10am Church – 08-03-2026

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Well, good morning and welcome to church. In Matthew 18, it says, “Where two or three are gathered in my name, I will be there with you.” So, bodies in the house. Let’s stand and let’s sing to our amazing God.

My name is Dave. For those that don’t know me, welcome to church again this morning and it’s great to have everyone here. We’re continuing on through the book of Mark. We’re going to wrap up chapter 6 this morning with Miles. So excited for that. And because we’re a welcoming church, we want people to feel welcome and know what’s going on. We have our translation service. So if English isn’t your primary language or you just like subtitles, you can scan the QR code there and get access to live translation and subtitles. If you need a bigger screen than your phone, there’s some iPads available at the back. You can go and grab one of those to do that. Because we are a welcoming church. And if you are new or visiting here, please say hello. Visit our welcome page and drop your details in there. We want to reach out and let you know a little bit more about what we’re doing here at New Light Anglican in Riverstone, spreading the love of God and the gift that we’ve been given here to those around us so they can know Jesus as well.

There’s a few events coming up to help us do that even better. I’m going to try and go in chronological order. So Charlie, I don’t know what all these slides are in. You’ll just have to follow me. We have chronologically Wednesday the 18th of March. March is a busy month. There’s a lot going on as we kick off the year now. We’re fully into the roll of it. Richard Borgonon one to one. Dan spoke about this last week. Now given the state of flights and logistics due to the events in the Middle East at the moment, there’s a question mark over whether Richard will be able to make it or not. But if you want, please pencil that in your diary soon. Still get your phones out right now. All these dates, put it in your calendars, make sure you know it’s there. We’ll keep you updated on the Richard Borgonon situation. But that’s a huge opportunity to hear Richard talk to us around how you can spread the word one-to-one and really walk through the Bible with someone. So that’s a great opportunity coming up. So that’s Wednesday the 18th of March.

Then on the 25th of March, it’s Women’s Night Chapel. I know we didn’t manage to line up with International Women’s Day, which is today. So, congratulations women on being women on International Women’s Day. I don’t know what to do with that day. Sorry. So we have women’s night, which is as the ladies know here, is a great opportunity for the women to come together to praise God together, to sing, to hear the word opened up to them. So please put that in your calendars, women.

And then, we have the church AGM, which is even more exciting on the 29th of March. The AGM’s coming, and that’s where we get to elect people like wardens and parish councils, senate representatives, etc. So, that’s sort of the business meeting for the church for the year. So, if you’re interested in knowing a bit more about the business of what’s happening in the church and how we operate it, that’s an event you can put in your calendars. That’ll be happening on the afternoon at 2 p.m. after church on the Sunday, the 29th.

Which then leads us into Easter. Everyone started buying their Hot Cross buns yet? From like Boxing Day when they put them in the shops. Ridiculous. We have Easter coming up and Easter is one of those big events in the church where we get to talk about Jesus. Jesus is the reason for the season as they say. And we like to go big here and try and make it a really welcoming open thing where people can come and hear about what Easter is all about and hear about what Jesus has done for us. So we have brochures. We have 2,000 printed already and we have I think 3,000 more coming. So if we empty all the brochures out of the church today, that’s a good thing. There’s more coming. And Miles has built a new system. There’s no big maps and printing and highlighting. Now, we’ve got a new digital system where you can claim the streets one by one that you want to deliver to. So, Miles will be over there helping you work out how to map your streets after the service. But that’s exciting. Great way of letting people know. So, please check off the streets you can walk around, grab as many brochures as you need. And let’s let people know all about Jesus through the events we’re doing here at Easter, which is a great lead-in to what we’re doing with Alpha coming up in term two. So, we had our first kickoff meeting to discuss Alpha last Sunday. And it’s really exciting to think about the gospel opportunities that Alpha is going to present to us in term two to let people know more about Jesus. And so, off the back of that, let’s watch a short video about Alpha.

Please join with me in a time of prayer. We’re going to focus on ministry here at Riverstone and worldwide. Our gracious heavenly father, we thank you for the ministry here at Riverstone. We thank you for the Warmsley family. We pray in particular for Dan as he leads us in ministry. We pray that you will grant him wisdom and discernment to lead with integrity, courage, and compassion. Give Dan the strength to stand firm in your word, the grace to handle conflict, and the knowledge to take rest when needed. We thank you for Susie and the quiet, unassuming way she serves our church community. May you fill her heart with peace and joy as she serves and bless her with friendships that encourage her to endure in all things. We pray for their children Olive and Jet that they may continue to grow in their love and understanding of you. As a family, protect them from the stresses of ministry life and bless them with a passion for serving your people.

