1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,160 All right, good morning. My name is Greg Hampton. If we have never met, I'm one of the pastors here. 2 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:10,520 I would love to have coffee with you or just chat with you after service, get to know you, hear your story. 3 00:00:10,520 --> 00:00:11,920 I love to talk about Jesus. 4 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:18,560 And so if you'd like to do that, I would love to do that with you. Today is the last Sunday in our series through the 5 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:21,520 Gospel of John. We've been walking through it all 6 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:25,840 summer long. And so we are going to be in the last chapter of John today. 7 00:00:25,840 --> 00:00:32,000 If you miss any of those messages, if you want to hear those, you can get those anywhere that podcasts can be found out 8 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:38,680 in the ethereal universe of streaming. Or you can go to our Facebook page or YouTube if you want to watch the whole 9 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:44,140 service. But let's go ahead and jump into the scriptures. We're gonna be in John chapter 1. 10 00:00:44,140 --> 00:00:47,000 If you don't have a Bible, there's blue ones on the tables. 11 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:51,360 And you can download a digital version from any of the app stores. 12 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:57,000 But you can take one of those Bibles home if you would like to. And we're gonna be in John, the last chapter 21. 13 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:02,200 It goes Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Romans. If you see any of those, you know that you are in the right neighborhood. 14 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:04,760 And just zero in on John chapter 15 00:01:05,960 --> 00:01:12,040 21. And we have a tradition around here that when we read the scriptures as a part of the sermon that we stand, 16 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:13,200 we just give it our full attention. 17 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:17,600 One of the ways you can do that is by standing with me if you'd like to. Otherwise sit and let's just 18 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:20,200 center our mind in on listening to the scriptures. 19 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:25,140 All right, here we go. John 21 starting in verse 1. It says this, 20 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:31,080 Afterward Jesus appeared again to his disciples by the sea of Galilee. It happened this way. 21 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:38,480 Simon Peter, Thomas, Nathaniel from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together. 22 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:42,520 I'm going out to fish, Simon Peter told them. And they said, we'll go with you. 23 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:46,400 So they went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing. 24 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:51,280 Early in the morning Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus. 25 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:55,760 He called out to them, friends, haven't you any fish? No, they answered. 26 00:01:56,120 --> 00:02:00,680 He said, throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some. 27 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:06,560 When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish. 28 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:11,600 Then the disciples whom the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, it is the Lord. 29 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:17,320 And as soon as Simon Peter heard him say it is the Lord, he wrapped his outer garment around him, 30 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:22,200 for he had taken it off and jumped into the water. The other disciples followed in the boat, 31 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:27,200 towing the net full of fish for they were not far from shore, about a hundred yards. 32 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:32,680 When they landed, they saw a fire burning coals there with fish on it and some bread. 33 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:36,040 Jesus said to them, bring some of the fish you have just caught. 34 00:02:36,320 --> 00:02:39,840 So Simon Peter climbed back into the boat and dragged the net ashore. 35 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:46,840 It was full of large fish, 153. But even with so many, the net was not torn. 36 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:49,840 Jesus said to them, come and have breakfast. 37 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:54,840 None of the disciples dared ask him, who are you? They knew it was the Lord. 38 00:02:54,840 --> 00:03:01,840 Jesus came, took the bread, gave it to them and did the same with the fish. 39 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:06,840 Let us pray. God of every tribe, every tongue, every color, every nation, 40 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:10,840 we thank you for the scriptures that they have persisted throughout the millennia. 41 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:13,840 That we have them to learn from, to consider. 