You love to laugh. And you know what? In his presence is fullness of joy. And you showed us that. That there's turnaround in your story. And we want to celebrate. We want to laugh with you. Come on. We want to smile with you. Because you've got happiness in your soul, brother. Would you say amen, church? Come on. Stephen. Where's Stephen? A minister of reconciliation. [01:45:28](Make clip | Crop for social media | Crop + Caption)

I should say March is our missions emphasis month and we're going to hear from our adult teen challenge here in just a minute. One of our local missions that we support every single month. And with it being a missions emphasis month, an invitation was sent to me not too long ago. That invitation was for me to be part of what the National Council for Mental Wellbeing has designed as been adopted by the Union Gospel Mission and it's a mental health first aid course. [41:30](Make clip | Crop for social media | Crop + Caption)

And I believe we see it even with the cherry blossom, the beauty of all that going on. If you haven't gotten down to UW, check that out, do it. It's a wonderful, wonderful visual picture of what the Lord said. He says, I am doing a new thing. Now it springs forth. You know, he wants to do that in your life this morning. He wants to spring forth something new right here and right now. [43:37](Make clip | Crop for social media | Crop + Caption)

As you're finding your way back to your seat, just want to say hi, my name is Ryan. This is Linnea, we're the lead pastors here at Calvary. And we just, we welcome you on a Sunday morning. So glad you're with us. Welcome family, welcome friends, welcome, welcome, welcome. And we're all about one thing here at Calvary. Our mission, our sole purpose is all about helping people find and follow Jesus, starting right here, right now. [30:12](Make clip | Crop for social media | Crop + Caption)

I heard you. Where's Marco? Marco, I heard you six months in the program. I heard you. And I love that you're making tamales for the homeless. Way to go. Praise the Lord. Amen. Derek, where's Derek? Clean and sober. Eight months, brother. And you're alive for a reason. And I want you to know something. I heard you. We heard you. And most importantly, God heard you. [01:44:33](Make clip | Crop for social media | Crop + Caption)

I wanna say thank you to Carol at the Calvary Cafe. I wanna say thank you to our board, our deacons. I wanna say thank you to our staff. I wanna say thank you to everyone who's made today possible because without you, it wouldn't be possible. And we wanna just say thank you to everything you invest every week. You're faithful. And it's not to me or Linnea or any one of us in the room. It's to Jesus and to Jesus supremely, we are faithful. [37:42](Make clip | Crop for social media | Crop + Caption)

Now before you have your seats, we like to do a little thing on Sundays if we can bring the house lights up. And we like to just take a minute to pray for our next gen. So I'm gonna ask Pastor Lenay to do that here in one minute to pray for our students, our next gen as we call them, all of our students. And you know where there is no vision for the future, there is no future. And the students, come on somebody, are our future and we're excited about that. [25:16](Make clip | Crop for social media | Crop + Caption)

The enemy comes to steal, kill, and destroy. But you Jesus said I have come that you may have life and life abundantly. Seattle this morning Jesus has come that you might have life and life abundantly. Calvary this morning Jesus has come that you may have life and have life abundantly. The enemy's tried to steal from you all week. He's trying to take your peace. He's trying to kill. He's a killjoy. [24:03](Make clip | Crop for social media | Crop + Caption)

Oh, I like that.

Yeah?

Hallelujah.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

Hallelujah. Thank you, Jesus.

Hallelujah. Can we just thank Him?

Just thank Him.

Just thank Him.

Just thank Him.

Hallelujah.

Yes.

Thank you, Jesus.

Our Savior and our Lord.

The enemy comes to steal, kill, and destroy.

But you, Jesus, said I have come that you may have life and life abundantly.

Seattle, this morning, Jesus has come that you might have life and life abundantly.

Calvary, this morning, Jesus has come that you may have life and have life abundantly.

The enemy's tried to steal from you all week.

He's trying to take your peace.

He's trying to kill.

He's a killjoy.

He's trying to take your joy.

