I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people.
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Hello, friends, welcome to 3ABN.
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My name is John Lomacang,
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and if you're
part of our family,
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you already know that.
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But if you are not and you're
tuning it for the first time,
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welcome to this network.
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We are serious about the gospel
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and there are
many needs in our world
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that the Lord has
given us the reasonability
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and privilege of addressing
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and today's program
talks about one of those needs
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that may be
unique in your community.
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But we're gonna discover today,
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it is a need in every community.
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We want to thank you
also for your prayers
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and your financial
support of this network
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that keeps going and growing,
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preparing hearts and lives
for the coming of our Lord,
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which we believe is
not too far distant.
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In just a movement
we'll meet our guest,
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and as you know, we
always like to encourage you
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to remember this network.
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There's not only 3ABN in English
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but Latino, Kid's
time, Dare to Dream.
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We have a number of networks,
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and so check out our
packages and connect with us
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to find out what more we have
to enhance your spiritual walk
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and bring you closer to Christ.
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Now, we always
have very good music.
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One good friend of ours
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and also a good
friend of our 3ABN family,
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Gayle Jones Murphy is
going to bless us with a song
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entitled "I want
Jesus to walk with me."
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Thank you so much Gayle.
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I've often said, she
knows that keyboard very well,
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but even more than the keyboard
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she has a wonderful relationship
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with our Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ.
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Right now meet our guests,
we have pastor David Canther
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and his daughter Autumn Canther.
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Good to have you here, David.
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Thank you. Good to be here.
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Yeah, I was glad we
had a chance to talk
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and by the way welcome, Autumn.
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I wouldn't stretch my hand
over there to shake your hand.
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That's okay. Thank you.
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Our producers
will have a cowl there,
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but it wouldn't be
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aesthetically a
good thing to do.
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But good to have you both here
today to talk about a program
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and I wouldn't
use the word concept
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and all that you unfold that
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and unpack that
in just a moment,
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but so glad to have you here.
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David, for our
listening and viewing audience,
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just before we
get into the topic,
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just give us an
overview who you are,
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where you're from and
what you do right now?
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Thank you, Pastor John.
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It's great to be
here once again at 3ABN.
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3ABN has been one of
our greatest supporters.
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You've been out on the
field with us as well as Danny
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in many disaster
responses globally.
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So, we've respond over
one hundred times globally.
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Katrina was one
of the memorable ones
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when a lot of
3ABN guests came in
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and sang in one
our sound stages,
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helping people that are hurting.
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So, having been a pastor
like yourself for 32 years,
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my passion is
about helping people
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in time of need emotionally,
spiritually and physically.
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So, ACTS World Relief
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used to be the old
name we went under.
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Now, we have two
divisions, GR3 and ACTS 911
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is what we're going
to talk about today.
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Okay. And, Autumn,
good to have you here.
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Good to be here.
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Let our viewers and
listeners know who you are
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besides your dad's daughter.
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My name is Autumn Canther.
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And currently I am
studying physical therapy
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and so I'm here for,
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they have different
schedules of the year.
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So, I'm here on
the summer break.
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And glad to be here,
thank you for having us.
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Okay.
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And just kind of, you're
also bilingual I understand.
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I am, yes.
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Okay, I just want to
bring that out because,
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just to let our audience know
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that this program most likely
will be again heard in Spanish.
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And I believe Autumn is
going to be a part of that.
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Unfortunately her dad
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is not as fluent as he
would like to be in Spanish.
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So, you'll be excluded
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but the message
will still go forward.
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Tell us about the ministry ACTS,
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we'll start with the word ACTS
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because it was
first ACTS World Relief,
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then ACTS GR3.
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What does GR3 stand for?
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So GR3 means Global
Rescue Relief and Resilience.
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So that's the deploying side,
the emergency response side,
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both in preparedness
training and deploying.
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I'm also a faculty at
the Harvard BIDMC program
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which is an
emergency management,
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so we train a lot of doctors,
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medical people in
the field how to respond.
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But not only medically,
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but today we're going to
even be having a little fun
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with psychological first aid.
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That's emotional
and spiritual care side.
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So you have the GR3 side.
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But a whole another division
that only began two years ago
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is both your and my passion
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and that is
church growth strategy.
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How do you help that
80 percentile of churches
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that are actually in
decline through serving others,
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52 percent of churches
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have less than 100
members in their congregation.
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So, there are
common denominators
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we're going to explore today.
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You can invite ACTS 911
to come in as a consultant
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and basically
help your church grow
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guaranteed 10 percent a year.
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You talked about
psychological first aid
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and I also understood
prior to our interview
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that that is an area
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that Autumn is
very much involved in.
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Tell us about that, because
some people may be saying
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psychological first
aid, what in fact is that?
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The psychological first aid
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is just a way to be
able to not only in disasters
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but in everyday
life to calm people down,
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if they're
having maybe a stress,
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you know, a breakdown at work.
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To be able to
attend to those needs
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because when people are,
you know, just were where,
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you know, familiar
with the term burnouts here.
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When we have too
many things to do,
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you know, we're
just so stressed out.
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We're getting to
the maximum level,
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that you can just
realize those symptoms
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and say how can I help you,
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you know, in a
very one on one level.
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Okay.
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And the sooner we mitigate,
that's a word we use a lot.
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The trauma,
whatever it is in life.
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The sooner and
quicker God has created us,
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so we can rebound.
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Be resilient and so,
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what we're going to have
fun with in the second part is,
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we're going to
role play something.
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Typical church setting
scenario that could happen
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to any of our
listening audience.
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And how to mitigate it quickly.
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How to reduce the stress
like Autumn was talking about,
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so that we can be resilient
and healthy happy Christians.
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Okay. Now, Acts World
Relief, do you still have that?
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No. Okay.
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Now, it's ACTS 911 and ACTS GR3.
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Correct. Correct. And
you're the CEO of that.
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Wonderful, but you
said, you had about--
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Now, the 19
trucks or the 17 trucks
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you talked about,
do you still have that?
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Yes, we have
many of those trucks
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located at Forest Lake
Academy in Orlando, Florida.
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But we have other
kitchens in various places
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in the country.
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And so, that's to help churches
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immediately
mobilize school groups
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in emergency response.
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Uniquely enough though
we have found over the years
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that these two are very related.
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When you help
churches in natural disasters,
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we spend years later
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helping churches
evangelistically reach out
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because once they've
helped them in time of need
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churches grow exponentially.
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So it's a first multiplier,
when you're preparing
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that church to now meet
the needs and then they grow.
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And that's what the
ACTS 911 side as well.
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Okay, so not only just giving.
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I think in the
Bible Jesus talks about
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if there's someone
who is destitute of food
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and hungry and naked.
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They would be more
receptive to the gospel
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if those needs were met first.
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Jesus always loved to
meet the needs of people first,
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and then they
were open to listening.
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Tell us how you had received
this impression of the Lord,
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because, I know
that anything that we do
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is not
something well, let me see
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what else can I do in life?
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But the Lord directs
our hearts to fill a need
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and that need is indelibly
connected to the gospel.
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It's not just an
end in and of itself.
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Talk about that, and then
we want to lay the foundation,
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so that our viewers at least,
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we're gonna describe
this for our listeners
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but so our viewers
could be able to understand
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what they're about
to see this short roll
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in about two minutes.
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And, but lay the
foundation for that
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so we could kind of
begin to unpack the movie.
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So the foundation
is based on Acts 2.
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When you read Acts 2,
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you find that here the church
is just growing exponentially.
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There are ingredients
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that will talk about that
are very specifically clear.
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We're gonna talk about
four of those ingredients
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but I pastored
churches like yourself
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that were very challenged.
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I wanted God to
lead me to churches
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that were very challenged
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and were going
to cease to exist.
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And how you could take a church
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that was really closed its doors
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even though a several
million dollar edifice
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was paid for entirely.
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And yet, maybe only
one family in the church,
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the rest are retired.
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And so, how to take that
church within three years
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so that it's now having
five services on the weekend
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filled with young people.
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And the key is
training as a resource tool,
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laity finding out
the strengths and talents
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of your congregation,
the people of that church.
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Matching that
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with what are the needs
of my, of your community.
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When you match
those two together,
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it becomes a vibrant church.
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That's my
passion, that's my joy.
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Disaster started
happening in Florida,
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and since we are
feeding people every week.
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We were used to feeding,
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we just started
feeding thousands.
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And so, it's to take
that church growth strategy
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and realize the gospel
is very clear and simple.
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Help the people that are hurting
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and to realize it that
when that's Holy Spirit driven,
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it's a wonderful
journey with God.
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So, instead of
answering questions
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that people are not asking,
because oftentimes we say,
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well, we want to
have this kind of series
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or that kind of
evangelistic outreach,
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that kind of seminar.
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And you ask about the relevance
of it for the communities.
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Sometimes people
are not responding
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because we're not giving answers
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to the questions they're asking.
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Or we're not filling
a need that they have.
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And we know in
the consumer world,
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the most successful formula
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for getting a
product into someone's home
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is finding out
what their needs are.
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And so we wouldn't sell...
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I just want to
be kind about this.
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We wouldn't sell farm
equipment in Brooklyn, New York.
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It wouldn't be relevant,
but in this community it would.
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We have to understand
our people in our community.
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Lay the
foundation for this roll in
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we're about to see.
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Okay, so let's have a little fun
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with four key principles.
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Right.
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The first
principle according to Acts 2
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is a principle
that's very simple.
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And that has to do
with Christ centered
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and Holy Spirit driven.
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Every church has
to begin with that
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as their number one ingredient.
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Are you Christ centered
in everything that you do?
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Are your
ministries or your outreach,
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are they all
leading people to Christ?
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If it's just a
program, it's gonna die,
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it doesn't have any meaning.
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So, is it Christ centered?
And is it Holy Spirit driven?
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Because you and I can sit
around cooking up new ideas
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that the community
needs to do for a new project.
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But if it's not
Holy Spirit driven,
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it will cease to exist.
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That's where
the miracles happen.
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We're gonna share
some neat miracle stories
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in these ministries
in just a few minutes.
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But, when you begin
realizing, it's a God thing.
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It's not us, it's not man made.
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Right, you're just
a conduit. Conduit.
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So, in English
the second C would be?
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The Compassion.
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And how important is, you know,
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you've grown up in
a lot of church growth
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and been a part of a
lot of community outreach.
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How important
would you see compassion
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and relationships
being a part of all this?
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What's important
about having compassion
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is having those
inter, those relationships
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that are interpersonal.
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The relationships that
you have in the community
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and in the church,
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as you're able to
have the relationships
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in between the churches.
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You're able to then
go out into the community
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and be able to
serve them effectively.
