Hey everybody, welcome to our Outreach Weekend celebration.

It's good to be with you.

For those of you who don't know, I played rugby for a while, but prior to that I tried very many different sports.

I tried soccer, I tried basketball.

Those didn't seem to work for me.

I was introduced to rugby and I loved it so much.

So for two years I tried to make it onto the school team, but I don't know whether I failed.

I could say maybe I failed and in the meantime the team that was playing most of the games was not winning.

We lost most of the games as a school.

Why?

There was a lot of favoritism.

The people who showed up to practice never played in the games and those who never who never showed up for practice always played in the games.

We had talented players but we were always losing.

That frustrated me a lot.

And so when I was elected captain in 1995, I was like, man, we've got to change something about our team.

We're always losing, always losing.

And so one of the things we decided to change was that if you did not show up to practice, you did not get to play.

If you did not show up to practice, you did not play.

And so we wanted everyone who showed up to be able to play.

And that changed a lot of things for us.

In fact, I was so serious about that, we One time they sent me down to like a swap meet kind of thing and we bought t-shirts or shirts that were red, red shirts.

And these were our team shirts, they were all different, but we had no school uniform.

We were not funded because we were always losing.

So I just got random red shirts for everybody so we could be a team.

And for two years we were undefeated in Uganda.

And this began a huge rugby culture at our school, which was King's College.

Budo.

That was the name of the school.

I read an article recently and they're actually still doing very well.

It began with a team that was willing to ask questions about whether we're winning or not.

Now, I don't know if these kids know about us.

I really don't know.

But I know that the story of how rugby became a thing was written or started with us.

There's nothing written, so you just have to believe me.

And that's all I got.

the eyewitness and a few eyewitnesses of team members who are still alive today.

All right, now we're jumping in.

We're talking about outreach and what outreach is.

And I wanted to kind of take a different approach this weekend.

Many of you know the book of Acts and you know the book of Luke, but what is the genre of the book of Acts?

The book of Acts is written by one of Paul's most faithful companions called Luke.

He is a physician or was a physician.

very smart and well versed in Greek.

The Gospel of Luke is also accredited to him.

He writes both these books seemingly or he writes them to a high Roman official named Theophilus. What a very bold name Theophilus.

Okay one of the main purposes of writing is very clear.

It was to present a history.

One of the most unique aspects of Christianity is that it has a historical foundation.

So Luke chapter 1 verses 1 to 4 says this, many people have set out, Luke writes this, many people have set out to write accounts about the events that have been fulfilled among us.

They have used the eyewitness reports circulating among us from the early disciples.

Having carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I also have decided to write an account, an accurate keyword, an accurate account for you, most honorable Theophilus.

so you can be certain of the truth of everything you were taught.

Then in Acts 1, he starts with a summary of the book of Luke.

He says, in my first book, I told you, Theophilus, about everything Jesus began to do and teach until the day he was taken up to heaven after giving his chosen apostles further instructions through the Holy Spirit.

The other major purpose was also to guide, to be a guide for the church on how to live in the world.

So one...

It's history.

He's writing a historical account.

Number two, it was to provide a guide for the church on how to live in the world.

In other words, it is a story with a description of what the role of the church and the people of the church is in the world.

So what is the early church story according to this amazing historian named Luke?

Number one, it's a story of spreading the gospel.

See, as soon as the Holy Spirit filled the 120 people who were gathered in the upper room, the movement started.

Peter preached the first message and 3,000 people gave their lives to Jesus.

And then it continues in Acts 2, 4, it says this, and each day the Lord added to their fellowship those who were being saved.

In Acts 4, Peter and John preached and 5,000 men, not...

They didn't even count the women, okay?

5,000 men, so there were probably lots more because, of course, women were there, gave their lives to Jesus.

In Acts 6, verse 7 says this, So God's message continued to spread.

The number of believers greatly increased in Jerusalem, and many of the Jewish priests were also converted too.

