Hey everybody, my name is Anthony Bills.

I have the honor and the privilege to be the local outreach director here at One and All.

We are actually filming this right before our YA Dirt Road Discipleship, and I'm here with one of the leaders, Mark Peroni.

He also happens to be the CFO of one of our biggest partners, God's Pantry.

So, Mark, thank you for being here, and I would love to hear how things are going with God's Pantry.

Thank you so much.

I'm, first of all, really excited to be a part of YA.

Love the youth and really believe in them.

We're having a great time over here at the Dirt Road Discipleship.

God's Pantry has been doing wonderful things this year.

Been able to expand our reach to additional five distributions, reaching over 10,000 families each month.

And really, it's just such a blessing to be part of a church that really cares about our community like that.

I just, every time that I come to this church and know that they're just so plugged in with God's Pantry, it's just such a blessing.

If you've never served at God's Pantry, I promise you, it is rewarding, it is great.

You'll meet some great people.

We have distributions every Saturday.

Please.

Sign up and serve.

I promise you, you will not be disappointed.

Other ways to serve in local outreach, we're actually sending a youth team soon to Oasis of Hollywood.

That's another partner of ours.

We're going to be doing street evangelism, skid row, handing out homeless kits, you know, things like that.

We'll be having trips next summer for everybody, not just youth.

So another way for you to serve.

It is a great way to test your evangelistic muscle and prepare yourself for future missions.

So we'd love to have you part of that.

And things are going great here.

Thank you for being here, Mark.

I appreciate you.

Yeah, happy 20th anniversary to Chosen Children of Promise.

Who is Stella?

All right, sweet, lovely.

And welcome to Rancho Upland, Westco.

We're so glad you're joining us for worship.

You guys...

It's been amazing.

20 years of God doing something special in Kenya.

Of course, that's why we're highlighting that, this particular service.

Pastor Chuck, 20 years ago, saw a documentary of what it was like to be in the slums in Kenya.

And he shared about it on a Sunday night service.

And he said, hey, if you want to get involved, show up.

Come up here.

Jim Bear with about three other couples or two other couples came up.

And they said to go to Kenya 2004.

CCP started with CCV then.

10 children between 0 and 7, and one social worker.

Today, there are over 400 kids right now with CCP.

Amen?

That's awesome.

And those 10 kids that started are lawyers, they're teachers, some of them are back helping CCP with helping in the slum, which is super, super amazing.

Now, what I want to do is I want to show you the story of CCP through these pictures.

Just watch this for a moment.

That's where it started.

Look at those buildings.

Look at that.

And in there, we laid the foundation for the building.

2019.

It's still on Jackie.

Look at the building.

Look at that thing.

It's crazy.

Yeah.

Woo!

Kids have a clean classroom.

That's awesome.

And that's, people, that's the story of CCP and the other partners that are here.

is a result of a bigger story that God is doing.

We're going to be in Luke chapter 1 right now if you want to open your Bibles.

But we're going to be all over the place, okay?

All over the place.

Luke chapter 1. And here we start, okay?

I have 30 minutes.

I'm going to try.

Here we go.

Okay?

Luke chapter 1, verses 1 to 4.

Many people have set to write accounts about the events that have been fulfilled amongst us.

They used eyewitness reports circulating amongst us from early disciples.

Having carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I have decided to write an accurate account for you, most honorable Theophilus, so that you can be certain of the truth of everything you were taught.

That's Luke writing in Luke chapter 1.

Acts chapter 1, he starts with a summary of his last book.

Okay, please follow along.

This is important.

He writes this in Acts 1 verse 1.

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.

See, the book of Acts was written by one of Paul's most faithful companions, Luke.

He was a physician, very, very smart, very good with Greek, well-versed in Greek.

And of course, the gospel of Luke is accredited to him as well.

He writes those books to a Roman historian, I mean, a Roman official named Theophilus. Beautiful name.

Name your kids Theophilus.

That's a good name.

Theophilus.

