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Hey guys, Pastor Burton here with a quick bite just to kind of make things a little

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clearer on some questions that have been coming in.

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Now I'm going to go through these in a certain order and there's a particular reason for

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it because I've actually, you know, built into something here, which is great.

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Good news.

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It's a great plan altogether.

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I think you're going to like it.

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The first question is, and I'll explain where this came from, the first question is, I heard

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you were recently ordained.

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I thought you already were.

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And the answer to this is yes and yes.

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I have been ordained for a number of years.

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I've had ordination under a couple of different organizations.

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That has not changed.

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Now with that said, certain churches, in order to recognize people as being part of their

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staff, you know, as like a staff pastor or anything like that, they have to meet certain

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guidelines in order to be recognized as such.

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And for the last couple of years, of course, I've been leading the Veterans Ministry at

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Cross Christian Fellowship Route 66 and I've recently become, you know, over the last little

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over a year more involved.

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I took over as music director and I've been stepping into other shoes as well.

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And in order for them to officially recognize me as one of their pastors, I was ordained

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within their bylaws and their guidelines.

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So this is an additional ordination on top of what I've already had for years and years,

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which is a great thing.

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It's just the Lord opening another door, which is absolutely wonderful.

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Okay, with that said, the next question is, well, what does that mean for this ministry?

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Well, that just means that this ministry is going to be able to reach that many more people.

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It's not going anywhere, right?

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I started this ministry over a decade ago.

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Where I go, it goes, it follows me everywhere.

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How it's going to get wrapped in, I'm not sure yet.

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However, you know, the podcast and everything is going to remain the same.

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The Veterans Outreach is going to remain, you know, in place as well.

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It's not going anywhere.

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What it does mean is more than likely my preaching on Sundays, which is happening more and more.

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So they're at the Christ Christian Fellowship.

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More likely it's probably going to be, you know, what you're going to be hearing on the

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podcast here, a little bit more regular on top of regular episodes like this week and

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have been mixed in there as well.

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Right?

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The things that you all have come to know me for.

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Now what all is going on there with that's prompted all these changes.

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Well, it's quite simply this.

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Pastor Mark, who I love, he was there for my wedding.

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Our wives, you know, have known each other for years as well.

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He moved south of Albuquerque.

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He has a new property that he's looking to start a new ministry at down closer to home.

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And you know, he's been saying for years, even before all this happened, before I even

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came to cross Christian, you know, the Lord had been putting on his heart for a while

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that times were changing and that he was going to be moving away to start a new ministry,

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which is what's starting to happen now.

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What that said, Pastor Mark, he went to the board of trustees and he made the recommendation

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that I be his successor.

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Now he of course is not the end all be all there.

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He had to go to the board of trustees, the board of trustees, reviewed things.

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They've heard me preach.

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They know what I'm about and my background and everything.

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And so they took a vote and then approached me and the vote was that I am to be the successor.

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Should I choose so, you know, to accept that.

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And at this point I have, we're still working through some things.

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There's still a transition period that's going on and everything.

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So that's what happened there.

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You know, Pastor Mark, he'll still be involved just in a much different role and everything,

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you know, like a lot of senior pastors, he's not completely leaving and stepping away,

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but he'll still be involved.

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And like I said, he's a good friend of mine.

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So he's somebody that I lean on for various things as well.

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So these are all really good things.

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A lot is happening, you know, for years and years now with the mobile ministry being what

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it is, you know, we've talked about trying to find a permanent location or at least a

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place where we can have Sunday services.

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Well, guess what?

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This is how it's going to happen.

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This is what the Lord's provided.

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So that's what we're going to start seeing.

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You know, we've been, you know, there's been talk about a permanent location.

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Well, this isn't going to be permanent brick location, which is great.

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We've talked about trying to find a good way to have a video as well.

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Well, guess what?

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That's also going to be coming with, you know, this transition as well.

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Matter of fact, there on their YouTube channel there with Cross Christian Fellowship, you

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can actually already see me preaching there, especially over the last month and a half

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or so, has prominently been myself as Pastor Mark has been away dealing with personal issues,

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which it's a good thing.

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So there's a whole lot happening behind the scenes.

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That's what's going on.

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I said nothing here at the podcast is changing.

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You know, you guys, you know, you've gotten to know, you know, know me, those of you who

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have listened to the podcast for, you know, the almost two years that it's been going,

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you know, you've come to expect certain things.

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None of that's changing.

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None of that is going away.

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So you know, all really good things.

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I'm really excited about this.

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I'm really pumped.

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You know, the Lord is opening doors for us and has brought us partnerships, you know,

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within the body of Christ, you know, that we just we wouldn't have expected, you know,

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all those years ago when we first started down this path.

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You know, this has been a this has been a goal that we've been reaching towards in small

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steps and now we've got a huge one in front of us and I'm excited to see what comes of

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it.

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So sit back and enjoy.

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If you have questions, of course, don't hesitate, shoot me an email.

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You know, I do see all those.

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Those do come directly to me, you know, or if you know me on Facebook, you know, message

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me.

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I will tell you these days on Facebook, I'm not looking at the messages as often as I

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used to.

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I need to get better at that.

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Email is better.

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Just because I do have so much going on.

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But please, you know, keep those questions coming.

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Let me know what you're thinking of.

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Let me know what your concerns are.

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Let me know what you would like to hear me preach about, what your questions are, all

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that good stuff, you know, because I'm here to serve you and without knowing, you know,

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what's going on out there, what concerns or questions you have or what it is that you're

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looking to learn more about.

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You know, it's it's not as easy for me to to be able to address everything as it should

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be.

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You know, I feel like there's still holes out there.

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So definitely let me know what those holes are so we can we can address them together

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as we continue to grow.

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So good times.

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That's all I have for you today.

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Another fresh episode, of course, is coming up this Friday.

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I hope you tune in for it.

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And you know, for those of you who are here in the Albuquerque and metro area, you know,

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please feel free to join us at Cross Christian Fellowship Route 66 on Sundays at 1030.

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We are located right off of Central.

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So when you look up Cross Christian Fellowship, make sure you're looking at the right one.

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We are at the Route 66 location off of Central Boulevard.

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All right.

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So take care.

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Love you all.

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Remember you are a blessing and you are loved.

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Now go and be the church.