 Okay. I'm not sure why this is happening. Okay. Yeah, Chris. So you're saying, um, so we have the, the, yeah, so in terms of, um, uh, password shared, yeah. Yeah, password shared the PC dream. And, uh, that is kind of the, you know, the, you know, the, the, the direction the church would go to, uh, you know, in the future. So, um, I had just a couple of questions with regards to the dream where it seemed to sort of, um, uh, you know, um, indicate that, you know, uh, there could be, uh, you know, a direction towards becoming kind of like a, like a mega church, you know. There are these, um, these, um, the mega churches, uh, that have, um, you know, uh, come about, you know, some of, some of them are, you know, um, you know, very, uh, US-centric, some of them are, you know, global, global in nature. I just wanted to understand, uh, would that be a direction, uh, for a PC church? I mean, am I correct to say that, you know, that, that is what I said, uh, in the PC dream. And, um, um, I guess the other question would be just around, you know, uh, you know, is there, is there, uh, is there some kind of a timeline around that, you know, where you think, where you think that, that is sort of, you know, and are there some milestones around building that, particularly, I think in the, in the area of, you know, building churches outside of India, uh, which is, uh, you know, um, something that is also mentioned in the ACC dream. So, yeah, I just wanted to get that correct. Yeah. So, so in terms of, uh, you know, growth and, uh, you know, expanding and moving on to, and I think the numbers would have been, you know, like 50,000 in each location. I think the pastor would have shared that, right? So, so that has always been there right from the start, right from, right from 2001, right? That has always been there, um, that, you know, five locations, uh, and covering entire Bangalore. And still, you know, that, you know, there will be, uh, the need will be more. So, um, uh, so, uh, so that, that, uh, that big picture has always been there. And, um, so in terms of structure, you know, like, uh, you know, is this moving on to become a mega, mega church? Well, it, it is a big vision. And, and, uh, uh, like, I don't know what, uh, you know, what we infer by saying, okay, mega church, but that's just the fact that, okay, it is a big vision. There are people, uh, you know, who we can reach out to and the people who can be part of the vision and, um, and we will continue to do that. So in terms of structure, well, we don't know, you know, like, uh, what, what are the other changes? But we also know that, you know, uh, with the, with the bigness, we also need to maintain the, uh, the personal contact and the smallness of it. So which is why, you know, the, again, the life group ministry, uh, where we, uh, we, uh, you know, connect people to life groups so you can, uh, be part of a smaller group in order to, uh, especially grow, be mentored, uh, and discipleship and everything happens in a smaller setting. Right. So yes, there is a tendency to, you know, be lost in that sense. If it's a big, uh, just because of the bigness of it. Right. So, um, so that, you know, always is there, you know, that big picture is always there and the, and the move towards that and the move towards that is of course to, to reach, you know, to it, uh, in terms of evangelism, in terms of discipleship, in terms of teaching, in terms of, in terms of people doing ministry as well. Right. You know, uh, so you see the apostolic Ephesians four was 1112 and I mean the, uh, the five phone ministry, we see that, uh, equipping, uh, saints, equipping the saints to do the work of ministry. So it is not just one person or one team, but it's the entire, entire body, which is doing the work of ministry. Um, you know, people getting saved, people getting, uh, uh, connected to church and being built up and learning to follow Christ, which is what discipleship basically is. And then, and being, um, coming to the place of discovering the, the, the vision, the purpose, the call, the gifting and launching out, uh, you know, to do their call and purposes of God. So that's the, you know, the whole cycle and, and, uh, so that is, um, so that is where, so the move is always there, the intentional, towards that is always there. So in terms of timelines, I really don't know this, you know, it's a timeline. Uh, I don't know by this, you know, we can put timelines, but then we can put timelines for, okay, uh, this is what we want to do. Um, but really, uh, you know, it's, it's a journey again. It's a lifelong journey. So yeah. So that's what I would say. Um, okay. Succession plans. Yeah. Yes. There, uh, there, there are young people who are being mentored, who are being, um, you know, who are growing up. Uh, and, um, so that is, that has always been there. That has been localized, that has been shared and, uh, you know, people who are being built up. But of course, you know, we don't say, okay, this person is the next one. No, that is, it's too early to, um, to say that, um, you know, who will be the, uh, you know, who will be the senior pastor or, you know, so, but the, but then pastors already always shared, okay, this is what he would like to do in this, in this decade and the next decade and so on. And, and the thing is always to raise up leaders. Um, and, and if you