He's trying to kill it.

He's tried real hard.

He's tried from Monday to Tuesday to Wednesday to Thursday to Friday to Saturday, and it's Sunday, and he's still trying to kill your soul.

But guess what?

There's a but.

And Jesus said, but I have come that you may have life and life more abundantly.

And I'm excited this morning because I have that life.

I'm excited this morning because I've tasted and I've seen that He's good.

And just one more time in worship, would you join me in giving Him thanks for being our abundant provision?

Give Him thanks for being, as a church, our unmerited favor.

He's favoring you even now in this moment of worship in His presence, and there's divine blessing to be had and experienced right here and right now.

So God, for all that we say thank you.

Thank you, Jesus.

And everyone in agreement, would you say amen?

Amen.

Amen and amen.

Now, before you have your seats, we like to do a little thing on Sundays.

If we can bring the house lights up.

And we like to just take a minute to pray for our next gen.

So I'm gonna ask Pastor Lenay to do that here in one minute to pray for our students, our next gen, as we call them, all of our students.

And you know where there is no vision for the future, there is no future.

And the students, come on somebody, are our future, and we're excited about that.

So we wanna pray into that and believe into that together for growth and multiplication there.

So we're gonna start there and pray for our students.

By the way, we're so glad you're here.

Would you pray with us?

Father, we're the disciples.

Amen.

Would you say praise the Lord with me this morning?

Praise the Lord.

So we're gonna dismiss the students to rock and roll in their classes.

So if you are a student, head on out to the lobby.

The people there are readily waiting for you with arms wide open.

So rock and roll there, students.

And for the rest of us that are staying in the house, make sure you get out of your seat with me if you can.

And shake somebody's hand.

Meet somebody new.

We're gonna take about 180 seconds to do just that.

Make sure you welcome our adult and teen challenge men this morning as well.

Good to see you.

Good to see you.

Rock and roll.

Good to see you.

Hello, hello.

Good to see you.

Welcome, welcome.

Good to see you.

Good to see you.

Good to see you.

Good to see you.

Good to see you.

This is literally, I think, the best part of my day.

I love seeing people smiling, meeting people.

Yeah.

Ah, that's the kingdom.

That's the family of God.

Oh.

Welcome, friends.

Hello, hello, welcome, welcome, welcome.

As people are greeting here on campus, I want to just welcome those online.

I want to welcome you to Calvary Online on a Sunday morning.

I'm so glad you're joining us in logging in to the Calvary broadcast.

We launched it with you in mind.

You matter, you count.

Every person matters.

And you're watching this morning online.

We want to, I want to welcome you.

Welcome, welcome, welcome.

I'd shake your hand if I could.

Hopefully, you can get here one of these days on campus in person.

Would love to see you, love to meet you.

Rock and roll, it's all good.

Well, fantastic.

As you're finding your way back to your seat, just want to say hi, my name is Ryan.

This is Linnea, we're the lead pastors here at Calvary.

And we just, we welcome you on a Sunday morning.

So glad you're with us.

Welcome family, welcome friends, welcome, welcome, welcome.

And we're all about one thing here at Calvary.

Our mission, our sole purpose is all about helping people find and follow Jesus, starting right here, right now.

And so our mission comes from the Great Commission where Jesus said, go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.

He said, go therefore and make disciples of all nations, all nations, which many are represented here this morning, all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit and teaching them, teaching them to do everything I've commanded you, teaching them to obey everything I've commanded you.

And He said, surely I am with you always to the very end of the age.

I don't know who needs to know that this morning, but you are not alone.

Jesus is here with you right here, right now.

So we're excited, that's our mission.

What does that look like?

Well, you've probably seen it hanging on the side of the building and all through the parking lot and on a coffee cup and on a pen and anything in between.

Jesus loves Seattle, that's the vision, that's the campaign, that's the motto, that's the slogan, that's who we are.

Jesus loves Seattle, so we love Seattle, that's it.

Right?

Praise the Lord.

