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>> Thank you for joining us 

today. 

We want to let you know about a 

few items of interest.  

First, go to our website, 

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there often.  

You'll find links to our worship 

services, Bible study options, 

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Just search for First Colony 

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The app is a great resource 

where you can stay connected to 

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Thank you for joining us today.  

we are glad you're here.  

>> Shane: Welcome to our morning 

of worship.  Welcome to everyone 

with us and online.  God's word 

says when we're gathered 

together in the name of Jesus, 

his spirit is here among us.  So 

let's invite the Holy Spirit to 

speak to us.  We start off 

missions month.  You see the 

flags.  We get to be a part of 

God's mission.  Right now let's 

stand together and sing his 

praise. 

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>> Richard: Yes, what an amazing 

God we serve! 

\M "Fires" \M

>> Richard: You may be seated, 

church.  

>> Shane: Terry and Lynn Aven 

are going to lead us in 

communion.  This is where we 

focus on Jesus to remember and 

rejoice on what he's done in his 

sacrifice.  Please lead us.  

>> Terry: Good morning.  My name 

is Terry and this is my husband 

Lynn.  Please pray with me over 

the bread which represents the 

body of Christ given for us and 

the cup representing the blood 

that he poured out for the 

forgiveness of our sins.  Let us 

pray.  Holy God, giver of all 

good gifts, you have given us 

the perfect gift of Jesus.  

Fully human, you felt the pain 

and humiliation as he was tried 

by an angry mob as a criminal 

and an imposter.  Fully divine, 

he could have called in angel 

armies, but instead he paid for 

our since.  The simple symbols 

we eat and drink today remind us 

of his unimaginable sacrifice.  

Forgive us when we have been 

reluctant to be inconvenienced 

or uncomfortable for the cause 

of Christ.  Help us to respond 

in gratitude and love through 

Christ we pray, amen.  Let us 

partake together.  

>> Lynn: Reading from

Psalm 96:1-4 (NIV)

Sing to the Lord a new song; 

sing to the Lord, all the earth.

Sing to the Lord, praise his 

name; proclaim his salvation day 

after day.

Declare his glory among the 

nations, his marvelous deeds 

among all peoples.

For great is the Lord and most 

worthy of praise; he is to be 

feared above all gods. 

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>> Richard: Why don't we all 

stand together.  

>> Shane: Amen.  You guys have a 

seat.  What a wonderful thing to 

sing and praise to our God.  As 

we take our offering, if you're 

online, you can give online or 

text to give.  Here in the room, 

you can put your offerings in 

the box at the back.  This is a 

time for worship as we give as 

the Father gives to us.  This 

month is missions month.  What a 

wonderful focus on supports and 

international missions.  We're 

going to hear about that today 

and next week in the coming 

weeks.  You can give just to the 

mission fund.  I did it this 

morning before church.  It took 

me one minute to do it.  You 

just need to do a one-time gift 

and you can select the missions 

Sunday fund from the drop-down 

menu instead of your regular 

giving.  You can put a 1 and 

many more 0s and give to 

fissions fund.  Let's pray over 

our offering.  God, we give 

these offerings that they may be 

used by You.  Would you increase 

the sacrificial self giving that 

you gave to us.  We ask that you 

bless and empower our missions 

offering this week and we pray 

that everything we give will be 

used to further the message of 

Jesus, the life-giving gospel to 

go out into the world.  In this 

we pray. 

>> Joel: Amen.  Good morning.  

It is good to see you all here 

today.  We have an objective 

lesson that involves giving and 

mission.  Pretty interesting.  

One of my favorite stories in 

the Bible is about how God's 

kingdom doesn't match our 

natural inclinations.  You want 

something, you have to give it 

away.  If someone is mean to 

you, you don't pay it back mean, 

you be nice.  When you see this 

played out, it truly is amazing.  

The verse comes to us from 

Proverbs 12:35.  It says:  "The 

generous soul will be made rich.  

He whether or not waters will be 

watered."  When we're willing to 

give to the needs of others, 

there is a blessing that God 

meets our needs also.  You're 

probably area of the five loafs 

and two fishes where the boy was 

willing to give his lunch away.  