see, um, all, all our pastors actually, uh, they have been people who are been part of church, uh, came to church, started serving in church, uh, discovered the call, uh, a purpose, um, discovered the gifting, started serving, being faithful in that and then kind of grew, um, uh, grew spiritually and came to a place of serving others, came to a place of leadership and, uh, you know, they were in that place for some time and then they were, you know, invited to take their place as spiritual leaders, you know, to take their place as pastors. So, so that's been the, that's been the root actually. So, um, yeah, so the plan is there, and there is definitely, you know, ministering, grooming of, um, grooming, grooming of the next generation, the next leaders, you know, we have youth leaders, um, and we have young adults also who are, um, who are serving in different areas, but, um, they have been, uh, not with this in mind, but then growing up to be leaders, right? So that is, that is always happening. Any other questions? Um, okay, so let me just get into the specifics of, you know, since we are also talking about leadership and grooming people. So it starts from, uh, you know, right from the time when people are saved to, to, uh, and, you know, they come into the fellowship or they, maybe, you know, they've been serving elsewhere and they're coming and they're part of the, you know, they feel that they are connected to the vision. So it starts from, uh, people growing spiritually, right? So as a pastor, as a, as a church ministry to ensure that, that happens. So, um, of course, you know, uh, one of the ways by which, um, they grow spiritually is when they, uh, when, when people receive of the word, when they are collectively there in prayer and receive of the word, uh, and ministry, uh, uh, every time the church gathers and typically, you know, it's a Sunday service. So that's a, that's a, that's a big, uh, uh, portion of time which is allotted for that, right? So that happens. So in addition to that, you know, what are the several other avenues that can be there? One is, of course, life group where there is a reiteration of, uh, or, uh, or, you know, you put to practice what you heard on a Sunday, Sunday morning service and then you, and then you come and you, you know, you talk about it, what works, what does not works. And there are other who are, you know, helping you on that journey as well. So life groups and other avenue. Um, uh, and apart from that, also what I've seen is, uh, these schools of ministry, you know, for a deeper walk in the Lord to, um, to look at certain topics like maybe healing and deliverance, the prophetic, the apostolic prayer, um, uh, uh, you know, workplace ministry, um, uh, uh, what are the others? Yeah. So Christian life, marriage and so on. So these are, you know, some of these things which we've had in the school of ministry, urban church, church planting, um, evangelism, these are some topics, uh, but marriage and family we've actually had as a separate ministry, not as part of school of ministry. So these are some topics which, uh, you know, and, and I remember I, I, when I came to church as a, and serving as a volunteer, just attending church. So those days we used to have on Saturday, it was called school of ministry and, uh, so they would, they would be teaching on these topics and I remember attending a few of them, so it'll go on till afternoon and, uh, you know, Saturday is one Saturday in a month. And so they, you know, we've called them the weekend schools now, uh, and we, uh, had those over weekend Saturday and Sunday, but now we've kind of condensed it, you know, and having it only on Saturdays. Um, so we have the weekend schools happening, um, one day, one Saturday in a month where the, um, you know, where there is input, there is teaching and in-depth teaching on a certain, uh, you know, topic. So as we see that, uh, people are growing in that as well, you know, let's say growing in prayer, growing in, um, you know, you could have, um, maybe some times of worship like worship nights or five days of prayer, you know, these are things, that, um, I'm not saying this is just exclusive to APC, but then I'm sure other churches also have these, you know, times where, um, the people are equipped, people are strengthened, um, exposed to, the presence of God and spending extended time and worship and prayer and, and growing in that. Um, so we've, uh, you know, had that, uh, and, uh, and of course, because the pandemic kind of had to slow down things, but then those are being reintroduced again. So the weekend school is a very valuable time, uh, for, uh, like, uh, the challenge again is to get people to be part of it, right? Um, because people have only so much time, people have responsibilities and then, uh, you know, there needs to be a push, right? So, um, so that is, that is of course a challenge, right? So what is helping is really, uh, in this season is the, uh, the online bubble college and the e-platform, uh, because a lot of people have inquired in the past, you know, do you have something, uh, where I can learn from home? Something like a correspondence course, right? You send me the notes, I do it or something online and, uh, and now there's an opportunity to do that and we see some, uh, church folks doing that also, you know, doing some courses and some having finished