We thank you for the many opportunities we have to share the gospel here at New Light Anglican Riverstone. Whether that be through kids and youth ministries in life groups or special outreach events like women’s night chapel, Easter services, or the alpha courses. Whatever we do, Lord, may we serve you with joyful hearts. We thank you that you invite us to be part of sharing your gospel to people all over this world. Today we commit to you Ryan and Lyn Vagis as they work with the local people in the Seychelles. We pray for Ryan as he serves as senior minister to a number of congregations. Give him wisdom as he preaches and energy to serve those under his care. We pray for Lynn as she assists with ministry to both women and children. Give her the understanding and kindness as she shares the good news with those she encounters. We pray for their children, Alicia, John, and Imogen. May they flourish as their parents faithfully minister and may they grow to know you as their Lord and Savior.

Heavenly Father, we thank you for the growth of your church across the globe. Lord, empower church planters with your Holy Spirit to speak with boldness and wisdom. We pray that doors will be opened in nations and in cities and in neighborhoods that are currently unreached. Provide the necessary resources, the team members and the funding to establish strong reproducing churches worldwide. Lord, we acknowledge that all this ministry work and effort would be for nothing if not for the life and death and resurrection of your son Jesus Christ. It is only through his sacrifice that we have been saved. And only through his conquering of sin and death that we have the hope of eternal life. Thank you, Lord, for this gift of salvation freely given through your grace. Thank you for your mercy that meets our shortcomings and for your love that makes us your sons and daughters. Lead us through your Holy Spirit to live out this gospel truth in all that we do. We pray all these things in your son’s precious name. Amen.

Our Bible reading today is from Mark chapter 6. We’re reading from verses 45 down to 56. If you’re new or visiting us here today, you may have been given a Bible on your way in. If you don’t already own a Bible, that is yours to keep. And if you’re new to reading the Bible, there is a contents page at the front. Mark 6, starting at verse 45.

Immediately after this, Jesus insisted that his disciples get back into the boat and head across the lake to Bethsaida while he sent the people home. After telling everyone goodbye, he went up into the hills by himself to pray. Later that night, the disciples were in their boat in the middle of the lake, and Jesus was alone on land. He saw that they were in serious trouble, rowing hard and struggling against the wind and waves. About 3 in the morning, Jesus came toward them, walking on the water. He intended to go past them, but when they saw him walking on the water, they cried out in terror, thinking he was a ghost. They were all terrified when they saw him. But Jesus spoke to them at once. “Don’t be afraid,” he said. “Take courage. I am here.” Then he climbed into the boat, and the wind stopped. They were totally amazed, for they still didn’t understand the significance of the miracle of the loaves. Their hearts were too hard to take it in. After they had crossed the lake, they landed at Gennesaret. They brought the boat to shore and climbed out. The people recognized Jesus at once, and they ran throughout the whole area, carrying sick people on mats to wherever they heard he was. Wherever he went, in villages, cities, or the countryside, they brought the sick out to the marketplaces. They begged him to let the sick touch at least the fringe of his robe. And all who touched him were healed.
Mark 6:45-56

Good morning everyone. It is preaching time. We’re going to spend some time in God’s word. If we haven’t met before, I’m Miles. I’m one of the ministers here. Over the last few weeks at church, we have been watching some scenes from the chosen before preaching. It’s a free to watch TV series that kind of follows the life of Jesus. And it’s not God’s word. It’s not theologically perfect, but it does an excellent job of taking us back 2,000 years ago into the context so that we can kind of look around and see and hear and feel what’s happening. Think of Harry Potter when he writes in Tom Riddle’s diary and he says, “Can you tell me about the Chamber of Secrets?” and the diary says, “No, but I can show you.” And then draws Harry into the memories so he can see and he can feel. That’s kind of what The Chosen does. And so in a moment, we’re actually going to watch that again. We’re going to watch the next scene. But before we do, I just need to explain something to help us understand what we’re about to see.