Name your kids that.

I'm telling you, it's a good name.

Okay, one of the main purposes of writing is clear, okay, to present an accurate historical account.

One of the most unique aspects of Christianity is its firm historical foundation.

Amen?

Yeah, you can say amen.

I'm okay with that.

You can keep going back, all right?

So the book of Acts is historical genre.

The other major purpose of this book is to provide a guide for the church on how to live in this world.

So, what is the early church story according to Dr.

Luke?

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

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

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

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

Each day, he kept adding.

Acts chapter 4, Peter and John preached, 5,000 men, they didn't even count the women, okay?

5,000 men became Christians, they believed.

In Acts 7, it says this, so God's message continued to spread.

The number of believers greatly increased in Jerusalem.

and many Jewish priests were converted as well.

That's Acts 6-7.

Thus, gospel then began to spread to Europe and Asia Minor.

Using conservative rates, sociologist Rodney Stark records that by 350 AD, there were approximately 34 million Christians, which was about 50% of the population of the Roman Empire at that time.

So the book of Acts.

is a story about evangelism.

Are you with me?

If you're taking notes, it's all in the app, okay?

The story of Acts, the book of Acts, the story about evangelism.

Number two, it's a story of sacrifice and generosity.

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

Acts chapter two, I told you we're gonna be in very different places, so.

Stay with me if you want to write them down, go ahead and do that.

Acts chapter 2 verse 44-45.

All the believers met together in one place and shared everything they had.

Ooh.

It's not communism, it is love.

Okay?

They shared everything they had.

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

In Luke chapter 4, Dr.

Luke...

tells us that there was no needy person in the early church.

Romans chapter 15, the apostle Paul took an offering by poor churches in Macedonia and took it to Jerusalem because Jerusalem at that time was suffering from drought and persecution.

So the believers there did not have food to eat.

So he takes the church in Macedonia, says, you know what?

Our brothers are struggling, let's give them an offering.

They take an offering.

And the Bible says in Romans 15, 27, yes, they were pleased to do so.

Poor people giving were pleased to do so.

Yep, yep, right?

Their generosity was not just about their stuff.

Church, listen, it was about their life.

Just like Jesus, a lot of Christians in the first 300 years not only gave up their stuff.

but gave their lives for the gospel.

A lot of them died.

The first one being Stephen in Acts chapter 7.

He was the first martyr.

He died because he preached the gospel.

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 Acts chapter 6 though, there's a niche.

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

Fast forward, Eusebius provides a letter from Cornelius, a 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 a local congregation.

Listen to this.

The church in Rome was taking care of 1,500 distressed people.

1,500.

Wow, okay, this is before electronic money, okay, serious, okay.

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

History tells us one of the major reasons that the Roman Empire survived was because of Christians, because they took care of the sick even at their own risk.

They had two major plagues and I think the...

Second century and the third century, in which almost wiped out the Roman Empire, but because of Christians, they survived.

Tertullian, one of our early church fathers, said this, It is our care of the helpless, our practice of loving kindness, that brands us in the eyes of our opponents.

Oh, that's good, right?

Yeah, I'm telling you, it's supposed to be a light message from all the demons and other stuff, but it's going to challenge you, okay?

It's going to challenge you.

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

Amen?

So it's a story of spreading the gospel.

It's a story of sacrifice and generosity.

A story of compassion.

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

The story of the early church was one of sending missionaries.

In Acts 13, we read this.

While they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Set Barnabas and Saul apart for me, for the work which I have called them.

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

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

And from there, they sailed to Cyprus, and then they sailed to Salamis.

They began to proclaim the word in the synagogues of the Jews.

And they also had John as their helper.

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

Later we see that Timothy, Silas, and of course Luke, who's writing the story, they joined Paul on this missionary journey and others.

Church, these men.

dedicated their lives to spreading the gospel, being supported by themselves, like Paul being a tent maker, or being supported by other churches.

And this is a strategy of when missions began.