I'm using water to illustrate 

that.  That's what it talks 

about in the verse itself.  But 

what is interesting is there is 

another story in 1 King where 

Elijah and the widow of 

Zeraphath only had enough meal 

for one meal and she said, we're 

going to die.  There was a 

drought in the land and she was 

willing to give her last to God 

and what happened?  Well, you 

know the story.  God provided 

just enough for that next day 

and interestingly that was it.  

They had just enough for the 

next day.  This is what's 

amazing. .  Do you have any 

idea?  How is that even 

possible?  God continued -- 

let's get it all out there.  So 

on the third day, can you think 

what happened?  What happens 

when we give our stuff away?  

Are you ready for this?  God 

supplies it.  Oh boy, we could 

go on and on and on, but there 

is an awesome message that is up 

and coming.  But the point is 

that it doesn't make sense to 

give your time, your talents, 

your blessings to other people 

in this world, but that is when 

God blesses and his work is 

done.  That is my prayer that we 

do his work.  If the children's 

ministry we are gathering school 

supplies for families who just 

arrived from Afghanistan and 

their children are going to go 

to school.  If you're 

interested, at each of our 

check-in stations there is a 

supply list.  If you want to 

help in the month of November, 

we're collecting school 

supplies.  To prove that we're 

not out -- I'm going to carry 

on.  

>> Shane: I want to test this. 

>> Joel: You can test it.  We're 

almost out. 

>> Shane: Let's give it up for 

Joel.  Thank you.  [Applause]. 

>> Shane: If you're here and not 

in a class, a connection group, 

care group, especially if you're 

newer here, we would love you to 

fill out the online digital 

connection card with the Q.R. 

code in front of you.  You can 

also go to the lobby.  We would 

love our team to get connected 

here or at least get to know 

you.  This Thursday is veterans' 

day and we want to pick a moment 

and recognize and thank all of 

our veterans, those who are 

serving or have.  Would you 

please stand now so we can 

recognize our veterans in our 

armed forces, could you please 

stand.  

[Applause]. 

>> Shane: Yes.  Thank you for 

your service to our country.  If 

you are a kid from first grade 

to grade five, Danelle is back 

there.  Parents, if you haven't 

checked them in, there is a 

kiosk.  It will take just a 

minute to check them in.  You 

have a great Main Street Live.  

Everyone else, let's take this 

time and have a fellowship 

greeting.  

[Indistinct chatter] 

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>> Richard: Do you believe that, 

church?  He reigns.  Amen, 

church.  Thank you for your 

worship.  You may be seated.  

>> Grant: Amen and amen.  Good 

morning, church.  My name is 

Grant Wright, the outreach and 

missions member.  This is a 

special season at our church.  

This is a month that we take to 

see what the Lord is doing in 

and through the First Colony 

Church in our international 

mission work.  So as our church, 

not only do we get to celebrate 

that this morning, but we get to 

listen to see what is the Lord 

calling us to do in this next 

year.  What is your role and 

part in the international 

mission work.  We're going to 

talk about two main things.  

We're going to talk about our 

mission vision as the First 

Colony Church.  What's our 

approach?  Why do we do these 

things?  The second big thing is 

the why behind it.  We want to 

take time to say, why do we do 

missions at all?  Grant, why do 

you get excited on that stage 

every November when you get up 

there?  Right.  First Colony 

Church mission vision, simply 

put, we engage

specific geographic areas with 

FC’s 12 missional approaches as 

we partner with God in His 

mission to seek and save

The lost (Luke 19:10) and see 

every nation, tribe, people and 

language standing before the 

throne and the Lamb (Rev 7:9).

We are going and doing our part, 

but the end of that mission is 

all peoples standing before the 

Lord and worshiping before 

heaven.  That is what we are 

working towards in our church, 

but this starts by talking about 

specific geographic locations.  

Our leadership said, we're going 

to step back, take a little 

time, we're going to pray, fast, 

listen to the Lord.  We're going 

to see where is He calling us.  

What are the people groups he's 

giving us a vision for?  We want 

to target these places.  You see 

five international mission 

points and their flags.  We have 

Honduras, Colombia, Haiti, 

Nepal.  These are places we've 

been with over the years.  We've 

focused our time, energy, and 

money in these five specific 

places.  We've been around as 

the First Colony Church about 35 

years and this one church has 

gone and planted 25 other 

churches around the globe.  This 

is a beautiful picture of 

Revelation 7:9 coming to life.  

We are getting a taste of that 

before we get to experience 

heaven. 

Missions has been at the heart 

of who this church is from its 

start.