the foundation's course and being very excited about it and, and sharing with others. So, um, so we see, um, that, uh, you know, those kind of things happening. So, um, so really to nurture people in the word and spirit, to ground people in it is, uh, is a big, big responsibility, uh, of the church and, uh, the pastoral calling and, and because of the teaching anointing, which is very strong and the apostolic, you know, we've seen this unfold and we've seen this in place in church. Um, so, yeah, so that is, uh, one, uh, one other thing that, uh, that, uh, we as pastors, we as, um, you know, maybe starting off, you, you'd be mindful of that and say, okay, let's do this, right? Will everybody be excited and jump in straight away? No. Uh, there might be a lot of pushback saying, you know, uh, you know, this is the only day we have, we have so much thing, but then eventually, you know, you'll see that, um, because you are, you know, reiterating certain things and, and also teaching why we need to do this. You know, it is, it is biblical. It's not that, it's, it's that everybody has, everybody is a minister. So if you are a minister as a saint of God, then you better be equipped. And yes, uh, you can be equipped on your own if you're doing certain things, but then here's an avenue to be equipped and to pursue the call of God, to discover what, what God has already put in your life and, uh, intentionally learn in these things, uh, because we are called to grow in the knowledge of God, uh, and, uh, well, downplaying our quiet time. And there's a, that is, that is of course the best place to receive from him and learn from him. But, you know, as a ministry, we have this and we are called to do this to equip the saints for the work of ministry. So, you know, that happens as well. You know, so, so these are some observations from my journey with APC and my observations of the life of Pastor Ashish, which has inspired me, motivated me, challenged me many times in my own life. So I just thought it'll be helpful for us to, for me to share that and for us to learn that. I just also want to talk about, you know, we, we talked about the fact that of course, one is spiritual input. The other thing is to also, um, you know, invite people to serve in church, invite people to serve as volunteers. Um, definitely, you know, when, when, when we hear about that, you know, the, a lot of people say, I'm not given opportunities to share the word. You know, straight away jump in and say, God has called me and this church is not giving opportunities. Well, it cannot work that way. It cannot work that way. We need to test and try and see. And, and then, you know, uh, well, it's, it's, it's totally a privilege to be invited. It's not an entitlement. We need to understand that. Right. So, um, so it's, it's, it's, it's, uh, as long as we have that, uh, but then, you know, to provide opportunities for the church, for the believers, for people of God to start serving, uh, in church to provide that. Uh, and we, we learned about that. That's one of the responsibilities of the, you know, pastoral practical things or the responsibilities of the, of the pastor. Right. So, so here at APC also, you know, several opportunities, uh, we, uh, opened up to, to serve and, and, uh, and I was just going through some of the testimonies of people who have served and grown in church. So these opportunities actually, um, there is a sense of community that happens because they are serving. Uh, it could be in ushering. It could be in, in, in something simple, simple, like, you know, like hospitality. Um, it could be, uh, in, in set up, you know, sound and set up, um, or, you know, several other things. It could be helping the children's ministry, uh, so whatever. But there is a sense of community that, you know, you get to know people, you, your, your, your skills, your resources, your time, your talent and everything is, you know, you get an opportunity to serve God in, in that manner. And, and also you, you grow, you know, you grow in your understanding and you grow, um, in your, um, in your character, your motives are tested, your, um, definitely, you know, your endurance is tested, um, you want to sleep in and, uh, you know, the whole world is sleeping in, but you need to get up and go and be there, you know, before everyone shows up in order to arrange chairs or you, or you need to go there to, you know, take care of certain things or, you know, your moving speakers, fixing cables and all that. So, um, it definitely tests your endurance and it builds you up. We, you know, we sometimes forget that these small things really build you up, uh, you know, build character, uh, in us and build character in us. Um, sometimes nothing major can happen, but you are just there showing up and you're there, you know, uh, taking care of parking, maybe. Um, and it builds strength in you. It builds, you know, certain qualities like persistence and faithfulness and, um, and, and endurance and longsuffering and all these things are being built up, right? Um, so, um, several avenues, uh, to, to serve and these things also continue to change as the congregation grows, as the church grows, right? See, uh, um, and these avenues to volunteer in, to serve and as the ministry grows, as there are new, uh, there are new opportunities, uh, which, which present, right? So, um, maybe