But here's the, this is a really cool thing, okay?

There was a powerful agent in the early church that was responsible for all this.

In this historical account from Dr.

Luke, we see how powerful the church was and the ground they're able to take and it's absolutely remarkable.

However, if you did not see this, there is a powerful agent behind what is going on in the book of Acts.

This agent does not call to himself.

He doesn't.

And yet Luke in both his gospel and the book of Acts talks about him quite frequently.

So let's read.

Acts 1, 1 to 2.

The first account I composed to you, Phyllis, 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.

Okay?

Acts 6, 5.

There was a little bit of a squabble between who should take care of the widows and orphans.

And in Acts 6, 5, it says this.

Everyone liked the idea and they chose the following.

Stephen, a man full of faith and what?

Good.

Acts 10 44.

Even as Peter was saying these things, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who had listened to the message.

The Jewish believers who came with Peter were amazed that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out to the Gentiles.

Okay, if you go back to the scripture I read in Acts 13.

I don't know if they can do that for me.

Acts 13.

While they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, okay.

So we see this agent, the Holy Spirit, the third person of the Trinity, being responsible for everything that's happening in the book of Acts.

Why is that important?

Because Luke wanted to make sure we all knew who is responsible for empowering the early church.

Who was that?

The Holy Spirit.

And who gets the glory?

The Holy Spirit, God.

God gets the glory.

And all through the story, Luke records time and time again that people were praising God for what was happening.

It wasn't about the people.

It was about what God was doing.

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

And this is the story of one and all.

And this is not about our glory like, hey, look what we've done.

We're awesome.

No.

That's not what this is about.

This is about what God has done through our church by the power of the Holy Spirit.

And yes, we can celebrate, but we need to give God the glory.

This is also to make you aware of the things that are happening in our church.

I think about 60% of our church is new, and you don't really know what we do locally and globally.

But the question that I have for you is, are you part of the story that God is writing at One In One Church?

Are you part of the story?

Now, if you did not know, 10% of our total giving, okay, Rancho Upland, Westco, if you do not know this, 10% of our total giving goes to outreach.

So, for example, if the total giving of our church all through the year is 10 million, 1 million of that goes to local and global outreach.

Are you with me?

Okay, so what's happening at One and All?

One and all and the gospel.

Good stuff.

Today with Jeff Vines is reaching approximately 5 million people across Europe.

Okay?

And Australia and on platforms like Pray.com.

But most important, listen to this, most important is that the non-Christian listenership is growing fast.

They're taking these little videos of apologetics and they're saturating them all over Europe.

And people who are not Christians are listening to this stuff.

And we're hoping and praying that these people are getting connected and asking the questions they need to ask.

People are hearing the gospel in Europe.

Amen?

With the European Initiative, which is one of our partners, they have had 38,000 one-on-one conversations with people and 17,000 decisions for Jesus.

In Zimbabwe, yep.

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

In Mexico, 60 churches have been planted.

With Chosen Children of Promise, 273 children and youth decided to follow Jesus in 2024.

Last year in Rwanda, we went with Pastor Jeff and Rick Reed, and we had a crusade there, and people gave their lives to Jesus.

We did some training with pastors.

That was fantastic.

And then you move locally.

And that one, I can't give you so many stats.

That's okay, I can't give you stats.

But there was a guy I heard a story about.

His name is Brandon.

And we're going to hopefully play his video maybe on social media.

Brandon was a skinhead.

And I heard that on Martin Luther King last year, this skinhead who had had a very terrible life was serving food to African Americans on Martin Luther King Jr.

Day.

Who makes a change like that in someone's life?

Who makes a change like that in someone's life, church?

It's God.

There's no explanation for that.

Amen?

Yeah, you can celebrate that.

That's crazy.

God changed his life.

This is the story that God is writing, not one and all.

okay number two one and all and generosity again with god's pantry did you know did you know that we started god's pantry we did a few years ago but we're the founding church but god's pantry partners with several other churches not about one and all we said you guys go do your thing and they partner with one note to make a difference in our valley in 2023 god's pantry increased its distribution to 10 cities, feeding 113.