Yeah, put your hand up if you need one.

If you need it, if you need a brochure, put your hand up, don't be shy.

We have Val, everybody give it up for Val.

Isn't she awesome?

She's coming and she's got brochures for you.

This is, we want everyone to join in on this.

This is a team effort.

Many hands make for light work.

I'm gonna say that again.

I agree, I agree.

Next Sunday, I would extend an invitation as well.

Just reach out to say everyone is welcome to attend.

Membership are those who are eligible to vote.

We will be voting on a bylaws amendment resolution.

So you wanna make sure that you take a minute on your way out and you can read about that and pick a copy of that resolution up at the info booth there as well as see the four deacons who are up for nomination.

That's posted on the bulletin board right when you walk in the church.

It's right there on the east side.

There's a bulletin board that says Jesus loves Seattle.

All of the bios are written and articulated there.

Everyone is welcome to attend.

If you've never been to a membership meeting, I would actually encourage you to come and watch and see and listen to all God is doing in and through us as a church.

It's next Sunday.

It's fine, by the way.

Yeah.

Yeah, it's going fast.

Awesome.

I wanna take just a minute to say thank you to everyone who has made today possible from the media and technician volunteers upstairs to our service host and ushers and those on the welcome and greet team.

I wanna say thank you to Carol at the Calvary Cafe.

I wanna say thank you to our board, our deacons.

I wanna say thank you to our staff.

I wanna say thank you to everyone who's made today possible because without you, it wouldn't be possible.

And we wanna just say thank you for everything you invest every week.

You're faithful.

And it's not to me or Linnea or any one of us in the room.

It's to Jesus and to Jesus supremely, we are faithful.

So thank you.

I just wanna take a minute to say, good job.

We appreciate you.

We love you.

Yeah, give him a hand.

We have many different, all of our serve teams, there are different groups available for people to connect.

We actually have 27 different groups that you can connect in.

Again, another wonderful opportunity.

Stop by the info desk.

You can pick up a groups catalog and find one of those 27 groups to get involved.

I also wanna bring attention to the fact that March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month.

And this month was originally created to celebrate individuals living with disabilities and to foster more inclusion.

Did you know that we have a group that meets every Sunday, most Sundays, I should say, upstairs, and we've called the group Sunbeams?

If you have somebody that is with their special needs or disadvantaged or suffering from disabilities or needs a little extra TLC, we are here and we have a group readily available to help serve.

And it's a wonderful, I've been up there.

I've brought them donuts before.

I've preached in there before.

We've sung songs together in there before.

It's a wonderful group and wonderful leaders who lead the charge that way.

So it's great.

I mean, we're really trying to serve anyone and everyone we possibly can and do it with the love of Jesus.

So grab a groups guide and see where you can jump in.

Another thing with it being March, there is a wonderful opportunity.

I should say March is our Missions Emphasis Month, and we're going to hear from our Adult Teen Challenge here in just a minute.

One of our local missions that we support every single month.

And with it being a Missions Emphasis Month, an invitation was sent to me not too long ago.

That invitation was for me to be part of what the National Council for Mental Wellbeing has designed as been adopted by the Union Gospel Mission, and it's a mental health first aid course.

And so I got to thinking, you know, I'm kind of busy and I don't really have all that extra time to put into it, but the guys at Gall's Union Gospel Mission arm wrestled me into doing it.

And so last week I spent an entire day getting my certification, and I learned so much in this one-day course, the certification course, and just wanted to pause here to take a minute to say there's a lot of people in our city represented here this morning who are suffering with mental disability or health, mental health challenges going on.

Whether it's grief or whether it's shame or guilt or pain or addiction or anything, if it's suicide, anything in between, it's a big deal.

And so I just want you to know that we're paying attention, and whoever I'm talking to this morning, I just want you to know something, you matter.

And Jesus loves you, and so we love you.

And I've been through some mental health stuff myself and know what it's all about.

And so we just want to extend our reach and open our arms to you to just let you know there is help, you are not alone.

We have an incredible team here readily available to help you.

And so I put in the time, I put in the time.

And so I'm actually holding here, it's kind of cool.

I'm a goal-oriented guy, so I just had to take a minute to say your pastor is officially a certified mental health first aider, there it is.

Thank you, Jesus, it's well worth it, it's a big deal.

It's an amazing opportunity that our Union Gospel Mission brothers and ministry partners are leading the charge in that certification course.

So yeah, we'll definitely talk, would be amazing for you to jump in.

Hey, it's cherry blossom time, right?

So like spring is this Tuesday, I don't know if you knew that, but spring officially launches Tuesday, which is a big deal.

And I believe we see it even with the cherry blossom, the beauty of all that going on.

If you haven't gotten down to UW, check that out, do it.

It's a wonderful, wonderful visual picture of what the Lord said.

He says, I am doing a new thing.

Now it springs forth.

You know, He wants to do that in your life this morning.

He wants to spring forth something new right here and right now.

Hey, Linnea, Pastor Delaney was talking about the Convoy of Hope.

We wanna show you a quick video, and then we're gonna hear from our Adult and Teen Challenge this morning.

Check out this Convoy of Hope video, which gives you a vision of what we're looking to do.

Between my family and my career, there's not much time to spare.

When people would talk about giving to others, I used to think, are you kidding me?

I can't even afford a car.

I've been planning for retirement since I was a teenager, but I don't want my giving to stop once I retire.

In fact, I hope to give more.

One day reminded me that slowing down and blessing others is so much more important than some of the things I've labeled as urgent in my life.

One day's wage might seem like a lot, but over a year, it's less than two minutes a day.

I couldn't deny it anymore.

I could afford to give two minutes for someone in need.

I wanna create a family legacy that continues long after I'm gone.

I'm so grateful that my one day can make such a big difference in the lives of others.

Amazing opportunity all about unleashing hope.

And this morning, that's what today's all about as well as unleashing hope.

And I would like, if you can with me, what's gonna be said here in the next few moments from Adult and Teen Challenge is revolutionary.

It's transformational.

It's turnaround testimonies of observable evidence witnessed in these stories of changed lives.

And it's amazing what God is doing.

This is what you and I are partnering with every single month giving to missions, okay?

So a portion of our missions giving goes to Adult and Teen Challenge every single month.

And so this is a wonderful opportunity to see what God is doing in and through us, amen?

Would you put your hands together and give a warm Calvary welcome?

This is Soren from Adult and Teen Challenge, everybody.

Yeah!

Yay!

Woo!

Thank you.

You got this, brother, you got it, dude.

Yeah, all right.

Here we go again.

Hi, y'all folks.

Got y'all.

I became a senior student, student of the month.

Any place in the house.

Here you go, Joe.

Good morning, everyone.

My name is Steven Michael Miller.

Thank you.

All right.

Yeah.

Amen.

Hallelujah.

Hallelujah.

You know, in conclusion, Soren had extended an invitation.

And he said, if you'd like to give your heart to Jesus, right?

And that's that.

I just want to take just 60 more seconds and pray a very simple prayer with those who are ready to make that decision.

You heard these amazing stories and testimonies of lives that have been turned around and people who hit rock bottom.

That phrase was used.

And so this morning, whatever pain or trauma or grief or shame or sorrow or trouble you may be in, whatever the difficulty might look like in your story, God's not done writing your story.

And as you've heard this morning, He is a God against all hope in hope.

When you believe in Him, He will turn your life around.

And I want to talk a minute to those watching online, whether it's today or days from today.

I want to tell you something right now.

I want to tell you something.

He is the God who gives life to every dead place and calls things that are not as though they were (Romans 4:17).

Would you say amen, T-challenge, Adult T-challenge?

Would you say amen, that He gives life to dead places?

And so anyone who wants to pray this prayer with me, I want to pray.

I just want to take a minute just to pray this prayer with you.

Repeat these words after me if that's you.