on the technical side, maybe on the, uh, you know, the design side, maybe on the social media side, you know, many, uh, many opportunities come up to serve, uh, to volunteer and serve as the ministry grows. Okay. So, uh, I just want to share, um, you know, a few testimonies, you know, I was just going through, uh, Thanksgiving videos when we, uh, finished 20 years of, uh, ministry and, uh, of course, some of these phases would be familiar to you. So let's hear some of their testimony. So you realize that they've journeyed with the church, right? You realize that there are some things that they have done, uh, which has helped them and, uh, you also realize that they've taken certain steps in order to, uh, you know, uh, in order to, you know, to serve in order to be, um, faithful in serving and so on. So you, you learn, uh, a bit of that as well from the testimonies. Okay. So let me share a few of these, uh, videos and, uh, and then we'll, we'll come back. Hi, church family. This is Vinny and Jean and we have two children, Jeremy and Nora. And we're so glad to, uh, just talk about our journey in APC, uh, just looking back 2003, 2004 around that time. We were very hungry looking for, uh, looking to grow, uh, in, in Christ and, uh, looking for, uh, uh, a church that teaches the word, uh, so well. And that's when we came across APC and, uh, uh, the times of worship, the times of the messages, uh, through which we were blessed immensely, the solid word that was preached, uh, through APC as well as, uh, the, the, the intimate walk that we were able to establish, uh, because of being set in this church, uh, has helped us so much in our, in our journey, in our walk with God. And, uh, uh, just looking back at those initial days, uh, I remember, uh, you know, when the, when the message got over and it was time for the benediction, we used to just, uh, run out of church, uh, because we were a little shy and, uh, uh, you know, not, uh, ready to meet with people. Uh, but, uh, over the years, uh, we've become so close with, uh, with us as a family. It's been wonderful to, to grow alongside and minister alongside many of you. And, uh, we just thank God for the various ministries that he has helped us to be part of, uh, and it's been such a blessing. Uh, thank you so much. So, uh, I remember coming into ABC and, uh, just, just remembering those initial times coming from a traditional background into a church like this. And there was this conflicting pull that I had, you know, a sense of discomfort because of the experiences that were there as against, you know, the, the strong pull to return. But as we kept coming, uh, some things that really touched us was the uncompromised word of God and, uh, tangible presence of the Holy Spirit that, that we began to experience where, which began to change our lives. And as we, uh, you know, kept coming, I personally was stirred to serve. And I remember the first time that I served was as a volunteer in children's church. And it was way back, maybe the 2007, 2008, where at that point of time there was no teaching, nothing. It was just being there as a volunteer just to overseen things to a point where, uh, you know, I may have moved into what's called to do announcements in church, you know, those physical announcements, then moving into being in a part of a prayer team, then, uh, getting into, uh, campus elevates, uh, moving from there into teaching the children's church into chrysalis and then being part of, uh, of a ministry team. When I look back, you know, I'm just amazed at the way how this has, has taken place. It was never planned. It was never, I never dreamt that God would use us, you know, timid shy people into, uh, just speaking the word of God. But, uh, I believe that, um, it was just a response of obedience, uh, that, that, that he wanted. And then it was just a dependence on God. I mean, I never knew what to do in each of these phases, but then just depending on God and he would equip and he continues to equip and, uh, help us through the things that we are called to do. So I think this is also a call to just encourage each one of us to serve in whatever way we can because God would just multiply the service that we put in for him. And, uh, we just thank God for placing us here for the way that, uh, God used, is using us and it's just ministering to us and working on us as a family. Um, we love to be a part of this church and we look forward for many more years. So wishing all of us a happy 20th anniversary. All glory to God or bless you. God bless. Okay. That was one. I'm sure all of you recognize Jean. So yeah. So that was their journey. I'll just play one more. Okay. Been with APC for more than nine years. And I'm Lina, Tarun's wife, and I've been attending APC since 10 years. It's been such a blessing to be part of so many volunteering teams and serving at APC all these years. In fact, we both met each other at one of the, you know, teams, the sound and setup team and we got married. That was so true. But that was not our motive when we started serving, but God has worked through many things as we serve. We have learned a lot of things. I thank God for how the congregation has come together as a family to put together our wedding. I'm so thankful for that. Yeah. And we especially want to mention the pre-marital counseling that we had at APC. I think God used it, uh, you know, very much to help us to grow in our marriage each day. There are so many events that I could list that I have read all the benefits from. In fact, we've been part of the youth camps, the family camps, the professionals, workplace ministries, the couples dinners. There are so many events that we have just become part and we have been blessed so richly in various areas of our life. Yeah. I think all these experiences, you know, God has used us to grow professionally. We had a great blessing of, you know, the publications and the various events. And that really helped us to grow as professionals in our corporate sectors. And we also want to mention that we made a lot of friends, the wonderful Biryani times after services. And, you know, these are friends for lifetime. We want to just thank God for each one of them. Thank God for all the mission trips that we have been part of. In fact, we have learned a lot of things being part of those missions. I think it was a great humbling experience. Especially, I remember the Bihar trip. We learned a lot of things. And, you know, in all these events that we were part of, God was teaching us how we can serve individually and also as a couple. Yes. We carry some lifetime memories from not just these trips, but all the events that we were part of. We want to congratulate ABC for this 20 years. Congratulations on people's church. Wow, 20 years of being a channel of his blessing. More glorious things are on the way. I'm sure greater things are yet to come. All the best. Thank you. Okay, that was Tarun and Leena. I think all of us know. Tarun, if you're here, okay. Yeah, first, I want to share about, you know, Tarun and Leena actually had a lot of people, you know, friends. And like they said, you know, almost after every church service, they would have, you know, they would have lunch at different restaurants and, you know, so there's a great sense of community and friendship that kind of built. And like Tarun also mentioned, they met, you know, Tarun and Leena met each other as they were serving in the sound and setup team. And so we have couples like that also. They met in church and so on. So Tarun, you want to share very briefly some things about, like maybe about, you can share about, you know, serving and what were your thoughts initially about serving in church and, yeah, just take a couple of minutes to share that. Thanks. Yeah. Yeah, first I would say it was in fact a great experience. One thing that I really like about serving is like, it's open and you know, if you want to join a setup team, you don't have to be fully equipped to do something. You get to learn a lot of things as well. You don't have to know how to do things. But once you get in, there's an element of learning that you go through. And also there's a community that you will become a part of. We still remember that kind of breakfast prayers that we had, you know, literally we had a lot of people coming in when we were praying, prophetic words being shared. And we have like that's a community that just like carries forward and we can never forget those moments of being together and serving together. And it's kind of a mission just to come and set up everything in such a way that there are no issues during the service. So there are so many teams in APC and it's such a joy to actually learn so many things, live streaming, media presentation, you have a connect team specifically trying to connect with people. It was so interesting to see such diverse opportunities to volunteer and all these things played a very good role when it comes to coming back to work as well. Like, you know, you learn a lot of things at church. It's the amount of learning that you have serving as a volunteer is much more than any training program that I went through in the corporates. Because it's live and you see people and you are right there in action trying to do things. It's so good. I still remember so many events. I just wanted to share one thing. When I was very new as a like volunteer, I remember once there was water spilled on the corridor when people were walking in. And then I was trying to find out where is this person who actually the caretaker of St. Joseph's who can come and clean this. And then he disappeared. There is water and people have to walk in and it's not looking good. And Melky walked in. I remember that time he was the service coordinator. He walked in and he told, okay, what up Eleanor? He went and he got the broomstick. He got the cloth and literally he was fully dressed up at 10 30 before the service was starting. He was cleaning the floor and people are walking by like, okay, you get in and get your hands dirty, but keep the house. So that's something that I really learned as a volunteer. Go to any extent, but keep the house as your house. So that's something good to learn. Thank you. Thank you. It was good. So yeah, some very down to earth, things happen. It's interesting when you look at the journey and the community around the world and spirit. So it's exciting. Of course, there are always ups and downs, challenges, and I'm sure the terminals will be able to talk about many of those incidents also. So I just want to say that, you know, that we are so sorry, I didn't realize that Mike was muted. Okay, so we are just to say that we are a work in progress, you know, just like