42 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:16,840 I pray that whatever you have for us to learn today, that it would stick. 43 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:19,840 That it would become a part of the framework of our faith. 44 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:25,840 That our faith would become stronger as we become more like your son Jesus. Amen. 45 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:27,840 Can I have a seat? Thanks. 46 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:33,840 Alright, so this story is found twice throughout the Gospels. 47 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:37,840 Once here in John and once in the Gospel of Luke. 48 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:41,840 But there are a ton of differences between the two. 49 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:45,840 In Luke, it's at the beginning of the Gospel. In John, it's at the very end. 50 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:50,840 In Luke, there's crowds on the shore watching what's happening as Jesus teaches. 51 00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:54,840 And then this miracle happens. In John, they seem to be all alone. 52 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:58,840 In Luke, this is the event that causes the disciples to follow Jesus. 53 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:02,840 But in John, they've already been following Jesus for years. 54 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:07,840 And then in Luke, this is when Jesus says, I will make you fishers of men. 55 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:11,840 But in John, he just tells them to bring some of the fish they just caught. 56 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:13,840 And he adds them to the meal. 57 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:19,840 Now, there's enough similarities and there's enough differences. 58 00:04:19,840 --> 00:04:25,840 That across the centuries, people have disagreed about whether these are two completely different events. 59 00:04:25,840 --> 00:04:29,840 Where Jesus made the nets overflow two different times. 60 00:04:29,840 --> 00:04:36,840 Or if it's just the same story and John moved it to the end and told it differently because of what he was trying to say. 61 00:04:36,840 --> 00:04:43,840 Now, as you've heard me say many times, we do not really know for sure. 62 00:04:43,840 --> 00:04:46,840 But we know that there's something that we're supposed to be learning here. 63 00:04:46,840 --> 00:04:49,840 So let me tell you what I see. 64 00:04:49,840 --> 00:04:55,840 Because of where this story lands in Luke, it's a recruitment story. 65 00:04:55,840 --> 00:04:58,840 It's exactly what it is. It's a recruitment story. 66 00:04:58,840 --> 00:05:05,840 That the miracle is meant to cause them to see Jesus for who he is and then to follow him. 67 00:05:05,840 --> 00:05:14,840 That's the point. But in John, because it's at the end, because it's the last thing, it's not recruitment, it's commissioning. 68 00:05:14,840 --> 00:05:18,840 It's not the event that's meant to make them follow him for the first time. 69 00:05:18,840 --> 00:05:25,840 This is the event that's meant to propel them into the work that Jesus has for them to do. 70 00:05:25,840 --> 00:05:29,840 Now maybe you've heard of the Great Commission. Yeah? 71 00:05:29,840 --> 00:05:41,840 Both Matthew and Luke have a version of the Great Commission at the end of their Gospels where Jesus tells them verbally what they're going to do, where they're going to go, what it will be like. 72 00:05:41,840 --> 00:05:51,840 But in John, instead of saying it with words, Jesus shows them with a meal. 73 00:05:51,840 --> 00:05:58,840 Much like the Eucharist, like communion, this meal is a metaphor. 74 00:05:58,840 --> 00:06:06,840 So what does it mean? When the disciples got to the shore, Jesus already had something. What did he already have? 75 00:06:06,840 --> 00:06:12,840 Yeah. He already had some fish. He already had fish of his own on the coals. 76 00:06:12,840 --> 00:06:16,840 That's because Jesus had already done his part. 77 00:06:16,840 --> 00:06:22,840 Jesus had already caught his fish. Jesus already had his disciples. 78 00:06:22,840 --> 00:06:27,840 He did the catching he needed to do, but now it was their turn. 79 00:06:27,840 --> 00:06:36,840 In John 14, Jesus taught them, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing and they will do even greater things. 80 00:06:36,840 --> 00:06:43,840 So the fish they caught, with his help of course, represent greater things. 81 00:06:43,840 --> 00:06:48,840 The multitudes that will believe because of their work. 82 00:06:48,840 --> 00:06:56,840 And then remember, just a few chapters ago, earlier in John 17, a couple weeks ago, Scott used it as his reference to preach about unity. 83 00:06:56,840 --> 00:07:00,840 Jesus prayed that all of them would be one. 84 00:07:00,840 --> 00:07:08,840 Not only his disciples, but everyone that will believe that all of them would be brought together because of this message. 85 00:07:08,840 --> 00:07:20,840 And so this meal, what he's doing is he's taking his work, he's taking their work, and he's symbolically bringing it together. 86 00:07:20,840 --> 00:07:25,840 Two thousand years later, Jesus is still bringing us together, amen? 87 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:32,840 He's bringing us together around a meal. We celebrate it at the end of every service. 