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Because when you have
a compassionate heart,
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you're able to see the needs
a little bit more specifically,
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that maybe our human
eyes won't be able to see.
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That's why important,
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that's why it's important
to have the Holy Spirit also
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to be able to pray for
that and say, you know.
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Even though I
love to glorify myself,
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because we are
humans, we all have that pride
00:17:04.69\00:17:07.56
that you know, the Holy Spirit.
00:17:07.59\00:17:09.76
We ask for that humility to,
00:17:09.79\00:17:11.49
to have that
compassion for others.
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You know, the Bible
talks about the fact
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that when Jesus
saw the multitude,
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He had compassion on them.
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That's right, that's right.
They knew it, they knew it.
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And compassion gets involved.
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Compassion gets
down, pity looks down.
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It's amazing you know,
as I coached to many pastors
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and church people.
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If the pastor is
not compassionate
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with his own church
members, he models that.
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It's very difficult
to get to the next level,
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when we talk about
community outreach.
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You see, you have to develop
a community that's the third C.
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So, we find
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that the first we talked
about is Christ centered,
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Holy Spirit driven.
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The second one is what
Autumn has just shared.
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The third one has
to do with community.
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Community within
you have to develop that
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through the
compassion she talked about.
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If the pastor isn't modeling
compassion to his members,
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you have a little problem.
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Because the church can only rise
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as high as the
pastor is demonstrating
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that compassion as the leader.
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And because then
he model something
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that the
congregation begin saying,
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"Wow, relationships
are very important here."
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So developing
that community within.
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Many times though,
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churches are very
dysfunctional as we know.
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And so, you can't
spend all of your time
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like on mega churches
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just talking about the community
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and fellowship within.
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You have to begin reaching out.
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And many times, it's when
we combine community within,
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you become somewhat functional.
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You're modeling,
helping one another,
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praying with one another caring.
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But now, that begins
spilling out to the community.
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And so, now the
community without you're finding
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what are the community needs?
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We're going to talk
about a survey in a minute,
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how you find it out?
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But another is if
you're identifying
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the community needs.
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And once you've done
that, now your church community
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begins reaching
out to the community,
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and it begins making sense.
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And so that leads
to that third community
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and the fourth C
is something that...
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Sometimes we're
resistant to this word.
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And this last C
is very important
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because it's a changing world.
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Exactly it's change.
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You know, it's hard
for us to be as humans
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wanting to change
because the situations around us
00:19:20.56\00:19:23.29
are constantly evolving.
00:19:23.32\00:19:24.96
And we need to be able to
adapt to those situations,
00:19:24.99\00:19:27.66
so change is
actually a biblical principle.
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You know, as we're having
in our relationships with God
00:19:31.03\00:19:34.60
as we're growing.
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Everybody's growing,
everyone's at a different level
00:19:36.24\00:19:39.77
that you have that
change in your heart
00:19:39.81\00:19:41.84
that comes genuinely.
00:19:41.88\00:19:43.81
You know, some people will
look at you in different ways
00:19:43.85\00:19:46.51
and say, "You
need to change this.
00:19:46.55\00:19:48.28
You need to do that."
00:19:48.32\00:19:49.65
But if it's not,
you know, God's driven,
00:19:49.68\00:19:52.95
that divine
purpose won't be genuine.
00:19:52.99\00:19:55.96
So, let's get
practical for a moment.
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We as pastors sometimes
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you were sharing with me earlier
00:19:59.69\00:20:01.20
about a tremendous thing
that God is causing you to do
00:20:01.23\00:20:04.37
in your church having to
think about our church plan.
00:20:04.40\00:20:06.53
What are we doing
in this community?
00:20:06.57\00:20:08.50
But see we get to comfortable.
00:20:08.54\00:20:10.64
When it comes to change,
00:20:10.67\00:20:12.57
we as human beings all
like to be comfortable,
00:20:12.61\00:20:14.94
kind of do the same
thing over and over.
00:20:14.98\00:20:17.38
But I call it.
00:20:17.41\00:20:18.75
We call it different terms
00:20:18.78\00:20:20.12
but, you can call it
institutional idolatry.
00:20:20.15\00:20:23.79
Another words you say,
00:20:23.82\00:20:25.15
we're going to keep
doing it the same way,
00:20:25.19\00:20:26.52
my grandparents and
five generations did it.
00:20:26.55\00:20:29.29
Whether it's the worship style,
00:20:29.32\00:20:30.83
whether it's the
way you do things,
00:20:30.86\00:20:33.29
you just want to
keep doing the same thing.
00:20:33.33\00:20:35.30
And that's where
churches are dying.
00:20:35.33\00:20:37.33
So when the Holy
Spirit is driving,
00:20:37.37\00:20:40.14
you are open to new ideas.
00:20:40.17\00:20:41.90
By beholding
Christ, we become changed.
00:20:41.94\00:20:44.17
As a church
community we're adapting now.
00:20:44.21\00:20:46.61
And that's why we had
five different services
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because we knew
00:20:49.04\00:20:50.45
that there are many
needs in that community.
00:20:50.48\00:20:52.45
How can we design each service,
that's meeting different needs?
00:20:52.48\00:20:55.92
We had to change.
00:20:55.95\00:20:57.42
I had to learn some Spanish,
I had to preach in Spanish.
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It's like whoa. Yeah!
You preach in Spanish?
00:21:00.36\00:21:02.32
And so, another
words that's a challenge.
00:21:02.36\00:21:06.49
But that's the
parable to good Samaritan.
00:21:06.53\00:21:08.53
Jesus is saying,
"When you see the needs,
00:21:08.56\00:21:10.87
are you ready to adapt?"
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Thank the Lord. And
then the church can grow.
00:21:12.57\00:21:13.90
We have Spanish
translation at our church.
00:21:13.94\00:21:16.64
And matter of fact just
this last service we had was,
00:21:16.67\00:21:20.01
I was saying to
one of our leaders
00:21:20.04\00:21:22.68
who is practically alls.
00:21:22.71\00:21:24.05
Even our baby
dedication was in Spanish.
00:21:24.08\00:21:26.05
So since they endured
English at very Sabbath,
00:21:26.08\00:21:28.48
they can endorse
Spanish this week.
00:21:28.52\00:21:30.42
But so, in this video roll,
00:21:30.45\00:21:32.45
then we're going to
see these four models.
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We're gonna see.
00:21:34.49\00:21:35.82
Actually going back in history,
like you were talking about,
00:21:35.86\00:21:38.36
a little bit
about Act World Relief.
00:21:38.39\00:21:40.10
How GR3?
00:21:40.13\00:21:41.80
What we've been doing
00:21:41.83\00:21:43.20
since some of our viewers
haven't seen the Philippines
00:21:43.23\00:21:46.03
or Nepal response a
lot of these things.
00:21:46.07\00:21:47.87
That's going to
bring us up to speed.
00:21:47.90\00:21:49.30
Only two minutes on.
Okay, bring you something.
00:21:49.34\00:21:51.71
Check out this video.
00:21:51.74\00:21:53.07
My name is David
Cather, the founder and CEO
00:21:59.71\00:22:02.35
of what used to
be Acts World Relief
00:22:02.38\00:22:05.09
which is now actually GR3 Inc,
00:22:05.12\00:22:07.72
which means Global
Rescue Relief and Resilience.
00:22:07.76\00:22:11.73
So, you can find that on
Facebook or on our website,
00:22:11.76\00:22:15.36
but a new exciting
element of growth has to do it.
00:22:15.40\00:22:18.93
No, longer ACTS
Road Relief but ACTS 911.
00:22:18.97\00:22:22.60
And so, ACTS 911 is
all about active churches
00:22:22.64\00:22:26.57
that are serving,
building relationships.
00:22:26.61\00:22:29.78
That's all about
church growth strategy.
00:22:29.81\00:22:32.31
Finding people
00:22:32.35\00:22:33.68
and churches that want to
grow through serving others.
00:22:33.72\00:22:36.62
It has to do
about active churches
00:22:36.65\00:22:38.95
that love to reach
out to their communities,
00:22:38.99\00:22:41.49
whether
domestically or internationally.
00:22:41.52\00:22:44.03
I've really enjoyed that
area as well as a former pastor.
00:22:44.06\00:22:47.76
Trying to help people
understand that model,
00:22:47.80\00:22:49.83
it's all about
serving one another in love
00:22:49.86\00:22:53.34
and developing relationships
that causes church growth.
00:22:53.37\00:22:58.14
I've enjoyed
training many pastors,
00:22:58.17\00:23:00.18
and
psychologists, and world leaders
00:23:00.21\00:23:02.44
on church growth
development, so that's ACTS 911.
00:23:02.48\00:23:05.81
Also we have GR3,
00:23:05.85\00:23:07.32
which is Global
Rescue Relief and Resilience.
00:23:07.35\00:23:11.12
That's everything to
have to do about responding
00:23:11.15\00:23:13.96
and recovering to
over 100 global disasters
00:23:13.99\00:23:17.99
that we've been involved
in over 3,000 volunteers.
00:23:18.03\00:23:22.20
So we want to give
you that little update.
00:23:22.23\00:23:24.43
GR3 Inc, you can find
on Facebook or our website.
00:23:24.47\00:23:28.24
And ACTS 911 just
has to do about spiritual
00:23:28.27\00:23:32.61
and emotional psychological care
00:23:32.64\00:23:35.84
about church growth strategy.
00:23:35.88\00:23:38.01
If you want to find
some exciting things
00:23:38.05\00:23:39.71
about either of those topics,
go to one of those websites.
00:23:39.75\00:23:42.95
We've tried to separate the
strength of each of them out
00:23:42.98\00:23:46.59
as God continues us
to expand in the future.
00:23:46.62\00:23:50.79
Now, that was a summary
of the ministry of ACTS.
00:23:54.00\00:23:58.30
Wonderfully connecting
it to the Book of Acts,
00:23:58.33\00:24:01.14
the growth of the church
00:24:01.17\00:24:02.50
both spiritually and
also community connection.
00:24:02.54\00:24:05.81
You talk about the exponential
growth of the church.
00:24:05.84\00:24:08.58
There are number of facets
that we saw just expand on.
00:24:08.61\00:24:13.21
I notice a lot of
community outreach,
00:24:13.25\00:24:15.08
a lot of reaching out.
00:24:15.12\00:24:16.95
Tell us how easy that
is to effect in a church.
00:24:16.99\00:24:21.12
It's actually very easy.
00:24:21.16\00:24:23.39
Once you
understand the principle
00:24:23.43\00:24:25.99
of finding out what
the community's needs are.
00:24:26.03\00:24:29.46
When you and I kind of grew up,
00:24:29.50\00:24:30.93
we were out with little
surveys knocking on the doors,
00:24:30.97\00:24:33.23
trying to figure that out.