So the gospel spreads to Europe and spreads to Asia Minor.

Using conservative rates, sociologist Rodney Stark records and it says that by 350 AD there were approximately 34 million Christians, which was about 56% of the population.

The book of Acts is a story about evangelism.

So it's a story about spreading the gospel.

It's a story about sacrifice and generosity.

It is evident that when you read Luke's story of the early church, there was staggering generosity and sacrifice.

Acts 2 44 says this, and all the believers met together in one place, shared everything they had.

They sold their property and possessions and shared the money with those in need.

Do you hear that?

They sold their property and possessions and shared the money with those in need.

Powerful.

In chapter 4, Luke tells us as well that there was not a needy person among them.

There wasn't a needy person among them.

Anyone.

who had a physical need was taken care of.

In Romans 15, the Apostle Paul is on a missionary journey and he takes an offering from the poor churches in Macedonia to help the poor in Jerusalem who are struggling due to a famine and persecution.

And in fact, verse 27 of Romans 15 says, Yes, they were pleased to do so.

Their generosity was not just with their stuff, but with their lives as well.

Just like Jesus, a lot of Christians in the first three centuries were persecuted or killed for their faith.

The first one being Stephen in Acts chapter 7.

So it's a story of spreading the gospel.

It's a story of sacrifice and generosity.

It's a story of compassion.

Right away in Acts chapter 2, you see people in need being taken care of.

In chapter 6, however, there's a niche.

Luke tells us that widows'care was a huge part of the early church.

Fast forward and Rodney Stark tells us that Eusebius provides a letter from Cornelius, Bishop of Rome, written in 251 AD to Bishop Fabius of Antioch, in which he reported that more than 1,500 widows and distressed persons were in the care of the local congregation in Rome.

So they cared for widows and orphans, even those who were extremely sick.

History tells us that one of the major reasons why they...

Roman Empire survived epidemics in the second and third centuries, I believe, is because Christians took care of the sick, even at their own risk.

Tertullian claimed or writes, he says, it is our care of the helpless and our practice of loving kindness that brands us in the eyes of our opponents.

This care and compassion for people was a mark of the story of the early church.

Number four, it's a story of missionary work.

The story of the early church was one of sending missionaries all around their world at that time.

Acts chapter 2, sorry, Acts chapter 13.

While they were serving the Lord, in Acts chapter 13 it says this, While they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Set Barnabas and Saul apart for me for the work to which I have called them.

Then, when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them on their way.

So being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia.

From there, they sailed to Cyprus.

When they reached Salamis, they began to proclaim the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews, and they also had John as their helper.

So here we have Paul, Barnabas, and John on their first missionary journey.

Later, we see Timothy, Silas, and Luke, who is, of course, writing the story, joined...

Paul on other mission trips.

These men dedicated themselves.

to spread the gospel, being supported by themselves.

Some of them work like Paul was a tent maker and or other local and other local churches.

This is when the strategy for missions began and continues to this very day.

Now, in this host historical account, you observe a powerful agent that moves in the life of the church.

This powerful agent has moved since Pentecost, and you can see how powerful the church has been since Acts chapter 2.

And if you did not know this, this powerful agent does not call to himself at all.

And yet Luke includes him as a major actor in the book of Acts.

In fact, in both his gospel and the book of Acts, when you read, this agent is mentioned often.

And I'm going to read some scripture for you and you will figure out later who I'm talking about.

Acts chapter 1 verses 1 to 2 says this, the first account I composed to your fellows about all that Jesus began to do and teach until the day he was taken up to heaven after he had given orders by the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen.

Acts 2 verses 3 to 4.

Then when what looked like tongues or flames or tongues of fire appeared and settled on each of them and everyone present was filled with the Holy Spirit and began speaking in other tongues as the Holy Spirit gave them the ability.

Acts 4 8.

Peter and Jonah before a council have been arrested.

It says this.

Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, Acts 6, 8, as they were choosing people to help with benevolence, it says, everyone liked the idea and they chose the following, Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit.

Acts 9, 17, so Ananias went and found Saul and laid hands on him and said, Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus appeared to you on the road and has sent me so that you might regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.

I could go on and on again and you find the Holy Spirit, who is the agent Luke is talking about, all over, in fact, in both the Gospel of Luke and Acts, he just mentions the Holy Spirit all the time because he wants you to know that.

Why is that important?

Luke wanted to make sure that we all knew that God was responsible for the outcome when the early church obeyed him.

Number two, God gets the glory.

It's very important for you to remember that.

God gets the glory.

all through the story, Luke records, you see, time and time again that people are praising God for what was happening.

Okay, God gets the glory.

So Luke wanted to make sure that you knew was responsible for the outcome and that God gets the glory.

So I'm about to share some things with you.

This is a story of one and all, but it is not about us or our glory.

It's about what the Holy Spirit has done through us.

No one, I repeat, no one takes the glory for this.

This is to make sure that you are aware of the things that are happening at One All Through Outreach, the church to which you belong.

I also want you to ask yourself this question.

Are you part of the story that God is writing?

Are you part of the story?

Or are you on the sidelines?

I hope that you are part of the story.

This is what God has done.

Now, before I jump into telling you all that, one of the things I want to make sure...

everyone knows on all our campuses that 10% of our total giving goes to outreach.

Let me give an example.

If the giving total is about 10 million, 1 million of that goes to outreach.

Okay, if the giving total is 10 million, 1 million goes to outreach, both local and global.

So here are some things that have happened in our church.

One and all and the gospel.

Today with Jeff Vines is reaching approximately 5 million people across Europe, Australia and on platforms like pray.com.

But most important, most of those listeners growing are people who have not heard the gospel before in post-Christian Europe and even in Australia.

Okay, with our partners European Initiative, I love this organization, they have had 38,000 one-on-one conversations about Jesus and 17,000 decisions.

In Zimbabwe, 600 people said yes to Jesus this year alone.

In Mexico, 60 churches have been planted with our partner Kingdom Builders Ministry.

With our partner Chosen Children of Promise, 273 children and youth decided to follow Jesus in 2024 this year alone.

That's amazing.

And now I don't want to just give you stats.

I want to just give you a story.

I, about two years ago, I was in the office and I heard the story of a guy named Brandon with our partner God's Pantry.

And now Brandon had had a very tough childhood with all kinds of evil in his life.

That led to him joining a gang and he became a skinhead.

And how I found out about this story was I found out that Brandon was serving African Americans on Martin Luther King Day.

He was giving them food.

This is a former skinhead who is now serving people of a different race because he has been transformed by the power of the Holy Spirit.

This is a story that God is writing at One All Church.

So One and All and that God is using One All to spread the gospel.

Number two, One and All generosity.

Man, our partner, God's Pantry, is doing an amazing work.

If you did not know this, we are the founding church for God's Pantry.

However, right now, many churches partner with God's Pantry.

Again, it's not about one and all church.

It's about us doing what God has called us to do.

In 2023, God's Pantry increased its distribution to 10 cities, feeding 113,000 families with about 2,200 volunteer hours, many of which come from our church.

We have a distribution in...

every campus once a month.

God's Pantry now has a housing program and they have given about 4,800 nights away for people on the streets.

Amazing, especially single parents.

This year alone, we've packed 80,000 meals with our partner Lifeline and those meals help victims of natural disasters and economic hardship.

This is the story that God is writing.

One and all and compassion.

We have a...

passion network of members who respond to urgent needs in our church.

We've done, this year alone, we've done 95 projects that have been completed, including simple things like repairing a walker.

We've also built wheelchair ramps in the past.

Very simple things that mean a lot to people who are elderly, who might be going through a difficult time.