88 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:38,840 I don't know what our average weekly attendance is, because I stopped counting years ago. 89 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:43,840 Not always healthy for pastors to pay that much attention to that stuff. 90 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:49,840 But I know this, the last couple weeks we've run out of communion at the end of each of the services. 91 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:55,840 Which means that there have been more people here, which is great. 92 00:07:55,840 --> 00:08:04,840 But it also reminds me of one more difference between the way that Luke tells this story and the way that John tells this story. 93 00:08:04,840 --> 00:08:11,840 In Luke, before they've been trained and discipled, before they have followed him, 94 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:18,840 before they have walked with him for years and heard all of his parables and stories and seen all of his miracles, 95 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:24,840 it says that they caught so many fish that their nets began to tear. 96 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:33,840 But in John's version, after everything that they've been through with Jesus, after his death, after his resurrection, 97 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:42,840 it says that the net was so full that they couldn't get it back into the boat, but the nets did not break. 98 00:08:42,840 --> 00:08:51,840 The world needs more kind, life-giving, good churches. 99 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:57,840 So many of those churches are meant to grow. Numerically. 100 00:08:57,840 --> 00:09:04,840 Sometimes a church is meant to get to a spot and stay there, and they're kind of like a freshwater pool that people come in and out 101 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:09,840 because they go off to other parts of the world and other people come in, and then they send people off. 102 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:13,840 Many churches are meant to grow to much larger sizes. 103 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:24,840 And it'll be a good thing if our church grows numerically, but we also want to grow in a way that will not tear the nets. 104 00:09:24,840 --> 00:09:33,840 Hear that? We want to grow as a church in a way that will not tear the nets. 105 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:40,840 And that's why I think that this next year is going to be one of the most intentional years that we've ever had. 106 00:09:40,840 --> 00:09:46,840 Let me tell you what I mean. We do these things called rest Sundays. 107 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:49,840 If you've been here more than six months, you've experienced one of these. 108 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:54,840 We have them three times a year. We do one on Labor Day weekend. We do one the Sunday after Christmas. 109 00:09:54,840 --> 00:10:02,840 We do it on Memorial Day weekend. Three times a year, we give the entire congregation a Sunday of rest. 110 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:04,840 There's no service. There's no worship here. 111 00:10:04,840 --> 00:10:14,840 We are encouraging you to be at home or do whatever you find most restful to experience the presence and personhood of God in the presence of rest. 112 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:18,840 That just happens to be next week. 113 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:30,840 Now, in my calendar as the lead pastor of this church, in my brain calendar of church, the way that I think about it, next Sunday is the first Sunday of our year. 114 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:38,840 I think of that as the way that we start. Why? Because I think that rest comes first. 115 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:45,840 I think that rest comes first. I think that Jesus says, come to me, all who are weak and weary, and I will give you rest. 116 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:53,840 So in my brain, next Sunday, when there isn't even a gathering here, that's the beginning of our church year. 117 00:10:53,840 --> 00:11:03,840 Rest. Receive. Rest. Come to Jesus. Receive. Rest. 118 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:10,840 If we do not stop and give, everyone rest. We may never stop asking people to work. 119 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:21,840 Rest is vital. So that's next Sunday, September 1st. And then we begin to live and work. Monday, September 2nd is Labor Day. 120 00:11:21,840 --> 00:11:29,840 We get to serve our city for the 11th straight year by working and serving in the Rock Island Labor Day Parade. 121 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:36,840 That's awesome. 11 straight years as a church that we have been serving in the parade. Not just walking in it, but serving in it. 122 00:11:36,840 --> 00:11:43,840 Serving our city. Because we've believed since the beginning that something we're supposed to do is even serve our city in small ways. 123 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:50,840 Every year we have got a group of eight to ten people at the front helping arrange all of the floats and all of the groups. 