00:24:33.27\00:24:34.60
There're actually
more efficient ways
00:24:34.64\00:24:36.50
and effective ways of
finding out the community needs.
00:24:36.54\00:24:39.31
For example: You have...
00:24:39.34\00:24:42.78
You have a number
of different resources
00:24:42.81\00:24:44.71
that you can find at
ministerial association.
00:24:44.75\00:24:47.12
You can go over to
the chamber of commerce.
00:24:47.15\00:24:48.98
I went to the judge as well.
00:24:49.02\00:24:50.75
And so basically I'm
asking the judge I said,
00:24:50.79\00:24:54.69
"Can you describe to
me, what do you believe
00:24:54.72\00:24:56.99
are the
community's greatest needs?"
00:24:57.03\00:24:58.46
He says, "I'll
tell you right up."
00:24:58.49\00:24:59.86
He says, "You're in a
pretty affluent community
00:24:59.89\00:25:01.60
in Mount Dora.
00:25:01.63\00:25:02.96
And he said,
00:25:03.00\00:25:04.63
"Domestic
violence, anger management."
00:25:04.67\00:25:06.87
And he says, "I have
to court order people
00:25:06.90\00:25:08.60
to that every week
rather than going to jail,
00:25:08.64\00:25:11.71
that's your other option."
00:25:11.74\00:25:13.07
And I said,
"What if we signed up
00:25:13.11\00:25:16.31
and registered as a church
00:25:16.34\00:25:17.85
where you could court order them
00:25:17.88\00:25:19.61
to come to our church.
00:25:19.65\00:25:21.15
And we would have the
correct certified people
00:25:21.18\00:25:23.45
the instructors lead
out in domestic violence,
00:25:23.49\00:25:25.85
you know, anger
management, domestic violence."
00:25:25.89\00:25:28.19
He said, "I would love that."
00:25:28.22\00:25:29.79
He said, because it has a
Christ centered as it has.
00:25:29.82\00:25:32.69
It has a bigger
picture that could help people,
00:25:32.73\00:25:36.30
you know, in the long run..
00:25:36.33\00:25:37.67
And so, starting two months
00:25:37.70\00:25:39.20
after that
little visit together.
00:25:39.23\00:25:41.40
Every month, he
would court order
00:25:41.44\00:25:43.00
between 30 and 40
to come to our church.
00:25:43.04\00:25:45.74
Now, we got rid of
the name Sabbath school.
00:25:45.77\00:25:47.58
Right. We call
it the seminar time.
00:25:47.61\00:25:49.51
We had always a minimum
of seven seminars going on.
00:25:49.54\00:25:53.88
And so, that's
how easy it becomes,
00:25:53.92\00:25:55.88
I find the needs, match it up.
00:25:55.92\00:25:57.62
And now, your church
begins meeting those needs
00:25:57.65\00:26:00.46
both within having seminars.
00:26:00.49\00:26:02.96
And we had people
00:26:02.99\00:26:04.33
that were challenged
in our own congregation
00:26:04.36\00:26:05.69
with domestic
violence, anger management.
00:26:05.73\00:26:07.53
And I put them in that class
to help lead it, to teach it.
00:26:07.56\00:26:10.63
And so, ministries
become very natural
00:26:10.67\00:26:14.44
and normal when you find out
00:26:14.47\00:26:15.84
what your community's needs are.
00:26:15.87\00:26:17.24
Are we meeting those needs?
00:26:17.27\00:26:19.11
It's evolving.
Have you seen that?
00:26:19.14\00:26:21.54
Have you seen that--
00:26:21.58\00:26:22.91
Now, having a dad
with such a broad platform
00:26:22.94\00:26:27.92
of abilities and skills.
00:26:27.95\00:26:29.92
How has that impacted your life?
00:26:29.95\00:26:32.25
That's been so interesting.
00:26:32.29\00:26:33.92
Ever since I was little just,
00:26:33.96\00:26:36.12
I think I was at the
church almost every day which--
00:26:36.16\00:26:39.13
it just became
my home, you know,
00:26:39.16\00:26:40.56
walking in the hallways
and finding things to do.
00:26:40.60\00:26:43.77
I didn't get bored easily.
00:26:43.80\00:26:45.40
So, you know, it was just fun
to find different things to do
00:26:45.43\00:26:48.27
and when I was seeing
these seminars happening.
00:26:48.30\00:26:51.37
Now, that I'm
older, he was telling me,
00:26:51.41\00:26:53.04
you know, the other day
00:26:53.07\00:26:54.41
that we had also
a Spanish ministry,
00:26:54.44\00:26:56.11
and I said man, you know,
00:26:56.14\00:26:57.51
if I would have
learned even Spanish earlier,
00:26:57.55\00:26:59.48
but just the different
ministries that you can see
00:26:59.51\00:27:02.98
as you asked the
chamber of commerce
00:27:03.02\00:27:05.65
or different
people in the community
00:27:05.69\00:27:07.12
what their needs
are specifically.
00:27:07.16\00:27:09.82
We had different
plumbing, you know, ministries.
00:27:09.86\00:27:12.43
We had seminars,
where you could teach people
00:27:12.46\00:27:14.80
how to do electrical things.
00:27:14.83\00:27:17.87
Different things like that.
00:27:17.90\00:27:19.23
You know, as a little girl
00:27:19.27\00:27:20.60
you're not able
to see a lot of that.
00:27:20.64\00:27:21.97
But you're
seeing a lot of people
00:27:22.00\00:27:23.34
from the community coming
into the church, and saying,
00:27:23.37\00:27:26.14
"Wow, they're
from all different,
00:27:26.17\00:27:27.81
you know, ranges
of the community"
00:27:27.84\00:27:30.01
and that's a
great thing to have.
00:27:30.05\00:27:31.75
I was just speaking to
a couple of our leaders,
00:27:31.78\00:27:33.55
I mentioned that to you
before the program I said,
00:27:33.58\00:27:36.08
here we have a
wonderful facility
00:27:36.12\00:27:37.55
with a lot of classroom space.
00:27:37.59\00:27:39.82
What do you think would happen
00:27:39.85\00:27:41.19
if we'd cave
after school programs
00:27:41.22\00:27:43.09
for people that want
to learn Microsoft Word,
00:27:43.12\00:27:44.59
the beginning level?
00:27:44.63\00:27:45.96
Good, good.
00:27:45.99\00:27:47.33
What about for single parent,
classes on single parent.
00:27:47.36\00:27:49.96
Do you think that
that would be something
00:27:50.00\00:27:51.33
that is need in this community?
00:27:51.37\00:27:54.47
Yeah, what about all these
graphic and video editors...
00:27:54.50\00:27:58.01
Terrific, terrific.
00:27:58.04\00:27:59.41
Things that are practical
that are write down all I want.
00:27:59.44\00:28:01.21
What about somebody
who wants to understand
00:28:01.24\00:28:03.18
how to set up a website?
00:28:03.21\00:28:05.18
You know, these are basic things
00:28:05.21\00:28:06.65
and I said in some cases
00:28:06.68\00:28:08.48
for just a
minimal registration fee.
00:28:08.52\00:28:10.65
So that anything they invest
00:28:10.69\00:28:12.09
and they'll be more likely
to come and attend it for--
00:28:12.12\00:28:14.99
We changed our choir
room into a computer lab
00:28:15.02\00:28:17.86
for just that.
00:28:17.89\00:28:19.23
Communities came
and our young adults,
00:28:19.26\00:28:21.43
all taught them
website design, windows,
00:28:21.46\00:28:24.83
how to work, all for free.
00:28:24.87\00:28:26.84
And so, you had finances
101, plumbing, electrical,
00:28:26.87\00:28:30.01
how to fix a leaky
faucet, all that kind of stuff.
00:28:30.04\00:28:32.37
The most popular one
that she was referencing
00:28:32.41\00:28:34.91
was on Friday
night and Wednesday night
00:28:34.94\00:28:36.88
and that is English literacy.
00:28:36.91\00:28:40.35
It was always packed.
00:28:40.38\00:28:42.28
And so, every
community has specific needs.
00:28:42.32\00:28:46.15
And so, when you tap
into that like you're saying.
00:28:46.19\00:28:48.39
It's exciting in
ministry in how the Holy Spirit
00:28:48.42\00:28:51.53
just drives it
and you're meeting
00:28:51.56\00:28:54.40
and interacting people
all the time and it's fun.
00:28:54.43\00:28:57.80
Now, a lot of times
we do community surveys.
00:28:57.83\00:29:00.50
But let's talk about
a church survey here.
00:29:00.54\00:29:03.27
You have one that
you can share with us.
00:29:03.30\00:29:04.64
So, we're going
to show on the screen
00:29:04.67\00:29:06.01
an example not by detail,
00:29:06.04\00:29:07.38
we're not going to go
through the whole survey,
00:29:07.41\00:29:08.74
but there's 28 questions.
00:29:08.78\00:29:10.21
Okay. And on the survey.
00:29:10.25\00:29:12.45
For example, it's
trying to have a church
00:29:12.48\00:29:15.18
understand its unique calling.
00:29:15.22\00:29:16.99
Every church is unique, because
the members within that church.
00:29:17.02\00:29:20.52
We're talking
about church members,
00:29:20.56\00:29:21.99
that's what a church is.
00:29:22.02\00:29:23.49
They have gifts,
talents and uniqueness.
00:29:23.53\00:29:25.79
So, in other words,
00:29:25.83\00:29:27.16
we want to find out
when we're coming in
00:29:27.20\00:29:28.76
as a consultant
team with ACTS 911.
00:29:28.80\00:29:31.03
We want to help
your church grow.
00:29:31.07\00:29:32.67
We want to help you identify
your unique church's purpose.
00:29:32.70\00:29:37.71
And so, these 28
questions are designed in a way.
00:29:37.74\00:29:41.11
We're going to just
choose three maybe for example.
00:29:41.14\00:29:43.58
And so, how your
church rates in points,
00:29:43.61\00:29:47.98
whether you're going
to be a growing church
00:29:48.02\00:29:49.72
or a dying church?
00:29:49.75\00:29:51.35
And so, let's, let's have
fun with three little questions.
00:29:51.39\00:29:54.32
Now, I'm gonna, I'm gonna look
at the sheet for just a minute.
00:29:54.36\00:29:57.29
Autumn has chosen
three that she kind of liked.
00:29:57.33\00:30:00.20
And so, the first one
is number five on the sheet
00:30:00.23\00:30:03.60
that you saw there.
00:30:03.63\00:30:05.03
Our congregation knows
what the community's needs are
00:30:05.07\00:30:09.24
and meets them.
00:30:09.27\00:30:10.61
And the responses
are from one to five.