This is a little bit about our 

vision.  You may be thinking, 

all right, Grant.  We get the 

big picture. 

But you be unclear as to 

specifically what this looks 

like as we go on mission.

Some churches when they go on 

mission, they do a really good 

job of focusing on the human 

needs.  That I will take care of 

the water.  There are others who 

do a good job of taking care of 

the spiritual needs,

Evangelism and church planting.

Our church calls this a holistic 

mission approach.  We want to 

take the physical as well as the 

spiritual and make sure that in 

all five of our geographic 

locations, we are meeting both 

of those needs.  So as we go, 

you're going to hear us talk 

about both elements of the 

physical and the spiritual in 

these geographic locations.  We 

break it down into three 

categories.  On the human side 

we have the mercy ministries and 

on the spirit side, we have the 

disciple side, and then the 

their third phase is sustaining 

communities.  So let's break 

this down one by one.  What does 

the mercy ministries look like?  

It looks like adopting the 

Father's heart.  I love God and 

he puts it so clearly in the Old 

and the New Testament as he 

talks about loving the poor, the 

foreigner, the widow, the 

orphan.  Deuteronomy

10:18 

“He defends the cause of the

Fatherless and the widow, and 

loves the foreigner residing 

among you, giving them food and 

clothing. 

Jesus' ministry physical then 

spiritual, feeding the 

poor/agricultural assistance, 

He takes care of the physical 

needs of the people and as he 

serves the people and their 

needs, he takes care of their 

spiritual needs.  We go into the 

geographic locations and takes 

care of the physical.  This 

allows the people to experience 

the goodness that comes from God 

and God alone, to experience the 

hands and feet of Christ, as the 

body of Christ goes on mission, 

but also we follow that up with 

the spiritual.  Real quick, 

before we jump there, you might 

be saying, what does this look 

like?  Practically, what does 

this look like as we take care 

of people's physical needs?  In 

Haiti, it looks like us feeding 

600 kids a warm meal at school 

because at home they're not 

receiving food during the week.  

This looks like in Uganda, when 

there is a famine, we come 

alongside and provide food while 

these families are literally 

starving.  This looks like for a 

decade while we're investing in 

farming God's way principles, 

teaching these people to 

increase their crop yields so 

when famine comes, they can 

survive.  This looks like in 

Nepal when there are natural 

disasters like earthquakes or 

monsoons or recently COVID-19, 

we're able to come and provide 

for the physical needs of these 

people during this time.  This 

looks like in Colombia next to 

the border of Venezuela, when 

you have Venezuelans coming 

across as refugees, but our 

local church there is also going 

across and serving 90 churches 

of Christ in Venezuela.  This 

looks like starting medical 

clinics.  This looks like our 

members going on short-term 

mission trips and taking care of 

the physical needs of the 

people.  This look like helps 

orphans and widows and in Nepal 

rescuing girls out of sex 

trafficking.  Starting to get 

the picture of what taking care 

of the human side looks like as 

we go with the Father's heart 

petitioner all people.  Then we 

have the spiritual side, the 

disciple side.  It starts with 

our folks on the ground, our 

missionaries.  In Nepal, they 

spend the first 40 days of the 

year praying and fasting.  

That's not the leadership.  

That's the entire church.  That 

shows some of their heart and 

their passion to submit their 

lives before the Lord and trust 

him with their needs.  As we go, 

we want to see Bible studies 

among all of these people 

groups.  We want to see 

non-believes and seekers and new 

believers and seekers gathering 

and studying in their heart 

language.  We want all these 

people groups to know and have 

the bread of life.  We're there 

as gospel translation, our 

church comes alongside to 

provide that.  And the last 

people of this disciple making 

is Christian community.  We want 

to establish this Christian 

community in these places.  What 

this does not mean is planting 

one church in one of these 

locations.  What this does mean 

is going into one of these 

locations and seeing a movement, 

a spread of the gospel, a spread 

of Jesus Christ where he is 

known is worshiped in these 

places.  This looks like in 

Uganda where we have 17 churches 

in cities and villages spread 

out among the people.  This 

looks like in Colombia where we 

are planning things around the 

city and Jesus' name is being 

known or in Honduras where there 

are 20-plus churches.  In Nepal 

we have 86 home groups, 

fellowships established across 

the southeast corner of Nepal 

where the Lord has given us a 

passion and a vision for.  We're 

starting to get a vision of the 

spiritual needs for the call of 

our church.  We see there are 

physical and spiritual.  Then 

the question we need to ask as 

we evaluate our mission work is 

how do we create holistic 

mission that lives beyond the 

life and the presence of the 

First Colony Church of Christ?  