Each of the four gospels has its own flavor, its own emphasis, its own kind of theme. And so sometimes when the same moment in one of Jesus’s story is told in different gospels, there are details that the author might intentionally put in or might intentionally take out to kind of build their flavor. And so in the true story of Jesus walking on the water, it’s told in Matthew and Mark and John. And in Matthew’s account, there’s an added detail where Peter actually gets out of the boat and walks towards Jesus on the water, too. That is a true detail. That’s part of the story. And that’s a detail that Mark and John left out to build their flavor of the gospel. And so, that’s why we’re about to see that. And so, with that in mind, let’s watch the screen and then I’ll come back up and we’ll keep going.

Let me take you back to a bright sunny day in 2019. I’m in my third year of study at Moore College, Bible College, and Morgan and I are living in a tiny little unit in Parramatta. We’re dreaming of a future day where we can spend all of our savings to buy a puppy. And I catch a train into Newtown, walk over to Moore College, sit through some lectures, sit through, have morning tea, then play some handball, have some more lectures, have some lunch, play some handball. We’ve played a lot of handball there. Now, usually at this point in the day, I would have headed home and maybe done some study, but we have this extra class, this extra guest lecturer come along. And so, we all go to the lecture theater and he walks into the room and he opens with a question that has stuck with me ever since. “When was the last time you changed your mind?” That’s how he opened.

Now, he wasn’t talking about Thursday night Thai. It’s like I’m going to get the pad see ew instead of pad thai this week or something. He was asking theology students about our theology. And the point wasn’t to try and attack our foundational truth of the Bible. He wasn’t trying to get us to deny the resurrection or something. The point of the question was to just highlight the danger of leaning too heavily on what we think we know. The danger of clinging to our assumptions a little bit too tightly. The danger of pretending that we’ve all got it figured out. And it’s a brilliant question, isn’t it? It’s a brilliant question to use in all different kinds of context because it gently exposes us. If our honest answer is never or not recently, then it forces us to pause and ask why. Why haven’t I changed my mind recently?

And so, as we come to a familiar story in the Bible, I want to ask you this question. When was the last time that Jesus changed your mind? When was the last time you experienced something fresh with Jesus? Or when was the last time you had to wrestle with Jesus’s words or actions and they confused or frustrated or maybe even angered you? When was the last time you maybe caught yourself resisting Jesus? When was the last time that Jesus, our Lord, our Savior, our friend, changed your mind? And if the answer is never or not recently, why not?

And so with those questions in mind, we’re going to zoom into four moments in this passage. Four Jesus moments. Here they are. Jesus sends. Jesus sees. Jesus waits. Jesus reveals. That’s the plan. He sends. He sees. He waits. He reveals. All right. First moment, Jesus sends.

Jesus Sends

You’ve got your Bibles there. Have them open. You need to be in chapter 6, verse 45. Jesus has just miraculously fed 5,000 plus people. And so in verse 45, it says he insists that his disciples cross the lake again while he goes off to pray. Now, if you don’t know Jesus very well, this might sound a little bit suspicious because at first it kind of sounds like Jesus sends his friends into the storm on purpose, doesn’t it? Have a look again at the verse. The language says he insisted, which means there was some kind of push back and Jesus has already proven that he has divine knowledge. And so if you don’t know Jesus very well, this might sound just a little bit suspicious.

But of course, we know Jesus, don’t we? We know that actually that’s pretty consistent with what Jesus is like. He often shapes circumstances to refine and strengthen and grow his followers’ trust and dependence on him, doesn’t he? Now, the picture here is not of Jesus the general back at HQ. You know, he’s sipping his scotch in luxury and sending his troops out to the battle. It’s not that Jesus is a prospector sending his canaries down the mine to check for poison gas. The picture here is more like a kind and loving father who is teaching his children to ride a bike and he’s shaping the environment to build resilience and strength and confidence. That’s the picture. And so in this story, Jesus has taken off the training wheels and sent his disciples ahead of him. He intentionally sends his disciples into the storm knowing that it would test and strengthen their faith.

You know what that means? It means that his disciples are facing the storm because they obeyed him, right? They could have just stayed on the land. They’re facing the storm because they obeyed and they trusted Jesus. You know, one of the most harmful teachings that I think you’ll find in some churches around the world today is this. The teaching says that if you’re suffering or if you’re poor or you’re struggling or you’re sick or if God isn’t kind of saying yes to all your prayers, therefore your faith must be weak. You must not have enough faith. That’s the teaching. And it’s a teaching you’ll find in churches that subscribe to the prosperity gospel. And it’s harmful because it distorts the gospel message by injecting guilt and insecurity and frustration. It adds shackles to a message that’s meant to be about freedom and peace.