00:30:10.64\00:30:11.97
One to five.
00:30:12.01\00:30:13.34
Five being very
informed, one being ignorant.
00:30:13.38\00:30:16.85
Now, if it's one, you know,
your church is out of touch.
00:30:16.88\00:30:20.35
And so, you're
trying to prompt that church
00:30:20.38\00:30:22.25
with the right questions to
have them think about things
00:30:22.28\00:30:24.45
for action steps afterwards.
00:30:24.49\00:30:26.35
So not only do you
help go through the survey
00:30:26.39\00:30:28.52
with the
congregation, but the action,
00:30:28.56\00:30:31.73
the outcome, the
action plan afterwards.
00:30:31.76\00:30:34.96
You work with
the church to say wow
00:30:35.00\00:30:37.23
and as you're going around
with your leaders and members.
00:30:37.27\00:30:40.14
So, this survey
is designed in that.
00:30:40.17\00:30:42.04
We've talked about five a lot,
00:30:42.07\00:30:43.77
actually so far
meeting those needs.
00:30:43.81\00:30:45.71
Now, the next question
that you've circled actually
00:30:45.74\00:30:48.61
is our doctrines are focused
on God's love from one to five.
00:30:48.64\00:30:53.65
How do you find,
00:30:53.68\00:30:55.02
that's very important
within a church congregation?
00:30:55.05\00:30:57.75
It's so important
to just show God's love
00:30:57.79\00:31:00.09
I think our generation,
00:31:00.12\00:31:02.06
you know, wants
to see the action.
00:31:02.09\00:31:04.46
We want to see something
that's actually tangible.
00:31:04.49\00:31:07.26
And to say, okay,
00:31:07.30\00:31:08.63
how are we reaching
these needs to the community
00:31:08.66\00:31:10.57
when we have so
many internal problems.
00:31:10.60\00:31:13.34
You know, we have
these problems that...
00:31:13.37\00:31:15.90
We have hypocrisy,
00:31:15.94\00:31:17.31
we have
different things going on
00:31:17.34\00:31:18.81
that we want to
see something tangible
00:31:18.84\00:31:20.81
so, you know, as we hear
God's word in the church,
00:31:20.84\00:31:24.11
as we read
God's word on our own.
00:31:24.15\00:31:26.11
You know, we want to
do something and say,
00:31:26.15\00:31:27.85
"Okay, how can we do this."
00:31:27.88\00:31:29.62
And so focusing on God's love,
00:31:29.65\00:31:31.52
I think is the best way
shown in through actions.
00:31:31.55\00:31:35.19
When she grew up kind
of having fun with us.
00:31:35.22\00:31:37.36
Let's take the
Sabbath for example.
00:31:37.39\00:31:39.46
Rather than focusing on the thou
00:31:39.49\00:31:41.30
shalt not do whatever
and don't eat the following.
00:31:41.33\00:31:44.83
You focus on the positive.
00:31:44.87\00:31:46.67
God's love says, you know,
00:31:46.70\00:31:48.07
there's a special
day that God blessed.
00:31:48.10\00:31:50.41
Do you like blessings?
00:31:50.44\00:31:51.84
So, you're
focusing on the positive.
00:31:51.87\00:31:53.24
You're extenuating. Yeah.
00:31:53.27\00:31:54.61
Isn't that wonderful
00:31:54.64\00:31:55.98
that God has
created us to be healthy,
00:31:56.01\00:31:57.78
the temple of God.
00:31:57.81\00:31:59.15
He wants us to be, he
wants us to live long.
00:31:59.18\00:32:01.55
How can we do that?
00:32:01.58\00:32:03.15
Well, millennials love to
hear that positive action.
00:32:03.18\00:32:07.46
Right.
00:32:07.49\00:32:08.82
And so, ACTS 911
is all about acts,
00:32:08.86\00:32:11.86
action, churches.
00:32:11.89\00:32:13.73
You want to be
actively involved.
00:32:13.76\00:32:15.90
You want to look back at
the Book of Acts and find out,
00:32:15.93\00:32:18.90
how can we become a
vibrant church like that.
00:32:18.93\00:32:21.74
So the last
question we'll have fun with.
00:32:21.77\00:32:23.71
This was 12 you've circled.
00:32:23.74\00:32:25.64
How we live is more important
00:32:25.67\00:32:28.04
than what we say
as a congregation?
00:32:28.08\00:32:30.25
And I think that just, you know,
00:32:30.28\00:32:31.61
ties into the prior
one number seven is,
00:32:31.65\00:32:35.25
you know, that we
want to be able to see.
00:32:35.28\00:32:39.35
You know, we're
saying so many things,
00:32:39.39\00:32:41.02
we hear a lot of things
but when we see the action,
00:32:41.06\00:32:44.36
that's the most important thing.
00:32:44.39\00:32:45.73
The gospel in action. Yes.
00:32:45.76\00:32:47.93
Matter of fact, this is crazy.
00:32:47.96\00:32:50.30
I mean, I'm sitting
here soaking this up,
00:32:50.33\00:32:51.77
I've been pretty
quiet as an interviewer.
00:32:51.80\00:32:53.37
Lot of times
I'm more interactive
00:32:53.40\00:32:55.30
and I'll become that
in just a few moments
00:32:55.34\00:32:56.84
but I'm hearing my
sermon play itself out,
00:32:56.87\00:32:59.67
the sermon I just preached,
it's called the Deception.
00:32:59.71\00:33:02.58
And the deception was
thinking, that what you say
00:33:02.61\00:33:05.11
and what you do has no
impact on your salvation.
00:33:05.15\00:33:07.05
Yes.
00:33:07.08\00:33:08.42
And, you know, it's a comparison
00:33:08.45\00:33:09.78
between the
Pharisee who said thank God,
00:33:09.82\00:33:11.15
I'm not like other men,
and he began to accentuate
00:33:11.19\00:33:13.76
all of his doctrinal accuracies.
00:33:13.79\00:33:15.72
I tithe that
everything I have, you know...
00:33:15.76\00:33:18.89
I keep the Sabbath.
00:33:18.93\00:33:20.73
And but the other one
who was a tax collector says.
00:33:20.76\00:33:24.03
You know be, be
merciful to me a sinner,
00:33:24.07\00:33:26.33
beating his breast and
not feeling his worthiness.
00:33:26.37\00:33:29.10
And we can create a
chasm between those who need
00:33:29.14\00:33:31.84
to be closer to
Christ, and He stood afar off.
00:33:31.87\00:33:34.48
And with this concept,
there are many in the community
00:33:34.51\00:33:37.18
that are far off,
00:33:37.21\00:33:38.85
because we are creating
such an un-welcomed atmosphere
00:33:38.88\00:33:41.42
by our doctrinal...
00:33:41.45\00:33:44.82
Let me use this word here,
by our doctrinal roadblocks.
00:33:44.85\00:33:48.79
Now doctrines
are not roadblocks.
00:33:48.82\00:33:50.69
But the way you present
them can become roadblock.
00:33:50.73\00:33:53.40
Want to just clarify that.
00:33:53.43\00:33:54.86
So I'm seeing that
here that these things
00:33:54.90\00:33:58.37
that God has
established to be a positive.
00:33:58.40\00:34:01.44
Yes.
00:34:01.47\00:34:02.80
Can become a negative
based on how you present them.
00:34:02.84\00:34:04.97
How you present it. Right.
00:34:05.01\00:34:06.44
And when we're
modeling God's love
00:34:06.47\00:34:08.68
and demonstrating that,
00:34:08.71\00:34:10.31
youth love to
come to your church.
00:34:10.35\00:34:11.85
Okay.
00:34:11.88\00:34:13.21
We're kind a...
00:34:13.25\00:34:14.58
We'll show the
viewers a third sheet.
00:34:14.62\00:34:16.58
This one is 101 ministries
00:34:16.62\00:34:19.05
of how that when
you're understanding
00:34:19.09\00:34:21.39
the needs of your community,
00:34:21.42\00:34:22.82
and we're not going
to go through all...
00:34:22.86\00:34:24.19
The acts of kindness one.
Okay. The acts of kindness.
00:34:24.23\00:34:25.99
So, if you want to
just show that sheet.
00:34:26.03\00:34:27.60
We're not going to
go through them all
00:34:27.63\00:34:28.96
but we're going
to maybe pick out
00:34:29.00\00:34:30.33
a couple miracle stories.
00:34:30.37\00:34:31.70
We called our
church a one stop shop.
00:34:31.73\00:34:33.47
Okay.
00:34:33.50\00:34:34.84
And so, 101 acts of
kindness that you're doing.
00:34:34.87\00:34:38.41
These are the seminars
we've been talking about.
00:34:38.44\00:34:41.24
Every Sabbath, I'd
stand in front of the people
00:34:41.28\00:34:43.18
and I'd say,
"I'm praying for God
00:34:43.21\00:34:44.58
to give you a
vision and a dream,
00:34:44.61\00:34:46.21
of what He's called you
to do in a new ministry."
00:34:46.25\00:34:49.42
And literally,
00:34:49.45\00:34:50.79
the Holy Spirit would
reveal that vision of the dream
00:34:50.82\00:34:53.46
to our members and our youth.
00:34:53.49\00:34:55.59
Who would say, well,
what do you think about that?
00:34:55.62\00:34:57.56
So, as the finance committee,
00:34:57.59\00:34:59.66
we called it a
visionary committee,
00:34:59.69\00:35:01.20
not a board meeting.
00:35:01.23\00:35:02.56
We said, give us a one,
three and five your goal plan
00:35:02.60\00:35:05.37
has to how God has
called you to this ministry.
00:35:05.40\00:35:07.77
Write out your financial plan.
00:35:07.80\00:35:09.80
We will help assist you,
00:35:09.84\00:35:11.17
because we want to guarantee
success to your ministry.
00:35:11.21\00:35:13.68
So we would fund them
once they turn that into us.
00:35:13.71\00:35:16.44
That's what these 101 ministries
00:35:16.48\00:35:18.21
became in our church.
00:35:18.25\00:35:19.65
These are just theory,
00:35:19.68\00:35:21.02
these are things
we did in that church
00:35:21.05\00:35:22.65
and while it
became five services.
00:35:22.68\00:35:24.55
Functional and
practical. Okay. Very practical.
00:35:24.59\00:35:26.96
So one stop shop.
00:35:26.99\00:35:29.36
Yes, many years ago,
Autumn and I were having fun
00:35:29.39\00:35:32.13
rehearsing this little bit
talking about remembering it.
00:35:32.16\00:35:35.00
But I said, okay, we've
been doing a lot of work
00:35:35.03\00:35:37.73
in this community
we called it Oakwood.
