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Series Code: ISITE
Program Code: ISITE180003A
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00:09 We are here in Phoenix, AZ, at the Paradise SDA church. 00:13 And it's hard to believe we're already in program #3. 00:16 The time's already flying by 00:18 and we're inside of the fellowship hall I believe 00:21 of the Paradise SDA church. 00:22 And it's been a great time already here at this church. 00:25 It's neat to see how God is working; we're hearing great 00:27 reports. Hopefully you've been following along with the iSITEs 00:30 and hear reports from all the churches and the evangelistic 00:33 series that is taking place here: Pathway to Life. 00:35 And we have with us Dr. Lela Lewis. 00:38 Nice to be with you guys. And this is YOUR church! 00:41 This IS my church. And you're not a stranger to those that 00:43 view 3ABN because you're in- volved in a very important work. 00:46 And I'll have my wife ask you a couple of questions about 00:49 what's going on here and how God has been blessing. 00:51 OK. Tell us, Dr. Lela, about Pathway to Health. 00:54 because I know you're president and CEO of Pathway to Health. 00:56 But tell us what took place here at Christmas 00:58 and then we'll talk about the follow-up. 01:00 You are so right, Jill. Pathway to Health over Christmas 01:03 December 25, 26, and 27 we saw 6,770 patients 01:09 in 2-1/2 days. Amen? Praise the Lord! 01:11 It was such a miracle! 01:13 And it was $40 million in free health care. 01:16 Unbelievable! It was the most amazing Christmas gift, 01:19 not just to the patients but to us individually. 01:22 What a wonderful blessing. So Dr. Lela, those are 01:25 amazing numbers that you actually just said. 01:26 How many people were processed? 6,770 patients! 01:30 It was a lot! And you said 40 million dollars' worth of... 01:33 over $40 million in free health care. 01:35 Praise the Lord! Yes... amen... absolutely! 01:38 Incredible! So when we help people physically 01:41 then sometimes they're more open to help in other areas. 01:44 Maybe something with a marriage or something spiritually. 01:48 So what is some follow-up taking place after that 01:50 Pathway to Health in preparation for the Pathway to Life 01:53 evangelistic series? You know, we have what's called the Health 01:56 Information Centers which are our SDA churches. 01:59 The patients are assigned to those locations 02:02 and that's where they pick up their lab results, their Pap 02:04 smear results, their glasses... AND they're offered health 02:08 courses. It's been unbelievable. This has been going on 02:10 for the last couple months, so the patient have really had 02:13 a wonderful exciting adventure in whole-person care. 02:16 Wow! So I'll put you on the spot here: 02:18 how many churches are involved in these HICs? These Health 02:21 Information Centers? Twenty-five different churches 02:24 throughout the Phoenix area! What a blessing! 02:26 What an amazing blessing! Right here at my home church - 02:29 Paradise Valley SDA church - 02:31 we had over 90 people coming four times a week 02:36 as follow-up to that event: Pathway to Health. 02:40 So it was a very exciting adventure. 02:42 Praise the Lord! So I know going on behind us right now... 02:45 What's going on behind us now? 02:46 So right over here you'll see those are actually my parents 02:50 George and Linda Gilbert. My mother is a physician. 02:52 And they're actually providing free cholesterol and glucose 02:55 screening for the patients that are now coming to the 02:57 Pathway to Life series, a continuation of the 03:00 Pathway to Health. You know, I think what's really incredible 03:03 as I see we're getting ready to start this evening's meeting 03:05 with Pastor Lomacang, and here you're again bringing the public 03:10 that have been served - absolutely - several months ago 03:12 here to the church. What a great segue into the series! 03:15 What is so exciting is that the patients that came 03:18 into the health information courses... some of them came to 03:21 the Diabetes Undone, the Natural Lifestyle Cooking School. 03:24 They got their cholesterol checked the beginning; 03:26 they're getting it checked again now to show the demonstration 03:30 of a healthy lifestyle. And at the end of Pr. Lomacang's series 03:33 they have the opportunity once again to see 03:36 God work in action. So it's really an exciting opportunity. 