks as well. What a great day to celebrate what God is doing. What a great mission God has given us. God's Word tells us 2 Corinthians 5, "For Christ's love compels us because we are convinced that One died for all. He die for all that those who live should no longer live for themselves but Him who died and was raised again." We live for Christ because He rose from the grave. Amen, church? Would you stand with me and let's read this next verse together, loud and clear 2 Corinthians 5:17. >> Shane: Amen, church! Let's have one more song! >> Richard: Amen! One more song! ("Glorious Day" playing) >> Richard: Sing it out! >> Richard: Yes, thank you for your worship today! Be blessed! We'll see you next time! You are dismissed!