Why We Don’t Celebrate Halloween

I'm scared to play a lot. It wasn't just for this. It's all for you. Actually, he's. I think he's had the same pause for like a year now. I think so. Make me a channel of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me bring your love. Where there is injury, your pardon, Lord. And where there's doubt, true. Faith in you, make me a channel of your peace. Where there's despair in life, let me bring hope. Where there is darkness, only light. And where there's sadness, ever joy. Master, grant that I may never seek so much to be consoled. As to console, to be understood, as to understand, to be loved, as to love with all my soul. Make me a channel of your peace. It is in pardoning that we are pardoned, in giving to all men that we receive, and in dying that we're born to. Eternal life, O Master, grant that I may never see so much to be consoled as to console, to be understood as to understand, to be loved as to love with all my soul. Make me a channel of your peace. It isn't pardoning that. We are pardoned in giving to all men that we receive, and in dying that we're born to eternal life. Praise God, brothers and sisters. I'm going to be reading Psalm 103, the Psalm of David. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me. Bless His holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits: who forgives all your iniquities, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from destruction, who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies, who satisfies your mouth with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagles. The Lord executes righteousness and justice for all who are oppressed. He made known his ways to Moses, his acts to the children of Israel. The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in mercy. He will not always strive with us, nor will he keep his anger forever. He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor punished us according to our iniquities. For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his mercy towards those who fear him. As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. As a father pities his children, so the Lord pities those who fear him. For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust. As for man, his days are like grass; as the flower of the field, so he flourishes. For the wind passes over it, and it is gone. And its place remembers it no more, but the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting, on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children's children, to such as keep his covenant, and to those who remember his commandments to do them. The Lord has established his throne in heaven, and his kingdom rules over all. Bless the Lord, you his angels, who excel in strength, who do his word, heeding the voice of his word. Bless the Lord, all you his hosts, you ministers of his who do his pleasure. Bless the Lord, all his works in all places of his dominion. Bless the Lord, O my soul. And let's stand up and pray for the service, brothers and sisters. Lord God, we thank you for this day you've given us. Lord, we thank you for all of your love and mercies. Lord, bless the Lord Almighty soul. We thank you for everything you've given us, for your holy Son who died on the cross for our sins, our transgressions, our iniquities, and our diseases. Lord, thank you for this ultimate sacrifice. God, and we pray and we ask, Lord God, bless today's service. Lord, bless the singing, bless the preaching. Lord God, speak to our hearts today, so we can not leave empty-handed, but with something new that you have spoken to us, and refresh our soul for this new week, and help us by the power of your Holy Spirit. In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, we pray. Amen. And we'll be singing, standing on the promises. Standing on the promises of Christ, my King. Through eternal ages, let His praises ring. Glory in the highest, I will shout and sing. Standing on the promises of God. Standing, standing. Standing on the promises of God, my Savior, standing, standing. I'm standing on the promises of God. Standing on the promises, I cannot fall. Listening every moment to the Spirit's call. Resting in my Savior as my all-in-all. Standing on the promises of God. Standing, standing. Standing, standing on the promises of God's my Savior. Standing, standing, standing on the promises of God. Praise God. And for our second song, we'll be singing, "Shepherd me, O God." Shepherd me, O God, beyond my wants, beyond my fears, from death into life. God is my shepherd, so nothing shall I want. I rest in the meadow. Of faithfulness and love, I walk by the quiet waters of peace. Shepherd me, O God, beyond my wants, beyond my fears, from death into life. Gently, you raise me and heal my weary soul. You Lead me by pathways of righteousness and truth. My spirit shall sing the music of Your name. Shepherd me, O God, beyond my wants, beyond my fears, from death into life. Though I should wander the valley of death. I fear no evil, for You are at my side. Your rod and your staff, my comfort and my hope. Shepherd me, O God, beyond my wants, beyond my fears, from death into life. You