00:35:37.77\00:35:40.24
As the ministerial president,
I worked with a lot of pastors
00:35:40.27\00:35:43.81
and I asked them I said,
00:35:43.84\00:35:45.17
"How many of you
working in Oakwood?
00:35:45.21\00:35:46.54
That's one of our low
income areas, high crime."
00:35:46.57\00:35:49.24
And they said, "We
stay out of there."
00:35:49.28\00:35:51.01
And I said, "That's the
place we're going to target."
00:35:51.05\00:35:54.18
And so, we did
ministries on Friday night,
00:35:54.22\00:35:56.18
on every Saturday.
00:35:56.22\00:35:57.82
Going out with Autumn
and a lot of the youth.
00:35:57.85\00:36:00.92
Like a mini VBS, we
called it kids' club.
00:36:00.96\00:36:04.56
And so, we're feeding
the people in that community.
00:36:04.59\00:36:06.70
They're doing VBS.
00:36:06.73\00:36:08.33
They're singing,
they're having all kinds of fun.
00:36:08.36\00:36:10.37
We had, we had our
fellowship dinners out there
00:36:10.40\00:36:12.43
once a month.
00:36:12.47\00:36:13.80
So, we call it a one stop shop
00:36:13.84\00:36:15.17
because we bought,
first of all the bus.
00:36:15.20\00:36:17.21
We started the
community outreach center.
00:36:17.24\00:36:19.51
It grossed over
million dollars the first year,
00:36:19.54\00:36:22.04
meeting people in
the community, okay.
00:36:22.08\00:36:24.31
Now, how did you gross
over a million dollars,
00:36:24.35\00:36:25.91
tell me about that?
00:36:25.95\00:36:27.28
It's like a
glorified thrift store.
00:36:27.32\00:36:28.65
Okay.
00:36:28.68\00:36:30.02
And out of that thrift store,
00:36:30.05\00:36:31.39
people are giving you
stuff, it's a great ministry.
00:36:31.42\00:36:33.22
Which one of
these 101 ministries,
00:36:33.25\00:36:35.62
we have a whole training manual
00:36:35.66\00:36:37.26
on how to begin
your own thrift store.
00:36:37.29\00:36:38.79
The thrift store
became my second home.
00:36:38.83\00:36:42.30
And so, it's all
about ministry though.
00:36:42.33\00:36:44.27
And building bridges through
the things that we possess.
00:36:44.30\00:36:46.50
That's a model that
the Book of Acts use
00:36:46.53\00:36:48.20
nobody consider
anything to have to be their own
00:36:48.24\00:36:50.31
but it belong to everyone.
00:36:50.34\00:36:51.67
Now, at first the conference
wasn't too excited at the idea.
00:36:51.71\00:36:54.54
They said, "You're kind of
mixing business and church."
00:36:54.58\00:36:56.44
And I said, "No, no, hundreds
are coming to you every day."
00:36:56.48\00:36:59.15
Okay.
00:36:59.18\00:37:00.52
Well, after the first year,
after it was making good money
00:37:00.55\00:37:03.49
but impacting thousands.
00:37:03.52\00:37:05.05
The first year we
helped over $600,000 in goods
00:37:05.09\00:37:08.86
to needy people
burned out victims, mothers,
00:37:08.89\00:37:11.73
divorced on and on
00:37:11.76\00:37:13.09
and then the
conference director came
00:37:13.13\00:37:14.90
and said, "I was
against your brother,
00:37:14.93\00:37:17.10
but now I'm for you.
00:37:17.13\00:37:18.47
Can you develop
your training menu."
00:37:18.50\00:37:19.83
I give him a lot
of credit for that.
00:37:19.87\00:37:21.77
Because many times
we have to be innovative
00:37:21.80\00:37:24.51
with the power
of the Holy Spirit.
00:37:24.54\00:37:26.24
And so, now our
church has money.
00:37:26.27\00:37:28.11
Money is coming in, and we said
00:37:28.14\00:37:29.94
we want to fund
you in a new ministry.
00:37:29.98\00:37:31.55
So we called it a
one stop shop church.
00:37:31.58\00:37:33.92
So, bought a bus,
dual air conditioning,
00:37:33.95\00:37:37.02
picking up people
from Oakwood, we called it.
00:37:37.05\00:37:39.79
Going down to the homeless camp,
00:37:39.82\00:37:41.72
if you came from the
homeless camp three times
00:37:41.76\00:37:44.29
to join one of our seminars,
we gave you a free tent.
00:37:44.33\00:37:47.63
The tenet said
life changing ministries
00:37:47.66\00:37:49.50
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
00:37:49.53\00:37:50.87
Free tent? Okay. Free tent.
00:37:50.90\00:37:52.43
When they came to
the church, we welcome,
00:37:52.47\00:37:54.37
our deaconesses welcome them.
00:37:54.40\00:37:55.80
We took their dirty laundry.
00:37:55.84\00:37:57.41
Took it back into a room
00:37:57.44\00:37:58.77
where they began
washing and drying it
00:37:58.81\00:38:00.18
while they were in a seminar.
00:38:00.21\00:38:01.98
They finished
one of the seminars
00:38:02.01\00:38:03.55
in finance 101 or
whatever their thing was.
00:38:03.58\00:38:07.05
And then they came
into the worship service.
00:38:07.08\00:38:10.09
They had a good hot
meal after they were done.
00:38:10.12\00:38:12.42
So by the time they're
getting back on the bus,
00:38:12.45\00:38:14.46
they got their laundry
done, they got a hot meal.
00:38:14.49\00:38:17.03
They're learning
things about the seminar
00:38:17.06\00:38:18.79
and had a wonderful
time of worshipping.
00:38:18.83\00:38:20.90
They were joining our church.
00:38:20.93\00:38:22.30
We always had a
different equation.
00:38:22.33\00:38:23.87
We had more nonmembers
attending the members.
00:38:23.90\00:38:27.14
So, that's funny
evangelism. That's good.
00:38:27.17\00:38:28.87
It's outreach evangelism. Right.
00:38:28.90\00:38:30.34
And so, anyway
they came three times,
00:38:30.37\00:38:32.11
they got their free tent.
00:38:32.14\00:38:33.48
And you know,
after a while I said,
00:38:33.51\00:38:34.84
you know, Lord, what I
like to read in the bus,
00:38:34.88\00:38:37.51
that is not cool.
00:38:37.55\00:38:38.88
I mean it had air conditioning,
00:38:38.91\00:38:40.25
but for me it's
just not, you know.
00:38:40.28\00:38:41.98
So, we bought
our first limousine.
00:38:42.02\00:38:45.09
And we said, we're
going to make our guests feel
00:38:45.12\00:38:46.79
like kings and queens
come into this church.
00:38:46.82\00:38:49.36
Make them feel good.
00:38:49.39\00:38:50.73
Life changing
ministries on the side of it.
00:38:50.76\00:38:52.76
So we got the first limousine.
00:38:52.79\00:38:54.70
We were sitting in one
of our visionary meetings
00:38:54.73\00:38:57.43
during the week.
00:38:57.47\00:38:58.80
And I heard a knock on the door,
00:38:58.83\00:39:00.54
on outside door by my office.
00:39:00.57\00:39:02.50
And I opened the door
00:39:02.54\00:39:04.47
and an individual was
there in a white suit.
00:39:04.51\00:39:07.84
He said, "I was driving
by the front of your church
00:39:07.88\00:39:09.74
and the Holy Spirit spoke to me,
00:39:09.78\00:39:11.11
I have not stepped my foot
in any church in over 20 years.
00:39:11.15\00:39:14.92
And he said, the
Holy Spirit said,
00:39:14.95\00:39:16.28
"Stop in here, I
don't know why I am here."
00:39:16.32\00:39:18.39
But he said, "I own
a limousine company."
00:39:18.42\00:39:21.26
We invited him into
our visionary meeting
00:39:21.29\00:39:23.02
and I said, "Do you know
00:39:23.06\00:39:24.39
at the
beginning of this meeting,
00:39:24.43\00:39:25.76
we were praying about
buying our second limousine."
00:39:25.79\00:39:28.56
But I said, "You walked in
owning a limousine company."
00:39:28.60\00:39:32.10
He said, "Actually I was
an Adventist 30 years ago."
00:39:32.13\00:39:35.30
And he said, "I
haven't been in any church,
00:39:35.34\00:39:37.11
I went to another church.
00:39:37.14\00:39:38.87
Didn't find they
were helping me."
00:39:38.91\00:39:40.48
But he said, "I know
what you guys have been doing
00:39:40.51\00:39:42.71
in the community.
00:39:42.74\00:39:44.08
I've heard it, you're
over there in Oakwood,
00:39:44.11\00:39:45.58
you're helping at
different places."
00:39:45.61\00:39:47.42
And he said, "I
was just wondering,
00:39:47.45\00:39:48.78
if I could help in, you know,
what God has called you to do."
00:39:48.82\00:39:52.19
Get reconnected.
00:39:52.22\00:39:53.56
Reconnected, and I turned
to the group and we applauded.
00:39:53.59\00:39:57.13
And they said, "This
is a Holy Spirit thing.
00:39:57.16\00:39:59.56
This is a miracle thing."
00:39:59.59\00:40:00.93
I said, his name was Dr. Civic.
00:40:00.96\00:40:03.67
And I said, "Dr
Civic, we would like to offer
00:40:03.70\00:40:06.47
giving you our first limousine,
joining it to your fleet.
00:40:06.50\00:40:10.24
You're willing to
pay an extra employee
00:40:10.27\00:40:12.34
and yourself to bring people
00:40:12.37\00:40:14.41
every Sabbath to our functions."
00:40:14.44\00:40:17.48
You know, it's cheaper to
let you own it than us own it.
00:40:17.51\00:40:20.35
Okay.
00:40:20.38\00:40:21.72
You don't have to
own it to enjoy it."
00:40:21.75\00:40:23.08
And so we gave
him our limousine,
00:40:23.12\00:40:25.25
he joined it with his fleet.
00:40:25.29\00:40:26.62
He hired extra
people to bring those people
00:40:26.65\00:40:28.56
and Autumn
witnessed that for many years.
00:40:28.59\00:40:30.99
He would sit on the
front, bringing people in,
00:40:31.03\00:40:33.29
he would make his little route.
00:40:33.33\00:40:36.87
He would go down
the homeless camp,
00:40:36.90\00:40:38.23
went to Oakwood,
went to different places.
00:40:38.27\00:40:39.93
We had a handicapped
van that picked up people
00:40:39.97\00:40:41.87
who couldn't get
there by wheelchair.
00:40:41.90\00:40:43.61
So people are coming, you know,
00:40:43.64\00:40:46.04
that's what this
101 ministry is about.
00:40:46.07\00:40:47.74
Wow, wow.