124 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:57,840 It is organized chaos. Because there are so many different groups. And they give you this map. 125 00:11:57,840 --> 00:12:02,840 I've been doing this for a long time now. But they give you this map that has letters and numbers on it. 126 00:12:02,840 --> 00:12:08,840 And then it's like, it's printed on the front and the back and it's the same map. But when you flip it over, it's upside down and turned around. 127 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:14,840 And so like your brain starts going, I have no idea where I am in this city now. But you're probably over there. Let me help you. 128 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:19,840 And so you just walk around with people trying to help make sure they know where their float is supposed to be. 129 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:25,840 And then we have a group of eight to ten. I think you guys got it easy. The group at the end. All you got to do is go over there. 130 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:28,840 Nope, stop walking right there. Go over there. Stop walking right there. 131 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:37,840 We have a group of eight to ten at the end that serves our city. But after ten years of serving the parade, this eleventh year, 132 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:44,840 we thought maybe we were ready to also walk in the parade. We've never walked in the parade. We've always just served. 133 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:50,840 Because we thought that was important, but we think maybe now may not ever happen again. But this year we felt let's do this. 134 00:12:50,840 --> 00:13:00,840 Let's try this out. And since we are the house, we thought it would be fun to build a playhouse from scratch for the parades, 135 00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:06,840 to put on a trailer and walk with that near the end of the parade so that the people that serve at the front, if they want to, 136 00:13:06,840 --> 00:13:12,840 they can walk with it and we'll put a QR code on it. And everyone that's in the parade can look at it, point their camera at it, 137 00:13:12,840 --> 00:13:21,840 and follow the link, and they can sign up to win that playhouse for free. Because that's another way of offering life. 138 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:27,840 They will not have to come here to get it. They will not have to come to a church service to win. 139 00:13:27,840 --> 00:13:35,840 All they have to do is see that we are here, to see that we're walking in our city. We're part of this city. 140 00:13:35,840 --> 00:13:47,840 And if they want, they can follow a link. Not a chance of having the Daryl Deluxe on their property. Yes. 141 00:13:47,840 --> 00:13:54,840 And then the next Sunday, September 8th, is what we call Homecoming Sunday. 142 00:13:54,840 --> 00:14:03,840 Homecoming Sunday is from 10 to noon. And so what's happening there is that instead of coffee hour at 10 o'clock and worship at 10.30, 143 00:14:03,840 --> 00:14:12,840 we just have our Homecoming event. It is fun. There are games. There is food. And there are art for all ages. 144 00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:21,840 The most important thing that it has is it has family. This is one of the best days to introduce someone to this family for the first time. 145 00:14:21,840 --> 00:14:29,840 Because as much as people say they're looking for a church with good music or good preaching or good theology, 146 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:40,840 what they are really looking for is a spiritual family. Not even one that they completely agree with. 147 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:47,840 If we gave everyone a theological exam in this room, we'd probably have a hundred different versions of Christianity in this room. 148 00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:57,840 And there isn't a hundred people in the room. Diversity amongst thought is good because it is the Holy Spirit that makes us one. 149 00:14:57,840 --> 00:15:07,840 People are looking for a spiritual family. Homecoming Sunday is a great place to meet that family. 150 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:13,840 And then the Sunday after that, September 15th, remember I'm talking about intentionality. 151 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:18,840 I'm talking about intentionality of growing as a church in a way that does not tear the nets. 152 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:25,840 On September 15th, Treehouse starts back up. Gonna get a whoo! Yeah. 153 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:32,840 Robin Messerly is amazing. Round of applause for Robin Messerly. She is amazing. She leads Treehouse. 154 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:41,840 She and her team every week in Treehouse, your kids will learn how to climb into God's great story. 155 00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:47,840 They will learn how to climb into God's great story and see that they are a part of it. 156 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:55,840 So bring your kids every Sunday or as often as you can. You will not regret it and they will remember it. 157 00:15:55,840 --> 00:16:01,840 And then that same Sunday, The Shed starts back up. The Shed is our student ministry for sixth to twelfth graders. 