13,000 families, okay, crazy, with about 2,200 volunteer hours, many of which are from some of you who come to this church.

We have a food distribution on every campus.

every campus once a month.

God's Pantry now has a housing program and they have given away about 4,800 nights away from streets for single parents.

This year, we packed 80,000 meals with our partner Lifeline and that food helps victims of natural disasters and economic hardship.

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

Number three, One and All and Compassion.

We have a compassionate work if you did not know that.

This network is one of team members who respond to urgent needs in our church.

This year 95 projects have been completed, this year alone, including something small and I know you may think this is small but it's huge for some people, repairing a walker for an old elderly person.

Just something simple like that because someone needed a walker or building wheelchair ramps for someone who needs a ramp.

Simple, but loving.

Amen?

If you ask in our cities, what are we known for?

We are known for compassion.

If there's something going on in our city in San Dimas and they call our church, oh, we're on it.

If it's at Westco and there's something going on there, we're on it.

If it's at Rancho, we're on it.

That city's new.

what we're about.

And in fact, we received a few awards that they gave us.

And this is not to make us feel good, but I'm just showing you there's work going on that you may not know about.

Okay, the cities know what we stand for.

We love people.

Amen?

You know, a few years ago, I went to India with a Central India Christian Mission.

And Bye.

They took us to a leper colony and they're way out there because lepers in India it's because of karma something's happened to you so they can't be around your family and as we entered the leper colony I was greeted by a leper and he put his hand out to me guys I had I don't know they're called nanoseconds I don't even know Would you shake a leper's hand?

That was hard.

That was hard.

And in seconds I had to decide, am I going to show this man compassion?

That was hard.

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

That's it.

CACM also has a hospital that we helped build there as well.

The only hospital in Damor for several hundred miles.

You heard about CCP having 400 kids in their care right now.

Kingdom Builders Ministry from Mexico, Pastor Turing.

We put three houses for families this year.

Families that need a home.

With African Development Mission Trust, with Pastor Dan Ford, they do a lot of things, including planning churches, leadership development.

One of my favorite things is community development that they do.

ADMT goes into an area that is drought and people are struggling, and they work with the leaders there.

They drill a well, then they ask for a piece of land, they buy a piece of property, and they invite families to grow crops.

And once they starts growing, the families have water, and they have food to eat, and they don't starve.

That's awesome.

There are over 33 gardens like that and 41 wells that have been dug.

That's the story.

Amen?

Number four, one another mission trips.

Guys, I have seen so much transformation behind mission trips.

So much.

Our church has a heart for missions because Pastor Jeff is a missionary at heart and it started in Zimbabwe.

And if you talk, yeah, amen, that's right, okay?

Pastor Yesenia, Pastor Berissa, Pastor Josh, Pastor Jojo, they will tell you, man, that you go on a mission trip, it will change your life forever.

Pastor Kelly just was amazed by the work that she saw last year and the resilience of people who are on the ground.

Now, here's a story from Keith from Upland.

He's a husband and a father of three.

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

My wife was proud of the work I was doing.

My kids also were proud.

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

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

They got to see me walking the walk.

Lewis, I think he's here today somewhere, okay, went to Hungary.

When the Lord, he says, when the Lord placed missions in my heart, I was originally very nervous and felt I was the wrong man for the job, given that I had only been saved for just six months.

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

Yeah, awesome.

Faith.

Pastor Jojo's daughter went to Kenya as well, and this is what she wrote.

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

She's good.

My daughter went to Uganda last year with my wife, and they served with Watoto and other ministries.

And one of the places they got to visit was a local hospital.

And they brought clothes, diapers, and just...

baby care staff to help mothers, hundreds of mothers with babies that had overwhelmed the medical system.

And while she was there and praying and blessing them, a grandmother prayed for her, and while she was praying, she felt God asking her to go back and bless the people of Uganda there.