This is what we do, called 

sustaining communities, where 

the focus is how do we make this 

self-sustainable?  What does 

this look like?  This is us 

going on short-term mission 

trips and pouring into the local 

leadership, giving them 

training, teaching them the 

gospel, letting them take 

ownership of the movement and 

establishing these mission 

points having local resources 

and funds so they can do their 

ministry on their own.  Let's be 

honest, church, we have been the 

steady fuel and resources for 

all of these movements for years 

and sometimes decades, but 

that's not the end goal.  We go 

in and we teach and we disciple 

and we teach good doctrine.  But 

we want to release it so the 

locals can take it, own it, and 

spread it among their own 

people.  What's been beautiful 

is even in the hardships of the 

coronavirus, the lockdown, we 

haven't been able to go on trips 

to these places, we've seen the 

heart of these locals that just 

love Jesus and they love God 

more than anything.  It reminds 

me of when Paul said, I am in 

chains for the gospel and they 

are submitting their lives and 

saying I'm going to give it all 

so my people are taken care of.  

I'm going to give it all so this 

region is covered by the gospel 

of Jesus Christ.  We're seeing 

them own it and take it and it 

is a beautiful picture taken.  

What does success look like in 

the end game that First Colony 

Church is going to accomplish?  

Four things.  Local leaders 

leading the churches and the 

movements.  Number two, we see 

people coming to know Jesus on a 

regular basis.  Number three, 

the local leaders have caught 

this vision for holistic 

missions and now they are 

praying and asking God, where do 

you want me to go, the next 

town, village, country, and 

they're doing it on their own 

local resources.  That's success 

for the mission.  I hope you see 

the approach and the vision of 

what this looks like as we go on 

mission.  Now we want to take a 

minute to say why, why do we do 

this at all?  Why is mission 

important?  Grant, why are you 

getting so excited about this.  

Let's dive in. 

The reason missions are so 

important is because it allows 

us to multiply the glory

Of Lord.

Very simple.  That might sound a 

little interesting, that 

phrased, the word "glory."  We 

don't often use the word "glory" 

in 2021 America, but this is a 

term that is frequented 

throughout scripture, Genesis to 

Revelation 285 times.  As it's 

used, there are three primary 

ways that this term is used.  

Let's walk through this real 

quick.  Number one, glory is an 

intrinsic part of the Lord's 

character and presence.  So the 

lord is glorious.  When he 

reveals his glory to humans, it 

is beautiful and spectacular. 

We see the Lord's glory in 

creation.

We see Lord's glory as God 

appears to Abraham, Moses and 

prophets

We see the Lord's glory fill the 

tabernacle and now heaven.

I love how the scriptures say 

the heavens are in no need of a 

sun anymore because the glory of 

God is there and it fills with 

light.  So the physical presence 

is the glory of the Lord.  

Number two, glory is something 

God does.  He does glorious 

things. 

Glory is evident in the LORD’s 

grand deeds and provisions. 

So we see the Lord's glory as a 

pillar as he protects and 

provides for the Israelites in 

the desert.  We see the Lord's 

glory present

at Jesus’ birth, baptism, 

throughout His

Ministry and at Jesus’ 

resurrection.

We also witness the glory of the 

Lord present at Stephen's death 

in Acts 8.  Number three, glory 

is something that we

participate in. 

We do, we give God glory.  How 

do we do this?  This is like a 

gym of Christianity.  How do we 

give God glory?  We recognize 

him for who He is.  He is God.  

He is the great king above all 

gods.  We worship him.  We give 

him our delight, praise, and 

Thanksgiving.  I love what Paul 

says in 1 Corinthians 10, he 

says whether you eat, drink, or 

whatever you do, do it all for 

the glory of God.  That's right.  

So you might be saying, all 

right, Grant, I get it.  I see.  

The glory of God is the Lord's 

presence.  The Lord does 

glorious things.  We give him 

glory.  What does this have to 

do with mission and with 

multiplying the glory of the 

Lord?  That's a great question.  

The multiplication of the glory

of the Lord is God’s ultimate 

goal. 