One time I was in India, I think this was about, I think four years ago, and I had, listen to this, I had seconds to evaluate whether I had a compassionate heart.

Seconds, okay, we walk into this leper colony and a man with leprosy puts his hands out to say hello to me.

In that instant I had to decide, am I going to touch this man's hands?

Am I going to touch his hands?

The only touch lepers in India will experience is a touch from a Christian.

Because lepers are moved to the fringes of cities and villages.

No one wants to mess with them.

The only touch lepers in India will experience is a touch from a Christian.

CICM also has a hospital that is the only hospital in several hundred miles in Damo.

Chosen Children of Promise celebrates 20 years today.

Oh, this weekend, it's just crazy.

20 years of loving children and adults in a very difficult part of Nairobi.

Orphans and single parents live in very dire conditions.

If you've been to the slum in Nairobi, for those of you who have, I know many of you haven't, and it is very difficult to walk through those slums.

CCP now serves 400 children.

They started with a handful.

Now they serve over 400 students or children, giving them Jesus, love, food, and security.

Without CCP, I cannot tell you where these children would be.

Kingdom Ministries, with our Kingdom Builders Ministry Partner, we've built three houses for families in need of a home in Tijuana, Mexico.

With African Development Mission Trust with Denford, they do a lot of things which includes planting churches, leadership development, it's lots and lots of things but there's one that is really is dear to my heart which is community development.

With ADMT, they go into an area that has drought, they go into an area that is experiencing famine, and they work with the local leaders there, and they purchase a plot of land, and they invite as many families as possible to be part of growing crops on this piece of land that's going to help them survive.

But what they do first is they're going to drill a well because most of those areas do not have water.

So they dig a well so they can provide water to sustain the crops they're going to plant.

That is an amazing way to show compassion for people who are struggling.

In fact, so far, there are over 30 big huge gardens and over 41 wells that have been dug.

People have food to eat in a drought-stricken country.

One and all and mission trips.

Number four, I have seen so much power and transformation behind mission trips.

Buster Jeff's Heart for missions is why we do missions at our church, because he's a missionary at heart, and he started his ministry in Zimbabwe.

You hear about pastors like Pastor Yesenia, who came back from India and he knew God was calling her to do ministry.

Pastor Josh, Pastor Marissa will tell you that a mission trip will change your life forever.

Pastor Jojo came back and said, my heart is in Kenya, and I have no, she had no idea, she says, I had no idea how much our church did missions.

that the church does so much around the world that she was not even aware of.

Pastor Kelly was so moved by the amount of work that is done by both CCP and ADMT and the strength of those who are on the ground.

Now, I want to read a story from one of my good friends.

His name is Keith.

He goes to Upland Campus.

He attends the Upland Campus.

He says, Hi, my name is Keith and I'm a husband and a father of three.

I've attended one old church for the past two years.

under two years ago, one of our pastors was talking about mission trips up until that point.

I'd never felt a calling to serve overseas.

But in that particular sermon, I definitely felt the Lord calling me to go.

I ended up going, joining a team of nine that went to Kawangore, Kenya to serve with amazing people and with CCP and their staff.

That two-week mission was a blessing from the Lord for sure.

The Lord had me out of my comfort zone, but I didn't mind at all.

I didn't mind it.

The Lord showed me how much He loves His people and how He uses all of His people for different things.

Going out to a different country and seeing a different culture and different people who love the Lord and strive to be His hands and feet is something that really touched my heart.

One year later, I went back to Kawangwara with another team of 18 amazing people and again, the Lord blessed me.

There's something about serving Christ that is so humbling and peaceful.

Peace.

Love and joy fills you.

The fact that my wife and my kids got to watch me prepare, go out and come home from a mission was another benefit that I did not see coming.

My wife was so proud of the work that I was doing and my kids were also proud.

I think going on those missions, going on those missions gave my kids the confidence for them to go on missions in the future.

I also believe that my daughters got to see my true relationship with the Lord.

