All right. Wow. You know, we're going to have fellowship afterwards. In fact, this is probably a good time to just invite you if you're able to stay. We have a wonderful potluck for after the service. And if you're able able to stay we'd love to have you do so.

I just want you to know that I walk by the food and I'm fasting.

I fast between lunch and dinner and I walk by and I just want you to know it looks very delicious.

So afterwards, if you're able to stay, we'd love to have you do so.

Again, thank you so much for coming.

I cannot thank you enough for being here and celebrating with us what God has done.

And when I say what God has done, I mean what God alone has done.

As I was praying and just preparing for tonight and for this celebration,

I was reminded of when we first started this journey, for lack of a better word, and I prayed,

it was one of those prayers where after you pray it, you realize, oh my goodness, what did I just pray?

The prayer went something like this.

Lord, do this in such a way that only you get the glory and that nobody can take the credit for it even if we wanted to.

And by the way, we want to and we try to.

And so as we're going through this, and I'll share a little bit about that here shortly,

but during the whole process, God just showed up and God's handprint was all over

this from beginning to end, from front to finish. And this building is an absolute miracle

in every sense of the word. And so tonight we're going to celebrate this miracle and give the glory

to God. Psalm 126, verse 3 says, the Lord has done great things for us and we are filled with joy.

The Apostle Paul, writing the Philippians in chapter 1, verse 3, filled with joy. The Apostle Paul, writing the Philippians in chapter 1, verse 3, filled with

joy himself because of the church in Philippi having partnered with him says this, I thank my God

upon every remembrance of you.

And I'm hoping you'll kindly indulge me for just a few minutes.

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