It’s what He’s been working 

towards this whole time. 

Habakkuk 2:14 is a wonderful 

picture of this ultimate goal.

Habakkuk 2:14 

For the earth will be filled 

And the knowledge and the glory 

of the Lord as the

waters cover the sea.

What percent of the sea is 

covered by water? 

100%.

Thank you.  You guys are awake.  

All right.  So what that means 

is 100% of the earth is filled 

with the Lord's glory.  Let's 

look at this throughout 

scripture.  Let's start with 

Abraham. 

Genesis 17:4 God speaking to 

Abraham says, “As for me, this 

is my covenant with

You: You will be the father of 

many nations.

Not the father of the son, not 

the father of a family, not a 

nation, many nations.  Now we're 

going to dive into David's 

heart.  David is a man after 

God's own heart.  And we're 

going to read about his delight 

and thanksgiving, as he worships 

the Lord.  Let's dive in. 

Psalm 67:3-4 says, "Let the 

peoples praise you Oh God, let 

all the peoples praise you.

Let the nations be glad and sing 

for joy."

Psalm 96

Declare His glory among the 

nations, His marvelous deeds 

among all peoples.

Psalm 97:1 

"The Lord reigns, let the earth 

rejoice, let the many coast 

lands be glad

We see Jesus’ heart for the 

nations."

And in his famous speech to the 

disciples in

Matthew 28:19 

"Go and make disciples of all 

nations."

Acts 1:8 

Right before he raises into 

heaven. 

"But you will receive power when 

the Holy Spirit comes on you; 

and you will be

My witnesses in Jerusalem, and 

in all Judea and Samaria, and to 

the ends of the earth.”

One last scripture that's going 

to tie a nice bow, bring all 

this together for us, found in

Philippians 2. 

This is one of Paul’s most power 

Packed scriptures.  That's 

saying a lot for the apostle 

Paul.  Let's take a second to 

remember who he is.  The apostle 

Paul was chosen to be God's 

instrument

to proclaim His name among the 

Gentiles. 

Acts 9:15

Let's dive in. 

Philippians 2:8-11

"And being found in human form, 

He humbled himself by becoming

Obedient to the point of death, 

even death on a cross. 

Therefore ,God has highly 

exalted him and bestowed on him 

the name that is above every 

name, so that

At the name of Jesus every knee 

should bow, in heaven and on 

earth and under

The earth, and every tongue 

confess that Jesus Christ is 

Lord, to the

Glory of God the Father.”

This is saying as more and more 

people come to confess Jesus as 

Lord, that God is glorified.  

Well, how do more and more 

people come to

confess Jesus as Lord?

Through missions!

Right?  That is exactly what we 

are doing.  The expansion of 

God's glory is his ultimate 

goal.  This is the meta 

narrative in which Christ is 

calling and God and we get to 

live in.  We are participating 

in the multiplication of the 

Lord as we go and do mission. 

When Aminta became a new 

believer through the work of our 

missionaries and shares

Jesus with her husband and 11 

Relatives and now there are 12 

other people that confess Jesus 

Christ is Lord in the church in 

Cucuta, Colombia.  In this, God 

is

glorified, and earth is

Closer to being filled with the 

knowledge of the glory of the 

Lord as the waters cover the 

seas. 

When Roolite hikes four hours 

into the Haitian mountains with 

The youth group where there is 

no Christian presence to plant a

church were there is no 

Christian presence and there are 

Now 100 new believers, the Lord 

is

glorified, and earth is closer 

to being filled with the

Knowledge of the glory of the 

Lord as the waters cover the 

sea.

In Nepal where our missionaries 

go to some of the hardest places 

to reach physically on earth and 

share the gospel with 25,000 

people last year alone, God is 

gloried.  And the earth is 

closer to being filled with the

knowledge of the glory of the 

Lord as the waters

Cover the sea.

Manisha rescued from sex 

Trafficking, brought to a safe 

house, accepts Jesus, confesses 

him as Lord, and now mentors 17 

other Hindu rescued girls.  God 

is glorified.  And the earth is

closer to being filled with the 

knowledge of the

Glory of the Lord as the waters 

cover the sea.

And as the First Colony Church 

of Christ goes on mission, as we 

fully fund nine missionaries, as 

we translate and distribute 

Bibles, disciple local leaders, 

start

Christian achools, plants 

churches, and we work so

That the name of Jesus may be

known and worshiped among our 

five Mission

Points, God is glorified, and 

The earth is closer to being 

filled with the knowledge of the 

glory of the Lord as the water 

covers the seas.  Do you see why 

I get so excited about this as I 

get up here to share what the 

Lord is doing through this 

church?  It is a beautiful 

picture of the Lord spreading 

his glory.  There is one other 

reality that comes with this and 

it is sobering.  Everything that 

we work for on this earth, 

everything, it fades.  But the 

truth that Jesus is Lord and His 

glory will be multiplied and 

last forever.  So for us to join 

God in multiplying his glory, 

guys, this is the only thing 

worth living for, the only 

thing.  All right.  I want to 

share a video with you guys that 

talks about what the First 

Colony Church has been doing 

over the past five years as we 

work to multiply his glory.  

Let's check this out.  

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>> First Colony Church of Christ 

is committed to sharing the 

gospel of Jesus Christ.  In our 

35-year history, we have started 

25 churches.  During this time, 

our missionaries and mission 

teams have shared the gospel 

with thousands around the world.  

They've reached the unreached 

and baptized in the name of 

Jesus.  Indigenous leaders have 

taken ownership of the Lord's 

call to seek and save the lost.  

Houses have become places of 

worship where seekers and 

believers can deepen their 

faith.  God is on the move and 

First Colony Church is fuelling 

the fire.  Over the last five 

years, we have seen 2,673 

baptisms.  134 new groups 

started.  Three new churches 

planted.  And 161 girls rescued 

from human trafficking.  And we 

have served 1,043,000 meals.  

This crisis relief includes 

Colombia, Honduras, Uganda, 

Nepal, and the children of 

Haiti.  [\M\M\M] 

>> With your continued 

partnership and support of our 

2022 international mission work, 

we expect to start new churches, 

baptize the unreached, and train 

Indigenous leaders.  Soon we 

will see our five targeted 

mission points with biblically 

healthy, multiplying churches, 

redeeming lives and transforming 

communities.  

>> Grant: This is first colony 

missions.  This is who we are.  

We multiply the glory of the 

Lord.  I love what we've done 

for the kingdom.  Over 2,600 

baptisms, millions of meals.  

This is a beautiful picture for 

the father's heart for all 

peoples.  Some of you all have 

been in this for decades.  Thank 

you for your partnership.  Some 

of you have jumped in head first 

the last couple of years.  Thank 

you.  Some of you are new this 

year.  We invite you to come and 

be a part of the mission legacy 

that is part of the First Colony 

Church of Christ, but none of 

this, absolutely none, happens 

without the passion and the 

heart of this church to be 

involved.  I'm excited.  This 

year the Lord has given us a 

massive vision for 2022.  It's 

having a lot of us.  We're in a 

season where we're transitioning 

from this multiplication of 

discipleship into a season where 

we want to sustain the 

multiplication that we have 

seen.  What does this look like?  

Needing to acquire new 

properties and new churches.  In 

Nepal this looks like moving 

from a house church to building 

a church that can be a community 

center, that can be a 

discipleship training facility.  

This looks like in Cucuta, 

Colombia, where they are in a 

rented facility and they're 

going to acquire a building so 

that place can have a place of 

worship long after the 

fellowship of First Colony 

Church of Christ.  This looks 

like in Uganda where we're going 

to add two floors to the 

building so they have more space 

for leadership training and 

rental income that will generate 

income for the 17-church 

movement that will go again long 

after First Colony Church of 

Christ.  In order to do this, it 

takes extra from us.  Bottom 

line, that's what it looks like.  

Typically we raise $200,000 a 

year on our mission giving and 

this year to be able to acquire 

and build these things, it looks 

like more $400,000.  As we go 

into missions month, this is my 

ask that we come before the Lord 

and pray and say, what do you 

want my part to be with 

multiplying the glory of the 

Lord this year?  What does that 

look like?  And then we obey it.  

We be Christians that are crazy 

enough to obey what the Lord 

puts before us.  As we do that, 

we will go and do as much as we 

can with what is provided.  

Church, I'm excited.  I'm 

excited to see the vision that 

he's given us, the people that 

he's surrounded.  What we've 

been able to accomplish and what 

the Lord is going to do in the 

future.  It's an honor to be in 

this together.  Chad, you can 

head up.  Next week is mission 

Sunday.  We have a special guest 

from Haiti.  Roolite Religeaux 

will be with us.  He is a 

fantastic man, a man of God.  I 

get to sit here and listen about 

Haiti and what the Lord is 

doing.  It will be a privilege 

for those of you who don't know 

him to meet him.  That will be 

next Sunday.  He'll also be in 

the gym.  We'll have some 

special things in Bible class 

hour.  Join us next week in 

person or online.  It will be a 

fun Sunday for missions Sunday.  

Again, church, we love you.  

Thank you for who you are.  

Thank you for your love of the 

Father and Jesus and joining as 

we multiply his glory.  Chad.  

>> Grant, thank you for bringing 

our message to us this morning.  

Church, two questions as we 

enter into our hour of prayer, 

the first is how are we being 

called to go and the second is, 

are we willing to answer that 

call?  Are you and I willing to 

answer what our call is?  Let's 

pray.  Father, you have called 

us to go, to go and to multiply 

our talents and your glory in 

all the earth.  You called us to 

be a missionary in our homes, in 

our workplaces, in our church 

bodies, in our communities, and 

in a world that you have 

created.  Over the past 35 

years, you called our church 

body to go to Uganda, Colombia, 

Haiti, Nepal, Honduras, has you 

had work prepared there in 

advance for us to do.  You've 

chosen to use us to build 

latrines and to serve meals, to 

preach and to listen, to care 

and to love, to save and to 

redeem.  This is your amazing 

work that you choose to need us 

to do in the lives and hearts of 

those you love and that you seek 

to reach.  As long as there is 

one soul that hasn't heard your 

name, one girl sold into 

slavery, one child who has no 

food to eat or hasn't felt the 

warmth of a hug from another, we 

call that one.  For your love 

and your grace and your mercies 

and your redemption and 

salvation is for everyone and 

every one.  Father, lead our 

hearts to you in a new way each 

and every day, soften us from 

the hardness this world attempts 

to create.  Give us the peace 

that comes from turning away 

from ourselves and towards you 

and the needs of the others.  

Father, enlarge our territory in 

the influence and lives of 

others and restore to us the joy 

of our ultimate home that we 

have with you in glory one sweet 

day.  And it's in Jesus' name we 

pray.  Amen. 

>> Shane: Thank you, Chad.  

Everybody, what a great morning.  

Next week is going to be better.  

This is a fantastic missions 

month.  I have a few things to 

tell you about as we close 

today.  In case you didn't know, 

we have Bible classes for all 

ages at 9:45.  If you want to 

get connected with a class, see 

me and the crew in the lobby.  

We'll find the right one for 

you.  We have an online class 

that meets just after we finish 

up here.  Later in the week you 

can look at this.  We have 

stories from the mission field 

and this week's mission 

highlight focus video is a place 

near and dear to my heart in 

Uganda and you can hear more 

about what's going on there as 

we prep for missions Sunday next 

week.  I also want to tell you 

about celebrate recovery real 

quick.  I've spoken about it 

before, but in case you haven't 

noticed, it's been a tough year, 

year and a half.  God is working 

to heal the brokenness in our 

lives and hearts.  If you have a 

hang up, something that is 

keeping you from realizing the 

full life Jesus has for you, we 

are here.  I would love to talk 

to you in the lobby or on the 

phone or e-mail.  I would love 

to see you Friday night.  We 

have child care, men's groups, 

ladies' groups.  We are here to 

overcome the hurts, habits, and 

hangups.  Don't isolate.  Let us 

help you on this journey with 

Jesus and I hope you will reach 

out to me or come and see us on 

Friday night.  What a great 

morning of worship and 

fellowship this morning.  We get 

to go into that mission field.  

As we walk out there door, 

remember to pray about your 

missions offering and you can do 

that online at any time.  Let's 

ask God to increase the harvest 

and send us into the mission 

field right now.  Let's stand 

and sing one more song.  

>> Richard: Amen. 

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>> Richard: Church, thank you 

for your worship today.  You are 

dismissed.  

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>> Thank you for joining us 

today. 

We want to let you know about a 

few items of interest.  

First, go to our website, 

firstcolonychurch.org, and go 

there often.  

You'll find links to our worship 

services, Bible study options, 

online giving, and our 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.  

The app is a great resource 

where you can stay connected to 

First Colony Church.  

Thank you for joining us today.  

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