This moment in Mark chapter 6 is one of the many passages that exposes this teaching as false. Jesus’s disciples are facing the storm because they obeyed him, because they have trust in him. The storm is an evidence of a weak faith or something. There’s no formula that equates a big storm with weak faith. And it’s always like that. The storm is part of the journey that Jesus is shaping for his disciples and the storm will be a part of our faith journey too. That’s the first moment. Jesus sends his disciples into the storm.

Jesus Sees

Second moment, Jesus sees. The human eye is amazing. I know this more than most people because when I was six years old, I had a pretty serious eye surgery. I’ll tell you the details. It’s a little bit gnarly, so just prepare yourself. Don’t think about it too much. I’m in year one and I got chickenpox and one of the chickenpox formed behind my eye. And so the surgeon had to access that spot and deal with it when I was in year one. So, I had to wear an eye patch for like six months. Pretty cool for year one. And then for about five years, I had these kind of specialist glasses. I had regular appointments with the optometrist and the ophthalmologist. I had all these exercises to do. There was this piece of paper with two cats on it and I had to like change focusing on each one. And that was a long time, about five years. And so when I was about 11, I just stopped wearing my glasses and my eyes were completely healed. These ones here, these are new. These are just because I’m old. I just turned 33.

So, the human eye is really amazing. But can it really do what Mark 6 says it can do? Have a look at verse 47. It’s late at night. It’s dark and we’re in the Middle East 2,000 years ago. There’s no light pollution around and it’s stormy. There’s clouds. There’s waves. There’s rain. There’s low visibility. And his disciples are in the middle of the lake. They’re in the middle of the Sea of Galilee. The shortest crossing you could make was about 13 kilometers long. So if they’re in the middle, you know, 6 and a half kilometers away. And in verse 48, Jesus can see them rowing hard and struggling against the waves. He has a detailed view of what’s happening. This is a supernatural divine vision that Jesus has, which is pretty cool, right? Pretty impressive. But don’t let the coolness of Jesus’s divine binoculars distract you from the beautiful underlying truth between that. Jesus sees his disciples in the storm. Even before they call out for help, Jesus sees them.

Jesus isn’t detached. He’s not distant. He’s not distracted by someone who’s more important or whose situation is more dire. There’s no priority list. There’s no VIP treatment. He is intimately aware of all of his people. He’s connected to all of his people. He knows all of his people better than they know themselves. And he knows us in the calm and in the storm. You know, we all intuitively know, don’t we, the pain of being ignored or the pain of being unseen. All of us have some kind of core memory of being in the playground and suddenly the friend abandoned us. We all know that pain. We don’t need to feel that pain with Jesus. And if we do, it’s by our own hands, not his. He’s not only our Lord who sits on the throne high in heaven. He is our friend who is near. Sometimes watching on the shore, sometimes appearing where we wouldn’t expect, and sometimes sitting next to us in the boat. Jesus sees you.

You are seen and you are known and you are loved by the Lord of the universe. That’s the second moment. Jesus sees his disciples in the storm. So far, Jesus has sent his disciples into the storm. He’s seen them in the storm. And so, isn’t it surprising that the third one is that Jesus waits?

Jesus Waits

You know, when I was young and cool and hip, me and my friends would go to either my house or my friend Dominic’s house and we would do a 24-hour LAN party. We’d play video games for 24 hours. Mainly we’d play Warcraft 3 and Dota and Age of Empires, Age of Mythology as well. Beautiful, wonderful. I’m sure you’ve all played those. And we probably did it maybe twice a year from year 9 to year 12. Twice a year is the maximum even on our young bodies and minds. That was enough for us. And I just remember one of the most kind of surreal moments. We would be there, we would watch the sun start to rise. And so we’d pause our games, we’d all kind of walk out. The sun was like reflecting on the Pepsi cans and then illuminating the pizza boxes and we’d all pause and watch the sunset and then we’d just nod at each other and go back inside and keep playing. But I also remember that those nights they really did feel long. One time my friend Braden snuck off to try and go to sleep. We just went in and picked him up and put him back on the seat in front of his computer. Poor Braden.