Amazing.

Then we have Louis who just went to Europe.

He says, when the Lord placed missions in my heart, I was originally very nervous and felt I was the wrong man for this job.

Given that I had only been saved just over six months, I had this overwhelming feeling that I had much to learn.

But he assured me that he had so much to teach me, including through the preparation.

From January to 2024 through June 24, the Holy Spirit had revealed to me Through his word, prayer, and promptings, I knew that if God was calling me to the mission field, he would provide in the areas in which I lacked.

It's been over three months and since I've returned to Europe, and here I am, just a few weeks away from returning to the mission field.

Wow, powerful.

Then Faith, Pastor Jojo's daughter, she wrote this.

She says, coming back from the mission trip, God called me to continue the mission, but not across the world, but right here in LA where God has placed me.

My daughter Emma too went on a mission trip.

She had a great time.

She went with my wife Tanya, served with Watoto and other ministries.

One place they went was to an orphanage that Emma lived in as a newborn.

They brought so much food, formula, diapers, soap, all kinds of things that the mothers there needed.

While she was there, A grandma prayed for her and she heard God tell her, hey, I need you to come back here and serve the people of Uganda again.

So her and my wife are going to be actually returning this July to take a team to work with Watoto and also other ministries.

Amazing.

So this year alone, we sent over 77, about 77 people on mission trips to LA, with Oasis, to Mexico, to Europe, to Zimbabwe, to Kenya.

We also sent our first...

First...

have a medical trip to Zimbabwe, which was awesome.

It was really good.

So here is the challenge though.

Joshua 13, 1, it says, when Joshua was an old man, the Lord said to him, you are growing old and much land remains to be conquered.

So at this time, Joshua had led Israel and had conquered a lot of the land that God had said that they should conquer based on the promise that he gave Abraham, okay, through his covenant.

However, in the following verses, it seems like Joshua had some more to go.

In fact, God names all the places that still need to be conquered.

The Philistines, the Avites, the Gabalites.

Some of these names I don't even know.

the Sidonians, okay?

All this land remained to be conquered.

So in our context today, there is much more land to be conquered.

There's much more land to be conquered.

There's more territory for us to take.

There's more work to be done, if you want it another way, locally and globally.

So here are some of the things that we need to do.

You've heard Pastor Jeff say that when he visited Armenia, there wasn't one...

evangelical church.

So God is calling us as a church to number one spread the gospel in Europe.

You've heard me share or you might have heard me share before that I visited Hungary with the European initiative two years ago.

I was with Pastor Drew and we met a young woman who had never heard the name or anything about Jesus.

That actually shocked me.

That affirmed to me what Pastor Jeff had been saying.

In 2015 Pew Reacher's Pew Research said that European Christian population is expected to drop by 100 million, while Muslims and other non-religious population will increase.

Listen to this.

In 2018, The Guardian reported that 91% of young adults in the Czech Republic have no religious affiliation.

91%.

70-80% of young adults in Sweden and Netherlands and Estonia categorize themselves as non-religious.

59% of young adults in the UK have never attended a Christian service.

Another publication reported that while Christianity is growing in Africa, South America and China, it continues to decrease in North America and Europe.

So, right now, we're going to start to gear up to send a lot of our young adults as short-term and long-term missionaries in Europe as soon as our discipleship program starts next year.

And I'm super excited about that because once we start that discipleship, we will be sending young adults to post-Christian Europe.

So my friends, yes, much land remains to be possessed.

There's a lot of work.

It would be awesome if most of the young adults who attend One Old Church, who are experiencing revival in their generation, would take the gospel to Hungary to France to England.

Maybe this year we can take five teams.

I don't know.

Number two, let's be compassionate and generous.

To tell you and claim that is I read this earlier.

He says it is our care of the helpless and our practice of loving kindness that brands us in the eyes of opponents.

He continues and says, only look, they say.

Look at how they love one another.

The church needs to be ultimately known for its love.

One and all, I'm telling you, this is amazing.

One and all is known in all the cities in which we have our campus.

We're known for our love for people, for our compassion for people.

It is true.

When you go around and ask about our church, it's about God's pantry and what we're doing in these communities to help people who cannot make ends meet.

In fact, I don't know whether I want to say this, but we've got in a few our words.

for being involved in our cities.

This is not to brag, but to show you that we are actively involved in our city.

Locally, this is what we need to do.

I love my cities coming up, and I'm excited about that.

I love my city Christmas.

And one thing we're going to do this year is to take care of people, of our own people in our congregation.

There are people in our church who are struggling financially, especially single parents.

Timothy tells us that we need to take care of those of the household of faith first.

And so this year, that's what we're going to focus on.

Then we will go out to the church.

And the rest of us who are doing financially well, what we're going to ask you to do is to come alongside any families that are struggling this season by purchasing toys.

And more information about that is going to be coming in, I think, next weekend.

Okay, so pay attention for that.

Another way we can be compassionate and generous is through our giving.

If everyone participates in giving, in our tithes and offerings, guess what?

We get to do more.

Like I said, 10% of our budget goes towards outreach.

Jesus said in regards to money, where your treasure is, your heart is also.

It's not just a slogan, by the way.

I know we say it all the time, but it is actually very true.

If you believe that God is calling One Old Church to spread the gospel, to be compassionate in our cities, then you and I are going to have no problem giving towards the vision that God has called us to do.

If our giving is bigger, then...

We're going to do more.

If our giving is less, we're going to do less.

It is what it is.

Outreach initiatives become bigger or we do more based on our giving.

The less we have, the less we can do.

Yes, God uses money.

He doesn't have to, but he's chosen to.

Why?

Because the more we give tells God about the condition of our heart.

That's what it is.

It's just what it is.

Number three.

We gotta go on mission trips!

Like I said, we had 77 people go on mission trips this past year, but I believe we can do better.

I believe this next year, I'm shooting, and I'm hoping, I'm hoping, I'm hoping for 200 people to go on mission trips from all our campuses.

All of our campuses.

This is the dream that two teams go to Oasis to serve on Skid Row, right in our own backyard, where there's a lot of pain in broken families.

And we can bring the light of Jesus there.

Two teams to Europe to do evangelism.

Two medical teams, one to Zimbabwe, one to Kenya.

Because medical access in those areas is very scarce.

You cannot find it.

I've been there, guys, and it's really, really sad.

So I'm calling on nurses, medics, doctors, EMTs, physicians assistants.

I would like you to go and serve as a medical team.

Kenya and Zimbabwe.

Sign up!

There's one team that's going to go to Uganda to work with Watoto to help with Keep a Girl in School project and lots of other projects.

And by the way, this is including other normal VBS mission trips that help with evangelism in Kenya and Zimbabwe and even Mexico to build a house.

Mexico is a great mission trip for those of us who don't have a lot of time.

Okay, so let's go on mission trips.

Number four, let's pray for God to move through our church and partners.

If you remember, the agent in the story of the book of Acts is the Holy Spirit.

The power behind everything they did is the third person of the Trinity that Jesus promised to every believer who accepted Jesus, everyone who calls on the name of Jesus.

The Holy Spirit helps us do the work that you and I have been called for.

This is one thing everyone can do.

Pray for missions around the world and locally.

I know it's impossible.

I know that.

It's impossible for everybody at one and all to go on a mission trip.

We couldn't be able to sustain that.

But I know that every one of you can pray.

So what you can do this weekend is sign up.

to receive an email once a month so that it can tell you or inform you of a way for you to pray for outreach initiatives.

Prayer helps us.

It helps one and all leadership.

It helps our partners to make sure that we're doing what God is calling us to do.

For example, recently you heard about what was happening with Pastor Ajay.

Brother Ajay, being persecuted, we want you to be aware of such things so that you can do a quick prayer for them and support our missionaries both locally and globally.

I believe that you can do that.

You can find more information about that this weekend on your patios.

On every table, there's going to be on the patio, there's going to be missionaries, both local and global, in which you can get information about how you can be part of the story that God is writing at One All.

So after this service, men, go out there, hang, don't run out, don't go to your car, hang out, go have fun on the patio.

I would like to end this way, and I want to share a story.

I know many of you know this, but I grew up in war-torn Uganda.

My first memory was, as a child, was running from war.

I remember walking into our house in 1979, and our whole house was trashed because soldiers were running away, were destroying everything.

Between 1980 and 86, Uganda was so unstable with so many coups and so much civil unrest.

And I don't remember playing much.

as a little child, apart from running from here and there, running from soldiers.

In 1984, my family started attending Kampala Pentecostal Church that was founded by Gary and Marilyn Skinner.

These are missionaries who moved to Uganda from Canada, knowing very well how unstable the country was.

They started a church at a hotel with a handful of people.

And I remember we'd set up and tear down, just like Wesco is doing, okay?

It was one of the places that I felt safe.

In spite of the numerous robberies they suffered from the soldiers and the baglaries, they pushed on.

They started Watoto Children's Ministries that helped deal with...

1 million orphans that were in Uganda.

This year, Watoto celebrated 40 years with Gary and Marilyn Skinner passing on the leadership torch to a young man named Pastor Julius.

And this church has grown to over 20,000 people and 17 campuses.

In fact, Pastor Julius is going to be at International Conference of Missions next year with us.

We are going to be helping run the conference next year, International Conference of Missions.

And Pastor Julius will be there, Watoto will be there, and we're going to hopefully shake the world for Jesus.

See, in this church is where I got to learn about God.

It's where I learned about my gifts.

It's where I traveled and met my wife, Tanya.

It is why I am here at One and All today.

Without Pastor Gary and Marilyn Skinner making such bold, sacrificial choices, without the people who sent them, without the people who prayed for them, without the people who...

financially supported them.

I would not be standing here today.

So you have no idea what your obedience will do to bless generations in the future if you do not become part of the story.

Every one of you, every one of us can be part of the story that God is writing.

So if Luke were to write an account about one and all, would you be a part of it?

Would he mention your name or your community group?

Would he mention that God's Holy Spirit moved you to do something that caused God's kingdom to grow?

The question I'm asking, are you in the story that God is writing at One North Church?

God, we thank you so much for your word.

We thank you so much for the fact that you gave us a story.

in your word to show us how we are supposed to live.

And you invite us in this story.

You are always working, always.

You're always doing something.

So God, I pray and we pray together that all of us as a church will look at what you are doing and want to join in the work that you're doing, both locally and globally.

Thank you for the work that you're doing.

Thank you so much for the resources that you've given our church.

to do the work that we're doing around the world and even right here in our backyard.

We are grateful for the generous people at our church.

We're grateful for the Holy Spirit that guides us.

We're grateful for leadership that's passionate about what we do locally and globally to make an impact for your kingdom.

Help us to possess the land that you're calling us to do this next three or four years.

In Jesus'name we pray and everybody said, Amen.

Hey, I hope you enjoyed that special outreach message from Pastor Michael.

If you are watching online and you are wondering how you can get involved in missions in outreach here with One and All Church, I would love for you to go to oneandall.church.com.

There you can find out more about our global partners, what we're doing in our local communities, and you can get on a communication list so that we can send you prayer requests and other ways that you can support what God is doing here at One and All.

We hope you stay tuned for more content coming from One and All Church.

We have a new sermon series starting next week called Hidden Holiness, all about how you can act out the discipleship directives that Jesus gives us in the Sermon on the Mount.

What can you be doing in your life when it comes to ways you can be following Jesus even more closely?

So we really hope you join us for that.

And until then, one hope, one life in Christ.