have sent me a banquet. Of love in the face of hatred, crowning me with love beyond my path to hold. Shepherd me, O God, beyond my wants, beyond my fears, from death into life. Surely your kindness and mercy. Mercy, follow me all the days of my life. I will dwell in the house of my God forevermore. Shepherd me, O God, beyond my wants, beyond my fears, from death into life. Praise God. Praise the Lord, my dear brothers and sisters, for this morning that we can all be here today to hear God's word and to worship His name. Praise God! And I want to do our Bible reading for this morning, and I want to open up to Psalms 57, and for many of you guys, it's going to be page 821. Psalms 57, page 821. And this psalm is pretty much once again talking about David's adversaries and how they were pretty much after him, and he was asking the Lord to protect him from these people that are coming after him and trying to do harm to him. And we can start reading here. Says, "Be merciful to me, O God. Be merciful to me, for my soul trusts in you, and in the shadow of your wings, I will." Will make my refuge until these calamities have passed by. I will cry out to God Most High, to God who performs all things for me. He shall send from heaven and save me. He reproaches the one who would swallow me up. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth. My soul is among lions. I lie among the sons of men who are set on fire, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. Be exalted, O God, above the heavens. Let your glory be above all the earth. They have prepared a net for my steps. My soul is bowed down. They have dug a pit before me. Into the midst of it, they themselves have fallen. My heart is steadfast, O God. My heart is steadfast. I will sing and give praise. Awake, my glory. Awake, lute and harp. I will awaken the dawn. I will praise you, O Lord, among the peoples. I will sing to you among the nations. For your mercy reaches unto the heavens, and your truth unto the clouds. Be exalted, O God, above the heavens. Let your glory be above. Of all the earth, praise God. And now, I also want to do a little announcement. And for the schedule, we'll have right after me, Pastor Tim, say a couple announcements for this morning. And then right after the announcements, we're going to have Brother Daniel sing a song for us, "The Old Rugged Cross." And then right after that, we'll have Tim say sermon for us this morning. God bless. Okay, we can have Daniel then first. On a hill far away, stood an old rugged cross, the emblem of suffering and sin. And I love that old cross, where the deepest and best for a world of lost sinners was slain. So. I'll cherish the old rugged cross till my trophies at last I lay down. I will cling to the old rugged cross and exchange it some day for a crown. Oh, that old rugged cross, so despised by the world, has a wondrous attraction for me. For the dear Lord God, left His glory above to bear it to dark Calvary. So I'll cherish. The old rugged cross, till my trophies at last I lay down. I will cling to the old rugged cross and exchange its haunting for a crown. In that old rugged cross, stained with blood so divine. A wondrous beauty I see. For 'twas on that old cross, the Lover and I, to pardon and sanctify me. So I cherish the old rugged cross till my troth. Face that last, I lay down. I will cling to the old rugged cross and exchange its sunbeam for a crown. To that all-bracket cross, I will ever be true. Its shame and reproach gladly bear. Then He'll call me some day to my home far away, where His glory forever I'll share. So I'll cherish. Push the old rugged cross till my trophies at last I lay down. I will cling to the old rugged cross and exchange it some day for a crown, for a crown. Praise God. Thank you, Daniel, for such a beautiful song. It's getting emotional, you know. When it has really powerful words, I will cling to the old rugged cross and change it one day for a crown. Right now, friends, right now, church, we are clinging to that rugged cross. Every day, that's the only thing that can save us is the sacrifice of Christ, and we're clinging to it. But one day, one day, we will change it for the crown of glory that God promised to all who are faithful to the end. I'm going to read, and we're going to pray for the kids' Sunday school. So I'd like for you to come up. But over here it says in Proverbs 10:17, "He who keeps instruction is in the way of life, but he who refuses correction goes astray." He who keeps instruction is in the way of life, but he who refuses correction goes astray. When we look at this world, when we look at the people who are stubborn, they refuse to be corrected. What you see is that those mistakes lead them to do foolish things. And only then can they realize what they got themselves into. But when we dig into the Word of Instruction of God, it is what keeps us away from digging ourselves to the grave. Amen. So this morning we're gonna pray for our Sunday School students. We're gonna pray for us that whatever is gonna be spoken in this place may be filled with the power of the Holy Spirit. And touch each heart. And if there's anything in our life we need to change, any