individually that we are a work in progress, any charge in ministry, it's a work in progress, right? So there will be unfinished parts, there will be, you know, there are definitely, you know, weaknesses, limitations, you know, errors being committed and so on. So, but then we are a work in progress and we are journeying on to perfection. So, and we have been given so much in Christ to live an overcoming life. Well, that's the other thing. So we don't have to go back. We don't have to fall back, right? We learn from our mistakes and we pick up the pieces and we keep going, right? Maybe, you know, just a couple of one more, I would, I would just share one more testimony and then we'll look at, yeah, we'll just pray and then close, right? Now, this will actually, maybe, yeah, we'll just stop here. I'll probably I'll just share one more. Just want to encourage us and I'll, you can visit, there are many testimonies there, you can visit, you know, the web, the link, that page and you can check it out for yourselves. We miss you guys and hoping to see you all soon. We want to take this opportunity to just say thank you for being such a wonderful influence in our lives. I spent about 10 to 12 years being part of APC. My pretty much my entire youth was spent at APC. APC is more of a family to me than my actual family. My best relationships and friends are from APC. I've spent great times, God moments with APC. I spent some very difficult times at APC, but the whole leadership and the church has backed me up and been there and been that environment where I could grow and learn and be trained into becoming everything that God has called me to be. So thank you so much. When I had first moved to Bangalore so many years ago, I had no real intent of pursuing the Lord, but the Lord pursued me so hard through the incredible people at APC. My pastor at the time and her sister would drive all the way to this remote location that I lived in just to get me rides to church on so many Sundays. And after I graduated college, I had the great privilege of working my first job with the APC office. And that was just edifying and nourishing on way too many fronts for me to put into one video. I'm so grateful also for the leadership who was so patient and investing the time and effort in teaching me about worship and letting me serve on that platform. And something that I could never be grateful enough for is the fact that I got to meet this incredible guy at APC. And we're so grateful that we got to spend that entire pre-marital season leading into the wedding with the church. And finally, when it was time for us to move, we wished with just the blessing of so much prophecy and prophetic words that nourished us long after the move and still continues to be so important and vital to us. So we will forever be grateful for everything the Lord did for us through APC. No amount of words can actually express how much we are thankful. Okay, I'll just stop with them. Okay, I have one more and then I think we'll stop. So this couple, it's funny how they met and, you know, the lady there, her name is Ashwini, and she was actually from my hometown, right? And I know her father, and her father was really, you know, was a mentor to us when we were growing up, when we were in our youth. So she was really, really small when I, you know, first, you know, a tiny, tiny little girl. So when she came to Bangalore, of course, we got to know that she was here, and then she was part of another church location, didn't get to see her too often. But then when she started serving in church in worship, of course, got to meet her and spend time. And then the thing is, when she got an opportunity to serve as staff as a graphic designer, as an illustrator, dad came and said, you know, I'm so glad that you are here, your wife, you are here to look after her and so on. And then he left. And then we came to know that that she, you know, that Roshan, the person there, you know, he was the guy that he was interested in her. And, you know, we were all very, very alert, and we were trying to see if that was the right thing. And it was a funny incident that happened. You know, we were on a mission strip. And then this little girl came up to me, one of the little girls came up to me and said, and she just kind of announced, who's this uncle, this, you know, this Ashwini auntie is talking to. And I rose up, I was like, who's, you know, she actually said, you know, are they are they going to get married? And I was like, I just was up, no, this is not happening on my watch. What is happening? So I just went and saw, and then, you know, it is good to see things unfold. So, yeah, see a lot of, you know, those things happen as well. It's wonderful people meeting their spouse in church. Okay, I just want one more video. And this is, this is from Rebecca. Let me share it. Hi, it's the Lord. Happy 28th anniversary of People's Church. My name is Rebecca Yiga, and I'm from Kampala, East Africa. That's in Africa. I first encountered All People's Church in the year 2012, when my two sisters and I moved to Bangalore City for college. And like everybody who's not at home and unfamiliar surrounding, I was a bit nervous. I didn't know how that would go on. But God was so good to me. I found such a loving community at APC, especially at North, where I was part of the worship team. But with the rest of the church as well, through the different activities, I also got an opportunity to grow in the world through the work of All People's Church Bible College. And all that has affected what I'm doing, both in ministry and with the NGO that I work with right now. And I'm grateful to God for that. APC has continued to be the gift that keeps giving. Last year, during the lockdown, I signed up for the online Bible College. And I am glad that I'm in my final semester to finish up my bachelors in theology and practical ministry. And every single class that I'm attending today, God continue to speak to my day to day. And I'm grateful to God for that. So I pray that as we go into 20 years, God will do exceedingly, abundantly, above all that you have hoped for. Happy anniversary. Yeah, that was Becky. Becky served so well. She was here with us. And she served in worship. And there were a few of the students who joined who were again from Uganda. I remember Andrew and, you know, so they, you know, they were all they served sacrificially, very inspiring, the way they served in worship. They were served in other departments as well. And they were quite an inspiration. Yeah, that's right. She is from Uganda. And we still, you know, they're still part of our, you know, the group to keep in touch time to time. But, you know, just one, just a disclaimer, you know, like you might hear this, you know, when you see these testimony videos, you see that, okay, you know, APC being repeated and said and so on. But it's not like we are, you know, it's not like the church and ministry is perfect. Like there are, like I said, unfinished parts, there are things that need to, you know, there's, you know, there's always room for improvement and all that. But, but just everybody, you know, like, personally, all of us are on a journey. So also the church and ministry. But I just want to, you know, this point to you, each one of you here, there are how many of us 29, 28 of you, that that God can do, release a great work, which can be a blessing to the place where you are, the nation and the nations, you know, I just wanted to just release that, you know, over your lives that, that God can do that. And God wants to do that. Right. And our call, each one of us is unique. And it can be similar to what we saw, but it can be very, very different. But the thing is to be faithful to that call. Right. And when we are faithful to the call, we will, we will be fruitful, we will be a blessing, right, right where you are. So when I mean, we see, you know, when you look at the classroom, when we see each one of us being carried, each one of us, you know, dispensers of the blessing of God, each one of us carriers of, you know, as earthen vessels, we are carrying that treasure, the knowledge of God, the presence of God, you know, carrying that. Just want to encourage us to, to be dispensers, you know, wherever we go, wherever we are to be faithful dispensers, you know, not just carriers or not just complicit carriers, but to be, you know, a diligent dispensers and a diligent doers of the word. Right. So, so if you can open your Bibles to, you know, to maybe Colossians verse one, you know, Colossians one, the prayer that Paul prayed over the church, Colossae. Right. Colossians one verse nine says, for this reason, we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding, that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God, strengthened with all might according to his glorious power for all patience and long suffering with joy, giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light. He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of his love, in whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins. He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation, and so on. Right. But this wanted us to want to highlight the first few verses. It says, you know, this is what he prayed. He said that we may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding, that we may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God, strengthened with all might according to his glorious power for all patience and long suffering with joy. So just those three verses, you know, verse nine, verse 10 and verse 11, I just want us to, you know, take this time to pray over us, pray over yourself and say, Lord, that I may be filled, I pray that I may be filled with the knowledge of your will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding. So we just pray that first thing, verse nine. Yes, Lord, we thank you. Father, we thank you. We seek your face right now. And yes, Lord, according to your word, it's right before us, God, the prayers that was prayed many years ago, hundreds of years ago over the church in Colisec. Oh, God, we pray that over ourselves. Yes, Lord, this is our cry that we may be filled with the knowledge of your will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding. Fill us, God. Fill us, God. Lord, we realize that it's not a one-time thing. We know that it is a walk. We know that it's a daily walk, that it's a daily moment-by-moment walk. And I pray, God, Lord, we pray for each one of us, that we would walk with you in intimacy, that we would walk with you, oh, God, in closeness, God, that we might hear your whispers, God. We might hear what you're whispering, oh, God, that we might be that close, oh, God, so that we might be faithful to shout from the rooftops, God. Yes, Lord, we do not want to shout from the rooftops without first hearing what you whisper in our ears, God, that we may be filled with the knowledge of your will, oh, God, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Let's pray that second one, oh, God, that we may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him and being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God. So let's pray that. Yes, Lord, we also ask, oh, God, we pray that we may walk worthy, worthy, oh, God, worthy of the Lord, worthy of the call. Oh, hallelujah. Yes, Lord, we carry your image, oh, God, Lord, we've been created in your image, God, and we've been redeemed, oh, God, that image that was shattered because of sin, oh, God, we've been redeemed, brought back, oh, God, that we might fully represent you, God, fully represent you, God, and Lord, we pray that Christ, Christ, you be formed in us, that we might be increasingly Christ-like, that we may walk, Lord, live our lives in all that we think and speak and do, and God, that we may walk worthy of you, Lord, in, oh, God, in everything, and Lord, that we will be fruitful, that we will be pleasing you at all times, pleasing you at all times. Yes, let us be our lifestyle card, let us be our daily thing, oh, God, to fully please you, but to be fully aware of pleasing you, to check ourselves, to question ourselves, and to stop when we're not fully pleasing you, God. Hallelujah. But we may walk worthy of you, Lord, and be fruitful in every good work and increase in the knowledge, increase in your knowledge, increase in knowing you, God, increase in knowing what you have spoken, increasing your likes and dislikes, increasing in the knowledge of your opinion, God, increasing in the knowledge of your will, oh, God. Hallelujah. We know that that does not come from a distance, God. We know that it comes from a daily walk with you. Oh, God, we pray that we may walk in that closeness, that we may increase in the knowledge of the Lord. We may increase in the knowledge of the word of God, that we may increase in the knowledge of the word of God. Oh, God, yes, Lord, that we may increase, oh, God, in the things of the Spirit, oh, God. Lord, increase our spiritual capacities, oh, God, that we may be strong in the inner man, oh, God. Hallelujah. Verse 11, oh, God, that we may be strengthened with all might according to your glorious power. Hallelujah. Strengthened with all might, even right now I just pray for a strengthening, for an increasing God of strength in the inner man. According to your glorious power, yes, Lord, I pray for increasing our spiritual capacities, increasing our spiritual capacities, Lord, that we may be strong in the inner man, God. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Yes, Lord, that we might be strong, that we might be rooted. Yes, Lord, there are no limits to you, God. There are no limits to what you can do in us, that there are no limits to what you can pour out into our hearts, God. And so we ask, oh, God, that you would pour out, God, that we might be strengthened with all might according to your glorious power for all patience and long-suffering. Hallelujah. That Christ-likeness, God. Patience and long-suffering, the joy. Even as we live our lives, God, we know that, Lord, that we would be, that you've called us to be like you, God, in our interactions with people, in all that we do, in our serving, God, that we might be Christ-like, in our family's God that we might be Christ-like, with our neighbor's God that we might be Christ-like. For this purpose you have filled us, for this purpose, oh, God, with your glorious power that we might be Christ-like, for all long-suffering with joy and patience with joy, for this purpose that you have filled us, you've called us to be strong in the inner man, not just to walk in signs and wonders and miracles, but also to be Christ-like. For this purpose you've called us patience, long-suffering, the fruit of the Spirit, oh, God, may be displayed in and through our lives. And, Lord, I pray that even as we, God, even as you've called each one of us to minister in various ways, maybe as apostles and evangelists and pastors and teachers of God, prophets, God, and God, we do not know God, but then even as we, even as you let this grow in us, Lord, the sense of call, for those of us who do not know, let it grow in us, for those of us who are called already, oh, God, I pray that we are even more increasing of that, oh, God, and strengthening of that, God. We thank you. We thank you. We bless your name. We give you all the praise. We give you all the glory. In Jesus' matchless name, we pray. Amen. Amen. Okay. Thank you, everyone. God bless you. Thank you, Pastor. God bless, right. So we stopped right here, and so this course is officially over. There'll be a couple of tests and which will also be put in the stream. So if one of you sees the notification about the test, please put it on your WhatsApp group so everyone knows as well. Okay. So we'll meet on Wednesday. Please check the schedule. Let me just quickly announce. I think it's Prazi and two others who are sharing on Wednesday. So please do come prepared. I'm talking about the biblical preaching class. Okay. See you all. God bless. Bye-bye. Thank you, Pastor. All right. See you.