You want to say, I'm responding to that invitation.

In the house, if that's you, put a hand up.

Let me see your hand.

Yeah.

I see some hands.

Yes.

I see some hands.

Upstairs, are there any more?

Yeah, good.

Pray this prayer with me.

Say, dear Jesus.

Dear Jesus.

I repent of my sin.

Please be my Savior and Lord.

Please be my Savior and Lord.

In Jesus' name, amen.

In Jesus' name, amen.

And can we give it up, church, for everyone who just prayed that prayer?

Come on.

And so, church, in just one minute, we're going to extend our hands and we're going to pray for Adult and Teen Challenge.

We're going to bless them with abundant provision in the name of Jesus, with unmerited favor, with the grace of the Lord, and with divine blessing through prayer.

Amen.

We're going to do that in just one minute, but I just want to take a minute to say, I heard you.

Where's Marco?

Marco, I heard you six months in the program.

I heard you.

And I love that you're making tamales for the homeless.

Way to go.

Way to go.

Praise the Lord.

Amen.

Derek, where's Derek?

Clean and sober.

Eight months, brother.

And you're alive for a reason.

And I want you to know something.

I heard you.

We heard you.

And most importantly, God heard you.

He knows your heart, what you've done with your soul, the decisions you've made.

I want to say, God bless you, brother.

Job well done.

You're on the right track.

Amen.

Would you say amen?

Amen.

Mark them.

There he is.

You love to laugh.

And you know what?

In His presence is fullness of joy.

And you showed us that.

That there's turnaround in your story.

And we want to celebrate.

We want to laugh with you.

Come on.

We want to smile with you.

Because you've got happiness in your soul, brother.

Would you say amen, church?

Come on.

Stephen.

Where's Stephen?

A minister of reconciliation.

Brother, when you were giving your testimony, come on.

God has blessed you.

He's anointed you for such a time as this.

And your story really impacted all of us.

We heard you.

We hear you.

God hears you.

Would you say amen, church?

Amen.

Thank you.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

From a mess to a message.

You've got a message.

And that mess, God uses all things like a beautiful tapestry or like a mosaic.

Come on.

And He's not done yet.

It's a beautiful story.

And your message, the world needs to hear it.

God bless you.

Would you say amen, church?

Come on.

And Brandon.

Where's Brandon?

There he is.

There he is, right there.

I want to say something.

This morning you're under the influence, and by the way, all y'all are under the influence, and it's the influence of love.

You are anointed with love to love.

When you were telling your story, come on.

God is gonna use that in marvelous ways.

He already is.

Don't you ever forget you're anointed with love to love.

Come on, brother.

Would you say that this morning?

Would you say amen?

Stretch your hands and let's pray.

Would you lead us in prayer, Pastor Lenay?

Thank you so much.

In Jesus' name, amen.

Amen.

Amen.

Give God praise, somebody.

Give God praise, amen.

Would you stand with us this morning if you're able?

We want to say a prayer blessing over you in conclusion as we bring this in for a landing.

We've provided lunch for Adult and Teen Challenge.

I would invite you, as they make their way out after we say amen, I would invite you just to greet these brothers in the name of the Lord and as they get situated to enjoy lunch and take a minute to just love on them and hear a little bit more of their story.

And you know what?

God's done something in each of us this morning, amen?

Would you say amen?

Amen.

I want to encourage you as you go from here, go and tell.

Tell somebody what the Lord has done in your heart, starting with your friends and family.

Go and tell and be the salt and the light that you are.

We pray this prayer blessing over each and every one of you this morning, and would you open your heart with me and receive this prayer of blessing?

May the Lord bless you and protect you.

May the Lord smile on you and be gracious to you.

May the Lord show you His favor and give you His peace.

And may the God of hope fill you, yes you, with all joy and peace as you trust in Him so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

If you receive that with us this morning, would you say amen?

Amen.

We love, love, love you.

One more time for Adult and Teen Challenge, give them a good, great big God bless you!