instruction we need to take in, may we take it in without refusing. Let's stand up and pray. Lord God, we thank you for this beautiful morning. God, we bless God our Sunday school teacher and children. Lord God, we also bless us here. Lord, the instruction that you put in the Word of God, Lord, may we receive it with joy. Lord God, and may produce fruit in our life, God, that leads us away from destruction. Lord God. Bless each soul this morning, God. May we accept what the Holy Spirit has prepared for us. In Jesus' name, we pray. Amen. As I, as I get ready, the PowerPoint have a little PowerPoint. So it's gonna. Take just a quick 30 seconds, but our topic for this morning, for those who have seen our schedule, it's a topic that I felt needs to be heard today, and. I named it "Why We Don't Celebrate Halloween." Why we don't celebrate Halloween? I know this is probably not the most popular topic right now, because what we see is that. This holiday has infiltrated into many churches, and this morning I was driving to to pick up our friends from the shelters. And as I was passing by, I saw many churches with huge signs: "Trunk or Treat," "Trunk or Treat." You know, I've I haven't. Trunk or treat. I've heard of trick or treat, but recently we've been hearing these words, trunk or treat. And I'll say this: that the devil he always wants to make sin look a little holier. So he twists words to make it more pleasing, but I see that this this holiday, it's true light versus darkness, true light versus darkness. But during this message, I want you, friends, in church, to make your own conclusion. Is this pleasing to God? And is this pleasing to my soul? And I want to read a few passages. It's First John one five. God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. You know what's so interesting? So in our home groups, we're going through the Book of Genesis, and we were on chapter one, and God brought light into the world before. Before he brought the sun and moon and stars. And everybody might be thinking, "Well, how is that?" It's the sun that brings light during the day. It's the moon that brings light and the stars during the night. But friends, when God came on this earth, His light was shown, and the darkness fled. Because this earth was without form and without void, it was chaos. There was nothing living. But when the light came of God, then life began. Ephesians five eight: For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light. Apostle Paul tells the church of Ephesus, you were once darkness. Before that was your life. Before that's what you were striving for. Before that's what you loved. But see over here what he says. For you were once, you were before that, who loved the darkness. But now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light. In John eight twelve, whoever follows me will never walk in darkness. But will have the light of life. So knowing that there's there's a definition of of light, and I'm going to read it. It says when the Bible refers to light, it refers to God's righteousness, God's goodness, and His holiness. So when we read in the Scripture, what does it mean to be the light? What does God command us when He means you are the light? Is to reflect God's righteousness. Is to is to reflect God's goodness, and is to reflect God's holiness. And the Scripture also talks about darkness, and when it refers to darkness, what does it mean? Darkness is evil. It refers to it as evil, as chaos. That sin brought into the. World that sin brought into this world. Therefore, God is light. Now knowing that God is holy, that He is righteous, that He is good, and when we accepted Him as our Lord and Savior, His light has come into us and supposed to show through us. It's not just for us. It's supposed to show through us, and let's make this conclusion. I'm going to go through these photos, and you tell me if you see the light of God in them. You make that judgment. Some of these I got off the internet. Some of them I actually went to some homes and took some pictures. There's this one. Well, what about this one? Like we're all older men, adults, older adults, older teens. There's some photos that are even more disturbing, but I'm going to show them because this is what the holiday portrays. Therefore, we cannot sugarcoat it just to only show the things on the surface. And that's how people decorate their homes for Halloween. This one we might think, well, it's not so evil. It has witches, but I'll get to it. What the Bible talks about that. And this one, this one especially caught my eye when I saw it because there's two clowns holding a little girl, tearing her apart. If you see that, and she's screaming. So now that we see these photos, let's see what the Bible says. First Thessalonians five twenty one twenty two. It says, "Test everything. Hold on to what is good. Reject every kind of evil." So we believers are to test. Okay, is this good? The Bible doesn't necessarily have the word Halloween, but right now, what we see it has infiltrated many churches and people. They are no longer testing if this holiday honors God. Test everything. Hold on to what is good. Reject every kind of evil. So those images that we saw are those the images of something that brings good. Is that something that brings holiness? Is that something that portrays righteousness? And I've heard some people say, "Well, Tim, for Halloween I dressed up as an angel." Well, friend, even the devil comes in the angel of light, and you will never outshine his angelness because he was created as second to God in his magnificence. Just because we dress up as an angel means nothing. We are being a part of this holiday. Ephesians five eight through eleven. For at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light, for the fruit of light is found in all that is good and right and true. And try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord. Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. And that's what we're doing right now. We're exposing them. Why? Why am I even preaching on this? There was a time where it was a no-brainer in a way. A true believer understood that this holiday is not for them. A true believer in Christ understood that this is pagan worship. I am not to have any part of it. But it has all changed. Personally, I know some people who go to church, and they're decorating their homes right now, and they think it's so innocent. But the devil, he doesn't need your innocence. If you're part of it, you are worshiping him. And we'll get you that. The Bible also talks about the worship of pagan religions or pagan holidays, which God was very against. Psalm ninety-seven, ten: Let those who love the Lord hate evil. So let me go through the images again. Does this look like something that God loves, or does this look like something evil? What we see is this holiday; it celebrates death. First Corinthians fifteen, fifty four through fifty seven. So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory? The sting of death is sin. The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through the Lord Jesus Christ, friends. God defeated death. Sin brought death. The church cannot celebrate something that celebrates death. Because it was sin who brought death, not God. God brought life; sin brought death. John, John, eleven, twenty-five through twenty-six. I forgot my water bottle. Maybe somebody can bring it. I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me, thank you, Brother Vlad. Will live, even though they die. Jesus, he conquered death. Jesus, he conquered death, and he teaches us, Church. My followers, I conquered death. Don't celebrate it. Celebrate life. And then there's decorations that people think is is funny, it's cute, and they celebrate death. But God says, no, no, no, no. That's what that's what the devil does. He celebrates death. He rejoices in death because he brought that into the world. But I brought life, and there's holidays we do celebrate. There's holidays that we do celebrate, and why do we celebrate these holidays? Because these holidays, they bring honor to God. These holidays, are in remembrance of our Lord. Christmas, the birth of Christ, brings life to all who are perishing. If it wasn't for Jesus, we would all be dead. But Christ says, "I came into this world so you wouldn't have to perish. So, so you wouldn't have to die. But I came to give you life. Rejoice! Rejoice in life! Rejoice that you're gonna live forever, not die. Easter." Why do we celebrate Easter Sunday? Christ defeated death. Christ defeated death, and He lives. If all it was, Jesus on the cross died, and that was it. Friends, do you know what that would mean? That would mean that death has won. That would mean that death had power over Christ. But Jesus proved that He defeated death by resurrecting on the third day, coming back to life. That is why we celebrate Easter—not because Jesus died and that's it, but because He lives. He lives. He lives, and He gives life to all who believe. Pentecost. Why do we celebrate Pentecost? For some of us, this is such a new holiday. But this holiday was so popular among the the early church because this was the birth of the church. This gave life to the church. Again, holiday of life and Thanksgiving. These are major holidays that we celebrate because we give thanks to our God, our Father, our Lord Jesus, for dying, giving us life, and for providing our daily needs. Birth of Jesus Christ, friends. That's why we celebrate Christmas. It brought life to all who were perishing. Christ is risen. We celebrate Easter because He defeated death, and through Him, we are saved. Saved from the sin of death. Pentecost. That's when the power of the Holy Spirit overfilled the church, and people were boldness, were preaching that Christ can save you. Christ can save you because He saved me. And thanksgiving, how we already talked about, we are thankful to our God, providing our daily needs. These holidays they bring honor to God. These holidays they show the goodness of God. These holidays show the righteousness of God and show the evil, wickedness of us. That's why, when we celebrate these holidays, we celebrate knowing that Jesus used. Saved us, and we're gonna honor you. Pagan holiday is a sacrifice to demons. First Corinthians ten, twenty through twenty-one. But the sacrifices of the pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons. You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too. You cannot have part in both the Lord's table and the table of demons. Oh, friends, right now, right now, so many Christians one one foot in the world, one foot in the church. So many Christians want to live that kind of life, and they're fooling themselves. But here, Paul is telling the Corinthian church, you cannot live that kind of life because God has only one place in your heart. It's either for God or for the devil. He does not share that space. It's either for him or for the devil. And when we look at this picture. Celebration of demons. Honoring demons. The Grim Reaper, or whatever his name is, right? Grim or green or whatever. Green. And you know, and the devil loves this, because this. Is his holiday. He rejoices when he sees homes dressing up like this. And people think it's funny, but for the devil it brings him glory. He loves it. Praying for the dead or to the dead, Deuteronomy eighteen, ten and twenty. So this this holiday, I'm not going to get too much into it. We don't have much time left, but it started a few thousand years ago by this group of Celtics. Not Boston Celtics, the basketball team, but the group of Celtics. And then, the Catholic Church adopted this holiday. But more, they did where they were praying for the dead, and they were talking to the dead. And they were saying that you can still save a person who died. You need to pray for him. So they call up these spirits. They talk to them. But in Deuteronomy eighteen ten through twelve, God is the same always, forever and ever. In the Old Testament, in the New Testament, and after these testaments, God is the same. He says, "There shall be not, there shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or one who practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer." Or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. For all who do these things are an abomination to the Lord. And because of these abominations, the Lord your God drives them out from before you. It's abomination to the Lord. Even the Catholic Church that says it says it's okay, no, it's not. The Scripture teaches us it's an abomination to the Lord. And I've actually heard it from people. Oh, we hallow to the saints. It doesn't matter, saint or sinner. You only hallow to God. You don't hallow to somebody that's dead. You hallow to somebody that's living. Bible teaches us who to pray to and how to pray. Matthew six six. But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to the dead saints who is in secret. Did I did I now read it right? Okay, let's try that again. But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father, God the Father, who is in secret, and your Father who created you, who gave you life, who provides your daily needs. Who sees in secret will reward you. Will answer your prayers, friends. That is who we pray to. We do not pray for the dead to the dead because they are dead. They cannot provide anything for themselves or for us. But the Father, Jesus teaches us, pray to the Father. Matthew six nine. In this manner, therefore, pray, Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Those people tell me, we hallow to the saints. We hallow to the saints. No, no, no, no, no. The Bible clearly teaches us, Hallowed be your name. Hallowed means made holy, treated with reverence, or set apart as sacred. That's the definition of hallowed. First Timothy two five. For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus. We can pray to the Father. We can pray to Jesus Christ. We can pray to the Holy Spirit because the Trinity is what gives us the life. God forbids witchcraft, mediums, necromancy, divination, and consulting spirits. So we read Deuteronomy eighteen, ten through twelve that says God, it's an abomination to the Lord those practices, and we see that on Halloween. People, witchcraft, witches, casting spells. And just recently, this this thing started happening in our state, in the village. I didn't even know. I was there with with my kids a few years back, and all these witches came. And I'm like, what is going on here? What is going on here? And then I look. There's a sign. They're going to be casting spells on Idaho. They're going to be casting spells on Idaho. Friends, that's an abomination to God. We church, the church of the United States, cannot be a part of this. Casting spells, that's what witchcraft does. And I kind of did some definitions so we understand what these spirits are. Witchcraft is the practice of magic rituals or the use of supernatural and occult powers to influence events, nature, or other people. That's what witchcraft is. Necromancy is the practice of magic involving communication with the spirits of the dead to perform divination, foretell future events, or gain hidden knowledge. Soothsayer is a person who is believed to have the ability to foretell or predict future events. It's a fortune teller. Divination is the art or practice of seeking to foresee future events, uncover hidden knowledge, or find answers to questions through supernatural powers, magic rituals, or the interpretation of omens and