00:40:47.78\00:40:49.14
Now, did you have a
graphic to talk about
00:40:49.18\00:40:50.68
the emotional
and spiritual care?
00:40:50.71\00:40:53.75
We do.
00:40:53.78\00:40:55.12
And this is probably
one of the fun things
00:40:55.15\00:40:58.05
that we enjoy doing.
00:40:58.09\00:40:59.79
That little graphic
that you're going to see.
00:40:59.82\00:41:02.56
Once again only illustrates
when we're coming in to train,
00:41:02.59\00:41:05.66
how emotional and spiritual
care are vitally important.
00:41:05.69\00:41:10.13
Because people have traumas
every day of their lives.
00:41:10.17\00:41:13.10
You want to try to mitigate
that as quickly as possible
00:41:13.13\00:41:16.84
which simply means
reduce the level of anxiety
00:41:16.87\00:41:20.18
as Autumn was talking about.
00:41:20.21\00:41:21.74
Now, chime in on that, Autumn.
00:41:21.78\00:41:23.75
And talk about the
functionality of that
00:41:23.78\00:41:25.98
and the actual experience
of putting that into practice.
00:41:26.01\00:41:28.72
The practicality of
this survey is something
00:41:28.75\00:41:33.15
that's just important.
00:41:33.19\00:41:34.52
As you know, as scenario
that we were mentioning earlier
00:41:34.56\00:41:37.66
to connect with people,
to be able to direct them
00:41:37.69\00:41:40.03
when they're in shock.
00:41:40.06\00:41:41.40
You're not thinking
clearly, so your mind is,
00:41:41.43\00:41:43.53
you know, either frozen.
Everyone reacts differently.
00:41:43.57\00:41:46.94
So, in that experience
that you're able to connect
00:41:46.97\00:41:50.14
with the person and to put
your hand on their shoulder
00:41:50.17\00:41:52.54
and to say, I'm here for
you, I'm not leaving you until,
00:41:52.57\00:41:56.38
you know, whatever
situation he is through that
00:41:56.41\00:41:58.55
we can talk this
through or even just presence.
00:41:58.58\00:42:01.58
You know, some people
just need the presence,
00:42:01.62\00:42:03.35
the embrace to cover
them, you know, with a blanket,
00:42:03.39\00:42:06.65
different things like that to
practically to calm them down.
00:42:06.69\00:42:08.86
Sometimes not to
say anything at all
00:42:08.89\00:42:10.33
but just to be there with
them to hold their finger,
00:42:10.36\00:42:14.00
hand on the shoulder.
00:42:14.03\00:42:15.36
Would you like us to illustrate?
00:42:15.40\00:42:17.00
Sure, if you feel
comfortable doing that.
00:42:17.03\00:42:19.37
Now, talking about
that I know over a ministry
00:42:19.40\00:42:21.07
that there are some
cases, where in homes,
00:42:21.10\00:42:23.54
where there's a
trauma in the family.
00:42:23.57\00:42:25.04
Oh, yes.
00:42:25.07\00:42:26.41
And the child has to be removed
00:42:26.44\00:42:27.78
for this
particular ministry that,
00:42:27.81\00:42:29.31
when they show up to,
have the child removed,
00:42:29.34\00:42:31.68
they have a teddy bear.
00:42:31.71\00:42:33.05
They have a blanket,
they have all those tools
00:42:33.08\00:42:35.85
that would bring
comfort to the child.
00:42:35.88\00:42:37.92
And that child
immediately grabs onto that toy,
00:42:37.95\00:42:41.12
that blanket
and becomes somewhat
00:42:41.16\00:42:43.02
of an immediate
comfort to them to know that
00:42:43.06\00:42:45.29
they're not just
being put in a cold
00:42:45.33\00:42:47.46
calculated sterile environment,
00:42:47.50\00:42:50.10
where they're separated
from the people that they love.
00:42:50.13\00:42:52.73
And then, they're welcomed
in, I guess along that line.
00:42:52.77\00:42:55.74
So, you're
bridging that something
00:42:55.77\00:42:57.44
they're familiar with
in showing compassion,
00:42:57.47\00:42:59.67
building a relationship.
00:42:59.71\00:43:01.51
So, we're going
to illustrate here
00:43:01.54\00:43:03.68
for example in a church setting.
00:43:03.71\00:43:05.05
This is happening more
and more around the world.
00:43:05.08\00:43:07.95
Things that you
would never expect,
00:43:07.98\00:43:09.68
but when you're
not prepared for it,
00:43:09.72\00:43:12.99
it can be disastrous.
00:43:13.02\00:43:14.66
Let's say, we're
in a church setting,
00:43:14.69\00:43:16.12
I'm not going to...
00:43:16.16\00:43:17.49
I'm not going to give
you everything ahead of time.
00:43:17.53\00:43:19.23
But we're going to illustrate,
00:43:19.26\00:43:20.60
this is happening in
a church setting now.
00:43:20.63\00:43:24.33
Offering has
just been taken, okay.
00:43:24.37\00:43:27.74
And something happens
as we're all ready to be
00:43:27.77\00:43:32.01
fed with a
great spiritual thing.
00:43:32.04\00:43:34.01
But something far different
Satan had in mind happens next.
00:43:34.04\00:43:38.41
That's something that, you know,
00:43:38.45\00:43:40.38
we can relate as
00:43:40.42\00:43:41.75
different terrorist
attacks are happening,
00:43:41.78\00:43:44.39
to get back into
the situation of,
00:43:44.42\00:43:46.22
you know, the
offering has just been taken
00:43:46.25\00:43:48.46
and there's
someone that comes in,
00:43:48.49\00:43:50.63
a robber wanting to
get all of the money.
00:43:50.66\00:43:54.26
You know, whether it's Saturday,
00:43:54.30\00:43:55.83
whether it's whatever day.
00:43:55.86\00:43:57.43
People want money today.
That's unfortunate in case.
00:43:57.47\00:44:00.24
That's true.
00:44:00.27\00:44:01.60
So, you know,
they come in, and they,
00:44:01.64\00:44:03.61
you know, they have a gun.
00:44:03.64\00:44:05.17
And they say, "Okay,
give me all the money."
00:44:05.21\00:44:07.71
And the members,
can you imagine I mean,
00:44:07.74\00:44:10.31
seeing a gun, seeing money.
00:44:10.35\00:44:12.25
You don't know where your
life is going at that point.
00:44:12.28\00:44:14.32
So let's say,
I'm the pastor, okay?
00:44:14.35\00:44:16.95
You and I were up front
now, this is just taking place.
00:44:16.99\00:44:19.75
What do you as a
pastor do when all of a sudden
00:44:19.79\00:44:22.76
this began spiraling
as it were out of control?
00:44:22.79\00:44:25.99
You faint.
00:44:26.03\00:44:27.83
And that's very real. Fainting.
00:44:27.86\00:44:30.27
Go into shock, because remember
up to 70 percent of people
00:44:30.30\00:44:34.24
have no medical
conditions at all.
00:44:34.27\00:44:36.37
They go into shock and can die.
00:44:36.40\00:44:38.27
Just over the
trauma, just over the stress.
00:44:38.31\00:44:42.54
So, we're going to
role play this a little bit.
00:44:42.58\00:44:43.91
Okay.
00:44:43.95\00:44:45.28
And let's see how we can
help at the stress level.
00:44:45.31\00:44:48.02
She is going to be
the ballistic member.
00:44:48.05\00:44:51.69
You always have the screamers.
00:44:51.72\00:44:53.05
You gonna be able to.
00:44:53.09\00:44:54.42
And I try not to
scream too much into the mike.
00:44:54.46\00:44:56.93
All right, go ahead.
00:44:56.96\00:44:58.33
Oh, my goodness!
00:44:58.36\00:44:59.69
What is this person doing?
00:44:59.73\00:45:01.40
He wants to take the money.
00:45:01.43\00:45:02.76
He takes all is
right here beside me.
00:45:02.80\00:45:04.57
What do I do?
00:45:04.60\00:45:05.93
Hello, my name is David.
00:45:05.97\00:45:07.30
And what is your name?
00:45:07.34\00:45:08.67
Penelopi.
00:45:08.70\00:45:10.04
Penelopi?
00:45:10.07\00:45:11.41
Yes.
00:45:11.44\00:45:12.77
Penelopi, I know you're
asking a very good question.
00:45:12.81\00:45:14.48
You've just seen
something very terrible happen.
00:45:14.51\00:45:17.15
But, you know,
00:45:17.18\00:45:18.51
there's something
we do as a church,
00:45:18.55\00:45:20.02
it's called a comprehensive
emergency management plan
00:45:20.05\00:45:22.65
how to help.
00:45:22.68\00:45:24.02
Okay, so there's a
plan? What's the plan?
00:45:24.05\00:45:25.39
We have a plan, and
the plan I'm gonna share
00:45:25.42\00:45:27.19
with you is that we have drills,
00:45:27.22\00:45:28.66
that we do in our church family.
00:45:28.69\00:45:30.03
Okay.
00:45:30.06\00:45:31.39
And so, the
beautiful thing about it is
00:45:31.43\00:45:33.09
that the
terrorists have just left.
00:45:33.13\00:45:35.13
And so, they're out,
00:45:35.16\00:45:36.50
we have some deacons out
there dealing with that issue.
00:45:36.53\00:45:39.20
911 has been called.
00:45:39.23\00:45:40.57
Okay.
00:45:40.60\00:45:41.94
The police are coming.
00:45:41.97\00:45:43.30
But we're right
now about to file out
00:45:43.34\00:45:44.91
in a very orderly way.
00:45:44.94\00:45:46.81
And so, follow
our queue leaders now.
00:45:46.84\00:45:49.34
We're going to go
out the side door,
00:45:49.38\00:45:50.75
not the door that the terrorists
00:45:50.78\00:45:52.18
has just left out of.
00:45:52.21\00:45:53.78
We're going to make
our way out the side door.
00:45:53.82\00:45:55.48
Everybody is going to go
out quickly but in order.
00:45:55.52\00:45:59.09
Do you understand what
I'm trying to share with you?
00:45:59.12\00:46:02.22
I'm trying to understand yes,
00:46:02.26\00:46:03.63
that I just want
to get out of here.
00:46:03.66\00:46:05.76
Now, Autumn, I
want to let you know.
00:46:05.79\00:46:07.33
I'm going to be with you.
00:46:07.36\00:46:08.70
I'm not going
to leave you. Okay?
00:46:08.73\00:46:10.83
And we're going to
provide resources with you,
00:46:10.87\00:46:12.83
to help support you in
this time of need. Okay?
00:46:12.87\00:46:14.50
Okay. all right.
00:46:14.54\00:46:16.27
So, so it helps
you to understand.
00:46:16.30\00:46:19.57
Now, let's go into
the spiritual part. Okay?
00:46:19.61\00:46:21.91
That was, that was an
amen. Praise the Lord.
00:46:21.94\00:46:24.58
Now, here's where it gets
fun though the spiritual part.
00:46:24.61\00:46:27.08
Autumn, do you like blessings?
00:46:27.12\00:46:29.62
Of course like everybody.
00:46:29.65\00:46:31.52
You know, God is so good.
00:46:31.55\00:46:33.79
And what I would like to
ask right down Autumn is,
00:46:33.82\00:46:38.59
would you like
me to pray a prayer
00:46:38.63\00:46:40.86
blessing with
you before we go out.
00:46:40.90\00:46:43.40
I would like that very much.
00:46:43.43\00:46:45.07
Lord, I want to thank you,
00:46:45.10\00:46:46.43
that you're with
Autumn right now.
00:46:46.47\00:46:48.30
That You're
here, You have promised
00:46:48.34\00:46:50.57
never to leave
her or forsake her.
00:46:50.61\00:46:53.04
And, Lord, I want
to give you thanks
00:46:53.07\00:46:55.24
that you are a God who
loves to be strong with her.
00:46:55.28\00:46:59.15
And that you're
with her right now,
00:46:59.18\00:47:00.95
healing her
physically, emotionally,
00:47:00.98\00:47:03.08
and spiritually
in Jesus' name, amen.
00:47:03.12\00:47:05.12
Amen
00:47:05.15\00:47:06.59
Now, the beautiful thing about.
00:47:06.62\00:47:07.96
Many people feel awkward
about the spiritual part,
00:47:07.99\00:47:09.76
how do we get to
the spiritual part
00:47:09.79\00:47:11.13
in disaster
response or in the situation.
00:47:11.16\00:47:14.30
I've never in thousands of times
00:47:14.33\00:47:16.00
I've prayed with
people in time of disasters
00:47:16.03\00:47:17.80
or needs everyday in their life.
00:47:17.83\00:47:19.50
We all like blessings, you see.
00:47:19.53\00:47:21.80
And so, you don't just say,
00:47:21.84\00:47:23.64
"I'm going to pray with you."
00:47:23.67\00:47:25.01
That can create a fuss.
00:47:25.04\00:47:26.37
Right.
00:47:26.41\00:47:27.74
You don't push
yourself or you don't say,
00:47:27.78\00:47:29.48
notice I didn't say,
00:47:29.51\00:47:30.85
"I'm going to pray over you."
00:47:30.88\00:47:32.21
That sounds like last rites.
00:47:32.25\00:47:33.98
But you're asking
permission, can I pray with you?
00:47:34.02\00:47:37.09
A prayer of blessing.
00:47:37.12\00:47:38.95
There's all kinds
of wonderful promises
00:47:38.99\00:47:41.16
that come out
now in that prayer.
00:47:41.19\00:47:42.99
You try to keep
mentioning their name.
00:47:43.02\00:47:45.06
Once again, you've
told them at the beginning,
00:47:45.09\00:47:47.40
you're going to be with them,
you're not going to leave them,
00:47:47.43\00:47:49.76
just like you
prayed in the prayer.
00:47:49.80\00:47:51.63
Jesus promised, He'll
never leave us or forsake us.
00:47:51.67\00:47:54.50
You know, I had that--
00:47:54.54\00:47:55.87
I had that one
example on a plane.
00:47:55.90\00:47:59.04
On 9/11 September
2001 coming from London.
00:47:59.07\00:48:05.51
When I lived in California,
my wife and I were there
00:48:05.55\00:48:07.52
and they made the
announcement about the incidents
00:48:07.55\00:48:09.88
in the World Trade Center,
and also in Washington D.C.
00:48:09.92\00:48:13.15
and there was lady
sitting right in front of us
00:48:13.19\00:48:15.49
on this Boeing
777 United Airlines,
00:48:15.52\00:48:18.29
we were being rerouted.
00:48:18.33\00:48:20.06
And she
immediately burst into tears.
00:48:20.10\00:48:22.56
Similar to well,
that was really good.
00:48:22.60\00:48:26.10
But she was in
trauma because she said,
00:48:26.13\00:48:28.34
my son works in that building.
00:48:28.37\00:48:30.21
And I was
sitting right behind her
00:48:30.24\00:48:31.57
and I said, "My name
is", introduced myself
00:48:31.61\00:48:35.41
Good, good. Pastor.
00:48:35.44\00:48:36.78
Yes.
00:48:36.81\00:48:38.15
I like to, you know,
00:48:38.18\00:48:39.51
I just spoke with her
calmed her, is that okay,
00:48:39.55\00:48:40.92
if I prayed with you?
00:48:40.95\00:48:42.68
And in short I know
what you're going through,
00:48:42.72\00:48:45.29
I worked in that building.
00:48:45.32\00:48:46.65
I have family in New
York, I understand where he is,
00:48:46.69\00:48:48.96
and you know in
just a matter of minutes,
00:48:48.99\00:48:51.19
she was calm, she
stopped deep breathing,
00:48:51.23\00:48:54.26
she stopped hyperventilate
00:48:54.30\00:48:55.63
and I said, "It's
going to be just fine."
00:48:55.66\00:48:57.00
So if you can
imagine in a church setting.
00:48:57.03\00:48:59.20
We've been
rerouted to a safe place,
00:48:59.23\00:49:01.17
we're in no immediate danger.
00:49:01.20\00:49:02.94
And I'm sure that
those who are on the site
00:49:02.97\00:49:04.71
will make sure that
things are okay with him.
00:49:04.74\00:49:06.47
So let's say, you're
a leader in the church
00:49:06.51\00:49:08.24
and something bad is happening
in the whole congregation.
00:49:08.28\00:49:10.25
The sooner you can intervene,
mitigate the situation,
00:49:10.28\00:49:13.55
lower the stress
level with a plan.
00:49:13.58\00:49:15.78
Now you know, tragically
enough I asked many churches.
00:49:15.82\00:49:18.35
Do you have an
emergency response plan?
00:49:18.39\00:49:21.06
Most of them do
not. That's tragic.
00:49:21.09\00:49:23.39
You need to be going
through drills things,
00:49:23.43\00:49:26.59
tornados could hit your church.
00:49:26.63\00:49:29.03
You know,
something bad can happen.
00:49:29.06\00:49:30.87
But when people
understand there's a plan.
00:49:30.90\00:49:33.67
That's a resource tool.
00:49:33.70\00:49:35.30
And so remember once again.
00:49:35.34\00:49:38.44
If stress is not
reduced, they can go into shock.
00:49:38.47\00:49:41.08
Now, Autumn, told me her name
00:49:41.11\00:49:42.54
and she was answering questions.
00:49:42.58\00:49:44.05
Or I would have continued
asking her other questions.
00:49:44.08\00:49:47.55
If she missed two out
of three of my questions,
00:49:47.58\00:49:49.52
she's going into shock.
00:49:49.55\00:49:50.89
And then I'm gonna kick,
00:49:50.92\00:49:52.25
I'm gonna move
into a medical mode.
00:49:52.29\00:49:54.19
I'm going to ask
other helpers to come,
00:49:54.22\00:49:56.46
other ladies at this point.
00:49:56.49\00:49:58.33
You know, I'm going to
signal them to come over.
00:49:58.36\00:50:00.10
They're gonna
help lay Autumn down.
00:50:00.13\00:50:01.73
They're going to
elevate her legs.
00:50:01.76\00:50:03.26
Very simple things
that can help prevent her
00:50:03.30\00:50:05.93
from going into shock.
00:50:05.97\00:50:07.37
So we can deal with these things
00:50:07.40\00:50:08.80
quickly in a very orderly way.
00:50:08.84\00:50:11.54
Well, I mean this is,
00:50:11.57\00:50:13.04
you're talking about
things that are not normal.
00:50:13.07\00:50:16.38
When I say not normal,
let me use another phrase
00:50:16.41\00:50:19.21
and I think this is
a good way to use it.
00:50:19.25\00:50:21.38
A new normal the
church needs to have
00:50:21.42\00:50:23.08
There you go. There you go.
00:50:23.12\00:50:24.45
That we talked about
that prior to the program,
00:50:24.49\00:50:25.85
because many of these
things are not really addressed.
00:50:25.89\00:50:28.06
Yes.
00:50:28.09\00:50:29.42
It's almost a
situation where the,
00:50:29.46\00:50:30.79
where the trauma
happens with the perpetrators
00:50:30.83\00:50:33.93
present has taken.
00:50:33.96\00:50:35.73
Whatever he has come to take in
00:50:35.76\00:50:37.23
or whatever he has come to take.
00:50:37.27\00:50:38.83
And now, it's kind of a
run for your life situation.
00:50:38.87\00:50:41.20
Yes, and the
word you just used...
00:50:41.24\00:50:42.57
Let's just get out.
00:50:42.60\00:50:43.94
Normal is so important
psychological first aid.
00:50:43.97\00:50:45.77
We're creating a new
normal in the church setting,
00:50:45.81\00:50:48.44
so that, they see themselves
as a growing vibrant church.
00:50:48.48\00:50:51.71
Doing ministries
outreach service,
00:50:51.75\00:50:53.48
that's a part of the new normal.
00:50:53.52\00:50:55.25
You know, just
to reaffirm, sorry,
00:50:55.28\00:50:57.02
I did mean to cut
you but as you're saying,
00:50:57.05\00:51:00.02
you know, this new
normal that as a person is
00:51:00.06\00:51:02.86
realizing their, their emotions
00:51:02.89\00:51:04.66
and everything then to say,
what you're feeling is normal.
00:51:04.69\00:51:08.00
Not to help them to say,
00:51:08.03\00:51:09.53
"Oh, no, you're acting a
little too much," you know.
00:51:09.56\00:51:12.70
Calm down, or stop
doing or stop yelling.
00:51:12.73\00:51:15.27
Yeah.
00:51:15.30\00:51:16.64
Right because it
exacerbates the situation
00:51:16.67\00:51:18.31
when they really
going through the trauma.
00:51:18.34\00:51:19.77
This is the
point that is excellent
00:51:19.81\00:51:21.61
she has brought out here.
00:51:21.64\00:51:23.91
What you are experiencing
right now is very normal
00:51:23.95\00:51:27.25
for the situation
you've just gone through.
00:51:27.28\00:51:29.28
When you keep using
that word normal with them.
00:51:29.32\00:51:31.85
It's amazing how God
has made us to be resilient.
00:51:31.89\00:51:35.59
If you've just
experienced somebody dying,
00:51:35.62\00:51:37.56
a suicide, somebody is
ready to commit suicide.
00:51:37.59\00:51:40.40
As a teenager,
00:51:40.43\00:51:41.76
we have many
teenagers role-playing this.
00:51:41.80\00:51:43.50
What, when you're
talking to this other teenager.
00:51:43.53\00:51:46.57
What you were experiencing,
00:51:46.60\00:51:47.94
what you have
described to me is very normal
00:51:47.97\00:51:50.47
for what you have been through.
00:51:50.51\00:51:51.94
The quicker you can
cause somebody to realize
00:51:51.97\00:51:54.14
this is a normal reaction
to an abnormal situation
00:51:54.18\00:51:58.01
our stress begins going down.
00:51:58.05\00:51:59.48
Right, because in
many cases people think
00:51:59.51\00:52:01.78
that the natural
response would be.
00:52:01.82\00:52:05.45
"Boy, they just lost it."
00:52:05.49\00:52:07.62
And you should have seen it,
these people just off the wall,
00:52:07.66\00:52:11.03
they started
crying, they were just,
00:52:11.06\00:52:12.39
some are screaming,
00:52:12.43\00:52:13.76
some are
running for their lives.
00:52:13.80\00:52:15.13
This place went
crazy when in fact,
00:52:15.16\00:52:17.07
these are the
traumatic responses
00:52:17.10\00:52:18.90
to traumatic situations.
00:52:18.93\00:52:20.37
Now, something else you did,
00:52:20.40\00:52:21.74
you have two
books in front of you.
00:52:21.77\00:52:23.10
I'd like to take some
focus on that one in English.
00:52:23.14\00:52:27.91
Do we have a graphic up of this?
00:52:27.94\00:52:29.94
Don't know if they found it.
00:52:29.98\00:52:31.31
We've shown it once before
00:52:31.35\00:52:33.11
but the amazing
thing is this book
00:52:33.15\00:52:35.62
actually First Response.
00:52:35.65\00:52:37.95
They can see it there,
is something that is dynamic
00:52:37.99\00:52:41.82
when it comes to
church growth strategy.
00:52:41.86\00:52:44.13
Because in other words,
00:52:44.16\00:52:45.69
they learn a lot
of these ministries
00:52:45.73\00:52:47.16
that we've been sharing today
00:52:47.20\00:52:48.53
how I can encourage
them to that new normal.
00:52:48.56\00:52:51.50
How church can be fun
00:52:51.53\00:52:52.87
but the interesting
thing is in Spanish.
00:52:52.90\00:52:54.57
Okay.
00:52:54.60\00:52:55.94
This book has outsold
that one two times to one.
00:52:55.97\00:52:58.14
Wow!
00:52:58.17\00:52:59.51
Now, you can get
these books through
00:52:59.54\00:53:00.88
Amazon digitally
all the rest of it.
00:53:00.91\00:53:03.18
But the amazing thing is,
00:53:03.21\00:53:04.55
is we're trying to
create resources to you
00:53:04.58\00:53:06.82
as a church member.
00:53:06.85\00:53:08.95
How you can
truly begin to have fun
00:53:08.98\00:53:11.65
in church growth strategy.
00:53:11.69\00:53:13.62
Let your church grow.
00:53:13.66\00:53:15.32
Become the 20
percent that are growing.
00:53:15.36\00:53:18.56
And so, we'd like to
guarantee an ACTS 911,
00:53:18.59\00:53:21.43
that every church who
when we close will share
00:53:21.46\00:53:24.97
how you can become a partner
or become a part of that.
00:53:25.00\00:53:27.10
But in other words,
we want to guarantee
00:53:27.14\00:53:28.54
church growth to every church,
00:53:28.57\00:53:30.41
that becomes a part of ACTS 911.
00:53:30.44\00:53:31.84
Wow! Wow!
00:53:31.87\00:53:33.21
And how long have you
roughly been in existence?
00:53:33.24\00:53:36.28
So, ACTS 911.
00:53:36.31\00:53:38.08
As a pastor ACTS
911 as two years.
00:53:38.11\00:53:41.98
And so GR3 ACTS World
Relief all of that came out,
00:53:42.02\00:53:44.65
until we kept having more
and more requests by pastors
00:53:44.69\00:53:47.52
and churches to say train us,
00:53:47.56\00:53:49.39
how to grow in the community?
00:53:49.42\00:53:50.99
In Peru many
different countries they say,
00:53:51.03\00:53:53.56
"Please don't,
don't do the medical part.
00:53:53.60\00:53:55.70
Just train us,
we're church leaders,
00:53:55.73\00:53:57.37
we want our church to grow."
00:53:57.40\00:53:59.33
And so, we
found that there was--
00:53:59.37\00:54:01.30
the Holy Spirit was drawing us
00:54:01.34\00:54:02.70
to develop this
ministry ACTS 911.
00:54:02.74\00:54:04.81
So, we spent a lot
of time now focusing on
00:54:04.84\00:54:07.58
just that ministry
by experienced people
00:54:07.61\00:54:10.98
that can come in to be a train,
00:54:11.01\00:54:12.35
the trainer to
your congregation,
00:54:12.38\00:54:13.72
a coach in helping you grow.
00:54:13.75\00:54:15.82
You know, I want to make
the information available
00:54:15.85\00:54:17.62
to our audience, our
viewers and our listeners
00:54:17.65\00:54:19.49
so that they could know.
00:54:19.52\00:54:20.86
This is a tremendous program.
00:54:20.89\00:54:22.49
I've learned a philosophy.
00:54:22.52\00:54:24.49
You learn more
when you speak less.
00:54:24.53\00:54:26.43
So, I've spoken less today,
00:54:26.46\00:54:27.80
so I could glean quite
a bit from this program.
00:54:27.83\00:54:30.67
Very, very well put together.
00:54:30.70\00:54:32.43
But not only in the
sense of a wonderful idea.
00:54:32.47\00:54:35.64
But a strategy that's
supported by the Bible.
00:54:35.67\00:54:38.84
These are the Acts
that were working out
00:54:38.87\00:54:40.81
in the New Testament Church.
00:54:40.84\00:54:42.34
That's why they grew
from the day of Pentecost
00:54:42.38\00:54:44.75
to 3000 then 5000
then the exponential growth
00:54:44.78\00:54:48.02
was something
that they experienced.
00:54:48.05\00:54:49.72
And what we're hearing today,
00:54:49.75\00:54:51.55
Pastor David
Canther and Autumn Canther
00:54:51.59\00:54:53.32
also saying that, this
could be the experience
00:54:53.36\00:54:55.29
in your church,
in your community,
00:54:55.32\00:54:58.19
so here's the
information that you need
00:54:58.23\00:55:00.20
if you'd like to invite them.
00:55:00.23\00:55:02.40
ACTS 911 offers long term
community building remedies
00:55:02.43\00:55:07.60
and include quick
responding diagnosis,
00:55:07.64\00:55:09.94
practical knowledge,
and resources for growth.
00:55:09.97\00:55:12.81
If you like to
support this ministry,
00:55:12.84\00:55:14.44
you can do so by
writing to ACTS 911,
00:55:14.48\00:55:19.95
600 Citrus Avenue,
Ft. Pierce, Florida 34950.
00:55:19.98\00:55:24.59
That's ACTS 911,
600 Citrus Avenue,
00:55:24.62\00:55:28.46
Ft. Pierce, Florida 34950.
00:55:28.49\00:55:31.43
You can call 941-504-2324.
00:55:31.46\00:55:35.43
That's 941-504-2324.
00:55:35.46\00:55:39.27
You can also visit
them online at acts911.org.
00:55:39.30\00:55:43.64
That's acts911.org.
00:55:43.67\00:55:48.74
Well, as you know
our time comes and goes
00:55:48.78\00:55:50.51
so quickly, but I
don't want you to leave
00:55:50.55\00:55:52.38
without this wonderful
story of how the Lord works
00:55:52.41\00:55:55.48
through this ministry.
00:55:55.52\00:55:56.85
Autumn, tell us that
story real briefly here.
00:55:56.89\00:55:59.55
The story what I remember
00:55:59.59\00:56:01.12
when I was little is
there is a lady called Sandy,
00:56:01.16\00:56:04.56
and she was in the
hospital but on her last,
00:56:04.59\00:56:07.66
you know, moment
of life she had AIDS.
00:56:07.70\00:56:09.66
And so, she was you know,
00:56:09.70\00:56:11.77
just suffering from
that and asking for prayer,
00:56:11.80\00:56:14.67
she was in the last moments.
00:56:14.70\00:56:16.97
So, we were able to
sing and to pray with her.
00:56:17.01\00:56:20.08
And we prayed with her
00:56:20.11\00:56:21.84
just asking God to heal
her with that child like faith.
00:56:21.88\00:56:25.55
I don't know how old I
was, but just that moment
00:56:25.58\00:56:29.28
where we prayed with her,
00:56:29.32\00:56:30.65
she was able to
actually come back to the church
00:56:30.69\00:56:32.65
and to testify that God
had healed her in that moment.
00:56:32.69\00:56:36.09
So when we have that faith to,
00:56:36.12\00:56:38.36
you know, just pray
over people and to say,
00:56:38.39\00:56:40.63
you know, this is not about me,
00:56:40.66\00:56:42.00
it's about God for him to
be able to give that testimony
00:56:42.03\00:56:46.30
to encourage the
church and to say,
00:56:46.33\00:56:48.34
"This is where God is working,
it's inside of our church."
00:56:48.37\00:56:50.74
And she lead out
in the AIDS ministry
00:56:50.77\00:56:52.37
after her healing.
00:56:52.41\00:56:53.74
Which she understands
better than a normal individual.
00:56:53.78\00:56:56.58
Well, David, thank
you for being here and,
00:56:56.61\00:56:58.11
Autumn, thank
you for being here.
00:56:58.15\00:56:59.48
But just one more program note.
00:56:59.51\00:57:00.92
You can also become an
active monthly supporter
00:57:00.95\00:57:03.79
and ambassador with
this ministry ACTS 911,
00:57:03.82\00:57:07.62
by going to the website
and financially monthly support
00:57:07.66\00:57:11.33
so that other people
around the world can be blessed,
00:57:11.36\00:57:14.33
as well as in
your local community.
00:57:14.36\00:57:16.93
Thank you so much
for being here David,
00:57:16.97\00:57:18.63
Autumn thank you for being here.
00:57:18.67\00:57:20.50
And, friends, thank you for all
that you do for this ministry.
00:57:20.54\00:57:22.74
Thank you
continue praying for 3ABN
00:57:22.77\00:57:24.84
and one day
your acts of kindness
00:57:24.87\00:57:27.24
will result in
somebody being in the kingdom.
00:57:27.28\00:57:30.25
God bless you.
00:57:30.28\00:57:31.61