So my wife is returning with Emma to go back to Uganda to bless the kids over there.

That's awesome.

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

We also sent our first ever medical team to Zimbabwe.

Yay!

That was awesome.

But here's what Joshua 13 once says.

When Joshua was an old man, the Lord said to him, You are growing old.

And much land remains to be conquered.

See, Joshua had conquered most of the land.

But there was a lot to be conquered.

God had given this land to the children of Israel.

Through the promise with Abraham.

And there was much to be done.

One and all, we have done very well.

Praise God.

We have.

Right?

Praise God for that.

But there is more to be done.

There is more to be done.

There's more work to do locally and globally.

So number one, if you're writing notes, let's spread the gospel in Europe.

Let's do this.

It's post-Christian.

We got to go there.

You've heard Pastor Jeff say that when he went to Armenia, there was not one evangelical church.

I might have shared this with you, but when I went with Pastor Drew, we were sharing the gospel and we met.

one girl who had never heard the name Jesus ever.

That shocked me.

I didn't even know what to say.

I was like, I don't even know where to start.

You're a sinner?

No idea, right?

This affirmed what Pastor Jeff had been saying.

In 2015, Pew Research said the European Christian population is expected to drop by 100 million by 2050, while Muslims and non-religious groups will increase.

100 million.

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

91%.

70-80% of young adults in Sweden, the Netherlands, Estonia categorize themselves as non-Christians.

59% of young adults in the UK never attend church.

So we are gearing up to send young adults on short-term mission trips and long-term ones.

After our discipleship program starts, it is coming soon to a home near you.

Okay?

So, it's happening.

So my friends, much land needs to be possessed.

It would be awesome if young adults in our church were experiencing revival if they take the gospel back to Europe.

That would be awesome.

Number two, let's be compassionate and generous.

To tell you and said, it is our care of our helpless, I read this already, our practice of loving kindness that brands us in the eyes of our own opponents.

He continues and says, only look they say at how they love one another.

Guys, I Love My City Christmas is coming up soon.

And this is one challenge that we have.

We know there are many people in our church, single parents especially, who are struggling really hard.

Do you know what we're going to do?

We're going to get around the people in our church who are struggling.

We're going to love them.

We're going to love them.

We're going to ask you guys who have money.

to sacrifice and take care of people in our church, single parents, widows, and orphans who are going through a hard time.

Amen?

We're going to take care of them.

Then we'll go outside after that.

We'll take care of those who are outside.

We'll do both.

Okay?

The other way that you can be generous is by giving.

Listen, if everyone gives something, Pastor Jeff talks about this all the time.

One by one makes a bundle.

Okay?

If you give, guess what?

Our budget goes up.

Guess how much?

That 10% goes up to missions and local outreach.

If our budget is 12 million, it's 1.2.

It keeps going up.

So if everyone puts something down, it will help towards reaching those who are far from God locally and globally.

Amen?

The bigger our giving, the more it goes towards outreach initiatives.

Okay?

I've got to share this story.

Back in India, okay?

We're driving.

the buses and all of a sudden things stop and I turn my face to the side of the car and there are women children and men worshiping a guru in Adam's suit just naked yeah that's how bad it is I first was confused and then I was sad people are worshiping a man guys People need the gospel.

People need the gospel.

We need to get there, okay?

Another thing you can do is 80 kids need sponsorship from CCP.

80 kids.

That can be gone this weekend.

Amen?

Yep.

Go to the patio after church, sponsor a child.

Number three, let's go on mission trips.

Yeah, okay?

We had 77 people go.

Do you know what I'm looking for?

300.

300 people.

Let's revive the sending movement, guys.

Let's do this.

We want two teams to go to Oasis on Skid Row.

We want five teams to go to Europe, two medical teams to Zimbabwe.

You know, if you're a medical personnel here, you're like a medical doctor, you're a nurse, you're an EMT, physician's assistant, phlebotomist, I think that's what the thing is.