158 00:16:01,840 --> 00:16:10,840 A little round of applause for Alex Campbell. Alex is not here. He is out of town, but maybe he'll...hey Alex. 159 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:16,840 Maybe he'll watch online. Alex leads the...it's called The Shed. I always am careful to tell people I didn't name it. 160 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:21,840 We didn't name that. The kids named it that. They wanted to be The Shed. Yes. 161 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:28,840 Because they are tools in the hands of the Lord is what they said. Right? 162 00:16:28,840 --> 00:16:34,840 It is. They were like, oh, we're all a different tool. I'm not kidding. They spent a Sunday drawing on the board in there. 163 00:16:34,840 --> 00:16:42,840 What tool everyone is. Yep. Of course we had to warn them, don't walk around calling people tools. 164 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:50,840 That's not what it means. But Alex spends Sunday mornings. It's even just a half an hour, 10 to 1030. 165 00:16:50,840 --> 00:16:57,840 But every Sunday, Alex is teaching our students about how to think about Jesus, how to follow Jesus, 166 00:16:57,840 --> 00:17:02,840 how to think about what it is they believe as they walk out into the world. 167 00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:08,840 Yes, you have to bring your students a little bit earlier than the regular service, but it is worth it. 168 00:17:08,840 --> 00:17:12,840 And there's coffee. So come for the coffee, if anything else. 169 00:17:12,840 --> 00:17:21,840 And then, intentionally, for the first time, we are officially adding a second layer to our student ministry. 170 00:17:21,840 --> 00:17:25,840 Alex Campbell will continue to lead the Sunday morning elements. 171 00:17:25,840 --> 00:17:34,840 But starting in September, Kathleen and Alex North will be planning and leading monthly events for our students. 172 00:17:34,840 --> 00:17:40,840 Round of applause for the future. Kathleen's back there. Alex is over there. 173 00:17:40,840 --> 00:17:45,840 And what I love is that I went over to their house to meet with them to talk about this idea. 174 00:17:45,840 --> 00:17:52,840 And I had to tell them not to say yes on the spot because I could tell that they were going to say yes. 175 00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:56,840 I love that they were excited about working with our students. 176 00:17:56,840 --> 00:18:01,840 They already have something planned for September, for October, and for November. 177 00:18:01,840 --> 00:18:07,840 What we'll probably do is split the ages up. We'll probably have one of the age groups, middle school or high school, do it in September. 178 00:18:07,840 --> 00:18:09,840 The next month, the other group will do something. 179 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:15,840 In the November, we're going to have something unified, and it will continue on throughout the year. 180 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:19,840 Listen, sometimes we're just doing something for fun. 181 00:18:19,840 --> 00:18:27,840 More often, what we're doing is a part of being intentional. 182 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:31,840 Being intentional in how we grow people's hearts. 183 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:36,840 Because growing our hearts is how we keep nets from tearing. 184 00:18:36,840 --> 00:18:42,840 It's also why in September, we're starting what I'm just calling Tuesday activities. 185 00:18:42,840 --> 00:18:46,840 I talked to Cindy, I was like, should I call them Tuesdayivities? 186 00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:48,840 Should I call them, how about Tuesdaytivities? 187 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:53,840 I was thinking of something creative, and I was like, they're just Tuesday activities. 188 00:18:53,840 --> 00:18:59,840 Every Tuesday night, there's going to be something happening here for you. 189 00:18:59,840 --> 00:19:03,840 First Tuesday of the month, we're going to have extended worship and prayer. 190 00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:07,840 One, because it's something that I know that my heart needs. 191 00:19:07,840 --> 00:19:13,840 I'm a worshiper. I could play my guitar and sing for 90 minutes straight. 192 00:19:13,840 --> 00:19:17,840 It is the core of who I am. 193 00:19:17,840 --> 00:19:24,840 But I also know that we spent a big chunk of the beginning of this calendar year going through a worship series. 194 00:19:24,840 --> 00:19:27,840 Where we talked about all the different ways that you can worship. 195 00:19:27,840 --> 00:19:32,840 And so now what we're doing is we're putting meat on that bone. 196 00:19:32,840 --> 00:19:38,840 If you want to sing, if you want to pray, first Tuesdays, come on. 197 00:19:38,840 --> 00:19:46,840 Let's sing, let's pray. Let's experience the presence of God in an unhindered, unplanned way. 198 00:19:46,840 --> 00:19:50,840 Second Tuesday of each month, we're going to walk through Greenbush. 199 00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:55,840 Jake Van Dam, wave your hand. Jake Van Dam is going to be leading that. 200 00:19:55,840 --> 00:19:59,840 Jake Van Dam knows a lot about sociology and structure and how neighborhoods work. 201 00:19:59,840 --> 00:20:02,840 He's going through another master's program right now. 202 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:07,840 And one of the things he's going to help us do is think about where to walk, how to walk, what things to do when we walk. 203 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:11,840 Is it prayer? Is it cleanup? Is it some kind of service or are we just present? 204 00:20:11,840 --> 00:20:14,840 He's going to be helping us do that every second Tuesday. 205 00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:17,840 Third Tuesday we're going to have what's called spiritual conversations. 206 00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:24,840 You guys got questions? You got questions? Let's talk about them. 207 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:32,840 Let's talk about them. You got a friend that is an antagonistic atheist. Bring him. 208 00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:42,840 Bring him. Anyone that's ever hung out with me in a public place knows that I am ready to have a conversation about Jesus with anybody. 209 00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:49,840 Not to convince them they are wrong. To show them that Jesus cares. 210 00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:53,840 To show them Jesus wants to talk to them. 211 00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:59,840 And that Jesus isn't mad that they don't believe the way that we believe. 212 00:20:59,840 --> 00:21:04,840 So bring it. Third Tuesdays of the month, let's have spiritual conversations. 213 00:21:04,840 --> 00:21:08,840 Fourth Tuesday, we're going to do what's called facility care. 214 00:21:08,840 --> 00:21:13,840 That water pipe going through this building right there has never been cleaned. 215 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:17,840 Not even once. 216 00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:21,840 And I always look at it and I go, I need to get on a ladder and clean that pipe. 217 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:26,840 And then I was like, nah, someone needs to help me. 218 00:21:26,840 --> 00:21:31,840 So every fourth Tuesday, whatever it is, we're going to come up with a list of things and then we're just going to go through them 219 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:37,840 and make sure that we're taking care of the property that God has given us to minister to people in. 220 00:21:37,840 --> 00:21:44,840 And then every second and fourth, back to Robin Messerly, she's going to be leading something called Worship Dance Crew. 221 00:21:44,840 --> 00:21:49,840 If you love to dance, if you would like to dance as a form of worship, 222 00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:58,840 she's going to be doing that in the Treehouse Large Group space at the same time that the other events are happening. 223 00:21:58,840 --> 00:21:59,840 What time would that be? 224 00:21:59,840 --> 00:22:10,840 6 to 730, all of those. Yep. I want to close by saying something about Sunday mornings in general. 225 00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:17,840 We want you to know that this space is your space. 226 00:22:17,840 --> 00:22:24,840 Linger. Talk. Hang. Go get food and bring it back. 227 00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:29,840 As long as there's still someone in the building, they'll let you in. 228 00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:35,840 Listen, when the pastors need to go, because maybe we got something else going on, we'll lock the doors behind us. 229 00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:38,840 Just turn the lights off when you leave. 230 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:46,840 Because this is space for you to develop relationships and connections because Sunday is your space. 231 00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:51,840 Today's a great example. This just happens to be the last Sunday of the month. 232 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:57,840 So even though I've talked about all this other stuff that is happening, there's one thing that I left here to the end because it happens to be happening today. 233 00:22:57,840 --> 00:23:01,840 Dave Hodge, will you raise your hand or wave your hand back there? 234 00:23:01,840 --> 00:23:07,840 Dave Hodge is going to host every last Sunday of the month. Dave Hodge is going to host what's called the Tabletop Game Day. 235 00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:13,840 Just after church, bring your board games that you like or just come ready to play whatever's already here. 236 00:23:13,840 --> 00:23:18,840 Bring some food. You can bring it earlier or head out and come on back. 237 00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:28,840 Guys, it is relational connections between people that make a net strong. 238 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:37,840 It is the knots that you tie with each other that make a net strong. 239 00:23:37,840 --> 00:23:42,840 What I hope you hear me saying is that worship is important. The word is important. 240 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:50,840 But what I hope you hear me saying above all of that is that that's only a small part of what it means to be a church. 241 00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:57,840 It's only a small part of what creates moments that truly connect us with each other. 242 00:23:57,840 --> 00:24:09,840 It's the moments between the services that do more to strengthen the nets of a church than just a service that you go to sometimes. 243 00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:20,840 So consider this your commissioning because God has great things for us to do. 244 00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:30,840 God has great things for us to do. There are more fish to gather because of what He has done. 245 00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:40,840 And He will bring us all together. Amen? Amen.