How much longer would it have felt in the middle of the storm? It’s late at night when Jesus sees his disciples have already had a big day. It’s before midnight. And yet, verse 48, it’s not until at least 3 a.m. that Jesus goes out to them. I say at least 3 a.m. because the Greek language behind this verse says the fourth watch, which is kind of between 3 a.m. and 6 a.m. So maybe they too saw the sunrise and Jesus waits. You know, at the start, one of the questions that I asked you was, when was the last time that Jesus’s words or actions confused or frustrated or maybe even angered you? I wonder if this moment here strikes any of you like that. Now, come on, Jesus. What about just like 15 minutes or two hours? Like, what are they going to learn in the extra hour? Come on.

But remember, the point of that question was to help us answer the main question. When was the last time that Jesus changed your mind? If it’s true that Jesus intentionally sent his disciples into the storm to build their trust and their confidence, and if it’s true that Jesus sees his disciples in the storm, he’s intimately aware of his people, then it must also be true that we can actually trust his timing. It must be true that he is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to. That is the exact quote from Gandalf. Jesus arrives right on time. And when he does, verse 50, at once, immediately, he comforts his disciples and he calms the storm. That’s the third thing. The third thing Jesus does is he waits.

Jesus Reveals

Fourth thing, Jesus reveals. So far, the disciples haven’t really seen any of the things that we’ve been talking about. And so, it’s time for Jesus to help them and to help us by revealing some profound glimpses of who he really is. Four just glimpses of who he is.

Glimpse 1 & 2: Walking on Water and Calming the Storm

The first and the second glimpse are the more obvious ones. Jesus walks on water and Jesus calms the storm. Now, back then, Jewish people knew their Old Testament really well. They were steeped in their Old Testament. And so, when they would see Jesus walking on the water, all of the disciples are immediately thinking that’s Job. That’s the book of Job. Let me read just one verse from Job chapter 9:8. “God alone has spread out the heavens and marches on the waves of the sea.” God alone marches on the waves of the sea. And yet here’s Jesus marching on the waves of the sea. Perhaps they might have also thought back to Psalm 109 where God’s the one who can calm the storm. And yet here’s Jesus calming the storm. That’s the first and the second glimpse, the more obvious ones.

Glimpse 3: Passing By

Third one, have a look in verse 48. I wonder if you notice this when Monica was reading it out. There’s some words in here that just seem a bit strange. Have a look. Verse 48. It feels like there’s like an extra piece in the jigsaw puzzle that doesn’t quite belong there. It says he intended to go past them. You see that? Those words seem false, don’t they? Jesus actually intended to come and help them. He intended to be seen. He intended to be revealed. That’s the whole point of this. If the picture in our mind is Jesus kind of chickening out last minute, changing his mind, trying to sneak past, then yes it won’t make sense. But actually that’s not what’s happening here. The language of passing by has a deep connection with the key moments in the Old Testament. So in Exodus chapter 33, Moses is talking with God. He’s struggling with doubt. He’s struggling to believe God’s promises. And so he just asks God, “Can I please see your glory?” And God says, “Yes, I’m going to show you my glory. I’m going to show you my goodness. And the way I’m going to show you is by passing you by.” That’s how God shows his glory. And that’s exactly what happens. God hides Moses in a cleft of a rock and then he passes by. And it’s the same in Exodus chapter 34, the next chapter. God passes by Moses and then Moses bows down and he worships him. You see, when God wants to show his glory, when God wants to show his goodness, he passes by. That’s what he does. That’s his method. And here in Mark 6, here’s Jesus wanting to pass them by.

Glimpse 4: “I Am”

Fourth glimpse. Mark chapter 6 verse 50. Jesus finally speaks. Now, our NLT translation does a very good job of translating and interpreting the original Greek and Hebrew and Aramaic, but this verse is actually designed to not quite make sense in English. It doesn’t quite work. Here’s an exact word for word translation of what Jesus is saying. He says, “Take heart. I am. Do not fear.” That’s the words. “Take heart. I am.” That doesn’t work in English. Unless, just like we saw with passing by, there’s a rich Old Testament link happening. In Exodus 3, there’s a story of the burning bush, which is a very funny name for a bush that’s not actually burning. Moses is there. He’s talking to God and God is going to send him to Pharaoh. And he’s going to tell Pharaoh to let my people go. And Moses is panicking and says, “Who do I say has sent me? What’s your name?” And God replies and says, “I am who I am. Say this to the people. I am has sent you.” That’s God’s name. He calls himself I am. No one else gets to use that name. And yet here’s Jesus who says, “Take heart. I am.”