03:39 Do you have any stories? 03:41 Any stories that have come out of Pathway to Health 03:43 or these health information centers or this local church? 03:45 What's going on in people's lives? 03:47 So many many stories. You know, just yesterday 03:50 a man said... You know, he has been unable to afford 03:52 getting glasses - he's been essentially unable to see - 03:55 and he's been praying and praying that those glasses 03:57 would come in. He got the robocall yesterday 04:00 to come and pick up his glasses, and just yesterday 04:03 he put his glasses on and for the first time he was able 04:05 to see, right here at the Paradise Valley SDA church. 04:08 What an incredible ministry! Did I meet him? 04:11 Was he the gentlemen I met going out? He was! 04:12 He is planning to come tonight to Pr. Lomacang's series 04:16 so we're very excited about that. 04:18 Praise the Lord! What an incredible ministry! 04:20 How do you see the health message being... I know we say 04:23 it's the right arm of the gospel but how do you see the health 04:25 message and the truth in God's Word working hand in hand? 04:30 They're inseparable. You know, what I see over and over again 04:33 just like Jesus did when He was on earth: 04:35 first He met their physical needs 04:37 and then He told them: "Come follow Me. 04:40 Come learn more about your mental, your emotional, 04:43 and most importantly your spiritual healing 04:44 that I offer you. " 04:46 And that's exactly what we see happening here. 04:48 Amen. And we also appreciate because you don't get to see 04:51 this at home but there's also a little pre-program 04:53 that goes on here at this Paradise SDA church, 04:56 at the other churches. But here locally you're giving 04:58 a health talk each evening for those that are coming 05:01 to the meetings here on site. 05:02 And I can see your enthusiasm for the message 05:05 that you have to share. What a blessing! 05:07 It is an awesome opportunity to work with all of us. 05:10 All of us working together for one common goal 05:12 and that's really to share Jesus with those in need. 05:14 Um-hnn. What are some of the topics you're covering 05:17 prior to Pr. Lomacang's meeting every night? 05:20 And I know you're bringing in other doctors from your church 05:21 as well. Yes... that's correct. We're bringing in other 05:23 doctors every night. I'm serving kind of as the moderator, 05:26 but we're looking at God's doctors, God's perfect doctors, 05:29 those 8 doctors that you're not going to want to miss out on. 05:32 I'm sure 3ABN has touched on those many many times. 05:37 Those eight doctors are so important. They really are! 05:40 The health message is so important 'cause when my mind 05:42 is clear I can better hear the voice of God. 05:44 And that foundational principle doctor: trust in God. 05:48 The most important of all of them. Everything else builds on 05:50 that. Amen! Thank you so much Dr. Lela. 05:53 Know that at 3ABN we love you. 05:55 I love you, too. We so appreciate the work - 05:57 that's right - that you are doing with Pathway to Health 06:00 and then these health information seminars. 06:02 What we want to do right now is go to the Phoenix Central 06:05 SDA church and hear what they have to say. 06:10 We've been busy working about this church getting ready for 06:13 some exciting meetings. Let me back up for just a moment. 06:17 You may know that we've had Pathways to Health 06:20 over Christmas time down at the Phoenix Convention Center. 06:24 Free services of all areas of health. 06:28 We followed that up with 2 sets of meetings here in this church. 06:32 We had Diabetes Undone 06:35 and Depression Recovery. 06:38 Well received by the community people. 06:41 Now we're getting ready for a very special set of meetings 06:45 with J.D. and Shelley Quinn from 3ABN. 06:51 Hi, I'm Pam Howerton. I'm a member of the Phoenix Central 06:55 SDA church. I'm the treasurer here, 06:59 and my husband and I have been members here since 1981. 07:03 And we have really loved our church because it's 07:07 a community-minded church. 07:09 We love helping people and it can make 07:13 a big difference in a person's life. 07:15 And we are very fortunate that our conference and our church 07:19 and 3ABN have partnered together 07:23 and we now have Shelley Quinn here, one of my favorite 07:26 teachers from 3ABN. I love her; I've got her books. 