Guys, get...

Is that how you say it?

Huh?

Phlebotomist.

Okay, there you go.

Okay?

Awesome.

Okay?

Thank you.

We got one team to go to Uganda, and this is not including the nomovibious trips that we have in Kenya and Zimbabwe.

And our household builds to Mexico.

Mexico is a great one because it's like two days.

You can go and build a house if you can't take time off work.

Are there any young adults in the room?

No, youth and young adults.

If you're 16 to 30, stand up on your feet.

16 to 30.

Where are you at?

Come on.

Stand up.

Is that it?

There's more?

Okay, see, oh, that's good.

That's good.

All right.

I want to say something.

I hope you find it funny.

It would be skibbity if you guys sign up for mission trips.

That is James' song.

It would be skibbity if you guys, listen.

Greg Strange said this to me, he said, our roof, our ceiling is your floor.

You gotta go.

Go.

Go.

Amen?

You can't sit down.

This is your time.

I like that word, skippity.

All right.

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

Guys, if you remember, okay, the agent in the book of Acts and the agent today is the Holy Spirit.

We've got to pray.

If there's one thing that you can do is to pray for missions around the world.

So I want to ask you, do not just walk out of here today.

Walk out on the patio, take your phone, sign up to get an email where you can pray once a month for our missionaries and our local outreach.

Why?

Because, for example, this year, Brother Ajay was being persecuted, and we want to make sure that you pray for him.

India is tough, so we want you to make sure that you're praying for him.

Prayer helps us.

One-on-one leadership and our partners to make sure that we're doing what God wants us to do.

Amen?

So I want to end with this story.

Many of you have heard my story throughout the years, but I grew up in war-torn Uganda, and my first memory as a child is war, being carried away and running from soldiers or something.

I remember this vividly.

I remember walking into a house after the first war, Idi Amin being ousted in 1979, and...

Our house had been trashed.

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

I don't remember much.

I don't remember playing too much as a child.

I don't remember that.

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

who had moved from Canada to Uganda knowing very well how unstable it was.

They stayed at a church in a hotel and with just a handful of people.

And I remember the setup, the teardown, like Wisco, you know, and it was one of the places that I felt safe.

But in spite of the numerous robberies and the beatings and the bugleries, they suffered from soldiers.

They pushed on.

They started Watoto Children's Ministry, which has helped deal with a million orphans that were in Uganda in the 90s.

This year, Watoto celebrated 40 years with Gary and Marilyn Skinner passing the church over, a church of over 20,017 campuses to a Ugandan pastor named Julius.

Now, Julius is going to be at ICOM, which is International Conference on Missions, which then forward is...

the president this year, and Pastor Jeff is the vice president.

It is the largest missions conference in North America.

Okay?

And he's going to be there speaking.

It's amazing.

And he's going to share what God has done.

Now, in this church is where I learned about God.

It's where I learned about my gifts.

It's where I met my wife, Tanya.

It is why I am here at One All today.

Without Gary, Pastor Gary and Marilyn Skinner, Making this sacrifice without the people who supported and prayed for them, who supported them financially, I would not, I would probably not be here on this stage today.

I probably wouldn't be here.

So Rancho, Upland, Westco.

San Dimas, you have no idea what your obedience will do to bless generations in the future.

You have absolutely no idea if you don't become part of the story.

Every one of you, every one of you can become part of the story.

Don't just come to church.

and leave, and come to church, and leave, and come to church, and leave.

What are you going to do for the gospel?

What are you going to do?

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

Would you be 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 for God's kingdom?

Something outside yourself.

Are you in the story that God is writing at one and all?

Are you?

Lord Jesus, we thank you so much for just...

This lovely weekend that we get to just celebrate what you've done through our church.

I just want to pray for everyone today who is in this room, who's at Westco, who's at Upland, who's at Rancho, that God, the Holy Spirit will touch everyone, that you will ignite something in their hearts.

That they will want to be part of the story that you are writing in our church.

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