You see, after hours and hours of struggling through this storm, Jesus knows what his disciples need more than anything. They need these glimpses. They need to know that God is with them. They need to know that God is profoundly with them. That God is sitting with them and eating with them and talking with them and resting with them. God is with them in the person of Jesus. In the midst of the storm, what the disciples need most is clarity and reminders about who Jesus is. That’s what they need.

So, when was the last time Jesus changed your mind? Perhaps today he’s changed your mind about your attitude towards the storms in your life and his purpose for them. Maybe today he’s changed your mind about feelings of being ignored or unseen and then how when it comes to Jesus actually any pain is by our own hands and not his. Perhaps today he’s changed your mind about trusting his timing, even when it confuses or frustrates or angers you. Perhaps today he’s changed your mind about the thing that you need most in your life. In every storm or every season, what you need the most is clarity and reminders about who Jesus is. Perhaps today he’s started to change your mind about some of these things. Maybe the door has been opened for you to be thinking more about this. Or perhaps today he’s changed your mind and it’s time to stop running away from Jesus. Maybe it’s time to start running towards Jesus. It’s time to give your life to him and receive life to the full both now and forever.

You know, one Sunday in 1948, a Romanian police van pulled up next to Richard Wurmbrand. He was walking to church to prepare for the morning service and this police van pulls up, two men get out and push Richard into the van and they took him to prison where he would stay for 14 years, some of which were in solitary confinement. His crime was that he refused to stop preaching about Jesus. That was his crime. I want to read to you one of his quotes that he says about his time in prison. I love this quote.

It was strictly forbidden to preach to other prisoners. It was understood that whoever was caught doing so would receive a severe beating. A number of us decided to pay the price for the privilege of preaching. And so we accepted the communists’ terms. It was a deal. We preached and they beat us. We were happy preaching. They were happy beating us. Everyone was happy.

Richard Wurmbrand

In the middle of the storm, he knew what he needed the most. What he needed was clarity about who Jesus is. What he needed was reminders about who Jesus is. What he needed was Jesus most of all. And so in every storm or in every season, what we need the most isn’t for the storm to stop. What we need the most is Jesus. He is the one who sends us into the storm. He is the one who sees us in the storm. He is the one who waits in the storm. And he is the one who reveals himself through the storm.

And so, when was the last time that Jesus changed your mind? Let’s pray.

Father, thank you for the depth of your word. Thank you that we can look at a familiar passage and still be encouraged and challenged and refreshed. And thank you for Jesus. Thank you that he humbled himself to take on humanity and to suffer and die for us. And thank you that he rose again in glorious victory. Would you please help us all, whatever season of life we’re in, whatever storms we’re facing, to find clarity and be reminded about who Jesus really is. Father, give us the courage that we need to let Jesus change our minds. Help us to submit to him. Help us to obey him. Help us to love him so that more and more we might live lives that bring honor to him and that shine his light to our community and to our world. Amen.

I think it’s very appropriate that the song we’re finishing with is “It Is Well with My Soul.” The first verse asks the question or makes the statement that whenever peace like a river attendeth my way when sorrows like sea billows roll you have taught me to say it is well with my soul. So I’d love to invite you to stand with us as we sing this.

Father in heaven, we thank you that despite the storms that life may throw at us, that you have shown us your way and given us your word and given us the gift of peace and life through the death and resurrection of Jesus. Amen.

That wraps up the formal part of our service today. There’s still plenty of great times to be had over coffee and morning tea. So, please hang around and do that. If, as Miles said, you’re like, “Has Jesus challenged me? Have I changed my mind recently?” A great way to dig into that is through connect groups. So, if you’re not in a connect group yet, I would highly encourage you. Those midweek groups are a great way to dig deeper into the Bible and be challenged by what the word has to say to you. I’ll wrap up by saying, don’t forget brochures. Hand these out. Let more people know about the gift of Jesus at Easter. So, make sure to grab plenty of brochures today, get that done and we’ll see you back here next week to get more brochures to keep spreading the word. Have a great week.