07:30 And if you don't know her you will find that she's a great 07:34 teacher and she can really help us cut through some of 07:38 this stuff and learn how to live a better life. 07:40 Wow, what a great report from the Phoenix Central SDA church! 07:44 That's Shelley and J.D. Quinn's church. 07:46 And it's just great to hear the reports of how people have 07:48 been preparing for this evangelistic series 07:50 in Phoenix, Arizona. Even they told us a little bit 07:53 about the follow-up from Pathway to Health. 07:55 And it's just great to see how everyone works together. 07:58 You know, we all have the talents and abilities that God 08:01 has given us, but together as a team 08:03 we can make something happen for the cause of God. 08:06 I have in my hand here several stones. 08:08 And you can see... well, they'll get a camera shot of it 08:11 I know... but we're standing on a whole lot of what they call 08:14 gravel here. And as you see these stones 08:16 each one has its own unique shape, its own unique look. 08:20 And you say: "Oh, that's just one stone. " 08:21 Well if I toss these down here along with these thousands of 08:24 other pieces of gravel it makes a wonderful rock bed 08:28 to walk on. So together we can make something happen 08:30 for the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen! 08:32 You know, we started inside the church. 08:33 Now we're outside the church here at Paradise Valley 08:36 SDA church, and you can see the 3ABN production truck 08:39 behind us. That brown thing behind Jill and myself - 08:42 is a palm tree. That's right... it's beautiful! 08:45 We are in Phoenix, Arizona, and you have a palm tree. 08:46 It's really neat; right between the two doorways 08:49 going into the truck. That's right. 08:51 You can hear the little generator that's supplying 08:52 the power for the trucks just off to my right. 08:55 And anyway it's a blessing to be here. 08:57 It is... absolutely. And right now we want to go to the 08:59 Chandler SDA church. That's a little south, southeast 09:04 of Phoenix. And we want to go to that church. 09:06 Chris Shelton had a chance to catch up with a couple people 09:10 there, and we want to go to those interviews now. 09:15 Hi, I'm Chris Shelton and we are in Chandler, AZ, 09:19 getting ready for a big evangelistic series. 09:22 And we are so excited, and I have the brains behind the 09:25 Chandler church. I can say that because she's the secretary 09:30 and we know that secretaries are the ones that know everything. 09:33 So Sr. Lolitha Holcombe, what do you think? 09:36 I mean a few weeks ago I spoke to your pastor 09:39 and about the second time I found out he was not going to 09:42 be here. He was moving to? Hawaii. 09:46 Hawaii. 09:47 And you guys didn't even know for sure we were going to come. 09:50 But I know that since you have found out 09:53 you guys have been on a roll and moving. 09:55 You want to tell us a little bit about it? 09:57 Well, we have called our elder board together 10:01 along with deaconess, head deacon 10:04 and a bunch of people that met weekly. 10:08 And so we just looked at what we needed to do. 10:11 The different e-mails... we pulled all of them in. 10:14 I set everything up, and we just started working together 10:18 to try to pull everything, get our flyers done. 10:20 We have done all of this in I think it was a little under 10:23 a month. It was a little under a month. 10:27 You sent out what? Like 20,000 flyers? 10:30 20 or 30 thousand. OK. 10:34 Plus we had our Pathfinders hand deliver 1,000. 10:38 And then we made available another 1,500 for the members to 10:42 distribute to friends, family, co-workers. 10:44 And you know what I've been doing is I've been praying 10:47 over those and I hope that you guys have been praying 10:50 over those 'cause we know that God has people in this area: 10:54 people that need to get these flyers, need to see 10:57 all of this advertisement and come out! 11:01 Jesus is calling his people out of spiritual confusion 11:04 and into the marvelous light of truth. 11:07 And I am looking forward to these meetings... 11:09 how about you? I am as well. 11:11 We asked each speaker for the month of February to focus on 11:16 evangelism. So we asked all of them to bring a sermon 11:19 talking about evangelism as well as promoting this program, 11:24 this evangelistic series that's starting. 11:27 So we have been praying. More prayer more power. 11:31 I love that! More prayer more power. 11:34 Pastor Kenny and I before we left the hotel 11:36 to come here tonight that's what we said. 11:38 We are just broken vessels 11:41 and we are absolutely nothing without the Spirit of God. 11:44 So folks, you at home: please pray for the Chandler... 11:47 I know that there's churches all around our area 11:50 that are holding these evangelistic series for 3ABN. 11:53 Pray for us all. Remember Pastor Kenny and I. 11:55 Remember Lolitha and the Chandler SDA church. 11:59 Hi, I'm Chris Shelton and I'm here in Chandler, Arizona, 12:03 with my husband, Pastor Kenny Shelton. 12:05 We're getting ready, in fact this is going to be 12:07 our first night of an evangelistic series 12:10 here in Chandler. Chandler is a suburb of Phoenix. 12:14 You guys have heard all the advertisements 12:16 for this movement in Phoenix, Arizona. 12:18 We're just in a little suburb called Chandler 12:21 and we're looking forward to it. I have a behind-the-scenes guy 12:25 Curtis Hite from 3ABN. 12:28 If it wasn't for Curtis, none of you would be able to see 12:31 what we're going to do here. 12:33 And hopefully it's going to be a blessing, Curtis. Yes. 12:37 And he's actually going to try to operate two cameras 12:40 single-handedly. So we hope that this turns out really well. 12:44 Curtis, tell us where they can watch these programs. 12:48 So I think you can watch them on YouTube 12:50 and they'll be also on the Phoenix2018 website. 12:56 Yeah, that should be where you can get 'em. 12:59 OK... a man of few words but you know what? 13:03 It's people like Curtis that keep us going, 13:06 that actually are behind the cameras doing the work 13:11 so that all of the programs that you are blessed to watch 13:14 can be seen. Curtis, we thank you very, very much 13:16 for being brave enough to step on this side of the camera. 13:20 Keep us in your prayers. 13:22 Amen. Thank you so much. What a blessing to hear the reports 13:25 from the different churches. How exciting to see 13:27 the preparation that they've been doing for the campaign, 13:30 the thousands of pamphlets, flyers, that they've mailed out 13:35 there at Chandler for advertising purposes. 13:37 You know, it really takes an entire church 13:40 to put on an evangelistic series. 13:42 It's not just the speakers or those of us from 3ABN 13:45 coming in... it is the local church leadership 13:47 and the members joining hands together 13:50 to help spread the gospel message around the world. 13:53 And what an incredible privilege to partner with each one of 13:55 those churches. And that was pretty fun to get to see Curtis. 13:58 He's always behind the camera... 13:59 and to get to see him and what he's doing there at the Chandler 14:03 church. Very true. You can probably hear the traffic 14:05 going by. Jill and I are actually at a different spot 14:08 here outside of Paradise SDA church. 14:11 We're standing right by the front sign. 14:13 You can see the sign probably over our shoulder. 14:15 There's a main thoroughfare of vehicles. 14:16 3ABN's truck is perpendicular to the road so it's good 14:19 advertising there. But I think about all these people going by. 14:22 Each person is going somewhere. 14:24 They all have a story in life. 14:26 They... all of us... have that "God-sized hole" 14:31 that's right - where we all need the Lord Jesus Christ. 14:33 And we pray that these people here that are going by that 14:35 may be tuning in to 3ABN flip- ping channels. We don't know. 14:38 We pray for them. 14:39 We pray for those that we may never meet 14:42 but in heaven someday. So we just again want to thank you 14:45 for your support and prayers for the ministry of 3ABN 14:47 for the campaign here in Phoenix: Pathway to Life. 14:50 What a privilege it is to team up with you 14:52 in spreading the gospel around the world. Amen! 14:54 And right now we're going to go to the Desert Cove SDA church. 14:57 C. A. Murray had the chance to sit down with the head elder 15:00 and his wife, so let's have a listen to that interview. 15:03 Hi, I'm C.A. Murray and we are at the Desert Cove 15:07 Seventh-day Adventist church. We just concluded our 1st night 15:10 and I'm here with first elder Randy Fields and his lovely wife 15:14 Cathy... who have done much in the set-up and preparation 15:17 for these meetings and I want you to give me just a feel 15:21 of the energy in the church in advance of the meetings 15:26 and what you observed from the meeting tonight. 15:30 I think everybody was pretty excited about even just the idea 15:35 of having these meetings here and what this was going to bring 15:38 the opportunity to the area to the people here. 15:41 And I think that showed through tonight, too. 15:45 They were all very happy with what they saw and heard 15:48 and it sounds like everybody's coming back. 15:51 So I think it's very successful so far. 15:57 Praise the Lord for which we are very thankful. 15:59 Cathy, you're kind of the behind-the-scenes person here. 16:02 You make may I say on camera a wonderful soup 16:06 and you bake your own bread for which we praise the Lord. 16:09 But just some the things that you've been doing as far 16:12 as operations and behind-the-scenes work. 16:14 Well, I helped put all the special music together 16:21 and get all the pianists for each night. 16:24 I did a lot of the advertising. 16:28 Hopefully more people will come tomorrow night. 16:33 Just kind of getting the schedule, putting everything 16:35 together, making sure everybody's going to be here 16:37 like they're supposed to be. Um-hmm. 16:40 And praise the Lord. Now 3ABN has a viewership 16:44 of around they say half a billion, so you're going to have 16:47 to make more soup. Oh... OK... I can do that. 16:53 Elder Randy, you mentioned to me yesterday when we were talking 16:57 that this church is a miracle church. 17:00 Give us just a little bit of the flavor of that... 17:03 that history that got this church to this spot 17:06 at this time. 17:08 This church - this building - has been in existence 17:12 for four years but that dream was started over, close to 17:16 thirty years ago by a group... they did a church plant 17:21 from the Paradise Valley church actually. 17:24 And the idea was to have a church of their own. 17:27 And the process that that took, took that many years 17:31 just trying to get to where they could have it. 17:34 Buying a piece of property that didn't work out. 17:36 But God blessed that. They were able to not only 17:40 sell that property for much more than it was worth - 17:43 literally more than it was worth - 17:45 buy this piece of property, be in a position to build 17:48 yet had to wait. And then merging with another church 17:52 that was in the same position: they wanted to have their own 17:55 place to worship, wasn't able to do it on their own. 17:58 We merged the two churches and were able to 18:01 build this facility, this first phase of this facility. 18:05 And without those pieces this would have never happened. 18:08 Um-hmm. So I just believe that 18:10 through those series of miracles even the building of the church, 18:14 the cost, some of the things we were able to accomplish, 18:18 we just didn't have... there was just no way to predict it. 18:22 They came together at the right time and the right place. 18:26 And that's why we're here today being able to have these 18:29 meetings in this place and this community 18:31 is because of all of those miracles 18:33 that God started working nearly 30 years ago. Amen; amen! 18:38 Praise the Lord! So this is a church that 18:41 expects miracles and has seen many many miracles 18:44 in its past, and we are expecting many more miracles 18:48 in the future and through these meetings 18:50 Pathway to Life. 18:53 Music is such a vital part of my life 18:55 and I am always attracted to other musicians, people 18:58 who... music plays a big role in their life. 19:01 And today I'm with Claudio Marsollier. 19:04 Marsollier? Marsollier. OK... I'll go with that one. 19:07 He is the music minister here at Paradise Valley SDA church. 19:11 And we're standing right here in the front of the platform 19:14 where you lead worship here at the church. That's right. 19:17 How long have you been here in the service? 19:18 I've been here for sixteen years now. 19:20 Sixteen years. I understand that you have a very musical family. 19:25 The family is very musical. I did take a few lessons 19:27 but I myself don't consider myself musical. 19:30 OK. Do you play an instrument? 19:32 I do play the trumpet and I can get in trouble with the piano. 19:35 But other than that I just lead out and direct the choir 19:38 and the orchestra. Great. I was going to ask you 19:40 your roles here as far as... You do have the choir. 19:43 Yeah. A choir is such a vital part of ministry - yes - 19:46 in my estimation. Kind of a dying thing actually 19:50 in a lot of churches. Right. But I'm glad to hear about 19:52 the choir. Yeah we organized the Paradise Valley sanctuary choir 19:55 in 2001... actually right after September 11 it came together 20:00 and we've been doing this ever since. 20:02 So do you sing every Sabbath? Once a month at least. 20:06 We also have a bell choir that plays so we kind of take turns. 20:09 And then the rest of the time we let our guests, 20:12 visitors, musicians be here as well. 20:15 Wonderful. And I understand that this is a volunteer... 20:18 you do this. Volunteer. I'm not a musician... I'm an architect 20:21 so I design buildings but I do enjoy music. 20:23 So we do this on a volunteer basis. 20:26 Wonderful. The people that you have... 20:30 You've made a family... I know, in my experience 20:33 being a part of the family of music it's like having 20:38 your own little subculture in a church. 20:40 And you have an opportunity to probably speak into their lives 20:44 and kind of be a mentor to a lot of the choir members. 20:50 Well you know, this church is a very flexible church. 20:53 They have also made me an elder 20:55 and they allow me to be the elder of the choir members. 20:58 Nice. So that's a way that my wife and I... we work 21:00 together on this and we can minister to people, 21:03 talk to them. We have prayer time, 1/2 hour prayer time, 21:06 before every choir practice on Friday nights. 21:08 Wonderful! It's a wonderful way to bring in the Sabbath Day. 21:10 Right! So... yeah. Thank you very much for again your 21:13 service here in this church; thanks for leading worship. 21:16 And we encourage everyone to sing in the choir; 21:21 sing out; sing unto the Lord. 21:22 Make a joyful noise unto the Lord. 21:24 Thank you, Claudio... God bless you. 21:27 I've been here... I'm new here 21:29 so I've been here since December, 21:32 yeah, and we're just excited to be here 21:35 and be part of this energy. You can see, you can hear 21:38 what's going on and it's exciting! 21:40 You know, earlier on we talked with Mr. Dave Nelson, 21:44 right? who's playing the guitar right now. Correct. 21:46 And your wife is there leading the song service with him. 21:48 Yes. So there's a lot of excitement with the young people 21:50 and I'm excited to see how the Paradise Valley church - 21:52 I know the other churches are, too - 21:54 are investing in the young people because they're a very 21:56 important part of this series as well. 21:58 Yeah, this is a great church to be a part of 22:00 because they do... they support our youth program 22:03 and not only with finances but with effort, too. 22:08 They come out and help us all the time. 22:09 So, yeah, it's exciting. 22:11 So tell us... what's the plan for the children's meetings? 22:14 During the entire series when the adults are being fed 22:17 spiritually from the Word of God by Pastor John Lomacang 22:20 you and your wife and the team are working here with the 22:23 children. So what's the nightly plan for the children's 22:25 meetings? The nightly plan is that we're doing what's called 22:28 The Creation Case. And so we're taking the kids 22:31 through creation, teaching them about creation 22:34 but also bringing them to have a relationship with Jesus 22:38 which we feel is important. 22:40 Creation Case with Aguilera. Yes, with Rich Aguilera. 22:44 We love him on 3ABN! It's a great program. 22:47 And you've been working to develop a cave as well. 22:50 Yes, we built a cave and so we're going to go there 22:52 in a little bit and see the cave. 22:55 Wonderful! Thank you so much. 22:57 Well if you want to go get your wife 22:58 we want to talk to her for a minute, too. 23:00 Its' incredible to see what God is doing - Oh, it is! - 23:02 with the young people because we always say 23:05 they're the future of the church but they ARE the church. 23:08 Amen. Yeah... absolutely. 23:10 Now we have with us Pastor Hugh's wife. 23:13 You're doing a good job. Alyssa Barton. Praise the Lord! 23:16 How are you guys doing? Oh, we're doing well. 23:19 So tell us your role with the kid's meetings here. 23:21 Yeah, well, we wanted to do something special for the kids 23:25 so that they can know how much God loves them. 23:27 So we are teaching about creation. 23:31 I don't know how much Hugh described already. 23:33 He said you're going through Creation Case with Aguilera - 23:36 that program - but that was it. 23:38 And so we want them to know that God created them. 23:42 You know, it's not evolution but it's creation. 23:45 And so we've been trying you know - at a kid's level - 23:48 to be able to explain it to them. 23:50 So we decorated in dinosaurs 23:52 and animals and we're singing songs. 23:56 And they're happy and we're happy. 23:58 Yeah, I see the beautiful murals on the wall. Right. 24:02 And you put them together for the kids showcasing creation. 24:06 Right... right... showcasing creation 24:08 and actually go through... Did he tell you about the rock cave? 24:12 Yeah, we're getting ready to go see that... 24:13 We want to go look at that cave. Oh, right now? 24:15 Well, shortly. Oh, OK, cool! 24:17 Yeah... let's see... we did all the different animals. 24:21 We talked about rocks and creation... like 24:24 as evidence. We talked about evidence 24:26 to prove that God created the world 24:28 because we have so much evidence that they show evolution 24:32 so we kind of need evidence to show that God created us. 24:36 Yeah... so that's what he does. 24:38 So... yeah... Well thank you so much. 24:40 You're welcome! And right now we're going to go 24:43 over to the cave 'cause we want to take a look 24:45 at what's going on at the cave. That's right. 24:47 Do I get to go? Yeah! Yeah! Let's go... all right. 24:54 Wow! We're actually now inside this beautiful cave. 24:58 It actually, Pastor Hugh, almost seems like I can see 25:00 a bat hanging from the ceiling and like a little drip of water 25:03 coming down. This is so realistic 25:05 but yet we're... Oh yeah, no bats. 25:07 But we're actually inside of a classroom 25:10 and this is phenomenal. What is this cave made of? 25:12 It's made of... We made the structure out of 1 by 2's. 25:15 And then on the inside we covered it with 25:18 basically it's like craft paper and we crinkled it up 25:21 and stapled it to the frame. 25:23 Wow! And we're actually by a little fire. 25:24 You can almost feel this warmth. 25:26 What a great job! Why a cave? 25:27 And why would you do this for the young people? 25:29 'Cause there's a lot of work went into this. 25:31 Well... it's for the youth and so anything we can do 25:34 to bring them a sense of who Jesus is 25:38 that's what we're all about. And so we wanted to make a cave 25:41 because we're talking about creation and dinosaurs 25:44 and things like that. So we talked about it 25:47 and we just thought: "Hey, a cave would be kind of cool. " 25:49 So we went on the Internet and looked up some information 25:52 on how to do it. And we didn't know how it would turn out 25:55 but wow! It turned out better than we thought. 25:58 You know, it's incredible. It really looks like a cave, 26:01 especially when you're in here and you don't have all the big 26:03 lights on and just a little fire and it's incredible! 26:05 You know, what a special thing for the young people 26:08 to be able to feel like they can come and they can learn 26:10 about Jesus but have a good time as well. 26:12 Right... definitely... yeah. 26:14 I really love young people 26:16 because they're so energetic and they're always smiling. 26:20 And they're so happy to just be a part of a program 26:23 you know. So we go in there and we start singing and I just 26:27 see all their smiling faces... makes me so happy. 26:29 Amen! Yeah. Well, thank you so much Pastor Hugh 26:32 and Alyssa Barton. They're just an incredible 26:35 pastoral couple here at the church. 26:37 Welcomed us with open arms and we're just so grateful to be 26:40 here and what they're doing with the young people. 26:42 We're going to see a little bit with the kids I think 26:45 and then we need to get ready and go in and hear the meeting 26:48 tonight with Pastor John Lomacang. 26:50 So right after you see some of the kids 26:52 stay tuned because the next program will be 26:54 Pastor Lomacang. |
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