signs. Friends, this is an abomination to God. Why is it an abomination to God? Because behind all these spirits is the spirit of the devil. God only has one spirit, and that's the Holy Spirit. But the devil, he tries to always imitate God, and he has all these people, witchcraft, fortune tellers, hand readers, trying to imitate the spirit of God. And God says that's an abomination, because you are not seeking the power from your Creator; you're seeking the power from something that was created. And the devil, he's a deceiver. He gives, but he takes away more than he gives. But when God gives, he gives everything he has. The devil, when he gives, it's an investment to take all that you have. And the thing that is the most priceless in God's eyes and in the eyes of Satan is the. Soul, the soul of mankind, your soul and my soul, both God and Satan are fighting for it, because it's priceless. I didn't put one Bible passage, but I'm going to end up with. It's in the book of Acts. And it was, in chapter two. When people begin repenting and they begin to come to Jesus, Acts chapter two. I didn't write it down, but it says when people came to Christ, they threw all their. Magic books into the fire. They burned them all because this practice of witchcraft and all this stuff has been already for thousands of years. Saul went to a witch doctor, and God turned away from him. For those who know Saul, the king had all the power, all the glory. But instead of trusting on the Lord, he went to a witch doctor, and God turned away from Saul, and Saul died in battle. O friends, when a person comes to Christ, when a person is filled with the light of Jesus, all darkness flees. There is no room for darkness in a Christian's life. Therefore, if we are a part of this holiday, if we celebrate it, like in the books of Acts, chapter two. They threw all those things away and burned them because those books, those figurines, they have spirits behind them that give access to your heart. That give access to your heart, and they. Threw them all away, and before we pray, I'm just gonna say one little story. There was this man I met about eight years ago, and he sat in prison for drugs. And I got to talk to him, and I told him about Christ, and he accepted Jesus. He became a Christian from drug user, drug dealer. Then he came out of jail, and he contacts me because I gave him my phone number. He contacts me, and it happened to be October—October, like maybe a week before Halloween. And we go to the the coffee shop in Meridian Village, and we're sitting there, and he's like, "You know, Tim, I do not understand how can people celebrate Halloween." He's like. Like just look at it. It's all evil. It portrays death. It celebrates horror. It celebrates murder. It celebrates rape. It celebrates sin. And he's like, "How can people celebrate?" I didn't even tell him that, but I saw that this man truly had the full light of Christ in his life. Friends, if we celebrate this holiday, know that it's an abomination before God. Take those things, throw them away, set, be set free from them, so the devil does not have access to your home, into your. Heart, repent. Say, Lord, I didn't know. Forgive me. Wash me clean. Shine your light into my heart, that my life can show your goodness, your righteousness, and your holiness to all the people around me. Let's pray. Lord God, we thank you, Lord, for this time, God, that we could, Lord, discuss and just see what the Scripture talks about this holiday, Lord, that is coming up. And we see, God, how it's infiltrating the churches, Lord. We see how it's infiltrating the homes of the so-called Christians, Lord God. Oh God, there's nothing holy about this holiday. There's nothing hallow about this holiday, Lord Jesus. And you warn us, Lord, to depart from all pagan holidays, pagan religions, because they're an abomination to you, Lord. God, please, Lord, whoever is hearing this message here today, those who are watching us online, may they be touched, Lord, and turn away from all evil and turn to you. May the light of life, Your light of life, shine through their hearts, Lord. In Jesus' name, we pray. Amen. Well, we're gonna end our service. Like usually, we have a worship song, but we ran out of time, so we're just gonna end our service. Does anybody have any needs? Does anybody have any thankfulnesses? Next week, we have a guest speaker. He's gonna be talking about the foundation of the New Testament. So please invite your friends and family. That's an important, I think, staple for our faith. So he's going to be here next week. We also, just to run our through our weekly service program, we have Tuesdays Bible reading 9 a.m. at Disciples Coffee. I absolutely invite everyone. We also have home groups from seven o'clock on Tuesdays. If you want to be a part of it, you can come up to me and give me your phone number, and then a message will be sent out to you. Also, we have open gym on Wednesdays, so bring your kids, bring yourself. This is a fun time fellowship, and of course, Sunday morning service. If nobody has any needs or thankfulnesses, let's finish with the prayer. Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver.